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.

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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Quotes

“ The goal is to become one of the top three VC firms in the country and not just by perception. ”
In Helion aims to be among the top three in India
“ We are keen to invest in more companies in this space as long as it does not clash with the interest of SMS GupShup. ”
In Who says there are no free lunches?
“ Microsoft SharePoint 2007 helps organizations get more done by providing a platform for sharing information and working together in teams, communities and people-driven processes. Ushering in a new era of operational platform, this technology will enable a new generation of capabilities for information workers - but without a good partner with the experience and expertise to manage an implementation effectively, the complete potential of SharePoint may not be realized. e-Zest helps you reap all benefits offered by SharePoint 2007 by becoming your strategic partner in SharePoint implementation and customization initiatives. ”
In e-Zest unveiled its dedicated Microsoft sharepoint Competency Center
“ Angel investments would be more of an exception (this year)... People are feeling poor. ”
In Economic slowdown making angels fear to tread
“ To build a product, you need to have either easy access to customers or many members in the team who all have deep shared knowledge of the customer pain. ”
In More entrepreneurs, less innovation in India
“ We believe outsourcing will be an important part of everyone's business in future, so Anantara will have huge opportunities to scale up. ”
In Taking best-of-breed assembly techniques to IT services
“ It is important to separate the generic platform for providing mobile VAS and the individual customized applications for a specific type of mobile service. In both cases, it is important to remember that larger the potential uses of the platform/application, more attractive it will be for investors and venture funds to be interested in providing financial support for their development ”
In The Next Big Wave
“ Ideas are amongst the smallest things to build a company, what most important is the right execution. ”
In Start-ups need to be more cautious on execution
“ We will absolutely support those companies requiring additional funds. ”
In VC firms grant bridge loans to aid portfolio companies
“ 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

Mentioned In 70 Articles
SMS GupShup Raises $12Million In Series-D Funding

Explore Article MediaNama.com (Jan 20 2010) Mobile , Social Networking

...il. Others on SMSGupshup’s board of directors include: Devdutt Yellurkar of Charles River Ventures, Ashish Gupta of Helion Venture Partners, Jeff Hussey, founder of F5 Networks, Inc., Rakesh Mathur, co-founder an... (Read Full Article)

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‘b’ Stands Before ‘a’ In Venture Investing

Explore Article VCCircle (Nov 2 2009) Funding

...lue. During the three years, there is a significant decline in VC interest first round investing. Ashish Gupta, co-founder & managing director, Helion Venture Partners, reasons: “When markets take a beatin... (Read Full Article)

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VC firms' new mantra: preserve your capital

Explore Article livemint.com (Nov 2 2009) Acquisition , Funding

...eries A transactions in 2007 with roughly half of them declaring $155 million in transaction value. Ashish Gupta, co-founder and managing director of Helion Venture Partners, reasoned: “When markets take a beatin... (Read Full Article)

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Helion aims to be among the top three in India

Explore Article livemint.com (Nov 1 2009)

... * newsVine * * * font size Bangalore: For a person who does not believe in planning too far ahead, Ashish Gupta has come a long way. As managing director of Helion Venture Partners, a prominent venture capital (... (Read Full Article)

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TiECon Delhi from Sept 18 to Sept 19

Explore Article VentureWoods (Sep 15 2009)

... already taken the entrepreneurial plunge would be “15 minutes with Mr.”– and that’s when Mr.Ashish Gupta and Mr.Mahendra Swaroop chipped in and added– “with the number of sessions and networking e... (Read Full Article)

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Who says there are no free lunches?

Explore Article The Hindu Business Line (Sep 6 2009) Social Networking

...ndia’s blazing-quick mobile penetration and the inclination of users here to prefer text messaging. Ashish Gupta, Helion Ventures Partner, says, “We are keen to invest in more companies in this space as long as i... (Read Full Article)

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e-Zest unveiled its dedicated Microsoft sharepoint Competency Center

Explore Article indiaprwire.com (May 26 2009)

...atform and tools needed for server administration, application extensibility, and interoperability. Ashish Gupta- Director explained “Microsoft SharePoint 2007 helps organizations get more done by providing a pla... (Read Full Article)

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Economic slowdown making angels fear to tread

Explore Article livemint.com (Mar 2 2009) Acquisition

...els. “Angel investments would be more of an exception (this year)... People are feeling poor,” said Ashish Gupta, managing director at Helion Venture Partners Llc. Also a prominent angel investor, Gupta has inves... (Read Full Article)

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More entrepreneurs, less innovation in India

Explore Article Welcome to rediff.com (Feb 18 2009)

...ed, entrepreneurship in India is gaining momentum. But innovation still remains a big, gaping hole. Ashish Gupta, a venture capitalist at Helion Ventures, went back to India after a successful track record in Sil... (Read Full Article)

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India's Innovation Gap

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Top 20 Stories For Jan 2009

Explore Article MediaNama.com (Feb 10 2009)

...irtel Launches Sri Lanka Operations – One97 To Invest $30 Million In Organic Growth – #Headstart09: Ashish Gupta of Helion Ventures On Processes, Metrics And More – TRAI Moots Concept Of “Other Service Provider” ... (Read Full Article)

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Taking best-of-breed assembly techniques to IT services

Explore Article livemint.com (Feb 9 2009)

... part of everyone’s business in future, so Anantara will have huge opportunities to scale up,” says Ashish Gupta, managing director, Helion. The rub will be in that the company will have to educate customers to c... (Read Full Article)

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The Next Big Wave

Explore Article Voice&Data; Online (Feb 3 2009) Mobile

...ile platforms developed by firms such as Mobien Technologies and SAP Labs (SAP NetWeaver platform), Ashish Gupta, the managing director of Helion Ventures said, “It is important to separate the generic platform f... (Read Full Article)

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Startupforstartups.com - A building ground for early stage startups

Explore Article bangaloreinc (Jan 29 2009)

...ter stage or after products are rolled out. It is quite similar [...] Related posts:PROTO5 Day 2: Ashish Gupta from Helion Ventures on Building winning teams for startups Ashish Gupta from Helion Ventures - Building Winning teams for startups Characteristics...iDuple - Versatile Saa... (Read Full Article)

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PROTO5 Day 2: Fachak and Taroby

Explore Article bangaloreinc (Jan 24 2009)

...s and Inkfruit Ooha is an internet services company that intends to build internet...PROTO5 Day 2: Ashish Gupta from Helion Ventures on Building winning teams for startups Ashish Gupta from Helion Ventures - Building Winning teams for startups Characteristics...PROTO5 Live Coverage: ... (Read Full Article)

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