Viaedge Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Limited (Viaedge) is a product and consulting firm specialized on complex implementation projects in Business Intelligence.

Viaedge is a Business Intelligence Consulting company with expertise in all the areas needed to implement a successful Business Intelligence strategy for its clients. In order to lead with confidence and outpace competitors, clients need to make better and faster decision. Viaedge equips clients for success by helping them answer more questions, for more people, across more departments, than any other business intelligence software vendor. Viaedge has significant experience in the Analysis and Design of BI systems, the extraction, transformation & loading of data from across systems and the reporting and distribution of this information to the enterprise. Viaedge delivers an integrated set of business intelligence software and services that enables you to not only navigate today’s challenges, but also capitalize on tomorrow’s opportunities.

Viaedge is a trusted provider of Linux based Open source technologies. Our ability to harness the quality, performance and flexibility of open source technologies has resulted in offering “Best of the Class” IT Products and Solutions in a cost-effective manner. V-Load Director (VLD) is a load balancing appliance used for making Highly Available cluster of servers, running similar applications. V-Bandwidth Accounting is a “Netflow” based packet aggregator and reporting tool, which is used to account for the usage of Internet bandwidth, upto the level of IP address. Pawandoot Messaging Suite is a modern and innovative messaging application, which simplifies the e-mail management and provides for an elegant user experience by the use of WEB 2.0 Ajax based technologies.

Our expertise and experience has helped ET500 organizations like Aditya Birla Group, Kotak Life Insurance, Bennett and Coleman, WNS Global, PEC Limited (Navratna PSU), Mobile2Win,Times Internet Limited, Times Financial Services among others to lower its TCO of IT solutions, along with world-class reliability and manageability.

Management

• Phani Bhushan is the co-founder and managing director of the Viaedge Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd. He has also founded Construction Tiger (First Construction Process Outsourcing Company). He brings with him a rich international experience by virtue of delivering large scale banking projects for various banks in West African Countries. With his proven business acumen and emerging technology expertise, Phani leads a world-class professional team that addresses the needs and problems of Viaedge’s fast expanding client base. Phani handles varied roles in consulting, operations and general management with equal ease. Phani is an expert in relationship management and has always been the client interface in all major projects handled by him Phani is a self confident and extravagant businessman that has made him instantly recognizable wherever he goes. His interests include real estate, entertainment, gaming, and sports. A multifaceted Phani holds a bachelor degree in Civil engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in India.

• Gopal K Pradhan is the co-founder and CEO of the Viaedge Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd .Gopal’s strong technical knowledge and experience started during his engineering days when he created and implemented his university’s Wide Area Network connecting six colleges. After completing his engineering degree from one of the India’s premier institutions, Gopal joined Qualcomm Inc to help them set up a CDMA prototype of 2000 lines for MTNL. The project was successful and MTNL launched CDMA services in 2001.

His entrepreneurial skills and experience in networking technologies saw him start Design Expo Network Pvt. Ltd (DE) in early 1998 along with few other like-minded individuals. As technology head, Gopal charted the technology road map for DE, helped significantly in Business Development, and managed several large projects like Messaging platform of 10M users for Times Internet Limited. DE was acquired in August 2001 by a global banking solutions provider, SLMsoft Inc, a publicly traded company on Toronto Stock Exchange. Gopal helped SLMsoft move its banking products to emerging Java technology platform and was involved in design and implementation for CECP, a leading bank in West Africa.

• Srikant Misra, Chief operating Officer (COO) of Viaedge brings with him a rich international exposure by virtue of working at various companies in Canada. He has helped Viaedge in delivering many large and complex projects in time. His knows resources capabilities better than resource himself which helps him allocating right resource on right project.

Srikant holds an Bachelor degree in Architecture (B.Arch) from OUAT and Masters in Computer Science from Brock University, Canada.

Company Address

Viaedge Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd.
508, Arcadia, Hiranandani Estate
Ghodbunder Road, Thane-w
Mumbai-400607, Maharshtra,
India

Tel: +91-22-25862816/17
Fax: +91-22-25862818
Email id: info@viaedge.com

Website URL: http://www.viaedge.com

Website: www.techmastiff.com

Domain: Consumer Internet Product development

Company Introduction:

Mastiff Tech is an emerging consulting service provider in consumer internet product domain. Company’s primary focus is into online media, content sharing and social networking space. Having gained immense experience in different areas and developed a thorough understanding of the digital media market, mastiff team helps clients from concept to market lifecycle for their product. Company unique approach supported by the domain knowledge maintains client’s ROI with high success rate and less time to market.

Mastiff Tech has crafted its presence in the competitive online content sharing and social networking domain. Company has core competency in all avenues of its development – from visualization of user interface and designing to implementation of robust frameworks that ensures smooth scaling of applications in web2.0 age. With time, company has utilizes its sound experience in online media domain to craft innovative solutions, which can further reduced the cost and go-to market time for an enterprise.

Mastiff’s portfolio is enriched by clients who range from venture backed product companies, movie distribution companies, audience measurement practice for pod casts to social networking providers in different domains like sports, movies etc. In addition to developing large-scale advertising platforms, mastiff has an excellent track record of implementing best online search tools, integrating with Google ad sense, online affiliate platforms and payments gateways etc. In short, mastiff is a complete online media solutions provider in Online Media, Online Travel and Online Retail Domains.

Key Executives

Tushar Vohra

Tushar Vohra is the founder director and chairman of the innovatively named – Mastiff Tech Pvt. Ltd. With his proven business and emerging technology expertise, Tushar leads a world-class professional team that addresses the needs and problems of mastiff tech’s fast expanding client base. Tushar handles varied roles in consulting, operations and general management with equal ease. Under the able leadership of Tushar mastiff tech is rapidly going places. In his illustrious career, Tushar won many accolades from Talisma, a leading provider of multi-channel CRM solutions, for his exceptional technical and problem solving skills. A multifaceted Tushar is armed with a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur in India.

Ajay Pandey – CEO

Ajay Pandey, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mastiff Tech Pvt. Ltd. views himself as a facilitator, making sure people work as a team and have fun, even as they deliver world-class solutions. He has plenty of plans up his sleeve as mastiff moves up the value chain into web based product development and consulting. Ajay’s hands-on approach to business and first-hand experience with startups is particularly valuable in
Setting up and growing new practices within the organization. Ajay, an IIT alumnus, has held positions of increasing responsibility, in hi-tech startup companies such as Viaedge and Proteans. Enterprising, Ajay holds a masters degree in chemistry from IIT, Kanpur in India.

Manoj Samuel – VP Business Development

Manoj in the role of VP, business development have been in one word a startup expert. He has been associated with companies from the birth; some even say he is addicted to startups. He has five years experience in it domain and has held various roles in first startup company priority one consulting, a human asset management company. He joined his second startup, mastiff tech as the first executive employee. He has vast experience in bringing new clients and teams lookup to him at mastiff tech for his contributions. May it be writing code in one room startup or negotiating with funded product companies for development services, he has done it all. He holds a bachelors degree in electronics engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal.

Company Address

Mastiff Tech Private Ltd.
Unit: 317-217,
Building No: 2, Sector: 1,
Millennium Business Park Mahape,
Navi Mumbai – 400 710
India,
Tel: +91 22 67600600
Cell: +91-9820077427
Fax: +91 22 67600601

Contact Person: Manoo Haryal (Manav)
Sr. Business Development Executive
E-mail: manoo.haryal@techmastiff.com
Contact: 91 09223519068, 91 9820077427
Tel: +91 22 67600600 X 609

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 Profile:

Buzz18 provides film and fashion entertainment on Internet. The site features videos, news and downloadable content from the Hindi and regional film industries. Buzz18 is a sole subsidiary of Web18 solution services.

Management:

Surya Mantha, CEO Web18 Holdings.

Surya Mantha, a BTech in computer science and engineering from IIT Kanpur, also did a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and an MBA from the Simon School at the University of Rochester. He started his career with the corporate research Group of Xerox Corporation. Before joining Sify, he spent several years at Real Networks in Seattle WA, US, in several marketing and management roles, including GM of Broadband Solutions and head of evangelism and GM solutions and business operations for the Real Broadcast Network (RBN), Real’s Content Delivery Network.

Investors: Buzz18 is a venture of Web18 software services.

Website: www.buzz18.com

Contact Address

New Era Mills
Moghul Lane
Matunga (West)
Mumbai 400016

Tel: +91 22 6618 4400

Email: buzz18@web18.in

G2 Interactive is an activation marketing division of grey global group and the services they offer are data consulting, interactive marketing, direct marketing web development CRM/ECRM and E-biz consulting.

Management:

Sudhir Nair, Vice President G2 South Asia

Sudhir has done his computer Science from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. His past includes Marshall Infonet and Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. He worked with Booz Allen till 2000 and was heading there IT production team. Sudhir is the Lead – New Business Initiatives at Grey Interactive and handles business enquiries and Grey.

Website: www.g2.com / India section.

Key Competitors: Webchutney / Tribal DDB / BC Webwise

Investor: G2 belongs to WPP group of company after the acquisition of Grey Global the world’s seventh-largest agency company by revenue.

Additional Notes:

Grey Interactive was borne out of Trikaya Grey the main line subsidiary of Grey Group Worldwide formed by Ravi Gupta in 1997. Grey Worldwide (India) has restructured its operations (2004) to offer value-added services to Indian marketers. The agency has integrated its direct marketing and interactive divisions to form ‘Grey Synchronized Services’ (GSS).

Mobile2win is a mobile content and mobile VAS enabler having a strong presence in the media and entertainment segments.

Management:Rajat Jain, MD & CEO

A postgraduate from IIM, Ahmedabad and an engineering graduate from IIT, Delhi,Rajat, was the Managing Director with The Walt Disney Co. India, Prior to Disney, Rajat was with Sony Entertainment as Executive Vice President and Business Head, SET MAX, their movies and cricket TV channel. Rajat has also held senior management positions with the Essel Group, Telstra International, Benckiser India and Hindustan Lever.

Gopal Kirshnan:

GK is an interactive marketing and interactive media entrepreneur with 16 years of professional experience. He started his career in sales with HCL HP and promoted one of Mumbai’s leading systems integration services companies (1990-97). He holds an engineering degree and has co-founded mobile2win.

Rajv Hiranandani

After completing his MBA in Marketing in Connecticut USA, Rajiv worked with TCI – the largest TV Cable network in the US. Post his stint with TCI he joined Indian Express (IE), as head Sales and Marketing for the group’s Internet initiative. He has built the M2W India business and is the Country Head for the India operations

Key Team Members Include,

• Vijaya Lakshmi
• Amit Tidke
• Hara Prasanna Kar
• Deepak Gupta
• Sachin Jain
• Putata Bodke
• Amit Mithrani
• Rajneel Kumar

Website: www.mobile2win.com

Key Competitors: www.mauj.com

Investors:

Investors in Mobile2win include Nexus India Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and Softbank China. Siemens Venture capital fund and Contest2win have already diluted their stake in the business.

Contact Address:

Mobile2win

Todi Estate, 3rd Floor, B – Wing,
Sun Mill Compound, Lower Parel,
Mumbai – 400013.

Tel: 91-22-66541468
Fax: 91-22-66541469

Additional Information:

Founded in 1998 as a 5 member company mobile2win, same as contest2win has now grown into an 80 member team across India. Mobile2win’s china arm got acquired by Walt Disney Internet Group, Tokyo in Aug 2006.

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.

Tribal DDB is the Interactive wing of Mudra Communications in India and an Indian representative of Tribal DDB worldwide. Tribal provides consumer activation solutions with the help of available technology in digital marketing space.

Management:

Leroy Alvares, Country Head and General Manager

Leroy was previously working with iContract (direct marketing arm of Contract) where he was the Head profit centre for Mumbai.

Karl Gomes, Group Head Creative

Karl Gomes personal blog goes by Link http://karl2point0.blogspot.com/
He has been the National Creative Director for Tribal DDB India from last 3 years. He has been in the digital media space from last 8 years and also blogs for Wat Blog. Link http://www.watblog.com/index.php?content=page&id=1

Please Note: Karl Gomes has put down his papers and joined Leo Burnette’s Arc Worldwide established in 2004. He was working with Tribal DDB India as the National Head Creative from past 3 years.

Website: www.tribalddbindia.com

Key Competitors: Studiosmile.com / Bcwebwise / Webchutney

Contact Information:

Mumbai Address:

Mudra Communications
Shree Ram Mills Premises,
G K MARG Mumbai – 400013

Tel: (91-22- 30408001)
Fax: (91-22-24964809)

Email: Leroy@tribalddbindia.com

Additional Information:

Tribal DDB is a Private Ltd company and has close to 70 employees (2006). It’s primarily an Interactive brand communication and design company.

Company Profile:

Indiagames Ltd is a mobile, online games and a leading global mobile games publisher company in India. The Company is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms including Online and Mobile. Indiagames’ products are developed and published across all major technology platforms and are distributed through partnerships with mobile operators in over 75 countries.

Management

Vishal Gondal – Founder & CEO

Founded in 1999, Vishal is the CEO of Indiagames.com. He’s been on the advisory council for Nokia Games he oversees wireless and mobile technologies. Fact was Vishal’s first company which he had founded at the age of 16, when he was just out of school.

Samir Bangara – Chief Operating Officer

Prior to joining Indiagames Samir was a Vice President at Ernst & Young India’s M&A advisory team. Samir has also been a part of ILFS Investment Managers (IIML) where he worked for two years and was part of the team investing in media and technology. Samir is an MBA in Finance and has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce.

Investor:

Indiagames has raised … funds twice and now UTV is the prime investor having 51% stake, round about by investing 128 crores or $28 million in all. It got its initial round of funding by Infinity ventures. Key investors include UTV, Adobe Inc., and Cisco Systems Inc.

Contact Information:

Website: www.indiagames.com

Indiagames Ltd.

423, Sai Commercial Annexe
BKS Devshi Marg; Deonar
Mumbai 400 088, India.

Tel: 91-22-25571128
Fax: 91-22-25571131

Email: servicedesk@indiagames.com

Additional Information:

Indiagames has over 300 employees and offices in Mumbai, London, Los Angeles & Beijing. Internationally the company publishes mobile titles via its IG FUN brand.

Company Overview:

DDW aka Digital DriftWood started off in 2002. Their expertise lies in providing communication solutions to their diversified set of clients.

Management

Anita Varma, Director

A graduate from Mumbai University, Anita’s worked as an Art Director in FCB Ulka before she started with her own independent venture DDW, Digital Driftwood in Mumbai. Anita also writes

Website/s: www.digitaldriftwood.com ,

Contact Address

Digital Driftwood Pvt.. Ltd
34,Shakeel Nivas,1st Floor
Opp Sai Baba Mandir,
Mahakalicaves Road,
Andheri East, Mumbai, MH 400093

City: Mumbai

Additional Information:

Digital Driftwood has registered itself being a privately held company with 11 – 50 members. It offers commercial video, radio print media solutions s well as New media solutions.