Vishnu Nagaraj

Founder & CEO

Carve Startup Labs

Bengaluru, India

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Startup Ecosystem Builder

Bengaluru, India

Carve Startup Labs (CSL) is an internationalisation partner and a global advisory firm that connects growth-stage startups, corporates, and governments to global opportunities. Headquartered in India with a subsidiary in Berlin, CSL bridges emerging and developed innovation ecosystems across Europe, the Middle East, the USA, and the Asia-Pacific region. As a distinguished partner of the European Innovation Council (EIC), CSL enables high-potential startups and ecosystem stakeholders to expand into new markets, access international networks, and build strategic cross-border collaborations. With partners and associations in over 40 countries and more than 500 international startup engagements, CSL has collaborated with governments, innovation agencies, universities, and trade bodies across the globe. The firm has designed and delivered market access programs, curated global delegations, roadshows, and facilitated G2G and ecosystem-level engagements with international organizations. CSL is an official European Innovation Council (EIC) partner, an official Global Partnership Program (GPP) partner with the Dubai Chamber, and has facilitated participation from over 45 countries at the flagship Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit (TNGSS), India, along with several other global summits and conferences. By combining local insights with global reach, Carve Startup Labs delivers end-to-end internationalisation support — from curation and market immersion to post-program mentorship — empowering founders and innovation enablers to go global with purpose.

About me

Entrepreneur - Innovator - Startup Advisor - Startup Investment - IoT - Strategist - Product Architect - Startup Evangelist -
2 times TEDx Speaker - Global Expansion Consultant

• Speaker at Salz21 Salzburg, Austria
• International Speaker at Asia Berlin Summit, Germany
• Invited as Speaker to Gitex 2022.
• International Delegate for BIAT - Naples - Italy - Selected by Italy Embassy - ITA
• Selected to Advantage Austria Startup Delegation Program from the Austrian Embassy for India - Austria - Europe International Bridge Programs
• Judge in Slingshot - Switch 2022 and 2023 - Enterprise Singapore - Govt of Singapore
• Innovation Ambassador at Gitex YouthX 2022
• Australia - India Startup and Youth Ambassador - AIBC Summit - Australia India Business Council
• Nasscom Innotrekker 2016 among the 36 Indian founders of USA Silicon Valley
• For KSUM - Business 4 Startups - Shared Global opportunities of Middle East - Flat6Labs, Lithuania and Europe by Startup Lithuania and USA - WEVE
• Ideas got selected in Nasscom startup warehouse Kochi, in Nasscom Coe IoT Bangalore
• Top 30 in Istanbul-based startup accelerator

• International Mentor at TakeOff International Startup Summit in Istanbul, Turkey and NxGenStartups Australia and We@INQ Scale to Australia Program
• Helped 35+ Indian startups explore UAE opportunities via Elevate IIH Program - India at Dubai Expo Team
• 50-Member High-Level CYL-led Youth Delegation to China in February 2020
• Mentoring, advising, and associating in startup programs for Startup Odisha - Government of Odisha, Startup Karnataka - Government of Karnataka, Kerala Startup Mission - Government of Kerala, Government of West Bengal, DST Patna, Government of Bihar, Startup TN Govt Of Tamilnadu, Assam Nest - Govt of Assam, Startup Uttarakhand - Govt of Uttarakhand, 10000 startup warehouse Nasscom, Dewang Mehta Foundations, MHRD Innovation Council, SINE Mumbai - IIT and in 200+ Universities/ Institutions in India.
• Innovation grant from the Government of Kerala for his Startup taGDyou in 2018
• keynote speaker for the IEEE Kerala section about startup and IoT

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