Company Profile:

Financial Technologies India provides technology IP solutions and domain expertise with technology licensing and development. It also offers transaction outsourcing services for digital transactions and financial markets across all asset class including equity, commodities, currency and debt. Financial Technologies (India) Limited, the flagship company of the Financial Technologies Group.

Management:

Jignesh Shah, CEO & Chairman

Jignesh Shah founded Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. and has held the position of Chairman and CEO since January 2001. Prior to establishing Financial Technologies, he was with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), working on the design and implementation of the BSE’s online trading system, BOLT®. Mr. Shah graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Mumbai and has received specialized training in Money and Capital Markets as well as in Futures and Options Trading from the New York Institute of Finance.

Dewang Neralla, CTO

Dewang Neralla has been the Executive Director of the Company since January 2001. In addition, he is also the Chief Technology Officer and the co-founder of Financial Technologies with Jignesh Shah. Before establishing Financial Technologies, Mr. Neralla was part of the BSE team for designing the BOLT®. trading system. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computers. Link

Websites: www.ftindia.com

Investors: Financial Technologies India is listed on BSE (FINTECH) and is the flagship brand of Financial technologies Group a US$ 3.29 bn as on June 2007.

Contact Details:

Landmark B’ Ground Floor Suren Road,
Chakala Andheri ( East)
Mumbai, 400 093
IND +91-22-26173746 (Phone)

Additional Information:

Financial Technologies joins other shareholders including NYSE, Goldman Sachs, ICICI, SBI, IDBI, LIC, various public sector banks among others of NSE by acquiring 1% stake in NSE (August 23 2007), reports India Bulls. Link

Company Overview:

Ferns ‘n’ Petals established in 1994, is the country’s only branded chain of Flower boutique online.

Ferns N Petals allows you to buy flowers / gifts / specialties online and send it across India and abroad. You have an extensive range of flower arrangements to choose from and at cost effective prices.

Management

• Vikas Gutgutia, Managing Director

Vikas is the Managing Director of the Ferns N Petals Group of companies and he overlooks operations and groups overall strategies.

• Meeta Gutgutia, Director

A fashion designer by profession, she was previously working with the country’s famous fashion designers, and also contributes to the décor design department of FNP Weddings, merchandise for the group.

• Pawan Gadia, VP Sales & Business Development

Pawan Gadia joined the company in 2001 and now is the Vice President of Ferns ‘N’ Petals Group. He is responsible for charting eCommerce strategies for the group and responsible for sales and distribution and handling operations within and out of India.

The rest of the management,

• R. Srinivasan
  
• S. P. Rungta
• Ajay Rungta
• Lalita Raghav
• Deepti Uppal

Website: www.fernsnpetals.com

Competition: Floricall.com / Phoolwala.com / Indiafloristonline.com

Contact Address:

Ferns ‘N’ Petals

FNP Gardens, Besides Sultanpur Estate, Mandi Road,

Sultanpur, New Delhi – 110030

Tel.: 011-65650688-91 Extn. : 233

Fax: +91-11-26804108

E-mail : fernsnpetals@fernsnpetals.com

Additional Information:

Ferns n Petals also provides wedding décor and event management services for their esteemed list of clients. The Rs. 60-crore company is now looking to make a foray into health, beauty, lifestyle and food businesses. The company will consider fund raising to scale up these businesses after initial roll out. Link

Fareportal is a technology solutions provider to the travel industry. The Fareportal SM system is a contract entry, booking and ticketing automation software for consolidators. It includes options for employee and customer profile management, and full integration to major GDS systems for booking, queue placement, accounting and ticketing.

Management

Sam Jain, President & CEO

Sam started his Business Career at the age of 22 when he established his First Travel Business in New York City. In the late 90s, Sam co-founded a Travel Technology company (FareOne) for managing complex Consolidator Fare data. In 2000, Sam envisioned a Technology Company with E-Commerce in mind. Recently, Sam has made an acquisition in Corporate Travel Management domain.

Harsh, CTO
Harsh joined Fareportal in 2002 and has been in IT Design, Development and Management for 7 years. Harsh received an MBA Degree in IT and E-commerce from NC State University where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma. Harsh received his Bachelor’s Degree from Delhi College Of Engineering, India.

Nishith, VP-Finance

Nishith joined Fareportal in 2006. He brings over 17 years of professional experience in finance and operations. In his role at Fareportal, Nishith is responsible for managing all inter-departmental finances, processes and procedures.

Vikram Kohli, Vice President Operations,

Vikram joined Fareportal in 2007. A versatile travel professional, Vikram has over thirteen years of experience in various management roles with notable travel organizations, like, Lufthansa German Airlines and American Express. He is responsible for providing leadership and overseeing Fareportal’s India Operations, based in Gurgaon, India. Vikram holds a Bachelor in Commerce and is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.

Website/s: www.fareportal.com

Corporate Address

Fareportal Inc.
213 West 35th Street
Suite 1201
NY 10001, USA
Additional Notes:

Their innovative travel technology products are interfaced with all major GDS systems, including Sabre and Galileo.

Company Overview:

VIA formerly known as flightraja is an integrated travel service company also providing its ticket reservation assistance through kiosks, SMS, travel agents and through its website Flightraja.com in India and Internationally.

Management:

Ashwini Kakkar, Chairman

Ashwini Kakkar joined the board in September 2005 and has taken an equity stake for an undisclosed personal investment in the company. Ashwini Kakkar is an industry veteran and prior to Flightraja, he was working as a Managing Director and CEO at Thomas Cook India.

Vinay Gupta, CEO & Founder

Vinay Gupta founded Flightraja (2005) and has been the CEO since then. His past experience includes working with Credit Suisse First Boston as a Sr. Consultant (2004 – 2005). He is pursuing his CFA – level II from Sri Venkateshwara institute.

Board Members:

1. Niranjan Gupta
2. Amit Aggarwal
3. Rohit Gaddi
4. Harsh Azad

Investors:

NEA Indo US ventures has invested in FlightRaja.

Key Competitors:

MakeMyTrip, Yatra, TravelGuru,Cleartrip,Ezeego1,Indiatimestravel

Corporate Offices:

Flightraja,
No. 53, Alpine Murali Point,
Bowring Hospital Road,
Bangalore – 560 001
INDIA

Company Overview:

Futurebazaar.com is an ecommerce website which is owned and operated by FutureBazaar India Ltd., a subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited. The website claims to deliver across 1500 cities in India.

Pantaloon owns and operates multiple retail formats including Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Central, E-Zone, Fashion Station, Depot and many others. Headquartered in Mumbai, Pantaloon Retail is listed on BSE and NSE with a turnover of Rs 2,018 crores for financial year ended 2005-06.

Management:

Kishore Biyani,Founder & MD

 Kishore Biyani, began his career selling stonewash fabric to small shops in Mumbai. After having a brush with film making and festival organising, he went on to launch Pantaloons.

Sankarson Banerjee, CEO, Future Bazaar

Sankarson was previously with Mphasis as a Senior Architect,a Venture Partner at TDA Capital Partners & a Sr. VP Marketing at Deccent Designs Ltd .  He is graduate from IIT Kharagpur and did his post graduation from IIM Calcutta.

Key Competitors

www.Ebay.in

www.fabmall.com

www.indiatimes.com (Shopping)

Additional Information: Furture Bazaar offers Paymate mobile based payment solution gateway.

Website: www.futurebazaar.com

Customer Support:

Future Bazaar India Limited
6th Floor, Ascot Centre
Sahar Road, Andheri (East).
Mumbai 400099.

Email: support@futurebazaar.com

Phone No: +91 22 65971212