Gram Vaani, a social
tech company has raised $500,000 from undisclosed investors. The funds will be
used to expand the team of the company.
Iamwire stated the funds have been invested by Indian angel
investor along-with few other investors.
Founded in 2009 by
Aaditeshwar Seth and Mayank Shivam, Gram Vaani is a social development
organization building open-source technologies for community media in rural
areas. Its flagship product is a radio automation system called GRINS - Gramin
Radio Inter-Networking System. The GRINS box is a plug-n-play server to run a
community radio station.
It also has
vAutomate suite of voice applications which is being used by several partners,
including PATH (community mobilization), CEDPA (health accountability),
Inventure (financial profiling of people), Video Volunteers (self help group
surveys). Its Mobile Vaani network which according to the company has seen huge
uptake in Jharkhand and has found several sponsors, including Sesame
(education) and Oxfam (gender equality).
The company caters
to more than 2 Mn users in over 15 Indian States ,
Afghanistan , Pakistan , Namibia
and South Africa
Indian Angel Network
has funded 50 start-ups across multiple sectors like IT, mobile, Internet,
healthcare, e-commerce, gaming and education. Its portfolio includes - Aurus
Network, Alma Mater, Vienova, Druvaa Softwares, Kwench, Gamiana among others.
Recently, it
announced setup a base in Kolkata to fuel startup ecosystem in the east.
Compiled by
Apruv Bhansali
apruv15@ediindia.org
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