Idein Ventures
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded 📆 | 2015 |
| Founder 👔 | Mahesh Vellaboyina, Rajeshwar Prasad, Ashwin Srivastava |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ras Al Khaimah |
Area served 🗺️ | India, UAE [1] |
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| 🌐 Website | ideinventures |
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Idein Ventures is a venture capital and private equity[2] firm based in UAE,[3] active from the year 2015.[4]
History[edit]
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. It is reported to be an international investor upbeat on Indian startups.[9]
Rajeshwar Prasad is also an Ex-Officio Cabinet Minister in Republic of Guinea-Bissau.[10] Ashwin Srivastava was a part of Incept,[11] Tech Anipr, FindURClass, among others.[12] He is a graduate from IIT Bombay[13] and is an SME mentor and advisor.[14]
Investments[edit]
Idein Ventures invests in seed capital of startups and growth capital of companies.[15][16] Amongst its disclosed investments are, seed investment in Qriyo Infolabs Pvt Ltd,[17][18][19] seed investment in Infurnia Furnishings Pvt Ltd,[20][21][22][23] seed investment in land bank REstate,[24] two investments in construction commerce company BuildTraders.[25] Amongst its undisclosed investments are, investments in last mile delivery startup and real estate startup.[26][27]
Qriyo Infolabs is a company in the domain of fitness[28] and home learning.[29][30] In February 2016, it used the investment to launch a new program for teacher recruitment in Jodhpur, India.[31] In January 2017, it was listed as a notable startup in education sector by some media bodies.[32][33] Infurnia Furnishings is a Bangalore based technology company in the domain of virtual reality.[34][35] Its current market focus is India and Asia.[36]
Idein Ventures has also invested in ZoEasy in UAE.[37] In November 2016, it earmarked an investment fund of 500 million USD for investment in unicorn startups.[38] In January 2017, it appointed David Back, founder of Zoomcar, as its Entrepreneur in Residence.[39]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Mention of Idein Ventures by MINT".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "January 2017 report of IBEF mentioning Idein Ventures" (PDF). IBEF.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Mention of Qriyo in Techstory". January 2017.
- ↑ "Mention of Qriyo in iamwire". January 2017.
- ↑ "Profile of Infurnia in e27".
- ↑ "Mention of Infurnia in About Startup Blog".
- ↑ "Mention of Infurnia by Tech in Asia as a company scaling up".
- ↑ "News of Zoeasy Investment by Idein Ventures". August 2016.
- ↑ "Idein Ventures investment fund for Celebrity startups". November 2016.
- ↑ "Appointment of David Back as EIR". January 2017.
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