Sunny Khurana
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sunny Khurana is the Founder and CEO of SPARK, an experience-first dating and social platform focused on moving people from match to real-world connection. With over 20 years of leadership and market-expansion experience across Asia-Pacific, he brings deep expertise in building scalable businesses, fundraising, and long-term strategy. Sunny leads SPARK’s product vision, partnerships, and international growth.
Michael Kluzel
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Michael Cluzel is a seasoned operator-founder with 20+ years leading and scaling businesses across Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean, spanning digital platforms, marketplaces, and telecom.
Ex-Founder & CEO of Eatigo, Southeast Asia’s leading restaurant reservations + yield management platform, which he scaled from zero to a ~USD 120M valuation, raised ~USD 25M in funding, and expanded across 5 markets over 12+ years. Eatigo’s core DNA - consumer growth, demand generation, marketplace liquidity, and monetization - maps directly to SPARK’s go-to-market and platform scaling challenges.
Prior to Eatigo, Michael held senior leadership roles in global telecom groups, managing ~USD 750M P&Ls, leading 1,000+ employees across multiple countries, delivering ~23% EBITDA growth, and executing large-scale transformation and M&A integrations. He brings a rare blend of founder grit + big-company operating discipline, with deep strength in growth strategy, unit economics, partnerships, and execution.
Gagan Singh
Chief Financial Officer
Gagan Singh is a Chartered Accountant and seasoned startup CFO with 18+ years of experience in venture-backed companies across Southeast Asia.
He previously served as Group CFO and Board Member at Deliveree, where he led over $120M in fundraising from venture capital, private equity, and venture debt investors while scaling operations across Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
He also served as Partner & CFO at Inspire Ventures, advising portfolio companies such as aCommerce and Totally Awesome on financial strategy, governance, and fundraising.
Today, as CEO of WOWS Global, he helps startups across Southeast Asia structure capital, manage growth, and prepare for institutional funding.
At SPARK, Gagan leads financial strategy, fundraising, governance, and investor relations.
Bill Alena
Chief Revenue Officer / Growth & Monetisation Lead
Bill Alena is a 20+ year online dating industry veteran specializing in monetization, growth, ad tech, and subscription revenue across large-scale consumer platforms.
He served as Chief Growth Officer at Social Discovery Group, helping scale revenue from $200M to $350M, leading a 50-person sales organization, driving subscription + freemium growth, and overseeing M&A and corporate venture initiatives. Previously, as Chief Revenue Officer at The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET), he managed $200M+ annual revenue, built 100+ person sales teams, ran $40M+ marketing budgets, and led monetization across advertising, subscriptions, and freemium products.
Earlier at myYearbook, Bill scaled revenue from $0 to $100M+ and played a key role in its $100M+ exit. His deep relationships across the global dating ecosystem and expertise in unit economics, pricing, and marketplace monetization directly support SPARK’s growth and revenue strategy.
Manish Jha
Chief Commercial Officer
Manish (MJ) Jha is a product and commercial leader with deep experience building and scaling B2B2C platforms across Web3, SaaS, Fintech, and AI.
He was part of the founding team at The Binary Holdings (TBH), where he helped scale the business from 0 to 169M+ users across Asia through partnerships with major telcos and e-wallets, while also delivering $5M+ in ARR. His work spanned product strategy, go-to-market, and commercialization across markets including Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Philippines.
Previously, he led growth and business development as a founding team member at Fando, a creator monetization and fan-engagement platform, where he drove global GTM, scaled the creator network, and helped grow community adoption.
At SPARK, Manish serves as Chief Commercial Officer, leading go-to-market execution, partnerships, growth strategy, and monetization.
Charles Mandin
Product Advisor
Charles Mandin is a product and delivery leader with deep expertise in Agile product development, PMO governance, and scaling engineering teams across global tech organizations.
He serves as Consulting Chief Product Officer at SPARK, leading product roadmap execution, delivery discipline, and cross-functional coordination across engineering, design, and operations. Previously, he held senior delivery and PMO roles at NFQ Asia, Nethermind, and LeapXpert, where he built product delivery frameworks, managed engineering teams, implemented ISO/SOC-compliant processes, and improved reliability and operational scalability across SaaS and enterprise platforms.
Charles brings strong execution discipline, product governance, and delivery rigor - critical for SPARK as it transitions from V2 development into scalable global rollout.
Prashant Gupta
VP Software Engineering
Prashant Gupta is a senior technology and systems operator focused on stability, scalability, and backend/cloud architecture for digital products.
He is the Founder of BiCSoM Technologies, with 16+ years across web engineering, UI/UX, mobile, and cloud systems. His work spans building greenfield products and leading stabilization/re-architecture for fast-growing teams where systems begin to break under scale. He has deep hands-on experience in microservices backend design (Node.js / NestJS) and Google Cloud infrastructure optimization.
Prashant is also the Outsourced CTO at Fando (since 2022), supporting product engineering and reliability across their platform.
Earlier in his career, he built and led large execution teams—creating a 60-person profit center and delivering 300+ mobile games/apps, including products with millions of downloads and a #1 paid iPad kids app (iStoryTree).
At SPARK, Prashant supports architecture, engineering execution, and platform stability - ensuring the product can scale reliably as growth accelerates.
Daria Littlefield
Director of customer experience
Over the past decade, I’ve helped 35+ SaaS, consumer, and AI startups build and scale support from scratch, partnering with founders and product teams, and deploying AI to resolve 70% of inbound volume.
I kept seeing the same problem: startups drowning in tickets or overhiring and burning out, stuck between clunky BPOs and bloated in-house teams. They needed a partner to design end-to-end support, hire, train, QA, and manage the team, embed AI where it makes sense, and turn support from a cost center into product insight.
That’s why I built Silicon Valley Support — a modern, all-in-one solution with AI, humans-in-the-loop, and a startup mindset baked in.
Hasan Imdadullah
Solution Architect
Hasan Imdadullah is a highly motivated and outcome-driven Solution Architect with extensive expertise in architecture strategy, end-to-end design, and application development. With a proven track record in the telecommunications sector, Hasan specializes in leveraging industry-standard frameworks like TOGAF and eTOM to deliver scalable, innovative solutions. His deep understanding of agile and waterfall methodologies, combined with excellent coordination and communication skills, positions him as a valuable contributor to SPARK’s mission to revolutionize experiential dating.
Anurav Kumar
Company Name
Anurav Kumar brings over a decade of experience as a certified Professional Scrum Master and an ICT & Project professional, with expertise spanning application leadership, data analytics, agile project management, and IT strategy. With a strong track record of transforming business processes and delivering enterprise solutions, Anurav has led cross-functional teams in the health, technology, and non-profit sectors. His ability to seamlessly integrate technology with business needs makes him an invaluable asset to SPARK's vision of creating meaningful, tech-driven connections.
Munish Malik
Entrepreneur
Munish Malik is a seasoned entrepreneur with a remarkable journey from humble beginnings as a flight steward to building a substantial business empire. With a thriving portfolio that includes multiple Pizza Hut franchises and significant property investments, Munish has demonstrated an exceptional ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities. As one of SPARK’s largest investors and most steadfast supporters, Munish shares Sunny’s vision of making a transformative impact across Asia.
Ashwin Patel
Apex Air
Ashwin Patel, Managing Director of Apex Air, brings nearly two decades of leadership in the HVAC and mechanical services industry. His journey, from founding Apex Air in 2006 to serving as the Immediate Past President of IRHACE NZ, showcases his expertise in client satisfaction, continuous improvement, and fostering successful partnerships. With a passion for innovative solutions and team-driven excellence, Ashwin’s entrepreneurial spirit aligns with SPARK's mission to deliver exceptional experiences and build meaningful connections
Siddharth Sethi
Partner, Deloitte
A seasoned transformation leader and one of SPARK’s earliest believers, Siddharth brings 16+ years across Deloitte, KPMG, Infosys, and Accenture. He drives digital change at scale and backed SPARK when it was just an idea.
Mike Sherrill
LEAD investor
At the core of my professional journey is a dedication to advancing healthcare solutions in the pharma/biotech sector through strategic project management and dynamic alliance management and team building. Effective collaboration and empathetic leadership can unify diverse teams to achieve groundbreaking outcome. I am steadfast in my belief that a clear strategic vision and mutual trust among partners are essential to driving projects towards their goals.
I bring to the table extensive expertise in project management, alliance management, and corporate development. With a proven track record of leading and managing international drug development efforts, my experience spans clinical, non-clinical, regulatory, CMC, and commercial functions across all phases of development and across therapeutic areas. My skills in project management, team leadership, and relationship building have been instrumental in managing complex alliances with biotech firms, pharmaceutical giants, and governmental bodies.
