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Crayon Data
Company typePrivate
Founded2012
FoundersSuresh Shankar, Aarti Ramakrishnan, Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi, and Srikant Sastri
HeadquartersSingapore, Chennai

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Suresh Shankar (CEO), Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi (CTO)
Websitehttps://www.crayondata.com/

Crayon Data is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in Singapore[1] with a development center in Chennai[2], and Dubai.

History

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The company was founded in 2012[3] by Suresh Shankar[4][5][3][6][7], Aarti Ramakrishnan, Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi[6][8], and Srikant Sastri.

Investors in the company include Ratan Tata[9][10][11][6] and Kris Gopalakrishnan.[12][6]

William Bissell and Jungle Ventures[6] have also invested in the company. Bissell had participated in a second round funding in September 2013 that raised $1.4 million.[7] The company raised bridge funding from Mitsui in 2016.[13] In 2018, the company raised 8.7 crore rupees in a second round of funding.[14]

Product

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The company's main product is its AI-led personalization platform called maya.ai.

In 2023, the company announced a partnership with Visa whereby Visa card issuers can offer personalized services to their customers using the AI capabilities of maya.ai.[15][16]

Awards & recognition

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In 2021, Crayon Data won in a partner category, Huawei Technologies Co. Spark, in a Singapore start-up competition called Slingshot. The government agency that organized the global competition is called Startup SG and the global start-up competition was started in 2017.[17]

It features in a 2022 list of India's most promising Data Science companies.[18] Crayon Data features in 2023 lists of India's Top 10 Business Intelligence companies and Digital Marketing agencies.[19][20]

It won the Mint Startup Icon Award for 2023 in the 2nd edition of the Award. The company won the Award in the SaaS category.[21]

See Also

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References

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  1. ^ Deoras, Shrishti (12 March 2019). "Singapore's Top 10 High Growth Analytics & AI Startups With The Highest Funding". analyticsindiamag.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ Goyal, Malini (8 August 2019). "Chennai is quickly turning into the new hotbed for deep-tech startup". economictimes.indiatimes.com. The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ a b Soni, Sandeep (26 May 2018). "How This Former IBM Director Received a Backing From The TATA group". entrepreneur.com. Entrepreneur India. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "The Best Books of 2020". Bloomberg. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ Lai, Leila (17 September 2019). "Crayon Data is busy redrawing battle lines". businesstimes.com.sg. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ a b c d e Arakali, Harichandan (9 November 2017). "Infosys co-founder Gopalakrishnan invests in predictive analytics startup Crayon Data". Forbes India. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ a b Thomas, Prince (2 May 2014). "Fabindia's William Bissell is turning more of an angel investor". Forbes India. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "A book that helps start-ups find their way around". thehindubusinessline.com. The Hindu Business Line. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Ratan Tata invests in Chennai-based Crayon Data". business-standard.com. Business Standard. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Happy Birthday Ratan Tata: Here are 26 investments since his retirement three years ago". dnaindia.com. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ Dubey, Jyotindra (17 February 2016). "Ratan Tata's small funding is a big deal for desi startups". hindustantimes.com.sg. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan invests in big data startup Crayon Data". business-standard.com. Business Standard. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Big data startup Crayon raises bridge funding round from Mitsui". businessstandard.com. Business Standard. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ Nair Ghaswalla, Amrita (12 March 2018). "Crayon Data raises Rs 8.7 cr in 2nd round of funding". thehindubusinessline.com. The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "AI-led relevance. Crayon Data and Visa partners to enable card issuers offer personalised solutions". The Hindu Businessline. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  • ^ "Visa Partners With Crayon Data to Enable Card Issuers to Offer AI-Powered Solutions". fintechnews.sg. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  • ^ Hill-choi, Lee (2 May 2014). "Startup SG's Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (Switch) looks to spark start-up culture with the fourth Slingshot contest and other initiatives". scmp.com. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  • ^ "Top 100 2022: India's Most Promising Data Science Companies". analyticsinsight.net. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  • ^ "Top 10 Best Business Intelligence Companies In India In 2023". inventiva.co.in. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  • ^ "Top 10 Best Digital Marketing Agencies in India 2024". inventiva.co.in. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  • ^ "Crayon Data bags Mint startup ICON award for SaaS". zawya.com. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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