About

Utkarsh G. is a seasoned entrepreneur and subject matter expert in building modern internet brands with a mix of content, community, and capital. With over 3 years of relevant experience, he has worked on leadership teams at prominent new-age media consulting and think tanks such as TED, Entrepreneur.com, and INK. He is currently the Lead Web 3.0 at Entrepreneur.com, where he serves as an Ecosystem Head for Web 3.0 in APAC, developing IPs in Web 3.0, Metaverse, Crypto, Defi, NFTs, and emerging markets. In the pandemic year of 2021, Utkarsh designed, organized, and directed the largest spiritual metaverse festival for ISKCON, showcasing his entrepreneurial skills. He has also had an entrepreneurial stint in the hyper-personalized gifting segment and was a partner at a Marcom business in his early years. Utkarsh has worked as a workplace leadership development, culture, and employee/employer branding consultant for CRED, Intel, Accenture, Nishit Desai Associates, and others. He has also assisted Invest India, ISKCON, the Government of Chhattisgarh, and the FICCI, where he led campaigns and developed IPs. Utkarsh's past experiences include working as an Investor at Tyke, where he built a portfolio in food, web 3.0, entertainment, and future tech. He also served as an Associate Program Manager at Community Pure Water, where he worked with rural communities to build efficient and sustainable water-purification centers. Utkarsh holds a degree in Integrated Marketing Communications: Advertising Public Relations & Digital Marketing from IE Business School, a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from NIT Raipur, and a Tenth grade degree in Mathematics from St. Johns Senior Secondary. He has a strong tech stack in Web, NFT, and DeFi and contributes to Wikipedia and other publications. He also consults startups in the areas of community building, fundraising, media buying, lean growth, and leadership development.