I help entrepreneurs in small, growing technology companies to raise money from investors such as venture capital firms and industrial firms (I'm an investment banker). This gives me the chance to work in interesting fields including renewable energy, batteries, electric and hydrogen vehicles, sustainable materials and foods, agri-tech.
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I have written a book and a movie script.

I've spent a year travelling around India , exploring charities, social causes and spirituality. I learned buddhism and meditation, lived with hindu monks, and stayed in a Sikh temple. I've interviewed a gangster in his den, taught children in the slums, and helped a lawyer to fight the land mafia to clear elephant corridors across the jungles of Kerala.

Travel journal - http://jay.marathe.net/journey

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people and share social experiences. To be able to see life in other countries as locals see it. To show the best of Vienna to visitors.

Interests

Learning about new things, social entrepreneurship and development, information technology, improving the environment, charities and social causes.

Finding great little restaurants, gourmet coffee shops, wine bars. Hiking in the countryside, movies, weekend breaks in new cities.

• environment
• technology
• traveling
• entrepreneurship

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been snake-hunting in the jungle at night

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences and places in Vienna

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, Germany, India, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

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