Idein ventures
Private | |
Industry | Venture capital |
Founded | 2015 |
Founder | Mahesh Vellaboyina, Rajeshwar Prasad, Ashwin Srivastava |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ras Al Khaimah |
Area served | India, UAE [1] |
Website |
ideinventures |
Idein Ventures is a venture capital and private equity[2] firm based in UAE,[3] active from the year 2015.[4]
History
Idein Ventures was founded by US based solution architect Mahesh Vellaboyina,[5] serial entrepreneur Ashwin Srivastava[6][7][8] and UAE based technopreneur Rajeshwar Prasad.
Rajeshwar Prasad is also an Ex-Officio Cabinet Minister in Republic of Guinea-Bissau.[9] Ashwin Srivastava was a part of Incept,[10] Tech Anipr, FindURClass, among others.[11] He is a graduate from IIT Bombay[12] and is an SME mentor and advisor.[13]
Investments
Idein Ventures invests in seed capital of startups and growth capital of companies.[14][15] Amongst its disclosed investments are, seed investment in Qriyo Infolabs Pvt Ltd,[16][17][18] seed investment in Infurnia Furnishings Pvt Ltd,[19][20][21] seed investment in land bank REstate,[22] two investments in construction commerce company BuildTraders.[23] Amongst its undisclosed investments are, investments in last mile delivery startup and real estate startup.[24][25]
Qriyo Infolabs is a company in the domain of fitness[26] and home learning.[27][28] In February 2016, it used the investment to launch a new program for teacher recruitment in Jodhpur, India.[29] Infurnia Furnishings is a Bangalore based technology company in the domain of virtual reality.[30][31] Its current market focus is India and Asia.[32]
Idein Ventures also seed-funded UAE based ZoEasy Solutions, which uses disruptive technology to connect businesses and consumers with their ideal blue collar workforce.[33]
Achievements
Idein Ventures is among 'Top Venture Capital Firms in India' ranked 15th in a survey by SutraHR.[34] |It has been active in organizing workshops and sponsorship in leading colleges and B-Schools in India, including IIT Bombay,[35] IIT Kharagpur,[36] SJMSOM, VJTI, BITS Pilani etc.
See also
References
- ↑ Investor Profile of Idein Ventures in AngeList.
- ↑ Profile of Idein Ventures in Bloomberg.
- ↑ "News related to Idein Ventures covered by Economic Times". The Economic Times.
- ↑ "Venture Capitalist Ashwin Srivastava talks about Idein" (Interview).
- ↑ Profile of Mahesh Vellaboyina in Bloomberg.
- ↑ "Ashwin Srivastava invited as a panelist on Startup Awards".
- ↑ "Article by Ashwin Srivastava in Silicon India Magazine" (Interview).
- ↑ "Article by Ashwin Srivastava in Startup City Magazine" (Interview).
- ↑ "Bengal Chamber of Commerce Newsletter on Rajeshwar Prasad" (PDF). January 2014.
- ↑ Profile of Ashwin Srivastava in SME City.
- ↑ Profile of Ashwin Srivastava in Whogotfunded.
- ↑ "News of Ashwin Srivastava when in IIT Bombay". March 2011.
- ↑ "Ashwin Srivastava profiled by SMB Connect as a mentor".
- ↑ "Quora question on Rajeshwar Prasad of Idein Ventures".
- ↑ "Idein Ventures listed in Rise my Venture blog".
- ↑ "Coverage of funding news of Qriyo by Times of India in February". Times of India. February 2016.
- ↑ "Coverage of funding news of Qriyo by Next Big What". Nextbigwhat. January 2016.
- ↑ "Coverage of funding news of Qriyo by India Today". India Today. January 2016.
- ↑ "Coverage of Infurnia funding in NDTV". NDTV. January 2016.
- ↑ "Coverage of Infurnia funding in Techstory". TS. January 2016.
- ↑ "News article referring global investor Rajeshwar Prasad". Iamwire.
- ↑ "Coverage of REstate funding in Indian Web". IW2. June 2016.
- ↑ "Coverage of BuildTraders in VCCircle". VCCircle. September 2016.
- ↑ "UAE's Idean crafts royal plans for Indian start-ups | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ "UAE's company belonging to a royal family, plans to Invest in Indian startups". www.dubaidesi.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ "Mention of Qriyo in news of investment in another fitness startup". VCCircle. April 2016.
- ↑ "News on Qriyo by Inc42 Magazine with explanation of its offerings". Inc42. January 2016.
- ↑ "Mention of Qriyo in Deal Street Asia". January 2016.
- ↑ "Mention of Qriyo in Dainik Jyoti". January 2016.
- ↑ "Profile of Infurnia in e27".
- ↑ "Mention of Infurnia in About Startup Blog".
- ↑ "Mention of Infurnia by Tech in Asia as a company scaling up".
- ↑ "ZoEasy Solutions Raises Seed Funding from Idein Ventures".
- ↑ "Sutra HR coverage of top VC firms in India".
- ↑ "Sponsor list for Eureka by IIT Bombay e-Cell".
- ↑ "Sponsor list for Kshitij by IIT Kharagpur".