Deepti Patankar is the Co-Founder and COO of Hostmaker, the award-winning home rental management company. Since founding the company in 2014 with her husband Nakul, Deepti has been instrumental in the company's growth, taking it from its London roots to being present in eight cities across Europe. Expansion in Asia is the next target for the business; Deepti lead the team to launch in Bangkok in 2018, and Dubai is on the horizon in 2019.

Before starting Hostmaker, Deepti worked at Linklaters as a banking lawyer after winning a training contract from her university in Bangalore. Leaving this position to found a travel & hospitality start-up was a leap of faith but Deepti believed in Nakul's clear vision for Hostmaker. Since then, this legal background has come in handy with Deepti successfully negotiating the five rounds of funding for Hostmaker, helping the company raise $29.3 million – making Hostmaker one of the most well-funded startups in Europe. As a result, Deepti was featured in the Management Today '35 under 35' list in 2018.