The investors with their eyes on start-ups
Dayakar Puskoor, General Partner
Naya Ventures
Founded JP Mobile, the industry’s first mobile software solutions company, in 1995, only to sell to Good Technology in 2005. Some of his investments inlcude Motivity Labs, GlobalOutlook and Oyokey and serves on the board of SnapOne and Zoomingo. His $50-million fund has so far invested in 14 companies, mostly in the US but with almost half having back offices in India. In next 1-2 years, he will invest in 10-15 Indian companies with a size of about $50,000 to $2 million
Sharad Sharma, Angel Investor and former CEO Yahoo! India
Has over 23+ years experience in the internet, enterprise software and wireless infrastructure sector. In 2001, Sharma co-founded Teltier Technologies, a wireless infrastructure start-up, which is now part of Cisvo. He is one of the active Indian angel investors with investments in more than 20 start-ups
Sateesh Andra, Investor and Managing Partner Ventureast
He helped launch Hyderabad Angels, a platform to provide seed capital to start-ups. His first venture Euclid, an IT management software firm, was started in1999 and holds US patents in communications and networking. Some of his investments include Seclore OneBreath MediAngels (Global eHospital)