Darpan is passionate about disruptive, internet focused businesses. Darpan's 22 years of experience in Digital and Tech focused businesses ranges from bootstrapped startups to multi billion-dollar Fortune 100 companies.

In 2012, Darpan co-founded Fashionara.com, a fashion focused eCommerce marketplace for the India market. Within 2 years of launch, Fashionara became one of the leading destinations for Fashion shopping in India. Pivoted the business to a "Flash Sales" model in 2015. Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners and Helion Ventures.

Darpan is also the Founder of Squadhelp, an innovative crowdsourcing platform that connects creatives from across the globe with startups and businesses for their branding related projects. Squadhelp is now the leading crowdsourcing platform across the globe in the business naming category.