Happiest Minds raises $45 mn

Ashok Soota, founder, Happiest Minds. File photo

“Enterprises are witnessing spiralling technological and security challenges," said Sudheer Kuppam, managing director, Intel Capital, Asia-Pacific region, in a statement. “Happiest Minds’ cloud, mobility, and security solution architectures can accelerate market adoption of such disruptive technologies, with attendant benefits for the vendor ecosystem." In the Indian IT/ITes (information technology enabled services) segment, deals are falling though ticket sizes are on the rise. So far this year, the segment has seen 11 deals worth $313 million, compared with 20 transactions worth $175 million a year ago, according to VCCEdge, which tracks venture capital and private equity transactions.

According to Deepak Srinath, director of Bangalore-based boutique investment bank Viedea Capital Advisors, no other start-up in the same space would have been able to raise an investment of this kind, said Srinath. “It’s a VC mindset, they like successful entrepreneurs for their experience. Serial entrepreneurs are preferred for deals."

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