Vatsal Kanakiya is CEO at 100X.VC. 100X is an early stage venture fund investing the first cheque in bootstrapped startups based out of India. 100X has invested in 150+ startups in the 4.5 years since inception. Vatsal has led 50+ investments for 100X.VC across sectors from Consumer Brands, Consumer Social, B2B Enterprise SaaS, Devtools, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, IOT, AI, Web3, etc. Vatsal works actively with 100X founders on Tech + Product, GTM, Narrative building, and Fundraising. Vatsal is also partner at his Family Office Mehta Ventures. Through the family office, Vatsal has been part of 70+ investments across the world including Heart Aerospace, Memfault, CoinDCX and more. Previously, Vatsal worked as a software engineer at Morgan Stanley and a Joint Venture between MIT Media Labs and LV Prasad Eye Institute for Biomedical Devices. Vatsal completed his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Mumbai University.