Company Profile:

PayMate India Pvt. Ltd. is a Mumbai based wireless transactions platform provider. PayMate is a spin-off from Coruscant Tec, a sister concern with a focus on wireless content. PayMate has created a viable ecosystem to enable wireless transactions connecting banks, switches, merchants and customers using a simple, secure and seamless technology.

Management

Ajay Adiseshann, Managing Director and co-Founder,

A serial entrepreneur with a background in electrical engineering, Ajay had previously founded Coruscant Tec, a mobile content developer and aggregator and Webresource, a Web applications and design company. Ajay is responsible for day-to-day operations, marketing, business development and overall strategy.

Investors:

Paymate is funded by Silicon Valley based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures who have helped build some of the world’s leading brands and companies like Amazon, Google, Sun Microsystems and Netscape etc. Link

Website: www.paymate.co.in

Competition: Paypal.com (Internationally)

Contact Address:

Paymate India Pvt. Ltd.

111, A-Wing, Sundervila,
Next to Vijay Sales,
S.V. Road, Santacruz (W),
Mumbai 400054
Tel: +91 22 2661 6170/ 78/ 79/ 80.
Fax: +91 22 2661 6190.

Email: contact@paymate.co.in

Additional Information:

Paymate was founded in May 2006 and aspires to be next Visa/Electron of mobile payment world in India.

Percept – Knorigin is a full service digital marketing agency that leverages interactive, web & degital media technologies to offer communication, marketing services and strategic outsourcing with committed ROI’s.

Management:

Viraj Malik, Managing Director & CEO

Viraj started his career with percept by starting an online advertising division in 1996 after finishing his mechanical engineering from MIT, Manipal. He moved on in 1998 and played a key role in setting up commercial internet datacenter ventures in India with Global Telesystems and Enron. He also plays advisory roles in few IT start-ups.

Website: www.perceptknorigin.com

Key Competition: Interactiveavenues.com / Mediaturf.com / Quasar.co.in / Webchutney

Contact Address:

Bangalore

201, 2nd Floor, ‘Touchdown’
No.1 & 2 HAL Industrial Area
Vibhuthipura,
Bangalore – 560 037

Mumbai

P22, Raghuvanshi Estate
11/12, Senapati Bapat Marg
Lower Parel
Mumbai – 400 018

Investor:

Percept Holdings, a leading advertising media and entertainment company is the parent owner of Percept Knorigin investing $5 million.

Additional Information:

Percept Knorigin plans to create Intellectual Properties in digital advertising aggregation and build a network of online properties (advertising network?), leverage the parent company’s content and network to build unique online and mobile assets, (and provide) ROI-linked marketing solutions to clients in India, UK and US. Link

Company Overview:

Position2, was set up in 2005, in Silicon Valley. It provides search engine marketing services to small and growing businesses in the US, India and worldwide. The business is defined by a multi-location approach with their Client Management team put up in the US and a full service delivery center in Bangalore, India.

Management

Rajiv Parikh, CEO

Rajiv Parikh, the CEO and the co-founder of Position2 has over a decade of experience in Sales, Marketing and Entrepreneurial ventures. His other directorial experiences include Aperon Biosystem, Met-roFi, Alta Vista, whereas he has also led marketing and business development ideas at 4Info, Sun microsystems, NCR and AT&T. Parikh has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. Rajiv Parikh also blogs

Soumya Ravi, Director of Client Management

Soumya Ravi has over a decade of experience in advertising and marketing and she also leads Client Management at Position2. She has worked with agencies like J. Walter Thompson and Contract Advertising in India. Soumya has an MBA degree from Santa Clara University in California and is a qualified Google AdWords Professional. Soumya Ravi also blogs

Andreas Ramos, Director of SEM

With over 20 years technology development and entrepreneurial experience, Andreas Ramos has recently released his latest book, Insider SEO & PPC (2006). One of the first to pass the Google AdWords Professional Certification, he is a Qualified Google Advertising Professional. He has worked at SUN, SGI, Brio, and Dialpad.com. Andreas has a postgraduate degree from the Universität Heidelberg in Germany. Andreas also blogs

Website/s: www.position2.com , http://blogs.position2.com/

Corporate Address

Position2 Marketing Pvt. Ltd.
No. 1, 1st Floor, BSB Business Centre,
K.R. Colony, Domlur Layout,
Bangalore – 560 071, India.
Tel : +91-80-51256770 / 25357773
Fax: +91-80-25357774

Position2 Marketing Pvt Ltd.
3 Madhav Nivas, Opp. Shivaji Park Gymkhana
68 Keluskar Road, Dadar (West)
Mumbai – 400 028, India
Tel: +91 22 2444 62 16/17

Investors: Erasmic Venture Funds have invested in Position2. John Piscitello has also invested in Position2.

Additional Information:

Position2 acquired two companies in the search and online marketing space CCG from US and angel funded company Webshastra in India. Position2 a privately held firm with under 50 employees.

Company Overview: Pagal Guy.com was founded in 2002 as a discussion boards forum for students taking part in Common Admission Test (CAT). Its an online community focusing on MBA. Be it MBA aspirants / students or alumni, they are all their to talk about their experience & share their knowledge.

Management:

Allwin Agnel, CEO Founder Inzane Labs

Allwin is a Wharton business school graduate with an eye for E-learning. Prior to completing his MBA he founded Neutral Web a web hosting company and leads Inzanelabs a media venture. He has also worked with Emmares exporters as Marketing and IT manager from 2001 to 2002 before taking up .

Check Allwin’s linkedin profile.

Key Associates:

• Rohit Awasthi, Head Business Development.
• Apurv Pundit, Editor.
• Rajat Goyal, CTO

Key Competitors
www.coolavenues.com

www.mbaforum.ascenteducation.com

www.mbazone.com

Corporate Address aGaLGuY.com
Inzane Labs
53/55, Modi Street
Dhanraj Niwas, 3rd Floor
Fort, Mumbai 400 001
INDIA

Email: info (at) pagalguy (dot) com

Tel: +91-22-22644141, 22644747
Fax: +91-22-22654491

Additonal Information:

Pagalguy is a MBA forum operated out of Mumbai. Its a privately owned company with not more than 10 employees. Pagalguy has already started SMS based community, and very soon to launch a GPRS enabled service to further assist and encourage MBA discussions efficiently. Check the article & their blog

Company Overview:

Pinstorm is an Internet marketing company, offering search engine related services like SEM & SEO. It is based out of Mumbai with offices in New Delhi, Singapore and Malaysia.

Management

Mahesh Murthy, Founder & CEO, Pinstorm

Mahesh Murthy is the founder and CEO of Pinstorm and has played some pivotal roles in advertising agencies like Grey in India and O&M in Hongkong to name some. He founded Pinstorm in the year 2004, prior to which he was an investor and is responsible of start-ups like Webdunia, Careerlauncher, and Indiaproperties to name a few. Mahesh also runs SeedFund an early stage investment fund.

Dr. V Vinay, Chief Technology Advisor.

A Ph.D. in computer science with operations research as his focus and the co-inventor of the Simputer. Vinay was one of the first winners of India’s top informatics prizes, the Dewang Mehta award for innovation in information technology and also took home the Sir C. V. Raman award for excellence in science and engineering.

Ratan Kanth K, Director – Delivery

Ratan Kanth K leads multiple delivery teams, which have SEM and Branding capabilities, to provide marketing solutions for their diverse sets of clients. He is a Mechanical Engineer from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India and a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

Additional Information: Pinstorm was named as the hottest companies for the year 2005, among their top 100 list of companies in Asia.

In the same year Business Today rated them as one of the coolest companies in India.
Website: www.pinstorm.com

Corporate Services

Bombay Office
Swati Bldg,
North Avenue,
Santa Cruz (W)
Bombay 400 054
India

Press and Media Contacts: (+91 22) 2648 0520

Or Email to media@pinstorm.com

Company Profile:

People Group was founded by Anupam Mittal in 2001 and has over 350 employees with operations in India, USA, UK and the UAE. Within India, the group operates out of 6 regional offices.

They own businesses like Shaadi.com, is an online matrimonial service based out of Mumbai. Shaadipoint.com, provides matrimonial related services from match making to wedding planning. Shaadi times.com, is a wedding portal providing information, and expert advice on relationship and marriage. Fropper.com, is a social networking site run from Mumbai. Astrolife.com is a full fullfledged online astrology service provider. It also hosts advice s and guidance from renowned experts like Marjorie Orr. Mauj.com & 7007 offers, content and apllication related mobile – telecom services.

Management:

Anupam Mittal, CMD People Interactive.

Anupam Mittal founded People interactive in 1997 in Mumbai where it is now headquartered. An MBA graduate from Boston, Anupam Mittal has more than 10 years of management and business development experience in technology, media and communication industries. He has worked at senior management positions in US and Europe. Today the total strength of the entire Group is 400 employees with offices in India USA, UK & UAE. Anupam Mittal was also the Chairman at IAMAI

Investors:

West Bridge capital partners

Sequoia Capital

Intel Capital

Key Competitors:

www.bharatmatrimony.com

www.jeevansaathi.com

www.simplymarry.com

Websites:

www.shaadi.com

www.shaadipoint.com

www.shaaditimes.com

www.fropper.com

www.astrolife.com

www.mauj.com

Corporate Office:

Headquarters
People Interactive (I) Pvt Ltd
Shiv-e-Numh, 2nd floor, 205, Dr Annie Besant Road,
Worli, Mumbai – 400 018.
Phone: +91-22-24952277, Fax: +91-22-24951177

Customer Relations
People Interactive (I) Pvt Ltd
83-C, 1st Floor, Hansraj Pragji Building,
Off Dr. E. Moses Road,
Worli, Mumbai 400 018
Phone: 1-800-222077 (Toll Free), Fax: +91-22-24812300

People Infocom Pvt Ltd
Film Centre Building, 68, Tardeo Road, Tardeo,
Mumbai – 400 034
Phone: +91-22-23517007, Fax: +91-22-23517008

Additional Information:

People Interactive is a multi-brand Internet company. People Group recently secured a total investment of $18mn through leading venture capitalists like Sequoia Capital and Intel Capital. The group operates in the Mobile VAS space through its company People Infocom. People Group is also involved in film & television production and event management through subsidiary companies, People Pictures, Purple Media and PEP Management respectively.