Bhanu Nuthakki

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

https://getlowdown.com

Plaid is a data network that powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. Plaid works with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, and Betterment, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers more than 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey.

VenturEast is one of India’s longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing since 1997, and managing $400+ million of AUM. Ventureast is an early and growth stage fund investing in Technology, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Food/Agri and Cleantech. Ventureast has made close to 100 investments and boasts a number of marquee repeat investors globally. The Ventureast portfolio features market-leading companies such as Acko - Indias first and largest digital insurer, Portea - India’s largest home-healthcare company, 24 Mantra - India’s largest organic foods company, and MoEngage - India’s leading marketing automation company. Ventureast exits include Facebook’s only acquisition in India, Little Eye Labs; an exit from Onconova through a NASDAQ listing; an exit from Evolva through a Swiss Stock Exchange listing; Bill Desk’s acquisition of Loyalty Rewards; Genpact’s acquisition of Atyati; etc. Ventureast team is based out of Bangalore and Hyderabad.