Vidhan Rana is an Entrepreneur and Researcher with experience in launching multiple enterprises and social initiatives. He started his professional career working as a research analyst at Whittaker Associates, an economic development consulting firm based in the United States providing guidance and support to economic development agencies at state and local level.

In July 2011, he established Biruwa Ventures to support aspiring entrepreneurs to start their own ventures. Vidhan is responsible of setting the company’s vision and giving strategic support to the company’s management team. Over the course of five years at Biruwa, he has mentored over 400 entrepreneurs and invested in four startups. He has been a part of various consulting projects helping entrepreneurs develop business plans to conducting market research to managing a program targeted towards bringing foreign companies to Nepal.

Krupa Patel is the Founder and CEO of Anza, a Tanzanian organization that provides capacity building, access to debt capital and collaborative co-working space for social businesses. Through this robust range of offerings, Anza meaningfully assists to start and scale businesses that create more jobs and provide life improving products or services to low income Tanzanians.

Krupa has co-founded five additional start-up businesses creating Impact in Tanzania, ranging from a new chain of quality & affordable primary schools, a waste management & recycling business, a network of last mile sales agents distributing life improving products, an ethical fashion production line and Northern Tanzania's first co-working Hub. As an Acumen East Africa fellow of 2015 and an all round impassioned social entrepreneur, Krupa is dedicated to stimulating innovation geared for scalable and sustainable social impact in Tanzania.