HERALD: What does your company Dceeper do or offer?
LUKE SEQUEIRA: We build technology products and we also help other companies build technology products. We are based in Goa, Toronto and London. We help entrepreneurs and individuals who create products while operating within the confines of an organisation. We are their innovation partner.
HERALD: Where do most of the entrepreneurs come from?
LS: Most of them come from Canada and it is also about the fact that we are technologically proficient and we are also rate high in terms of value for money.
HERALD: Could you explain the processes involved while you help an entrepreneur?
LS: We work with the entrepreneur within the system and help create and build an initial prototype for the market. We then help him or her pitch to investors. We have a network of investors around the world to whom the idea is pitched. It takes awhile but all things take time.
HERALD: How many individuals have you helped so far?
LS: Around 30 companies and they operate in the travel industry. We created an app for the British market.
HERALD: You have resolutely stayed in Goa, how easy or difficult is it to operate from here?
LS: The place is not easy to attract top quality talent. A large number of young people go out to work either in Mumbai or Bengaluru or even Pune. The kind of skills required to develop into a professional are not available and the situation to develop into one do not exist here. It’s tough. We go to colleges and inform people of our work. It’s tough like I said.
HERALD: What would you like to be doing in five years?
LS: I would like to step down and have the team in place to run the operations. I would like to work with bigger companies in the innovation space, nothing major but stuff that is exciting.
HERALD: How do you foresee the Goa IT space evolve in the next five years?
LS: I think it will become more like Chandigarh and Toronto rather than Pune or Bengaluru. There will also be a move into the Internet of Things, ie software which will be used by machines to access the net. It will be interesting.
