Sunil is a veteran entrepreneur, champion of climate reform and disrupter of the status quo. Under his leadership Sidecar has expanded from the first instant rideshare company in San Francisco to cities nationwide. His passion to reinvent transportation dates back over a decade.

In 2011, Sunil successfully lobbied the California legislature to pass a law for peer-to-peer car sharing, a law that has since been adopted by Oregon and Washington. In 2002, Sunil was issued a patent, now held by Sidecar, for using smartphones to coordinate transportation. As an investor and partner at Spring Ventures, Sunil coined the term “cleanweb” which marries information technology and the social web with green initiatives. Sidecar is the realization of Sunil’s cleanweb vision.

Sunil also co-founded and led Brightmail, the leading anti-spam company later sold to Symantec and FreeLoader, the first web based push technology service.