About
Karan Tanna, Founder CEO of Yellow Tie Hospitality - India’s 1st scalable restaurant concept has worked with General Motors & Mckinsey. However, he was interested in the F&B industry & started his journey with ‘Kutchi King’ & played a key role to expand its business to 200 outlets – a landmark figure. Karan believed that F&B franchising in India is in its infancy as the country is yet to have a single sustainable local brand. This, to him, was an opportunity to change the scenario. Harnessing his understanding & experience of F&B franchise market he founded Yellow Tie Hospitality Management LLP in Dec 2015. Yellow Tie Hospitality today has a portfolio of over 12 brands more than 70 operational stores between International home grown & Incubated Brands. Karan was featured in prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 and Entrepreneur 35 under 35. He has also won many awards like Most Admired CEO in F&B Industry and Young Turks of Hospitality Award 2019 and Most Talented Food Industry Leader 2018
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 1,913 investors hold the Founder & CEO role in VCSift. Karan Tanna is one of them.
- • 2,534 investors are based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Mumbai, India
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