Seedfund as strategic investor for Nevales Networks
Nevales Networks has received an investment of undisclosed amount from Seedfund, India's leading early-stage venture capital fund, for product development and to expand operations in India.
Established in January 2010, Nevales Networks was founded by Silicon Valley-based IT entrepreneur Kaushik Thakkar, along with Sunija Rishi, a marketing professional, and Ravishankar, an experienced banker. Nevales Networks delivers SMEs comprehensive and affordable Security on-Demand services that provide a secure and scalable environment to conduct business. Nevales provides SME owners a security services platform that is on-demand to connect securely and access the benefits of the cloud. By doing so, the SME company can protect its own assets and better leverage cloud services.
Speaking on the investment, Ravishankar, CEO, Nevales Networks, said, "Nevales Networks is capitalizing on the powerful combination of a low-cost, high demand offering to fast-growing SME markets. The investment by Seedfund comes at the right time as Nevales is looking at expanding its solution offering and planning aggressive expansion. We are happy to get support from one of the leading early stage venture capital funds in the country. We believe they will add value to the long-term growth of the company."
Pravin Gandhi, Founding Partner at Seedfund, said, "We are very pleased with our investment in Nevales Networks and we believe it is one of the most promising companies in the cloud-based services space for SMEs. Our investment is aimed at accelerating the product development pace and operations expansion in India. Seedfund always invests in the most promising companies with big potential, and Nevales perfectly matched our requirement. We believe, with its customer service focus, superior product and services, experienced team and continuous effort in innovation, Nevales will make significant growth."
Seedfund mostly targets technology-driven companies and encourages young entrepreneurs. Seedfund has been quite successful in funding companies that need help at an early stage. Some of the startups that have received funds from Seedfund are Printo, Carwale, Redbus, Agencyfaqs, Rupeetalk, Healthizen, Thinklabs, Vaatsalya, EduSports, Ixsight, Lifeblob and Uhuroo.
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