Our lives today are busy and rushed. We want to achieve
more and experience more. This pursuit of fitting more into each day
leaves little time for perhaps the most important thing which affects
our life quality- the food we eat.
As technologists and engineers passionate about problem solving, our
team saw this as a great opportunity to bring a purpose-led innovation
to life. To knock the hassle out of fresh healthy eating.
To help everyone eat fresh food made at home with handpicked ingredients. Instant & Hassle-free.
With Rotimatic, we hope people will eat healthier and live better.
Rishi is a serial entrepreneur, a hardcore technologist and a believer
in multidisciplinary problem solving. Before co-founding Zimplistic,
Rishi was the founder and CTO of tenCube, a Singapore based mobile
security company acquired by McAfee, where he was responsible for the
overall technology and product roadmap of the company.
Rishi wrote the first version of Rotimatic firmware and has authored six
patents from technology work he has led.
Pranoti always dreamed of becoming an inventor. Always encouraged by her
parents to speak her mind, she loves to question assumptions and norms.
With a flair for engineering and hands on approach, she acquired
expertise in Mechanical engineering and went into Product Design. Before
Zimplistic, she led a team that worked on a robotic product for a
renowned brand, from concept to manufacturing.
Pranoti is a strong believer in simplicity and an approach of one step
at a time! She has authored eight patents in Zimplistic. She has a
strong passion for building products which are beautifully designed and
deliver an amazing user-experience.
- Rishi
Rishi Israni
Co-Founder & CEO
Rishi is a serial entrepreneur, a
hardcore technologist and a believer in multidisciplinary problem
solving. Before co-founding Zimplistic, Rishi was the founder and CTO of
tenCube, a Singapore based mobile security company acquired by McAfee,
where he was responsible for the overall technology and product roadmap
of the company.
Rishi wrote the first version of Rotimatic firmware and has authored six
patents from technology work he has led.
Pranoti Nagarkar
Co-Founder & CTO
Pranoti always dreamed of becoming
an inventor. Always encouraged by her parents to speak her mind, she
loves to question assumptions and norms. With a flair for engineering
and hands on approach, she acquired expertise in Mechanical engineering
and went into Product Design. Before Zimplistic, she led a team that
worked on a robotic product for a renowned brand, from concept to
manufacturing.
Pranoti is a strong believer in simplicity and an approach of one step
at a time! She has authored eight patents in Zimplistic. She has a
strong passion for building products which are beautifully designed and
deliver an amazing user-experience.
Our Board
Bobby Choonavala
Director
With a career spanning 40 years,
Bobby is a veteran in the Information Technology industry. He spent most
of his working life with Digital Equipment Corporation in senior
executive positions in Europe, Asia and the United States.
He later joined the Iomega Corporation as their Asia Pacific Vice
President and was responsible for building its distribution channel
throughout the region. From 2000-2007 Bobby was CEO of Twinwood
Engineering Ltd, a listed company in Singapore, where he led the effort
to build a new IT business. In recent years, he has been mentoring a
number of start-ups, in some of which he has investments.
Mr. Deepak G is a seasoned
entrepreneur with 38 successful years of experience in various
industries ranging from lifestyle to technology. Over the decades, Mr.
Deepak G has mentored many businesses, Zimplistic being one of the
enterprises he is most passionate about. Apart from being a full-time
investor, the 52-year old Singaporean is also a dedicated selfless
community worker having headed many prestigious organisations in over
2-decades of community work. He firmly believes in work-life balance. He
feels ‘Rotimatic’ is just the solution to achieve this by saving time
and manual effort.
Hian Goh is a Founding Partner of
NSI Ventures, a Series A venture capital fund focused on Technology and
Internet companies in South East Asia. Prior to NSI Ventures, Hian was
the Founder of the Asian Food Channel (AFC), a 24 Hour food and
lifestyle Pay TV network, which was acquired by Scripps Networks in
2013.
Hian began his career as an investment banker and was a founding member
of the Salomon Smith Barney Technology investment banking practice in
Asia, (now part of Citigroup) in 1999.
Hian graduated with a degree in Jurisprudence (Law) from Trinity
College, Oxford, and an MBA from INSEAD. He is also a Reserve Officer
with the Singapore Navy and is a Board Member of the Singapore Science
Centre.
Jan Westerhues is Investment Partner
and authorized signatory with Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)
in Frankfurt, Germany. Jan takes special interest in technology and
investments in the area of service robotics. Prior to this position Jan
was responsible for Bosch Corporate Strategy in the Asia Pacific region,
based in Shanghai, China. He gathered extensive experience in strategy
consulting before joining the Bosch Group. Jan holds a degree in
engineering and business administration (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.) from the
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany and is a CFA charter holder.
