About

Suryaprakash Konanuru, also known as Suri, is an accomplished serial entrepreneur and technologist with over 20 years of experience in the Indian startup ecosystem. Currently, he serves as the CTO of Ideaspring Capital, a venture fund that invests in early-stage enterprise product innovation startups. Suri's journey as an entrepreneur began in 1999 when he co-founded his first startup, Alopa Networks, after working for almost a decade as a compiler and networking software developer at Wipro Infotech R&D. He has since co-founded two more startups, Yos Technologies and funtoot, in the domains of healthcare and education, with two exits to his credit. As an entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, and investor, Suri has been a significant contributor to the Indian startup ecosystem. He has served as an advisor to Serosoft and as a consulting CTO for funtoot, where he was responsible for medium to long-term strategy and technology identification and prototyping. Suri's academic background includes an M.Tech. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a B.E. in Computer Science from UVCE. He also holds a PUC in Science from National College. Apart from his professional achievements, Suri is also a running enthusiast who loves travel and photography in his free time. He brings his vast experience and expertise to Ideaspring Capital, where he leads the technical strategy and helps the portfolio startups achieve their full potential.