Sandeep is a senior executive with a multidisciplinary career spanning automotive, manufacturing, visual effects, television broadcasting, venture capital, R&D, and the full technology stack—from hardware and firmware to middleware and software. His work has focused on leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning, Web3, blockchain, broadcasting systems, CAD/CAM, FEA, VR, and visual effects pipelines. His contributions have supported landmark productions including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Titanic.At Ford and General Motors, he was part of the pioneering team that productized research by applying Virtual Reality Cave technologies to visualize Computational Fluid Dynamics and Automotive Crash Analysis.At Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Lab, Sandeep led several research-to-commercialization initiatives for Fujifilm, driving innovation strategy across Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. Following his tenure there, he joined a boutique venture capital fund in Japan, where he raised capital from Japanese investors for multiple Silicon Valley startups and helped those companies achieve product-market fit and scale in Japan.He later spun out 30 patents from Fujifilm and secured $7 million in funding from Japanese, Korean, and U.S. investors to launch a new venture, which he exited in 2021. Currently, Sandeep is a Partner at Antler Ibex, where he leads strategic efforts to strengthen Japan’s startup ecosystem in Deeptech, & Web3 —supporting diverse founding teams, enabling late-stage funding, and driving corporate-startup collaboration to unlock both strategic and financial value.