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About Founding Minds

Built as an incubator. Driven by product thinking.

Founded in 2008, Founding Minds has grown from a technology incubator into a product engineering company serving startups and established businesses.

That origin still shapes how we work: understand the problem, challenge assumptions, make sound engineering decisions, and build products designed to last.

Our roots still shape how we build.

Running an incubator taught us to look beyond features and delivery milestones. Who will use the product? What makes it valuable? What needs to be built now, and what can wait?

Today, we bring that same product mindset to both new ventures and established software, combining the judgment to make the right product decisions with the engineering experience to execute them.

From incubation to long-term product engineering.

2008
Founded as a technology incubator
20+
Products incubated
Partnerships that last.
Long-standing relationships with customers who continue to trust us to build, evolve, and support their products.
Expertise →How we work →AI Lab →
What guides us

Good engineering starts with good judgment.

Understand before you build

We take the time to understand the business, the people, and the problem before deciding what technology should do.

Challenge with integrity

We give candid advice, question assumptions, and recommend what’s right for the product, even when that means less work for us.

Build for the long term

We take ownership of our engineering work, invest in lasting relationships, and build software that can evolve as needs change.

How our clients describe us

Not as a vendor. The description we have earned, and the one we would like to keep earning, is a sounding board for ideas, a lab for new solutions, and an extension of their product development.

“Founding Minds has gone beyond expectations to learn our business needs that have been essential to our success.”
Sara Manning Director of Information Technology, DRL
“It is rare that I have seen a partner who was able to integrate so well with our aspirations and then help us realize those with thoughtful and timely execution.”
Ren Menon CEO, OrthoFX

Executive team

Portrait of Regi Roy, Chief Executive Officer at Founding Minds.

Regi Roy

Chief Executive Officer

An innovator at heart, Regi brings over three decades of experience building technology products and businesses. His entrepreneurial journey spans launching products, building teams, and growing ventures, combining deep technology expertise with practical business judgment.

Portrait of Jayan Chacko, Managing Director at Founding Minds.

Jayan Chacko

Managing Director

Runs the development centers in Kochi and Trivandrum, drawing on 25 years in software and engineering. Previously led operations for TCS and Reliance.

Portrait of Nikhil C R, VP of Centre Head, Kochi at Founding Minds.

Nikhil C R

VP, Center Head, Kochi

Runs the Kochi office and manages the lifecycle of key projects. Brings 17+ years of product design and development experience.

Portrait of Anish Chandran, VP of Product Incubation at Founding Minds.

Anish Chandran

VP, Product Incubation

Leads product incubation and oversees the Middle East portfolio, taking ideas from concept to market. Founded two gaming and IoT companies and co-authored the Agile4MLS paper in IEEE Software.

Portrait of Praveen R, VP of Software Development at Founding Minds.

Praveen R

VP, Software Development

Leads global software development teams with 13+ years of product experience across ERP, CRM and e-commerce. Has built fintech and healthcare products since 2013.

Portrait of Rathish Gangadharan, VP of Software Development at Founding Minds.

Rathish Gangadharan

VP, Software Development

Leads software development with 20+ years of experience building applications across education, healthcare, fintech and retirement solutions.

Board

Portrait of Babu Sivadasan, Chairman at Founding Minds.

Babu Sivadasan

Chairman

Co-founded Stamps.com and served as its founding CTO. An angel investor and mentor in Silicon Valley and India, he leads Jiffy.AI.

Regi Roy
Chief Executive Officer
Jayan Chacko
Managing Director

Where we are

United States, headquarters

12835 Deer Creek Lane, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022.

Trivandrum, India

Thejaswini, L-16, Technopark Campus, Kerala 695581.

Kochi, India

Ground Floor, Athulya, Infopark Kakkanad, Kochi, Kerala 682042.

Let’s talk about what you’re building.

Whether you’re evolving an established application, bringing a new product to market, or looking for an experienced engineering partner, we’d like to understand what you’re working on.

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