Ashish Gupta

About Ashish Gupta

Ashish is a co-founder of Helion Venture Partners and serves on the boards of Anantara, Jigrahak Mobility, Kirusa, Komli, MuSigma, Naukri, and Virtual Synaptics. He has invested in over 35 companies in the US and in India. His investments include Daksh (IBM), Odesk, Obongo (AOL), Speedera (Akamai), Make My Trip, Merittrac, and Kaboodle (Hearst). Ashish co-founded and helped grow two successful companies; Tavant Technologies and Junglee (Amazon.com) that pioneered comparison shopping on the internet.

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Ashish has worked at Woodside Fund, Amazon.com, Oracle Corporation, and IBM Research. He has to his credit several patents, international publications, and a book by MIT press. He is a Kauffman Fellow from the prestigious Center for Venture Education, the world’s leading venture capital education program. He also holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from IIT Kanpur, where he was awarded the President's Gold medal.

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1. “ Helion Ventures is excited about SMS GupShup's rapid growth and leadership position in the dynamic mobile space. We believe that this innovative platform for mobile communities and advertising has immense potential. ”

   In Helion, Charles River invest $ 11 mn in SMS GupShup

2. “ At Helion Ventures, we believe that this platform for mobile communities and advertising has immense potential. ”

   In SMS GupShup receives $11 Million funding

3. “ Jivox has built a solid base of advertisers and publishers in the U.S. as well as in India, where the rapid increase in Internet penetration is further paving the way for innovative technology products and services such as Jivox's. ”

   In Online Video Ad Company Jivox Closes $10.7 Million Series A Financing

4. “ Gridstone Research is one of the most promising vertical search companies out there. ”

   In Gridstone Research gets $10mn funding

5. “ The number of decision makers who favor outsourcing to India is constantly increasing and that could be felt while meeting various people during the exhibition. This is a good sign for India as a preferred outsourcing destination for the whole world. We are enthusiastic about success we got at CeBIT 2008 & definitely look forward to participate next year as well ”

   In e-Zest Solutions reported successful participation at CeBIT 2008 ...

6. “ Helion will continue its focus on technology-powered businesses even as we expand our focus into consumer services. Factors like the rapid increase in mobile and Internet penetration in India are further paving the way for innovative technology products and services that to cater to the domestic market. In addition, domain-focused outsourcing and technology products continue to be focus sectors. ”

   In Helion Venture closes second fund of $210mn

1. Mentioned In 43 Articles

2. SiliconIndia launches Startup City

   SiliconIndia (Nov 17 2008) Explore Article

   Experienced VCs like Ashish Gupta, Managing Director at Helion Ventures; Navin Chadda, Managing Director at Mayfield Fund and Raja Ku... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Helion Venture Partners   Phaneesh Murthy   MindTree Consulting

3. SiliconIndia launches new section Startup City

   SiliconIndia (Nov 13 2008) Explore Article

   Experienced VCs like Ashish Gupta, Managing Director at Helion Ventures; Navin Chadda, Managing Director at Mayfield Fund and Raja Ku... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Mayfield Fund   Helion Venture Partners   Ashish Gupta

4. Shop at one click with Manish Chandra at kaboodle.com

   moneycontrol.com (Nov 13 2008) Explore Article

   ...ev Motwani who is both an IIT Kanpur person as well as affiliated to TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Ashish Gupta who is with Helion Ventures in India ... Shop at one click with Manish Chandra at kaboodle.com Publ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Helion Venture Partners   Manish Chandra   Rajeev Motwani

5. UnitedLex to Leverage $6 Million in Series B Funding from Canaan ...

   prweb.com (Oct 21 2008) Funding Explore Article

   ...erienced and industry renowned team of professionals based in India which include Sanjeev Aggarwal, Ashish Gupta, Kanwaljit Singh and Rahul Chandra. For more information visit www.Helionvc.com. About UnitedLex Un... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Sanjeev Aggarwal   Rahul Chandra

6. Mobile Platform GupShup Receives $11 Million for Expansion

   Fixed Mobile Convergence (Oct 13 2008) Mobile Explore Article

   ...ted about SMS GupShup’s rapid growth and leadership position in the dynamic mobile space,” said Ashish Gupta, managing director ... Mobile Platform GupShup Receives $11 Million for Expansion By Rajani Babur... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Helion Venture Partners   Beerud Sheth

7. Helion, Charles River invest $ 11 mn in SMS GupShup

   Welcome to Televisionpoint.com (Oct 8 2008) Mobile , Acquisition Explore Article

   ...e that this innovative platform for mobile communities and advertising has immense potential," said Ashish Gupta, managing director, Helion Ventures. Since its launch in April 2007, the free SMS-based group messa... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Helion Venture Partners   Beerud Sheth

8. Helion Ventures Confirms Investment In SmsGupShup.com - A look at Strengths & Weaknesses of Each Player in this space..

   WATBlog.com (Oct 7 2008) Explore Article

   ...e WATBlog Panel On "Digital Media in The Next Decade" on 16th October - Register Now! We had quoted Ashish Gupta saying that they had not funded SmsGupshup but its quite possible that at that time which was about... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Rediff   Google

9. SMS GupShup receives $11 Million funding

   SiliconIndia (Oct 7 2008) Mobile Explore Article

   ...e believe that this platform for mobile communities and advertising has immense potential," said Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures. "SMSGupShup has assembled a talented team of smart technologis... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Helion Venture Partners   Beerud Sheth

10. Venture capital firms eye mobile, Net cos for partner-level hires

    livemint.com (Aug 25 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    ... entrepreneurs with operational experience in technology areas, such as Canaan’s Alok Mittal, who Ashish Gupta But if 2005-06 saw start-up founders turning VCs, it has now extended to senior management as well.... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rahul Khanna   Chrys Capital   Mohit Bhatnagar

11. PE novices flounder as fund-raising gets tougher

    SiliconIndia (Aug 13 2008) Explore Article

    ..., as its promoters were entrepreneurs with proven track record. One of Helion's managing directors, Ashish Gupta was a co-founder of junglee.com and Tavant Technologies, while another, Sanjeev Aggarwal, was the f... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sanjeev Aggarwal   Accenture   Infosys

12. HelionVC Denies Funding SmsGupShup While SmsGupShup Is Silent On The Issue

    WATBlog.com (Jul 7 2008) Explore Article

    ...ll the above diplomatic answer was expected. But what was not expected is a categorical denial from Ashish Gupta, Managing Director - Investment Advisor of Helion Venture Capital. ashish gupta Ashish Gupta When we emailed Ashish the following “Just wanted to confirm this story and if possible get some ... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Ashish Gupta

13. Online Video Ad Company Jivox Closes $10.7 Million Series A Financing

    prweb.com (Jun 16 2008) Video , Funding Explore Article

    ...on is further paving the way for innovative technology products and services such as Jivox's," said Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures Pvt. Ltd. "We look forward to working with Jivox as it accelera... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Sanjeev Aggarwal   Helion Venture Partners

14. Jivox closes $10.7 mn series a financing

    moneycontrol.com (Jun 16 2008) Video , Funding Explore Article

    ...s further paving the way for innovative technology products and services such as Jivox’s,” said Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures Pvt. Ltd (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Naren Nachiappan   Helion Venture Partners   Ashish Gupta

15. Online Video Ad Company Jivox Closes $10.7 Million Series A Financing

    emediaworld.com (Jun 16 2008) Video , Funding Explore Article

    ...on is further paving the way for innovative technology products and services such as Jivox's," said Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures Pvt. Ltd. "We look forward to working with Jivox as it accelera... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Sanjeev Aggarwal   Helion Venture Partners

16. Jivox Raises $10.7 Million

    Private Equity HUB (Jun 16 2008) Video , Funding Explore Article

    ...on is further paving the way for innovative technology products and services such as Jivox's," said Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures Pvt. Ltd. "We look forward to working with Jivox as it accelera... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Sanjeev Aggarwal   Helion Venture Partners

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