WE LOVE THE
MOBILE ECOSYSTEM!

Press

We are a leading global Mobile Ad Network, having grown from just two founders to a strong global team. We have been at the forefront of the Mobile Advertising revolution, in turn being evangelists, thought leaders and pioneers in this space.

With premium App Inventory on both Feature phones and Smart phones, we offer unparalleled reach to a wide demographic.

More than anything else, we love the Mobile Ecosystem and are very excited to play a pivotal role in increasing its relevance and utility for consumers, marketers, content creators and developers.

TEAM
& INVESTORS

VSERV was founded by two industry veterans, Dippak Khurana and Ashay Padwal, who together bring more than 30 years of experience in the Mobile and Digital Advertising space.

We have a young and vibrant multi-disciplinary team, passionate about the mobile ecosystem and its potential as the fourth screen in our lives.

Dippak Khurana

CEO

Dippak Khurana

Dippak Khurana, the Co-founder at Vserv is responsible for the company’s overall vision, strategy and execution. As an Internet & Mobile industry veteran, Dippak has successfully played key roles in launching India’s first Online newspaper in 1996, India’s first Online Ad Network in 1999, India’s first SMS Shortcode in 2001 and pioneered many services on Mobile Internet since 2002.

Ashay Padwal

CTO

Ashay Padwal

Ashay Padwal is the Co-founder at Vserv and spearheads the technology and product development function. An expert in open source technologies, Ashay, in his career spanning over a decade has been instrumental in building and deploying products in the internet and wireless space at enterprises such as Yahoo! and People Infocom (Mauj).

Kaushal Shah

Head of Finance

Kaushal Shah

Kaushal is responsible for Finance Operations, Investor Relations & Management Reporting at Vserv. Prior to Vserv, he was part of core team that launched Social Networking & Ecommerce Ventures at Reliance Digital and played key role in setting up finance operations for Mobile VAS business at Yahoo! India.

Binay Tiwari

General Manager - Marketplace

Binay Tiwari

Binay in addition to driving the Marketplace, also leads Product Marketing at Vserv. His passion for the Internet has been the ‘pole star’ of his career journey spanning Tata Broadband, Vodafone & InMobi.

Laith Al-Janabi

Business Development-Europe

Laith Al-Janabi

Laith is part of the International Business Dev Team. Laith has 25 years of Investment Banking experience, latterly with Morgan Stanley Europe’s Technology and Client Relationship Management Units.

Kshitiz Randhir Shori

Head of Brand Sales - India

Kshitiz Randhir Shori

Kshitiz Shori has been part of the Indian digital ecosystem for over a decade having worked in leadership positions across sales and business development. In his last assignment at Jivox he played pivotal role in successfully building up their India business. At Vserv he is the Head of Brand Sales.

Mohit Sahni

Head - Business Development (India)

Mohit Sahni

Mohit comes with about 12 years experience in Media Sales and Mobile VAS & Advertising. Prior to Vserv, Mohit was Country Manager India for NeoMobile. He is responsible for Business Development in India.

Prashant Dixit

Head - Publisher Alliances (India)

Prashant Dixit

Prashant heads the Publisher Alliances at Vserv. He has over 12 years of experience in Media Sales, Revenue Management & Strategic Alliances. Prior to Vserv he headed the Alliances for Reliance Digital & Nielsen Online and was in key sales roles at Microsoft and Naukri.com.

Herat Maniar

Sr Manager, Developer Business

Herat Maniar

Herat focuses on developer acquisitions and relationships. With diverse industry experience, he has delivered on strategic roles like Group Strategy, Commercial Head, Revenue Assurance and Business Alliances.

ADVISORS

T S Ramakrishnan

TECHNICAL ADVISOR

T S Ramakrishnan

With an illustrious career history of over 22 years, TS is a veteran technology architect. Based in the Silicon Valley, TS has held several key positions including VP of Engineering at Admob, VP of Product Engineering at Facebook, Director of Realtime Messaging at Yahoo, Head of Partner Technologies at Skype, amongst others.



INVESTORS

IDG Ventures India

IDG Ventures’ $3 Million Series - A funding in Vserv in July 2011 was the first investment in the Indian mobile advertising network space since 2008.

IDG Ventures