I'm Manoj and Sri Lankan born (not Indian). I have been building, failing and exiting tech startups since 2004. I built Manchester's (UK) tech startup ecosystem from 2004 to 2013 when no one understood tech startups.

Today, I run 3 ventures:

https://techcelerate.ventures - a community of tech founders in and around Manchester.

https://deallite.uk - intelligence on UK tech venture backed tech startups and investors who back them.

https://skilledup.life - 62,000 skilled volunteers of all ages and levels of experience volunteering for tech startups in order to gain more experience and skills to land their next job or gig as well as career transition.