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Proto.in SE ’07IIT - Madras
DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Pramati
Britesoft
Tekriti Software
ENTERPRISE
TISS MSC SDN. BHD
SecureSelf
MultiMedia Display
Technologies SDN. BHD
Altrion Technologies
AuthMe
INTERNET / WEB 2.0
Inasra
Pennywise Solutions
Tyroo
Cricko
RouteGuru
Minekey
Genie Interactive
MOBILE
Rarefind
Wifin
Aumega Networks
Ziva Software
Buzzworks
NEW FRONTIERS
Thinxworks
Lucid Software
HyperAnalytix
SPONSORS
Dolphin Advisory
Adobe
TVS Electronics
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
TiE
IAMAI
NASSCOM
TeNeT
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
eValueServe
Tonse Telecom
Venture Intelligence
i.t. Magazine
BROADBAND PARTNER
Sify
NETWORKING PARTNER
SMS Country
PRINTING, SECONDLIFE SERVICES
Universal Print Systems Limited
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Company Name : Pramati Technologies
Incorporation Year : 1998
Stage of Funding : Self-funded
Product : Dekoh
Core Focus Area : Desktop Web Integration
Market Segment : Consumer/enterprise web 2.0
Competition : Adobe
Team Size : 25
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Jay Pullur
Summary : Dekoh is desktop platform for applications that deliver integrated experience of web and desktop. Along
with the free Dekoh Desktop, comes a gallery of personal media applications and Dekoh Network service
that helps users share content/applications directly off their PC. Dekoh is a product of Pramati
Technologies.
We were at Proto For : Demonstrate the new product , Dekoh Web Desktop, to investors, analysts, web 2.0 observers, other
entrepreneurs, and gather valuable opinion.
Contact
S Chandrashekar
Telephone
98493-23441
Address
#301, White House,
Begumpet, Hyderabad,
500016.
www.dekoh.com
Development Platform
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Company Name : Britesoft Solutions (M) Sdn. Bhd
Incorporation Year : 2002
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : Briteworks
Core Focus Area : Software / Business Applications
Market Segment : Developers
Competition : Secondary competitors include Microsoft Visual Studio, Java tools, Eclipse IDEs and Ruby-on-Rails.
There are some tools such as Magic, Tenfold, OutSystem that do similar things,
Team Size : 18
Revenue : Profitable
Founder : Fazel Naghshineh
Summary : BriteSoft focuses in the business of Highly Rapid Application Development Tools that eliminate coding.
With its extensive application development experience, BriteSoft has changed the rules of the game when
it comes to programming and building applications. Its flagship product, BriteWorks is an award winning
platform that helps customers deliver applications 20 times faster, yet with higher quality and hugely
reduces costs. Developers need not know java, VB, C++ or any other programming language or
technology.
BriteSoft’s philosophy is ‘zero code generation’ and ‘develop once, run everywhere’ (i.e. client server,
web, PDA).
BriteSoft has a series of line-of-business applications that have all been powered by BriteWorks.
We were at Proto For : Garnering Support and Mindshare from partners, developers and affiliates.
Contact person
Brenda Ng
Phone number
+6012.3269000
Address
Suite G2 Ground Floor
Incubator 1 Technology Park
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur -
57000 Malaysia
www.britesoftcorp.com
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Company Name : Tekriti Software Private Limited Incorporation
Year : 2005
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : TekMedia
Core Focus Area : Web Media Publishing, Video Publishing, Video Management, Low cost, High Quality White labeled video
platforms
Market Segment : Internet
Competition : Blip.tv, revver, vidavee, VideoEgg
Team Size : [Manish Dhingra] 4-5
Revenue : Tekmedia - Not Yet (Tekriti Software is a profitable entity)
Founder(s) : Ashish Kumar, Gaurav Bhatnagar, Manish Dhingra
We were at Proto For : Focused on Product Launch leading to Market Expansion and further sales for Tekmedia
Contact
Manish Dhingra
Telephone
+91-124-4105951
Address
[Manish Dhingra] 602-A,
Palm Court, Sukhrali Chowk,
Opposite Sector 14,
Gurgaon -122002, Haryana
www.tekritisoftware.com
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Company Name : TISS MSC SDN BHD
Incorporation Year : 2003
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : T3 SecurityKey
Core Focus Area : IT Security
Market Segment : Enterprise
Competition :
Team Size : 14
Revenue : No not yet profitable
Founder : Mr Graham Baldwin
Summary : TISS MSC was founded in 2003 to compliment the business of Millennium Hallmark Software as
the sales and distribution arm of the organization formed in 2001.MHS found its niche in the market place
in the Internet Content Security product space and began its distribution operations in October of that
year.
TISS gained much coveted Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status in March 2003, for its contribution to
ICT development in Malaysia. TISS continues to fulfill its passion and obligations under this status
umbrella.
TISS primary business is to provide protection, (preventive) security and control for users of desktop
computers, laptops, email and internet browsing by utilizing TISS’s unique integrated, portable Total
Internet Security Solutions (TISS).
We were at Proto For : Introductions to Potential Funding Sources, Alliances, and Partnerships. Focused on Market Expansion
Contact
Fara Liza Bashah
Telephone
+603 7725 8200
Address
Unit 3A12, Lobby 6, Block C,
Damansara Intan, No. 1,
Jalan 20/27, 47400 Petaling
Jaya, Selangor, West
Malaysia, Malaysia
www.tiss-msc.com
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Enterprise
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Company Name : AuthMe
Incorpation Year : 2007 Stage of
Funding : Self-Funded
Product : AuthMe
Core Focus Area : Securing Online Tractions
Market Segment : Banking and Enterprise Applications
Competition : RSA,Arcot
Team Size : 3
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Aditya.K
Summary : AuthMe secures all the three entities in any authentication Infrastructure namely the Client,the Server
and theChannel (Medium). Auth Me Secures Client from Trojans, Key loggers and other client side attacks
by User to keep a cognitive based one time PASTCODE. To protect the channel from Pharming and
Man in The Middle Phishing attacks Auth Me uses a new patent pending method, where user
authentication is tied to the secure session empowering the organization and the client to see when
they are connected by a direct link without interruption.
Contact
Aditya.K
Telephone
+9908112971
Address
s-3 ,Sravanam Apartments
C.E.Colony
Hyderabad-500013
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Company Name : Multimedia Display Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
Incorporation Year : 2000
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : Mi-RFiDTM Radio Frequency Identification Products
Core Focus Area : RFID, ICT and Display Technologies
Market Segment : enterprise, end user
Competition : Merit in Best of Communications Category, Apicta 2006
Team Size : 18
Revenue : Yes
Founder : Liew Choon Lian
Summary : MDT has overcome the breaking point of producing low cost RFID readers and low cost RFID tags for the
consumption of target industries as well as mass consumers.This cutting edge technology and cost
advantage will enable the company to promote the use of RFID technology in almost all targeted
applications. Strong engineering resources have helped developed innovative RFID products, being
patented in Japan, China, and eventually worldwide markets.
Besides offering reader module to potential reader makers, MDT also offers full fledge RFID solutions in
terms of system configurations and infrastructure deployment and integration of software system.
Involved in other industry such as advanced display and software engineering provide competitive edge
in terms of technical application know-how and new market opportunities.
Set with a Mandate, in exploring new technologies for providing low cost chipped and chipless tag that
will further tap into new markets that are previously hindered by cost.
We were at Proto For : Introductions to Potential Funding Sources, Alliances, and Partnerships.
Contact
Mr. Sim, Mr. Lam
Telephone
+603-8996 8800
Address
3F, Iris Smart Complex,
Technology Park Malaysia,
Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
www.mmdt.cc
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Company Name : Altrion Technologies Private Limited
Incorporation Year : 2006
Stage of Funding : Seed
Product : ALTRION BUSINESS PERFORMANCE SUITE
Core Focus Area : BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Market/Segment : Enterprise
Competition : SAP – Pilot Works, ORACLE – Daily Business Intelligence, HYPERION
Team Size : 70+
Revenue : Yes, Not Profitable
Founder : Jagannathan Vaman
Summary : Altrion Technologies is a Chennai-based global IT services and product Company. As a part of our
product offering we have developed after extensive research, a software product for proactively
managing the Business Performance of an Enterprise called ALTRION Business Performance Suite
(ALTRION BPS).
Altrion-BPS helps align Individual Goals to Organisational Goals, Pro-actively drive for Performance at all
levels in the Organisation and achieve the Functional and Organisational Goals. It also aligns with a lot of
management models like Balanced Scorecard, TPM, TQM, Six-Sigma, etc. and provides a single-
window control for driving these initiatives. Altrion-BPS is built on a flexible open framework and can be
implemented (without code changes) in multiple verticals and functions. With rich functionality and
scalability features, this cost effective tool in the hands of the CEOs, Business and Functional heads, will
greatly help in enhancing the operational efficiency in the Organisation as a whole.
We were at Proto for : Alliances and Exposure
Contact
J Badrinarayanan
Telephone
91 44 4359 4450 / 4451
Address
No. T2/17, Dr.V.S.I. Estate, IT
Corridor, Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai - 600 041
www.altrion.co.in
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Internet & Web 2.0
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Company Name : Inasra Technologies
Incorporation Year : 2005
Stage of Funding : Self-Funded
Product : Inasra.com
Core Focus Area : Enabling users to book hotels online.
Market/Segment : Internet: Enterprise
Competition : Makemytrip.com , Cleartrip.com, Travelguru.com , Yatra.com
Team Size : 8
Revenue : Not yet
Founder : Yogendra Vasupal
Summary : Inasra.com brings 3500 Hotels from 400 cities in India just a couple of clicks away from the users. We
were at Proto for: networking with other startups and see if any synergies can match and learn more the
key players and new ideas in various segment. Also Proto would at the least introduce us to VC’s that
would be interested in our field.
Contact
Yogendra Vasupal
Telephone
91-9841007972 /
91-44-65623300 / 65623301
Address
Inasra Technologies Pvt Ltd,
No: 2, 4th floor,
Rams Swathi Towers,
Durgabai Deshmukh Road,
R.A Puram, Chennai, 600028
www.inasra.com
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Company Name : Pennywise Solutions Private Limited
Incorporation Year : 2003
Stage of Funding : Self funded
Product : Tolmolbol.com
Core Focus Area : Tolmolbol.com - Local social search (Pennywise Solutions is a web-application development and search
marketing company servicing several hundred small and medium businesses across the globe.)
Market Segment : Internet
Competition : Competitors of Tolmolbol.com include JustDial.com & guruji.com
Team Size : Tolmolbol.com - 8 Pennywise Solutions - 70
Revenue : For Pennywise: Revenue - Yes. Profitable - Yes. For tolmolbol.com: Revenue - Yes. Profitable - Not Yet.
Founder : Anand R. Morzaria Rithesh R. Prasad
Summary : Proto brings together technology enthusiasts, investors and the media at a common-ground. We would
be delighted to showcase our product in the midst of such an important gathering as well as receive
valuable feedback from this community. We would also like to connect with interested VCs as well as
explore alliances with partners who see value and a common-ground in the local social search and city
guide market.
Contact
Rithesh R. Prasad
Telephone
+91-40-23323189
Address
Tolmolbol.com 6-3-655/4,
Civil Supplies Bhavan Lane,
Somajiguda,
Hyderabad - 500 082
www.tolmolbol.com
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Company Name : Tyroo Media Pvt. Ltd
Incorporation Year : 2007
Stage of Funding : First Round
Product : Tyroo
Core Focus Area : Digital Media Advertisement
Market Segment : Enterprise
Competition : Google Adsense Tribal Fusion Advertising.com
Team Size : 18
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Aditya Khanna
Summary : Tyroo is the largest self served Indian ad-network. Its pay for performance contextual advertising
network, provides a unique platform for advertisers and for publishers to come together and do business,
including the smaller players who haven’t participated online before. The combination of Tyroo’s Self-
Serve system interface, sophisticated Targeting & Optimization technologies and localized features are its
biggest competitive advantage.
We were at Proto for : Showing the offering to a wider audience and for garnering mindshare.
Contact
Aditya Khanna
Phone number
91-9910108483
Address
136A, Vishal House,
Kailash Colony Zamrudpur
Delhi - 110048 India
www.tyroo.com
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Company Name : Skilworth Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Incorporation Year : 2007
Stage of Funding : Self funded
Product : Cricko
Core Focus Area : Gaming and Social Network application for the Sports & Entertainment industry.
Market Segment : Internet / Mobile
Competition : None currently. Secondary competitors in the form of cricket portals like Cricinfo and Cricketnext.
Team Size : 3
Revenue : Yes.
Profitable : Not yet
Founder : Pavan Kachibhatla & Srini Kachibhatla
Summary : Cricko is a new media interactive cricket network which incorporates the philosophies of Web 2.0 and
is aimed at cricket fans worldwide.
We were at Proto For : To showcase our offering, announce our plans going forward and connect with other innovators.
We are also looking to attract the right kind of venture partners who will complement our efforts.
Contact
Pavan Kachibhatla, CEO
Telephone
Mobile 91- 98410 -80269
Address
# 37, Dhanalakshmi Avenue,
Adyar, Chennai - 600020
www.cricketology.com
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Company Name : RouteGuru
Incorporation Year : 2006
Stage of Funding : Seed
Product : RouteGuru
Core Focus Area : GIS, Consumer Internet
Market Segment : End User + Enterprise
Competition : RoadsOfIndia.com, MapMyIndia.com, Google Maps
Team Size : 3
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Avinash Agrawal
Summary : RouteGuru is India’s #1 Routing and Driving Direction services provider on the Internet and Mobile. We
provide directions the good old way.. i.e. using Landmarks. We are technologists and business-people
having varied experience after graduating from premier schools like IITs and ISBs. Our vision is to make
Geographical Information accessible, usable and valuable in day-to-day lives of consumers and local
businesses in developing countries.
We were at Proto For : show-casing our products’ potential, and thereby bringing us closer to both Investors and Customers.
Contact
Avinash Agrawal
Telephone
+91 9899003393
Address
211, Pocket B
Sukhdev Vihar
New Delhi - 110025 INDIA
www.routeguru.com
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Company Name : Minekey
Incorporation Year : 2005
Stage of Funding : First Round
Product : Minekey
Core Focus Area : Internet / Content
Market Segment : End User
Competition : Aggregate Knowledge, Loomia, Sphere
Team Size : 10
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Delip Andra
Summary : Minekey is a Silicon Valley based VC funded start up incubated out of IIT Kharagpur. Minekey
Recommedations service makes the content discovery on blogs and websites a lot easier. It can help
each of your site’s visitors find the golden nuggets of content that would be most interesting to them,
based on what they are currently reading or have read before.
We were at Proto For : Clients
Contact
Delip Andra
Phone number
+1-408-981-6992
Address
440 N. Wolfe Road
Sunnyvale, CA - 94085 USA
www.minekey.com
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Company Name : Genie Interactive Pvt. Ltd.
Incorporation Year : 1999
Stage of Funding : Self funded
Product : Voiee
Core Focus Area : UI design/development for the web & mobile; Internet product / application development using Open
Source technologies.
Market Segment : Internet / Enterprise
Competition : In India to some extent Nowpos (http: //canvas.nowpos.com) , other similar services Jott Networks Inc
(http: //www.jott.com/) ; Spinvox Ltd. (http: //www.spinvox.com/homepage.html); both are US based.
Team Size : 18
Revenue : As a company: Revenues / Profitable: Yes. For the product: No revenues as yet
Founder : Aradhana Handa / Deepak Samaga
Summary : Voiee is an easy to use, cost effective, simple yet versatile voice mail & messaging platform. It allows one
to seamlessly & creatively integrate audio (voice) into their WWW universe. We would like to see it
become a default platform for lot of voice based services.
We were at Proto For : By participating in Proto (which we believe is a high profile event), it will help us reach a very focussed
and an insightful audience, who will be able to provide us with very valuable inputs and feedback. This is
very important for us and will help us further fine tune and make the product more useful. It will also help
us connect with several important people in the VC and business community, who may eventually assist
us in strategic business alliances or raising venture capital
Contact
Deepak Samaga, Director-
Business Development
Telephone
91-80-2220 8495 /
2220 1164;
Cell 91- 98451 -76366
Address
Genie Interactive Pvt. Ltd.
#1, 1st floor, 12th main,
Vasanthnagar, Bangalore
560052, India.
www.genieinteractive.com /
www.voiee.com
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Company Name : Rarefind Engineering Innovations Pvt. Ltd
Incorporation Year : 2003
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : Mocodile
Core Focus Area : Mobile Content Exchange
Market Segment : Enterprise
Competition : Soonr, 24access, ORB
Team Size : 7
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Ajay Rajasekhar
Summary : “As worldwide mobile users cross 2 billion, there is a strong need to access, share, transfer content
seamlessly between personal computers and mobile phones. At RareFind, our endeavor is to solve the
puzzle of incompatible content formats, size and connectivity. Our vision is to have customers
connected, inspired & satisfied.”
We were at Proto For : Showcasing the company to network of prospective investors and partners.
Contact
Ajay Rajasekhar
Phone number
+919886777666
Address
No. 347, 17th Cross,
RMV 2nd Stage
Bangalore - 560094 India
www.mocodile.com
Mobile
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Company Name : Wifin Technologies
Incorporation Year : 2003
Stage of Funding : Seed
Product : Mobistream
Core Focus Area : Mobile Applications
Market Segment : End User / Enterprise
Competition : e-Signal, wizdom.in, livemarketwatch
Team Size : 22
Revenue : Profitable
Founder : Raghavendra Prasad
Summary : Wifi’s product Mobistream offers live, streaming market information on mobile devices and PDAs with
secure trading capability. We would like to see this product, which we believe is easily the most elegant,
feature rich and optimized, as the most preferred trading medium by the discerning investors.
Apart from this, we also have a desktop/ browser-based streaming solution, mobile banking product, m-
Learning solution and betting platform, primarily using the core IP developed.
Team Wifin’s believes “Ordinary people can do extraordinary things so long as “We Enjoy and We Excel”
in what we do.
We were at Proto For : To help us scale up with the right resources and partners
Contact
Raghavendra Prasad
Telephone
+919382196257
Address
17, III Floor, South West
Boag Road T Nagar
Chennai - 600017 India
www.wifintech.com
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Company Name : Aumega Networks
Incorporation Year : 2004
Stage of Funding : Self funded
Product : Lukup
Core Focus Area : Search, Grid and P2P computing
Market Segment : Mobile
Competition : MakeMyTrip, Naukri, Shaadi
Team Size : 11 (Lukup)
Revenue : No (for the product). We are starting to execute pilots with two well known companies in India.
Founder : Kallol Borah
Summary : Lukup (to be demonstrated at Proto) is a mobile search application that indexes very frequently updated
data and provides precise and up to date results to mobile users; Lukup is based on the Indus SDK which
is a peer-to-peer, network and device neutral, software-as-a-service development platform we have been
licensing out since 2005.
We were at Proto For : Interaction with investors, Identifying companies we can partner with, Get feedback on application
Contact
Kallol Borah
Telephone
0091-9886422294
Address
301 Andree Capitol
8/1 Andree Road
Bangalore 560 027
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Company Name : Ziva Software
Incorporation Year : 2005
Stage of Funding : First Round
Product : Zook
Core Focus Area : Mobile Search
Market Segment : End User
Competition : Mobile search is a fast evolving space with many players. Ziva Software’s competitors are mobile search
companies and, to a certain extent, mobile social networking companies.
Team Size : 10
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Ajay Sethi
Summary : Ziva Software is a VC-backed company that has developed an innovative and intelligent platform for
mobile search and access. Ziva’s platform s are being used by a number of market-leading companies .
Ziva’s flagship “search networking” service (called Zook.in) provides exact and actionable answers to
mobile users. It not only provides quick and precise results to users but also enables them to get
information and relevant updates from their friends.
We were at Proto For : To help us inform users about the Zook service.
Contact
Ajay Sethi
Telephone
+91 9448475980
Address
Suite # 26, NSR-GIV Center
IIM Bangalore, Bannerghatta
Road Bangalore - 560076
India
www.zivasoftware.com
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Company Name : BuzzWorks
Incorporation Year : 2007
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : Bolo
Core Focus Area : Telecom VAS
Market Segment : End user
Competition : Onmobile, Pyromobile, Mauj telecom
Team Size : 2
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : V C Karthic
Summary : Our vision is to create a Indian mobile voice search engine that helps people publish and search
for extremely localized information. Our factor of success is making your mobile a device that gets you
business, without any knowledge of technology. Currently we are rolling this service out in Hindi and
English with roughly 10 more Indian languages in the pipe.
We were at Proto For : Exposure and Funding
Contact
V C Karthic
Telephone
+91 9908523411
Address
105 Badam Sohana
Apartments
6-3-912, Raj Bhavan Road,
Somajiguda
Hyderabad - 500082
India
www.buzzworks.co.in
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Company Name : Thinxworks
Incorporation Year : 2000
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : Clay Animated Movies
Core Focus Area : Animation
Market Segment : End-user and Enterprise
Competition : Aardman - worldwide, Famous Studios, Toonz
Team Size : 16
Revenue : Yes and Profitable.
Founder : MP Hariharan
Summary : Thinxworks? Dreaming to be in the league of Dreamworks, we started with fire in our bellies and cartoons
all around us. We chose a medium as malleable as our creative instincts - clay and have set out to create
some of the world’s most loved films. A team of 20+, we are adding myriad people to strengthen our
vision.
We were at Proto For : Connect to visionaries who can help take us to a new level
Contact
MP Hariharan
Telephone
+91 9845051055
Address
104, 3rd Cross, 8th Main,
Koramangala 3rd Block
Bangalore - 560034 India
www.thinxworks.com
New Frontiers
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Company Name : Lucid Software
Incorporation Year : 2000
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : NDT Muulam
Core Focus Area : Non Destructive Testing
Market Segment : Enterprise
Competition : GE’s Rhythm platform, UTIA 2.5 – Ultrasonic Imaging and Analysis Software by Enviroaccoustics SA,
CIVA by CEA of France
Team Size : 25
Revenue : Yes.
Founder : K M Reddy
Summary : Lucid is a Software Solutions provider to the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) market and was founded by
alumni of IITs Madras and Roorkee. The results of our pioneering research work based on key industry
requirements, is a software product platform - NDT Muulam™. Our vision for NDT Muulam™
encompasses creation/setting of industry standards for data formats, visualization and integration of
NDT data into business systems.
We were at Proto For : Connections to prospective investors and Learning from other companies on latest software practices
and trends
Contact
C P Madhusudan
Telephone
+919840920889
Address
104, NSIC STP Complex
Sector B -24, Guindy
Industrial Estate Chennai -
600032 India
www.lucidsoft.net
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Contact
Praveen Tiwari
Telephone
+91 9880392972
Address
306, Royal Castle
5th Main, 5th Cross, Kodihalli
Bangalore, India : 560008
www.hyperanalytix.com
Company Name : Hyper Analytix
Incorporation Year : 2007
Stage of Funding : Self Funded
Product : Hyperanalyzer
Core Focus Area : Semiconductor Design Automation
Market Segment : B2B / Enterprise
Competition : Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys, NuSym
Team Size : 3
Revenue : Not Yet
Founder : Paul Hylander
Summary : Functional verification is the biggest pain point in today’s IC design flow and none of the upcoming
solutions offer any chance of addressing it. The founders of Hyper Analytix come from leading edge
companies, such as TI, HP, Cadence and others. Armed with unique insights and technology, they are
developing a next-generation solution that will enable an order of 10X improvement in verification
quality and productivity. With this value proposition Hyper Analytix will be able to take a significant
portion of the $700M verification market.
We were at Proto For : Introductions to potential funding sources. We also expect to be exposed to various organizations that
can help with various business aspects.
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SPONSORS
Dolphin Advisory
Dolphin Advisory spots and nurtures entrepreneurs with the potential to disrupt markets and business
models through technology. We work with entrepreneurs in South Asia who are expanding their
companies, guiding them through critical stages of growth. We support international investors looking to
diversify into South Asian companies that fit the profile of our entrepreneurial clients.
Adobe
Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information . anytime, anywhere and through
any medium.
For more than two decades, the company’s award-winning technologies and software have redefined
business, entertainment, and personal communications by setting new standards for producing and
delivering content that engages people anywhere at anytime. From rich images in print, video, and film to
dynamic digital content for a variety of media, the impact of Adobe solutions is clear to anyone who
creates, views, and interacts with information.
TVS Electronics
TVS Electronics is the part of the 90-year-old TVS Group which is the first Group from Asia outside
Japan, to win the “Deming Award” for Quality. As manufacturers of India’s No.1 brand of Dot Matrix
Printers, TVS Electronics has an installed base of more than two million printers and offers a wide range
of computer peripherals to suit all peripheral related needs. True to its credo “Productivity through
Intelligence,” TVS-E offer high quality products at reasonable prices, each of these products are designed
with utmost care and quality to give you the best value for your money. For a company of its size, it has
the highest percentage of engineers. Its commitment to quality and innovations has won many accolades
over the years.
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SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
TiE
Founded in 1992, in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and
senior professionals with roots in the Indus region, the organization today has over 10,000 members
across 44 chapters in 9 countries.
Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on
generating and nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs. In order to achieve this organization has
built programs to energize and inspire its constituencies and the flagship event being TiEcon, the largest
conference for entrepreneurs worldwide.
IAMAI
The IAMAI is the premier trade association representing the online content and advertising, e-commerce
and mobile content and advertising industry.
It addresses the issues, concerns and challenges of the Internet economy and takes a leading role in its
development.
Founded in January 2004 by leading Indian portals HT.com, Indiatimes.com, MSN.com, Rediff.com,
Sify.com and Yahoo.com, and the online media agency, Connecturf India Pvt. Ltd, the IAMAI is a not-for-
profit organization registered under the Societies Act, 1896.
NASSCOM
NASSCOM is India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies, the premier trade body
and the chamber of commerce of the IT software and services industry in India. NASSCOM is a global
trade body with over 1100 members, of which over 250 are global companies from the US, UK, EU,
Japan and China. NASSCOM’s member companies are in the business of software development,
software services, software products, IT-enabled/BPO services and e-commerce.
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TeNet
The expertise in the TeNeT Group spans the entire gamut of specialisations pertinent to the TeNeT
mission: digital communications, wireless networks, computer protocols, optical communications,
digital signal processing, speech, audio and video technologies, computer vision, network management,
multimedia, digital system design and embedded systems. In addition, there is a small group of experts
in areas such as rural finance, small scale enterprises for rural areas.
The type of activities of the TeNeT Group includes teaching and training, product development, incubation of
technology companies by alumni, telecom and IT policy studies, and front-line research in the specialties.
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
eValueServe
Evalueserve is a global knowledge services company offering high-quality research services in
Intellectual Property Management and Market, Investment, and Business Research. Evalueserve has won
several awards, including the Deloitte Fast 500 APAC and NASSCOM awards.
Evalueserve’s IP services help multinationals and startups manage their inventions and technology while
protecting their product lines and points of differentiation.
Tonse Telecom
Tonse is a recognized leader in India telecom intelligence. Tonse Telecom enables telecom equipment
vendors, ISVs, infrastructure developers and investors for success in the Indian telecom marketplace.
We are a research, consulting and advisory services organization providing custom technology research,
investment advisory services, strategy, independent reports and marketing services. Tonse Telecom is
based in Bangalore, India.
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Venture Intelligence
Venture Intelligence, a division of TSJ Media, is the leading provider of information and networking
services to the private equity and venture capital ecosystem in India. Thier products & services include
Deal Digest: India’s first deal-focused newsletter , India Roundup: Quarterly and Annual reports
summarizing private equity investments in India , India VC Report: Quarterly and Annual reports
summarizing venture capital investments in India (in association with the US-India Venture Capital
Association), VC Market: A unique online classified service that connects companies seeking capital with
potential investors and Events that bring together investors and entrepreneurs in a focused manner.
Venture Intelligence is led by Arun Natarajan, a media entrepreneur with over 10 years of business
journalism and research experience.
i.t. Magazine
‘i.t.’ magazine’s vision is to leverage the potential of “Innovative India”. The magazine covers recent
developments and trends in the IT world. The team especially focuses on covering innovations born at
Indian start-ups, research labs of tech firms, universities, etc, in depth. Not to forget valuable insights that
technologists would need in the process of taking their innovations to the market and the challenges
along the way. The subject selection and handling are in line with what venture capitalists,
technopreneurs, CTOs and researchers would need to know to make wise decisions. Essentially, a
magazine on “ information.technology.today.tomorrow” for those who need to know... and those to want
to know!
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BROADBAND PARTNER
Sify
Sify is among the largest Internet, network and e-Commerce services companies in India, offering end-
to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common Internet backbone
infrastructure. This Internet backbone reaches 188 cities and towns in India. A significant part of the
company’s revenue is derived from Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, network
and communications solutions, security, network management services, enterprise applications and
hosting. A host of blue chip customers use Sify’s corporate service offerings. Consumer services
include broadband home access, dial up connectivity and the iWay cyber café chain across 158 cities
and towns. Sify is recognized as an ISO 9001:2000 certified service provider for network operations,
data center operations and customer support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP
Solutions and integrated security solutions, and BS7799 certified for Internet Data Center operations .
NETWORKING PARTNER
SMSCountry
SMSCountry is among the leaders in providing effective, efficient and responsive two-way SMS text
messaging software applications (desktop tools). We are also a services provider (SMS aggregator)
for wireless communication. SMSCountry’s Bulk SMS gateway services are integrated seamlessly with
global mobile carrier networks and global mobile phone users around the world. We work with top rung
direct mobile carrier connections and partnerships with SMS aggregators. This gives us the unmatched
capability to deliver your messages to 550 networks in 200 countries. SMSCountry, founded in 2000, is
operating on wireless technologies since 2003 as a short messaging portal. We are already serving over
.600,000 registered online users worldwide. Our services are used by a fast growing number of blue
chip and high tech corporate customers in India.
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SECONDLIFE
SecondLife is a 3D online Digital world imagined, created & owned by its residents, SecondLife is about
personal expression and your avatar is the most personal experience of all.
At Universal Print Systems Ltd, the Repro Division has focused on social media technologies such as
SecondLife,Wiki,&YouTube . We became early proponents of the use of the internet in the printing
marketplace. Flash forward another decade to 2007. We are about to make the same point, this time with
respect to something less tangible, but potentially just as explosive. Many of you may not know what
we’re introducing. It is called SecondLife!
The pre-press strength of this division has also opened doors in the digital imaging arena & other ripple-
effect technologies.
To live coverage of proto.in in second life
http:// slurl.com/secondlife/petrel/178/41/22
or IM upslpink or labsji lik for teleport.