Devdutt Yellurkar
781.768.6000
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Areas of greatest interest
Cloud applications and infrastructure
Past Lives
Venture Partner, Rho Ventures
Co-Founder & CEO, Yantra Corporation (acquired by Sterling Commerce, a division of AT&T, in 2005)
Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ:INFY)
What he does for fun
Foodie, golf, currently learning all things related Indian wildlife and social forestry
Joined CRV
2008
Education
B.S. from Fergusson College in Pune, India
Current Projects
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Zendesk
Zendesk is inspiring the help desk 2.0 movement through a focus on enlightened customer support. By leveraging the benefits of Web-based communications and social media, Zendesk extends good help desk karma to any company looking to offer professional-grade support service with very little effort. Backed by Charles River Ventures, Zendesk was founded in 2007 and has more than 1,000 customers including John Lewis, MSNBC and Twitter. To learn more, go to www.zendesk.com or follow @zendesk on Twitter.
08/17/2009
Zendesk Announces New Products and Secures $6 Million in Series…more
05/06/2009
Zendesk secures series A funding from CRV and opens U.S.…more
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GupShup
GupShup is mobile group SMS service that allows users to create mobile communities and broadcast messages to them. GupShup is growing rapidly with thousands of groups on topics such as finance, entertainment, lifestyle, health, sports and technology.
http://www.smsgupshup.com
01/20/2010
SMS GupShup Secures $12Million Additional Funding more
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Heartland Robotics
Heartland Robotics is combining the power of computers - embodied in robots - and the extraordinary intelligence of the American workforce, to increase productivity and revitalize manufacturing.
09/08/2009
Xconomy Boston: Heartland Robotics Confirms $7M Funding Round; Charles River…more
Updates
Press
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01/20/2010
SMS GupShup Secures $12Million Additional Funding more
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09/08/2009
Xconomy Boston: Heartland Robotics Confirms $7M Funding Round; Charles River Ventures in Lead Role more
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08/17/2009
Zendesk Announces New Products and Secures $6 Million in Series B Venture Funding more
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05/06/2009
Zendesk secures series A funding from CRV and opens U.S. headquarters in mission to spread… more
