Devdutt Yellurkar
781.768.6000
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Areas of greatest interest
Software, applications and services
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.
12/06/2011
VentureBeat: Zendesk upgrades help desk app for Android phones, tablets more
09/16/2011
CRV Investments Zendesk and Yammer to present at FASTech Nov.…more
09/12/2011
Zendesk on TechCrunch: Zendesk Adds A Twilio-Powered VoIP System To…more
08/25/2011
VentureBeat: Zendesk opens new Denmark office, teams up with startup…more
08/02/2011
TechCrunch: Zendesk Brings Customer Service SaaS To The Enterprise 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
08/31/2011
VentureBeat: India’s SMS GupShup Raises $10 Million more
08/31/2011
All Things Digital: India’s SMS GupShup Raises $10M more
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.
02/03/2012
The American Legion: Will Artificial Intelligence be America’s Next Big…more
01/05/2012
Technology Review - Rodney Brooks: Making Revolution more
11/30/2010
Heartland Robotics on Xconomy: Heartland Robotics Raises $20M More to…more
09/08/2009
Xconomy Boston: Heartland Robotics Confirms $7M Funding Round; Charles River…more
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openmile
We’ve created tools that power a smarter freight industry, automating much of the process, creating lower cost and better service for shippers while creating new customers and revenue opportunities for qualified carriers.
02/23/2011
Open Mile in Mass High Tech: Open Mile adds $6M…more
02/23/2011
Open Mile in TechCrunch: Online Freight Brokerage Open Mile Raises…more
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OneLogin
OneLogin’s mission is to democratize identity management; making it available to any organization, regardless of size. Historically, identity management has been available only to large enterprises who had the means to purchase expensive software and undertake a complex project. OneLogin gets enterprises up and running in minutes – literally.
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Wave Accounting
Wave is a free online accounting application for small businesses.
10/14/2011
TechCrunch: Wave Accounting Raises $5 Million In Series A more
Updates
Press
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02/03/2012
The American Legion: Will Artificial Intelligence be America’s Next Big Thing? more
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01/05/2012
Technology Review - Rodney Brooks: Making Revolution more
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12/06/2011
VentureBeat: Zendesk upgrades help desk app for Android phones, tablets more
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10/14/2011
TechCrunch: Wave Accounting Raises $5 Million In Series A more
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09/12/2011
Zendesk on TechCrunch: Zendesk Adds A Twilio-Powered VoIP System To Cloud-Based Customer Support Platform more
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08/31/2011
VentureBeat: India’s SMS GupShup Raises $10 Million more
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08/31/2011
All Things Digital: India’s SMS GupShup Raises $10M more
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08/25/2011
VentureBeat: Zendesk opens new Denmark office, teams up with startup incubators more
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08/02/2011
TechCrunch: Zendesk Brings Customer Service SaaS To The Enterprise more
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02/23/2011
Open Mile in Mass High Tech: Open Mile adds $6M to its online brokering biz more
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02/23/2011
Open Mile in TechCrunch: Online Freight Brokerage Open Mile Raises $6 Million more
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11/30/2010
Heartland Robotics on Xconomy: Heartland Robotics Raises $20M More to Develop Helper Robots for Manufacturing more
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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
