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Vinod Khosla (born 28 January 1955) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. [1] Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas such as networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. [2]
Vani Kola Kola in 2020 Born 1963 or 1964 (age 60–61) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana) Education Osmania University (B.Eng.) Arizona State University (M.Eng.) Occupation venture capitalist Known for Venture capital in India Website vanikola.com Vani Kola is an Indian venture capitalist. She is the founder and managing director of Kalaari Capital, an Indian early stage venture capital ...
A master's degree holder from Harvard University, he founded Infinity Venture, reportedly the first venture capital fund in India [2] and is a recipient of Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award, the IT Industry Award from the Prime Minister of India and Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. [3]
Its venture capital division came to be known as Global Technology Ventures (GTV). [6] He established his coffee trading company ABC in Karnataka 1993, with a ₹6 crore turnover. He bought an ailing coffee curing unit in Hassan for ₹4 crore and improved it. The company now has the largest curing capacity in India at 75,000 tonnes. [6] [7]
Murty is the son of N. R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, and his wife Sudha Murty, an engineer and author. Shrinivas Kulkarni, a professor of astrophysics and planetary science at California Institute of Technology, is his maternal uncle and is said to have been a major influence on Murty. [7] Murty grew up with a passion for programming. [8]
He started his first business in the food and beverage sector. Aditya Birla Ventures, the Group's venture capital division headed by him, has invested in five fast-growing startups. He holds director positions in Grasim Industries, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd., Aditya Birla Management Corporation (P) Ltd., and the Aditya Birla Group.
Renuka Ramnath (born 14 September 1962) is an Indian private equity fund manager, and the founder and CEO of Multiples Asset Management Ltd. [3] She is also an independent director of the apparel manufacturer Arvind Ltd., chairperson of the board at Tata Communications, and chairperson of the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
He is the Promoter of Unicommerce, a SaaS company in India, which had its IPO in 2024 becoming on the most highly subscribed IPOs of the year. [ 9 ] He is also the Co-founder of Titan Capital, an early stage venture capital firm in India and has invested in companies like Ola, Urban Company, Mamaearth, Credgenics, Shadowfax, Razorpay, Giva ...