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These Indians have the golden touch
February 6, 2009
Kavitark Ram Sriram
Rank: 3
Company: Sherpalo, a company he founded in January 2000
Did you know?
This Chennai-based investor made a fortune by investing in Google; he still owns Google shares. Currently, he invests heavily in India. He was part of the senior management at Netscape and amazon.com (he was president of Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm that was acquired by Amazon) before he decided to become a venture capitalist. His goal is to use his operating and company building experience to help promising early stage ventures.
Investments include
Was one of Google's original backers and board members
On-demand retail platform Zazzle.com
Online prediction platform Predictify
Job-hunting site naukri.co
BPO firm 24/7customer
Podcasting start-up, Podshow, now reborn as digital entertainment network Mevio
Online social map service firm platial.com
Travel booking service cleartrip.com
Wireless transactions platform provider PayMate
Web traffic analyser Anchor Intelligence
Online navigable map provider MapMyIndia
Online money management firm Mint
Global education portal StudyPlaces
Frozen dessert restaurant chain Pinkberry
Online photo service provider XoomIn
Mobile ad marketplace mKhoj
Shopping site Future Bazaar
Earlier investments
Social network Plaxo, acquired by Comcast
Social discovery service Stumbleupon.com, acquired by eBay
Voice application company Tellme, acquired by Microsoft
Online shopping comparison firm Junglee, acquired by Amazon
Integration software provider Enosys, acquired by BEA Systems
Online fraud detection solutions provider Business Signatures, acquired by Entrust
Advanced sourcing technology firm CombineNet
Online banking solutions provider Yodlee
Elance, an online workplace where businesses can connect with professionals
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