At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Maharashtra based CEO’ operating in the Mobile Apps space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Manish Agarwal
CEO of Nazara Technologies
CEO at Nazara Technologies.
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About Nazara Technologies: Nazara Technologies develops mobile content such as games, themes, wallpapers, and multimedia.

Jaydeep Barman
Co-Founder & CEO of Rebel Foods
Jaydeep Barman is the Co-Founder and CEO at Rebel Foods.
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About Rebel Foods: Rebel Foods Services is a food delivery platform that provides delivery services through its mobile app.
Mitul Bid
Co-founder & CEO of Coditas
As the co-founder and CEO, Mitul believes that programmers are artists and the code they write is their art. He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay. Prior to co-founding Coditas, he was heading the software services division at Omniscient where he was instrumental in building the team and growing the business. He has also worked as a Senior Solution Architect at Gemstone. Mitul has been delivering quality and functional software solutions for more than a decade but strongly believes that his tech journey has just begun.
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About Coditas: User Experience & quality-focused digital engineering company, enabling enterprises to build and run cutting-edge digital business models.
Anuj Garg
CEO & Co-founder of CometChat
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About CometChat, Inscripts: CometChat enables businesses and developers to add voice, video, and text chat to their apps and websites.

Manish Taneja
Co-Founder & CEO of Purplle
Manish Taneja is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Purplle.
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About Purplle: Purplle is an online store selling cosmetics, fragrances, skin, and hair care products.

Himanshu Meena
Co-Founder & CEO of Parsel
Himanshu Meena is a Co-Founder & CEO at Parsel.
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About Parsel: Parsel is a technology platform that allows for instant routing of delivery resources to demand requirement across e-commerce, retail & FMCG
Nameet Potnis
CEO of Apptuse
Nameet Potnis is a serial entrepreneur. He started his career as a photojournalist and has worked with magazines and publications such as Hindustan Times, Outlook, Times of India, DNA, Disney Adventures, TimeOut Mumbai, TopGear, B.B.C. Good Homes, National Geographic Online, Planet Eye, Morning Herald and so on. After pursuing professional photojournalism, he joined an Events company Twohands Events in 2006 and rose to the level of a Partner. During his stint with Twohands Events, he worked with several clients including Make-a-wish Foundation, Rotary International, Red FM,High Street Phoenix, Atria Mall, K Raheja Group, Red Label, NIIT and Elf among others. Following his passion for food, he co-founded Cafe Ext.202 with Radhika Mehta, in 2008. Cafe Ext.202 was based in Lower Parel, Mumbai. Nameet holds a Bachelors in Mass Media with a specialisation in Journalism from the University of Mumbai. A Diploma in Advertising and Public Relation from Welingkar Institute of Management and a Master in Business Administration (Salutatorian) from University of Bradford. After living in Singapore for two years, he currently resides in Mumbai. He is presently the Co founder and CEO of Apptuse.com in Mumbai, India. He has extensive experience in the Payments and Commerce industry including product management, product strategy, product marketing, managing complex projects, leading high-performing teams and building customer relationships. He built the Longtail payments vertical for PayU to enable the SMB’s to come online in a simple, secure and easy way. He has built and led teams that have on-boarded 2M+ businesses on to our platforms and have partnered with multiple banks, payments gateways and telecom operators globally. He has also built 2 companies in the E-commerce enabler space and hence have expertise in payments, commerce, and financial services including a strong understanding of payment processing, as well as the life-cycle of e-commerce merchants. He also set up the curriculum for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation course for Masters Students at the University of Mumbai and have been overseeing it since 2014.
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About Apptuse: Apptuse is a mobile e-Commerce platform focusing on crafting native shopping apps for businesses and individuals.
Ajay Adiseshann
Founder & CEO of PayMate
Ajay is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building and leading successful technology companies. Prior to PayMate, he founded and grew Coruscant Tec, an early leader in mobile content that was sold to Mukta Arts (BSE:532357, NSE:MUKTAARTS). Before that he founded and led Webresource, a web development company. Ajay also invests in tech startups and serves as a mentor and advisor to a number of technology entrepreneurs in India. An avid runner, he is also a big fan of Indie music which he listens to on his favourite app-NPR music. You can follow Ajay on Twitter @aj_meister
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About PayMate: PayMate is an Indian market leader in B2B payments for Enterprise and SME across supply chains.
Arun Kapoor
Founder and CEO of OkSir
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About Gadgetsguru.com, OkSir: OkSir is an on-demand real time online based marketplace that seamlessly connecting customer to service professionals through mobile apps.
Bhavin Parekh
Director, CEO & Co-Founder of PERCEPT WEB SOLUTIONS PVT.LTD.
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About PERCEPT WEB SOLUTIONS PVT.LTD.: Percept Web Solutions provides website design and web application development services to clients.

Priyank Ranka
Founder & CEO of Nimap Infotech
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About ChatOnGo, Nimap Infotech: Nimap Infotech deals in four major domains that are Mobile App Development, IT Training, Multimedia and Software Development.

Ankush Singh
Co-Founder, CEO of Piggy
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About Piggy: Piggy is an investment application that allows direct fund investments.

Aneesh Bhasin
Co-Founder and CEO of Hipcask
Aneesh is a multi award winning lifestyle photographer & writer based in India. He shoots everything from food to people all over the world. These include Johnnie Walker, Dom Pérignon, Hennessy, Starbucks, BBC Good Food, Vanity Fair, Lonely Planet, GQ, CN Traveller, Silver Kris, Times of India & Hindustan Times. He is also the co founder and CEO of Hipcask, India’s first wine focused smart phone app and consumer platform.
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About Hipcask, Living Local: Hipcask is a smartphone application that enables users to discover wines, whiskies, and beers.
Rakesh Pradhan
Co-Founder and CEO of Runexe Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Mr. Rakesh Pradhan is the Co-Founder and CEO at Runexe Solutions Pvt Ltd.
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About Runexe Solutions Pvt Ltd.: Runexe Solutions is a custom software development company creating web and tablet based applications.
Shaival Chandra
Co-Founder and CEO of Hopping Chef
Shaival Chandra is the co-founder of LiberPays. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Hopping Chef.
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About Hopping Chef: Hopping Chef is an online platform that connects professional chefs with consumers.

Ashwani Kumar Singh Rathore
CEO & Founder of Gladiris Technologies (SpiderG)
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About Gladiris Consulting LLP, Gladiris Technologies (SpiderG): We consulted companies on their system needs, customized an opensource ERP, executed its implementation.

Sudhakar Ram
Founder & CEO of Benow
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About Benow, Mastek: Benow is a digital payment platform for SME merchants, brands and NGOs.
Anmol Chhoriya
CEO & Co-Founder of Rubix108 Technologies
Anmol’s career has been focused on education and Real Estate business with having served in leadership roles with Chhoriya Group and DC International Schools for 9 years. The inspiration for Rubix came while managing 4 different educational institutes in 4 different cities.
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About Rubix108 Technologies: Rubix Total App makes it effortless for Institutes to send home important information and updates about the day’s learning experiences.
Easwar Murthy
Founder and CEO of Iorta Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Easwar Murthy is the founder and CEO of IorTa Technology Solutions.
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About Iorta Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: Saas; Sales Management Solutions for Insurance companies
Prashant Upasani
Co-Founder and CEO of ValueAdd SoftTech
Prashant Upasani is the Co-Founder and CEO at ValueAdd SoftTech.
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About Aspenify, ValueAdd SoftTech: ValueAdd Softtech is supporting their global clients from US & AU by providing end to end services.

Kapil Sanghavi
Founder & CEO of Plick.it
Kapil Sanghavi is a Founder & CEO at Plick.it.
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About Plick.it: Plick.it is an android app that sends text & Image push notifications instantly.
Viraj Kalyani
Founder and CEO of Kalyani Studio
Viraj Kalyani is the Founder and CEO of Kalyani Studio.
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About Kalyani Forge, Kalyani Studio: We partner with R&D and Innovation Engineers at OEMs, Tier-1 companies & start-ups, who are developing new products.
Shakil Hanjgikar
Founder & CEO/ Chief Testomaniac of vTEST
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About vTEST: Independent software testing services firm

Vijay Darkonde
CEO & Co-Founder of Inceptive Technologies
Vijay has over 14+ years of entrepreneurial, general management and senior executive experience with a proven expertise in business development, corporate strategy, product & program management. Having worked in leadership roles for an established IT services organization, successfully founded a mobility company as Intrapreneur and mentoring a product company, he has built a broad base of experience in Mobile & Web technologies. He is passionate about all things mobility and believe in the troika of Simplicity, Great User Experience and Beautiful Designs. Vijay has a background in Instrumentation Engineering and interest in Process Management. In his spare time Vijay likes to paint and watch cricket.
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About Inceptive Technologies: Inceptive works in the in the mobile, cloud and web space with startups to Fortune 100 companies.
Chandan Badgujar
Co-Founder | Strategic CEO of The Contrast
Chandan Badgujar is the Co-Founder | Strategic CEO at The Contrast.
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About The Contrast: Marketing and Advertising

Niraj Borwal
CEO of Proline Signals
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About : A Startup Company offering GPS Tracking Software Solutions for Fleet Management.
Siddharth Deshmukh
CEO & Founder of ShimBi Labs
Siddharth Deshmukh love making products in India for a world. Innovation, startup and sustainable business is what love. He make products for people and not for funding.
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About ShimBi Labs: Shimbi is a software lab developing innovative web and mobile applications.
Ruchik Vora
Founder & CEO of SuperWise – Construction Management Software
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About SuperWise – Construction Management Software: SuperWise is a construction management SaaS that helps contractors & developers manage time, cost & quality of projects in real-time.
Siddhant Malani
Founder & CEO of Collective Limitless Ambitious Smart Solutions
Siddhant Malani is the Founder and CEO at Collective Limitless Ambitious Smart Solutions.
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About Collective Limitless Ambitious Smart Solutions: Collective Limitless Ambitious Smart Solutions provides Internet of Things and smartphones services.
Abhijit Mehta
Co-Founder & CEO of Adapty
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About Adapty: Adapty is a leading digital commerce company with offices in USA, UAE and India.
Arjun Chatterjee
Founder & CEO of Runtime Solutions
Arjun Chatterjee is the founder and CEO of Runtime Solutions.
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About Runtime Solutions: We are a growing firm bringing a digital-first approach to business & marketing solutions. We take on client challenges delivering delight
Babuddin Ahmed
Founder & CEO of Infomanav
Founder and CEO
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About Infomanav: Infomanav is a Mumbai based Technology Company. Our focus is around Web, Mobile and Cloud based app development and digital marketing.
Manas Usharia
CEO of CodeBin
Founder of a boutique web design and development agency serving across Europe and USA
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About CodeBin, CodeBin, ShoppingPost: Web and Mobile Design and Development
Ishwar Jha
Founder and CEO of MockRabbit
Ishwar Jha the Founder and CEO of MockRabbit.
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About MockRabbit: MockRabbit, the world’s first Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based mock interview practice app.
Aamir Khan
Co founder and CEO of Futuristic5 IT Solutions
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About Futuristic5 IT Solutions: Futuristic5 is a web design and development company that offers a complete solution from web designing to web optimization.

Rahul Munde
Founder & CEO of Mavericks Web Services (India)
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About Mavericks Web Services (India): We are a service based startup firm. we develop products based on research analysis.

Uday Vaswani
Co-Founder – CEO – CTO of Curly Binaries Lab LLP
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About Curly Binaries Lab LLP: Curly Binaries Lab LLP, is a binary startup which focuses on Digital Market, SEO, Hosting, Mobile App,Desktop,Web Development & IT training

Mounish Ambaliya
Founder And CEO : TechSevin of Techsevin
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About Techsevin: Techsevin provides Technology Services from Start-ups to Corporate’s, Mobile Apps, Ecommerce (Magento) Solutions, Trave B2B Portals.