Company:VideoKen
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| Type of business | Private |
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| Founded | January 2017 |
| Headquarters | Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Area served | United States, Australia and India |
| Founder(s) | Manish Gupta (founder & CEO) |
| Key people | Manish Gupta (founder & CEO) Ashish Vikram (founder & CTO) Vishnu Raned (founder & CRO) |
| Services | Saas Product |
| Employees | 39 |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Current status | Online |
VideoKen Inc. (earlier known as Yen4Ken Inc.) is an AI company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, United States with a subsidiary in Bangalore, India.[1][2][3]
VideoKen has raised $1 million from a consortium of angel investors including LG Chandrasekhar, chairman of Sutures India and SRI Capital, led by Sashi Reddi and others, including some former and current executives of Flipkart.[4][2][3][5]
History
VideoKen was founded in January 2017 by Manish Gupta, former Vice President (VP) and Director, Xerox Research India[1] and Ashish Vikram, a former VP at Flipkart. The company is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey and has a subsidiary in Bangalore, India. It has launched pilots in India, Australia, and the United States. VideoKen evolved out of the TutorSpace project at Xerox Research.[6][7] The company purchased multiple patent applications and other IP from Xerox.[3]
Funding
VideoKen raised seed funding of $1 million in April 2017 from a consortium of angel investors which include LG Chandrasekhar, chairman of Sutures India and SRI Capital, led by Sashi Reddi, and some former and current executives of Flipkart. Among the Flipkart executives, Ravi Garikipati (CTO), Surojeet Chatterjee (former Senior Vice President (SVP) and Product Head), Hari Vasudevan (SVP) and Ashish Agarwal (SVP) have contributed to the funding. Ajay Lavakare, Co-President Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs and other high net worth individuals from the United States and Singapore have also participated in the round.[4][2][3][5]
Awards and recognition
- Selected among top 100 most innovative startups in Karnataka.[8]
- Microsoft Accelerator picks VideoKen for 11th Cohort.[9][10]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Srivastav, Shivam. "The Xerox effect: Former employees of the company are launching their own innovative startups". FactorDaily. https://factordaily.com/xerox-technology-startups-innovation/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pitchiah, Vijayakumar (20 April 2017). "Flipkart CTO, others invest in video-learning platform VideoKen". VCCircle. https://www.vccircle.com/flipkart-cto-others-invest-in-video-learning-platform-videoken/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Video Learning Platform VideoKen Secures $1M Funding in the Seed Round". Businessworld. 21 April 2017. http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/Video-Learning-Platform-VideoKen-Secures-1M-Funding-in-the-Seed-Round/21-04-2017-116822/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mishra, Digbijay. "VideoKen gets $1 million from Flipkart execs, others". The Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/venture-capital/videoken-gets-1-million-from-flipkart-execs-others/articleshow/58272277.cms.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Funding Galore: Indian Startup Fundings Of The Week". Inc42. https://inc42.com/buzz/funding-galore-142/.
- ↑ "Edutech firms hopes to offer more personalised services". The Economic Times. https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/edutech-firms-hopes-to-offer-more-personalised-services/55826939.
- ↑ "TutorSpace: At-Scale Personalized Learning". Xerox. http://www.xrci.xerox.com/tutorSpace-at-scale-personalized-learning.
- ↑ Balasubramanyam, K R. "Karnataka picks up 100 most innovative startups, to give Rs 35 Cr in funding". The Economic Times. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/karnataka-picks-up-100-most-innovative-startups-to-give-rs-35-cr-in-funding/articleshow/60294651.cms.
- ↑ Chakraberty, Sumit (24 August 2017). "Microsoft accelerator picks 14 startups it can connect with global clients". Tech in Asia. https://www.techinasia.com/microsoft-accelerator-picks-14-enterprise-tech-startups.
- ↑ "Microsoft Accelerator announces 11th start-up cohort". The Financial Express (India). http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/microsoft-accelerator-announces-11th-start-up-cohort/821606/.
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