Cloud Computing Start-Up Capillary Taps Retail SMEs For Growth

Cloud computing, mobile phones, retail outlets and customer relationship management (CRM) – all these combined to make a potent blend behind the $500 million (Rs 2,309 crore) transaction throughput, recorded this year by Capillary Technologies Pvt Ltd. A start-up based in Bangalore, Capillary is aggressively pursuing large, as well as small and medium retail outlets, as it prepares to take the next growth step. In fact, it is targeting an aggressive 8x growth in revenues this fiscal, led by strong global executions. Techcircle.in takes a look at how the company has been scaling up, its priorities, how it is poised currently and the roadmap.
What It Does
Incubated in August 2008 by IIT Kharagpur engineers Aneesh Reddy and Krishna Mehra, Capillary Technologies Pvt Ltd’s flagship product inTouch is a Cloud-based CRM solution, which is integrated with billing and point-of-sale outlets of retail chains. Using inTouch, SMEs can access and use purchase data to entice buyers with loyalty programmes and discounts.
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Ascent Capital May Invest Rs 150Cr In Oakridge International School

Private equity firm Ascent Capital Advisors is close to picking up stake in the Hyderabad-based Oakridge International School, one of India’s largest International Baccalaureate (IB) school. The deal will involve Ascent Capital investing Rs 150 crore in Oakridge, sources familiar with the development have said.
The deal is expected to value the company anywhere between Rs 500 crore-Rs 600 crore, inform sources, adding that the parties have already signed the shareholders’ agreement. Oakridge has two branches in Gachibowli and Bachupally, two IT suburbs of Hyderabad. People Combine Avenues, which runs Oakridge, also raised Rs 20 crore in mezzanine funding from ICICI Venture last year.
An e-mail query sent to Ascent Capital’s Raja Kumar did not elicit any response till the time of filing this article. The management of the Oakridge International School could not be reached either.
Ascent Capital, an independent investment entity formed by the former UTI Ventures team, raised Ascent India Fund III with commitments of $350 million in February last year. The firm’s recent deals have mainly come in the infrastructure sector. It recently invested $30 million in Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd and prior to that, invested in IVRCL Assets & Holdings and GMR Energy.
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