At 13, most kids are figuring out school and social media.
At 13, Ameya Somvanshi was figuring out how to build companies.
That’s not a metaphor. That’s how it started.
Back in Pune, while his peers were preparing for unit tests, Ameya had already stepped into a different kind of classroom — the real world of startups. He didn’t wait to get a degree. He went straight into the fire.
And he didn’t walk in alone.
He found a mentor who saw his hunger — Shripal Gandhi, a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Svaa Life — someone who had built real companies, solved real problems, and played the game at scale.
“I remember being this young, quiet kid in rooms full of veterans — just listening, absorbing, staying invisible. But inside, I was analyzing everything. Learning faster than anyone else in that room.”
That’s how Ameya remembers the early days.
The Svaa Life Chapter: Where Discipline Met Vision
Under Shripal Gandhi’s guidance, Ameya didn’t get a pass for being young. He got assignments. Real ones.
At Svaa Life, a tech-driven wellness startup, Ameya cut his teeth on what actually makes a company tick — from backend operations to growth sprints to building scalable systems in chaotic conditions. It was there that he fell in love with execution — not the glamor of startup life, but the grit of making it work every single day.
By the time he turned 15, Ameya had something most MBA grads don’t:
Real startup experience, forged under real pressure.
CocktailBaba & J4E: Learning the Art of Market-Driven Hustle
After Svaa Life, Ameya moved fast. He started experimenting. Testing ideas. Working on new-age digital businesses.
At CocktailBaba, a digital platform targeting India’s beverage culture, he got hands-on experience with user growth, branding, and positioning in chaotic B2C markets.
Simultaneously, he worked with J4E (Just4Entrepreneurs) — a platform focused on mass-level business growth — where he got exposed to marketplace dynamics, funnel optimization, and operational scaling.
While most people his age were figuring out what to study, Ameya was figuring out how to acquire users at scale, optimize CAC, build GTM frameworks, and close clients.
Not by watching YouTube videos.
By actually doing it, in real-time.
Then Came The Vision: Somvanshi Technologies
At 18, Ameya stopped working for startups. He started building his own.
He founded Somvanshi Technologies, not to be another IT services company — but to become India’s next enterprise tech empire.
Not an agency. Not a consultancy.
A real, structured, scalable machine engineered to deliver full-stack IT, product development, cloud operations, and AI automation for enterprises.
He didn’t do it alone. He brought along Arnav Kolhe, a strategic systems thinker and operator who co-founded the company with him. Together, they built not just a team — but an entire execution architecture:
Lean pods. Global delivery capacity. Cloud-native infrastructure. Precision sales engines.
And they’re not just in the game.
They’re playing to win the entire tournament.
The Philosophy: Discipline, Scale, and Long-Term Play
Ameya’s style isn’t loud. It’s calculated, deliberate, and lethal in execution.
He’s up before sunrise. Obsessed with systems. Ruthless about priorities.
He doesn’t chase hype. He chases throughput.
“The only edge I have over people twice my age? I move ten times faster. I make fewer excuses. I don’t care about looking successful — I’m obsessed with building something that actually is.”
While others are seeking applause, Ameya is building pipelines. While others post about hustle, he’s already two quarters ahead in execution.
The Next Decade: Beat the Giants, Build the Blueprint
The mission is clear:
Outperform and outscale global tech giants from Indian soil.
In the next 10 years, Ameya wants Somvanshi Technologies to become India’s most efficient, vertically integrated, and globally respected IT powerhouse — one that redefines what Indian technology firms can be.
He’s not here for the ecosystem. He’s here to change the standard.
And he’s bringing a new generation with him — not one obsessed with shortcuts, but with strategy, scale, and substance.
“I started early so I could finish first.”
— Ameya Somvanshi