About Kanwal Rekhi
Kanwal was the first Indo-American Founder & CEO to take a venture-backed company public on the NASDAQ, co-founded and built TiE into the largest global network of Indian entrepreneurs, and co-founded Inventus where he applies his full energy and time building Inventus into a leading early stage venture franchise.
Kanwal came to the United States from India for graduate studies, advanced through the engineering ranks in a number of technology companies, and then co-founded Excelan in Silicon Valley to commercialize ethernet and TCP/IP – standards which became the basis of the Internet. He took Excelan public in 1987, becoming the first Indo-American Founder & CEO to list a venture-backed company on the NASDAQ.
My Views On
My company Excelan went public on Feb 28, 1987, exactly 33 years ago today. Stock was priced at $12/share and closed at about 15 at the close of…
We are coming back a full circle after this last cycle. Cash is a commodity was the mantra during dotcom cycle and we know where that got us.…
Best time to do a start up is during the time of rapid change in the market. Novel Coronavirus is changing the world more rapidly than ever before. With lockdowns…