Bhavik Gandhi is presently the founder and the principal partner at the Development Venture Capital Group, a venture capital fund specialising in micro venture capital for social entrepreneurs in developing countries. His present work also involves investments in high growth startups specialising in Next Generation Network technologies, for converged voice, video and data services for fixed and wireless telecommunication carriers.

Bhavik's experience spans Telecommunications, Retail, New Media, Venture Capital, Energy, Outsourcing and the non-profit sector. He has also had extensive experience in the establishment, growth and management of startup companies. .

In 1999 Bhavik was part of the $1.2 billion Pathway project team at Fujitsu, responsible for automating and integrating information systems for 17,000 Post Offices across the UK.

Bhavik founded inone in 2000, a company specialising in the development of rich media software for interactive agencies and web advertisers,

Drawing upon the experience in developing rich media technology, in 2001, Bhavik founded Mediacle Networks, a Rich Media Advertising Network and Mediacle Ad Services, an outsourcing company providing ad trafficking and management services to newmedia and advertising agencies in the US and UK markets.

In 2002, Bhavik was the New Media Specialist at Reliance Infocomm, a $4.5 billion initiative to build a nationwide high-capacity optic fiber and wireless CDMA telecoms network for convergent voice, data and video services and Reliance WebWorld, a $300 million nationwide network of 700+ stores retailing Infocomm mobile and broadband services.

In 2003, Bhavik founded ONE, an online provider of converged web services the web and mobile. Other startups include Mobile MD, Smart TAG, StoreNet, DIME.

Bhavik's work in the non-profit sector includes founding TelecenterNet.org, a non profit consultancy focused on assisting governments and NGO's in the deployment of National Telecenter Networks for public internet access. In 2004, he was a technology consultant to the Multi-Lateral Initiative on Malaria, a project funded by the US Government and the Swedish International Development Agency, for improving communications infrastructure supporting malaria research in Africa. Most recently, in 2005, Bhavik has also been involved in setting up Telemed Networks, a non-profit to assist in the developing systems for deploying Rural Telemedicine Infrastructure. His other projects in the non-profit sector have included Renewable Energy Systems and production assistance for small scale farmers.

Bhavik is also the founder and chief editor at emerginginterest.org, an open source publishing initiative, covering startups and emerging technologies.

Bhavik holds a B.Sc in Management & Information Systems from Royal Holloway, University of London and a MSc in Engineering Information Systems from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.