Rajesh Jain

Rajesh Jain is founder, Netcore Cloud, a bootstrapped “proficorn” with $100 million ARR. Netcore’s SaaS platform helps B2C brands globally with customer retention, engagement, personalisation, and product discovery, to maximise conversion, revenues, and profits. Rajesh was a pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, creating India’s first Internet portals in the late 1990s, which were acquired by Satyam Infoway in November 1999 for US$ 115 million in one of Asia’s largest Internet deals. Rajesh’s book, “Startup to Proficorn”, has sold over 5,000 copies in India. He was conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, for his contributions in entrepreneurship in 2024. He writes daily on his blog at https://rajeshjain.com. Rajesh did his B. Tech (Electrical Engineering) from IIT-Bombay in 1988, followed by M.S. from Columbia University, New York in 1989. He worked at NYNEX, USA, for 2 years before returning to India to begin his entrepreneurial journey in 1992.