Vasant Shetty

Critic
DISC Type : C

Founder at Mundhe Banni

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Vasant Shetty is the Founder and CEO of Mundhe Banni, a platform dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs in Karnatakas tier-2 and tier-3 towns. An engineer from Visvesvaraya Technological University with a background at Cisco, he previously co-founded MyLang, a digital publishing platform for Indian languages, demonstrating his commitment to leveraging technology for regional growth.

Originally from Kundapura, Vasant is a passionate advocate for the Kannada language. He lives in Bengaluru with his wife and two children and has made a point of enrolling his son in a Kannada-medium school. His dedication extends to running a specialized bookstore for scholarly Kannada books.

Unique fact: Vasant runs Munnota, a bookshop dedicated to Indian federalism that also hosts weekly science and technology lectures delivered in Kannada.

Personality Overview

Precise

Objective Thinker

Critic

It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

Karnataka Entrepreneurship
His current venture, Mundhe Banni, is building a community-powered platform with the mission to empower 100, 000 entrepreneurs from Karnataka and create one million jobs.
Kannada Language Advocacy
Co-founded a digital publishing house for Kannada books (MyLang), runs a Kannada podcast, and even sends his own children to a Kannada-medium school.
Tier-2/3 Empowerment
His work explicitly focuses on inspiring and supporting talent and entrepreneurs from smaller towns and non-metro areas of Karnataka, moving beyond the typical tech hubs.

Media Appearances

Mundhe Banni: Vasant Shetty on Tech, Risk & Change | Disha Ep. 16. Featured in YouTube

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Work History

7-2025
Founder at Mundhe Banni
7-2025
Founder at Siriversal Ventures
9-2019 - 6-2025
Co-Founder, COO at MyLang Creators
1-2019 - 9-2019
Head of HR, Admin and Operations at Appify
6-2008 - 12-2017
Senior Software Engineer at Cisco

Education

1998 - 2002
BE from Visvesvaraya Technological University
2012 - 2012
Graduate Certificate in Public Policy from The Takshashila Institution

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Exp : 21 Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founder at Mundhe Banni
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Insights For Selling To Vasant

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Vasant is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Vasant

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Vasant move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Vasant take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Vasant

Personality Compatibility


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