About Us - StartAppGuru

Our Mission

StartAppGuru is a business discovery platform connecting ambitious businesses with investors, capital and strategic opportunities. We believe every great business deserves access to the right people.

Building a business requires more than a great product. Founders need access to capital, expertise, visibility, customers and business support — resources that are often fragmented across platforms, agencies, networks and communities. StartAppGuru brings them together in one connected ecosystem, so you can build, position and grow.

Meet Our Founder

The visionary behind StartAppGuru

Dr. Ashutosh Khatawkar

Founder, StartAppGuru | Entrepreneur | Business Strategist | Researcher

Dr. Ashutosh Khatawkar is the Founder of StartAppGuru, a business growth ecosystem built to help founders, startups and MSMEs access the right capital, customers, connections, partners and business support to scale.

With a Ph.D. in Economics and an MBA in Marketing, he brings over two decades of experience across entrepreneurship, business strategy, marketing, behavioural economics and leadership. His journey includes leadership roles with organisations such as Lodha, JLL, RNA and Bombay Realty, alongside building and leading his own ventures.

His track record includes ₹11,000+ crore in revenue generated and the founding of Augustus Ventures. Through StartAppGuru, he is creating an ecosystem where founders can move beyond simply raising capital and gain access to the broader resources required to build and grow sustainable businesses.