Devan Batavia Email Address

General Partner

TripActions is a Computer Software company which provides Business Travel, Employee Rewards, Modern Travel, Hotel Booking, Online Booking, Mobile Booking and more.

I enjoy taking up new challenges. Start-ups or otherwise. New technologies or new markets, I enjoy the thrill of putting it together. I never thought sales would be my forte but it turns out that I know a few things about it...some innately and some that I've had to learn along the way. What does meditation have to do with running sales? I find peace of mind helps make better decisions. Would you rather make decisions with your hair on fire? But most importantly, it provides me the ability to connect with my team, prospects and customers at a human level. I was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and have had the pleasure of living in Africa, the Americas and Europe. My parents come from a modest background and we were taught from very early to appreciate every morsel of food on our table and to be grateful for whatever we have. Hard work went hand-in-hand with being grateful. Call it old-school, I call it valuable! I thrive in new roles in new markets. I love to learn! I've had the joy of playing consultant, product manager, biz dev guy, and sales lead for 15 exciting years in the valley and internationally. Combine the drive to learn, create positive change around me & hard work with peace of mind, you've entered my World. Most recently I led teams at Jive Software in EMEA first and later APAC. I helped build the revenue stream from inception in these markets and build teams to scale out the business (i.e. sales, marketing, ops, business development, professional services and post-sales support).