
Rukmankan Sivaloganathan
Serial entrepreneur — travel, foodtech, HR; CEO at ArchipelagoHR
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Joined August 2025
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Summary
Serial entrepreneur focused on travel and food experiences. Rukmankan co‑founded Trekurious (curated travel/food experiences), later launched hospitality/food ventures (Gastrolabs with brand concepts like Pulse+Beet and Flip Burgers) and runs niche travel/hospitality services (Welanka, Experientially). His public interviews emphasize product curation, high service standards and expanding curated experiential offerings into new markets. srilanka-villa+2
Experienced payments/transaction banking and product manager turned operator. His early career at HSBC, Citi and Standard Chartered gave him a foundation in payments, cash management and product roles; he leverages that background when building operationally efficient consumer businesses (e.g., cloud‑kitchen unit economics and delivery operations). tamilculture+1
Operator and product‑focused founder who emphasizes curation and operational simplicity. Across Trekurious and Gastrolabs he highlights tightly curated offerings, rigorous vendor curation for experiences, and keeping food concepts focused and operationally efficient — indicating strengths in product curation, operations and scaling consumer brands. sundaytimes+2
Builder of people/HR offerings and advisor to startups. In recent years he has positioned himself to help other startups scale via ArchipelagoHR / Archipelago Digital and by advising funds such as Loyal VC — combining hiring, remote/offshore team models and investor network access. tracxn+1
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Writing
Why Everyone in AI and Robotics Should Read Asimov
January 27, 2025A LinkedIn long‑form piece (published on his LinkedIn) relating literature to themes in AI/robotics and the broader implications for technologists and business leaders.
Entrepreneurship Series: Rukmankan Sivaloganathan, CEO of Trekurious
January 1, 2015Long interview covering the origins of Trekurious, product curation approach, expansion into India, fundraising challenges, and lessons from starting ventures in Sri Lanka.
Hobbies
Travel, anthropology, history, science fiction, tech, Formula 1 — frequently signaled in social media and profile bios. instagram+1
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