Raj is the winner of Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007 by BusinessWeek, Digital Future 50 by Revolution Magazine (alongside Twitter and Spotify), Courvoisier/The Observer Future 500 (2008) and Finalist of Sussex Entrepreneur 2008.

He graduated from Sussex University with a Bachelors in Engineering (1.1)/Masters in Research, at 23 he setup Anderstand Limited and developed the majority of the software.

Raj worked for the European Union, Sussex University research laboratory and Shell STEP internships developing software projects for several start-ups. Raj won many national awards for projects in computer science, leadership skills and entrepreneurship.