Sunil Mehta is the Founder and Managing partner at Linus Ventures. A visionary leader with more than 30 years of industry experience in defining missions and goals for his portfolio companies, Mr. Mehta is a successful serial entrepreneur and an active venture investor for companies operating primarily in the North East region of the U.S.
Sunil’s first venture, Orion Systems Integrators, was a IT services company that he founded in 1993 in the loft of his house. As a Founder and CEO/President, under his leadership for 22 years, Orion grew to one of the fastest growing firms on the East coast of US with 1,200 employees and 10 offices in four continents. As part of an accelerated growth strategy, Orion acquired Unixpros and Namtra Business Solutions in 2008 and 2012, respectively to strengthen their Application development and Government solutions verticals. For five consecutive years (2009-2014), Orion was recognized by Inc.5000 as one of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. Over the years Orion has attracted Private Equity investments from Potomac and One Equity to scale into one of the most respected system integrators on the east coast.
Sunil’s other primary investments include Moofwd, Optimal Business Solutions (AMT) and igrenEnergi. Moofwd (www.moofwd.com) is a globally recognized mobile productivity application development firm that provides a platform to rapidly deploy enterprise applications on Web and mobile devices. Moofwd has an array of its own product line for Education segment, namely, Mooestro, CommuniK8, eXtend and Zubron, that are a strong brand in the Latin American/Europe market and used by over a million students. Sunil also serves as an Executive Chairman of the Board of the company. Optimal Business Solutions (www.amterp.com) is a company that has developed an ERP and supply chain solution software application called AMT that is used by importers and domestic manufacturers worldwide. Sunil serves as an Executive Chairman on the board of this company. Sunil is an angel investor in igrenEnergi, (www.igrenenergi.com) a company that creates solutions for maximizing energy storage. Sunil has either created a customer base, an employee base or has invested in companies across six continents.
In 2011, Sunil was named by Ernst & Young as an Entrepreneur of The Year. He earned a Baccalaureate in Technology in Electrical Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai, India, and his Masters in Electrical and Computer engineering from The University of Florida, Gainesville.
Prabhu Antony is the Fund Manager at Linus Ventures. He is the co-founder, President & CFO of Stonebridge Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: APAC), a $200M public listed Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC).
He is also the Co-Founder at Sett & Lucas, a Hong Kong headquartered financial institution that specializes in cross border Mergers & Acquisition. He has consummated private equity and M&A deals valued over $3.5Bn in transaction value, across 6 continents and 22 countries. As an M&A advisor, he has won several awards from M&A Advisor forum, the global though leader in M&A. As an M&A advisor, he has won several awards from M&A Advisor Forum, the global thought leader in M&A. In 2016 he was awarded, Investment Banker of the Year among 650 participating financial institutions in the US, in 2015 he was ranked among the top five cross border investment bankers in the US, in 2017 he wont the best M&A deal of the year and in 2014 he was awarded the 40 under 40 Americas M&A dealmaker award.
Prior to his roles with Linus and Sett & Lucas, he was the Vice President at MAPE Group, a top M&A; advisory firm in Asia, where he was the head of Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) vertical and the US-Asia cross border M&A; practice. Prior to joining MAPE, Prabhu had worked for more than 7 years in the technology sector for blue chip companies such as Cognizant, i-flex and Oracle where he managed corporate & business development, corporate strategy and M&A; initiatives across London, US and India. He holds a bachelors degree in electronics and instrumentation engineering, a masters in business administration and a Post Graduate diploma in International business. He is an alumni of the Wharton school of the University of Pennsylvania and attended Harvard Business School to pursue his passion in the field of Disruptive Innovation.