About Us

Rajiv Kumar is the CEO and Founder of StoreHippo, the new age m-Commerce platform launched in the year 2013, with a clear vision to help SMEs and individual entrepreneurs to effectively set up their online stores. StoreHippo is a flagship product of Hippo Innovations Pvt. Ltd., formerly (Manusis Technologies), a company nurtured by Rajiv since its humble beginnings in the year 2008.

Rajiv Kumar is a dynamic entrepreneur who set on his journey in the year 1998. He is a hardcore industry professional with a diverse working experience spanning across 16 years in top notch IT companies in India and U.S. like Oracle, E-Trade Financial, HCL Technologies and Waterfall Mobile. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.

Rajiv Kumar’s vision and dedication has poised the company on the threshold of growth with forays in Dubai, UK, Australia and Myanmar markets to provide full-fledged solutions for e-Commerce players. After analysing the pulse of the industry, Rajiv’s has steered a technology leap for the company by offering the futuristic m-Commerce technology for the clients.

Rajiv has been the pillar of strength behind several strategic business initiatives and displays the innate ability to shape new ideas, nurture long-term relationships and address some of the biggest challenges in the e-Commerce industry. His focus on innovation and R&D has helped the company to deliver some exceptional products to the clients, so much so that the company has received accolades from the most tech-savvy clients.

Rajiv strongly believes that the success of any company lies in the satisfaction of its clients. He personifies the company’s commitment to build solutions that deliver a phenomenal performance and lead to a high customer satisfaction. The strong leadership capabilities of Rajiv Kumar have benefited the company immensely and it has grown by leaps and bounds. His focus on continuous skill development and the importance of building a strong corporate culture has brought forth efficiency and productivity at all levels.

Kriti has been working as the Director of Hippo Innovations since the year 2010.

She has spearheaded the role of product development department at Hippo Innovations (formerly Manusis Technologies), an e-Commerce solution provider company. She has been instrumental in directing the overall product by establishing organizational policies and processes, devising a strategy for developing products and positioning it in the market.

Kriti started her professional life initially as a graphic designer where she worked with the product team in US to analyze requirements, design mock up screens, create animated demos and develop marketing material. She then joined Hippo Innovations (formerly Manusis Technologies) in the year 2008, where she worked as the Senior Graphic Designer and worked with the clients to analyze requirements, design screens for products, create animated demos and interact with the development team to optimize the design. Finally, she found her the product development team as a Director at Hippo Innovations (formerly Manusis Technologies).

Kriti has a rich and diverse experience of nearly a decade spanning across fashion, designing, animation, and technology sectors. She holds a Masters degree in Management Science, with Textile and Clothing as her subject of specialization. She is passionate about creating a world class organization where employees are happy and engaged and strive towards excellence. She is a working mother and a stickler for processes and planning things out with a well-defined laid out plan. In her free time, she loves to cook and spend meaningful time with her children.

Amit oversees India & SE Asia business for NewQuest and oversees investments in the power and financial services sectors. He is also the Chief Operating Officer of NewQuest. Amit has more than 14 years of industry experience.

Most recently, he was a Director at BAML's Asia Private Equity group where he led the India business and oversaw investments the energy and financial services sectors across Asia Pacific. Amit has also served in other roles in BAML, including Corporate Principal Investments based in Hong Kong and Investment Banking based in Mumbai.

Prior to working at BAML, he worked as a software engineer based in Mumbai and the USA. Amit has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, where he was placed in Director's Merit List for his performance and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from REC Kurukshetra, where he received the University gold medal.

Deepak is the founder & CEO of KarmaCircles, a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platform. Prior to that, he was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Packback where he built their product strategy, online marketing strategy and engineering team. Prior to that, he was the Chief Product Officer of IndiaHomes where he built & led product management, marketing and engineering teams. Before that, he was Director of Product Management at Coupons.com (COUP) where he created & grew several multi-million dollar products. He has also been a senior executive at Microsoft & Nokia.

Deepak is a serial entrepreneur and has been with three successful startups across stages (0-1 million, 1-10 million and 10-100 million). He has experience across domains (email, content, coupons, retail, e-commerce, real estate, maps, traffic & education), across product types (consumer, enterprise, mobile, social and platform), across functions (engineering, product management & marketing) and across levels (individual contributor, manager, director, VP and CXO).

Deepak is a mentor at 500 Startups and an angel investor in few startups (Sverve, Packback, Wishberry, TheStylisted). He is also an advisor to Khosla Impact Fund & Impact Engine accelerator and advises several companies on strategy, product, marketing and technology.

Over the last three years, Deepak has reviewed more than 800 business plans and has advised more than 200 startups (TheCatch, Brave Champs, TrackNProtect, Cuponomia, Tushky, etc) in various areas. He has also judged several business plan competitions in University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Deepak is a computer science graduate from IIT, Delhi, India and holds an MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He is a Mensa member and has patents for 4 of his inventions (3 issued, 1 pending).