Bhargav Patel is a serial entrepreneur and technical visionary with an extensive history in AdTech, advertising and platform publishing.

He is the founder and CEO of Genuin, Genuin is a AI driven platform for brands to create vertical video-based communities within their owned and operated channels that drives discovery, engagement and increased session time resulting in new media revenue, commerce and ROI.

Previously, Bhargav co-founded IQM in 2014, wrote the initial code base for the platform, and led the product roadmap and vision. He scaled IQM to more than 100 employees, profitability, and achieved double digit growth year over year.

He is also an investor in Infy.TV, a CTV monetization platform.

Bhargav holds a decade of experience building marketing and publishing platforms and leading startups. He has been building advertising and publishing platforms since 2010, and has been involved with multiple startups, one of which earned him first place in the “1176 Challenge Cup” beating out 64,000 start-up companies sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his role at IQM, Bhargav is President of Genuin, a social media platform which he co-founded in 2021.

Bhargav was recently named to Crain’s 40 Under 40 list for 2019.

Bhargav received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Computer Science from Toledo University in Ohio.