Shivakumar Ganesan
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Shivakumar Ganesan
Shivakumar (Shivku) Ganesan is the Co-founder & CEO of Exotel.
We’ve Acquired Cogno AI, a Conversational AI Platform to Enable Intelligent Omnichannel Conversations
The customer communication landscape is changing faster than ever post the pandemic. At Exotel, we’ve been hard at work helping our customers adapt to these changes over the past 18 months. And we’ve had quite a ride - we merged with Ameyo and raised two...
Arun Sarin, Ex-Vodafone Chief, joins us as a mentor & angel investor
As most of you already know, the former Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin has joined Exotel as a mentor and angel investor. Arun is a telecommunications veteran and served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Group from 2003-2008. His career began in 1984 at...
We’ve raised funds (and the bar!) – We’ve raised 35 million USD in series C funding
I come bearing some exciting news! We are inching closer to our goal of building a world-class cloud-based customer engagement platform. We have raised Series C funding of $35 million from IIFL AMC, Sistema Asia Fund, CX Partners, Singularity Growth Opportunities Fund, A91 Partners &...
We are the largest customer engagement cloud platform – Exotel + Ameyo
We have some excellent news! Exotel, Asia’s largest cloud communication platform, and Ameyo, Asia’s largest contact center platform, are merging to form the largest customer engagement cloud platform in the emerging markets with a presence in 60 countries and an ARR of 40 million USD. ...
5 Qs to Ask When Buying Cloud Telephony for Your Business

Communication is an important asset for all startups, especially stockbrokers) as most of the business happens over a phone call – taking orders or talking to customers. Today, there are many channels in play like email, chat, video conferencing, to communicate for businesses. These channels…

A hacker’s guide to frugal high definition video conferencing for startups

I have always drooled over the extra-sized HDTVs with high definition camera setups that some venture capitalists have. It turns even the most boring of meetings into something really interesting and convenient. The propensity to travel for an in-person meeting is inversely proportional to the…

Why You Shouldn’t Build What Your Customer Asks For and What To Do Instead

Henry Ford is often remembered (even if erroneously so) for his famous quip, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.’” Ford has not entirely escaped criticism for those words. Tone-deafness to customers’ demands defines companies renowned for their…

Never Miss a Customer Call

Integrate Exotel with your Helpdesk Software to Never Miss a Customer Call Every business that works with Exotel, irrespective of the size or nature of their business, wants to ensure one thing – never miss a customer call. It doesn’t matter if that call you…

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