Ahmedabad-based startup Awaaz De Infosystems Private Limited, an incubatee of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)'s CIIE has raised an angel round from a consortium of angel investors led by Mumbai-based Samir Shah for an undisclosed amount.
The startup aims to empower organisations to engage with communities in any language, leveraging the power of spoken voice and mobile phones - through their platform.
Awaaz De provides customised enterprise-scale solutions for organisations to better communicate with their customers and stakeholders through text and voice messages. Founded by Neil Patel and Tapan Parikh, who carry a experience of over 15 years in design and deploying knowledge sharing systems, Awaaz de has hosted over 1,00,000 callers till date.
Earlier, the startup had raised seed-funding from CIIE, which also led the fund-raising of this angel round for Awaaz De.
"I have known the Awaaz De team for over a year and am truly impressed with the promoter's passion, leadership and ability to navigate Awaaz De through challenging times. I am excited to collaborate with them as Awaaz De accelerates its efforts to make a positive impact on communities worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the development sector," said Samir Shah, the lead angel investor.
"These are exciting times for Awaaz.De as we grow and diversify our customer base in India and abroad, collaborating with like-minded organizations and leveraging our expertise and the immense potential of ICTs for social impact. Awaaz De values the support we receive from our investors, well-wishers and friends," said Neil Patel, Chief Executive Officer, Awaaz De.
"We see this angel round to be a great strategic partnership for Awaaz De. Even prior to the investments the angels have been adding significant value to Awaaz De and we look forward to the company impacting more people through this support," said Vipul Patel, Associate Vice President at CIIE.
Recently, CIIE had helped impact startups Bodhi Health Education and Sickle Innovations raise funds from TAKE Solutions and Mahindra Finance as a part of their CSR contributions.
The startup aims to empower organisations to engage with communities in any language, leveraging the power of spoken voice and mobile phones - through their platform.
Awaaz De provides customised enterprise-scale solutions for organisations to better communicate with their customers and stakeholders through text and voice messages. Founded by Neil Patel and Tapan Parikh, who carry a experience of over 15 years in design and deploying knowledge sharing systems, Awaaz de has hosted over 1,00,000 callers till date.
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"I have known the Awaaz De team for over a year and am truly impressed with the promoter's passion, leadership and ability to navigate Awaaz De through challenging times. I am excited to collaborate with them as Awaaz De accelerates its efforts to make a positive impact on communities worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the development sector," said Samir Shah, the lead angel investor.
"These are exciting times for Awaaz.De as we grow and diversify our customer base in India and abroad, collaborating with like-minded organizations and leveraging our expertise and the immense potential of ICTs for social impact. Awaaz De values the support we receive from our investors, well-wishers and friends," said Neil Patel, Chief Executive Officer, Awaaz De.
"We see this angel round to be a great strategic partnership for Awaaz De. Even prior to the investments the angels have been adding significant value to Awaaz De and we look forward to the company impacting more people through this support," said Vipul Patel, Associate Vice President at CIIE.
Recently, CIIE had helped impact startups Bodhi Health Education and Sickle Innovations raise funds from TAKE Solutions and Mahindra Finance as a part of their CSR contributions.