VideoKen

VideoKen Inc. (earlier known as Yen4Ken Inc.) is an AI product company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, United States with a subsidiary in Bangalore, India.[1][2][3] It works on advanced video indexing technologies, which are built on a foundation of cutting edge research involving big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. VideoKen holds multiple granted and pending US patents in video technology.

VideoKen
Type of businessPrivate
FoundedJanuary 2017 (January 2017)
HeadquartersPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Area servedUnited States, Australia and India
Founder(s)Manish Gupta (founder & CEO)
Key peopleManish Gupta
(founder & CEO)
Ashish Vikram
(founder & CTO)
Vishnu Raned
(founder & CRO)
ServicesSaas Product
Employees39
URLwww.videoken.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Current statusOnline

VideoKen enables videos with Table of Contents (index) and Phrase Cloud (glossary) - like a digital textbook - along with other features to make videos more consumable.

VideoKen has raised $1 million from a consortium of angel investors including LG Chandrasekhar, chairman of Sutures India and SRI Capital, led by Sashi Reddi and others, including some former and current executives of Flipkart.[4][2][5][3][6]

History

VideoKen was founded in January 2017 by Manish Gupta, former Vice President (VP) and Director, Xerox Research India[1] and Ashish Vikram, a former VP at Flipkart. The company is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey and has a subsidiary in Bangalore, India. It has launched pilots in India, Australia, and the United States. VideoKen evolved out of the TutorSpace project at Xerox Research.[7][8] The company purchased multiple patent applications and other IP from Xerox.[3]

Funding

VideoKen raised seed funding of $1 million in April 2017 from a consortium of angel investors which include LG Chandrasekhar, chairman of Sutures India and SRI Capital, led by Sashi Reddi, and some former and current executives of Flipkart. Among the Flipkart executives, Ravi Garikipati (CTO), Surojeet Chatterjee (former Senior Vice President (SVP) and Product Head), Hari Vasudevan (SVP) and Ashish Agarwal (SVP) have contributed to the funding. Ajay Lavakare, Co-President Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs and other high net worth individuals from the United States and Singapore have also participated in the round.[4][2][3][6]

Awards and recognition

See also

References
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  2. Pitchiah, Vijayakumar (20 April 2017). "Flipkart CTO, others invest in video-learning platform VideoKen". VCCircle. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "Video Learning Platform VideoKen Secures $1M Funding in the Seed Round". Businessworld. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. Mishra, Digbijay. "VideoKen gets $1 million from Flipkart execs, others". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. "AI and ML-based collaborative learning platform VideoKen raises $1 million seed funding". The Tech Portal. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. "Funding Galore: Indian Startup Fundings Of The Week". Inc42. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. "Edutech firms hopes to offer more personalised services". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "TutorSpace: At-Scale Personalized Learning". Xerox. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. Balasubramanyam, K R. "Karnataka picks up 100 most innovative startups, to give Rs 35 Cr in funding". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. Chakraberty, Sumit (24 August 2017). "Microsoft accelerator picks 14 startups it can connect with global clients". Tech in Asia. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  11. "Microsoft Accelerator announces 11th start-up cohort". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 3 December 2017.


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