Essar Communications Holdings
VC Fund
Mumbai, India
Essar Communications Holdings is a VC fund in Mumbai focused on Mobile and Mobile Payments. Essar Communications operates in four business segments: Telecom, telecom retail, telecom infrastructure and IT & BPO.Vodafone-Essar is a joint venture of Essar Communication Holdings Ltd and the UK-based Vodafone Group. It is one of India’s largest cellular service companies, with a subscriber base of over 50 million.Essar operatesintegrated IT enabled services through the Aegis brand name, with a presence in interaction services, back office services and value-added services. Aegis has a global delivery model with 20 centers across USA and India. It employs over 20,000 employees in India and the U.S who have expertise in the Telecom, Insurance, Banking and Healthcare domains.Essar has launched India's first countrywide chain of multi-brand and multi-service outlets in the telecom retail space. The MobileStore Ltd currently runs over 1,000 outlets, branded “The MobileStoreâ€. In the next two years, over 2,500 outlets will come up across 650 cities.Essar Telecom Infrastructure is one of the largest independent telecom infrastructure service provisioning companies in the country. It builds telecom tower infrastructure and shares it with several telecom operators in India. It has already set up over 3,500 towers in India, with plans to build 20,000 towers.Essar Communications Holdings Limited had earlier this year announced the acquisition of a 49% stake in Econet Wireless International Limited (EWI) by subscribing to fresh capital in the company. EWI has a 70% shareholding in Econet Wireless Kenya. Econet Wireless Kenya Limited has recently been issued a GSM license by the Kenyan telecom regulator and working together with its partners, it is preparing to build and launch Kenya’s third mobile cellular network. The company aims to launch their services by the end of November 2008 and will focus on capturing a unique segment of the market that has been previously untapped. Essar will actively participate with EWI in the network rollout of Econet Wireless Kenya.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Essar Communications Holdings invests in
Stages Essar Communications Holdings invests in
Countries Essar Communications Holdings invests in
Contacts
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Michael Foley
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Ajay Madan
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Mr. S. Srinivasa
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Rajiv Sawhney
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Sunil Jha
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 1 (100%)
- Mobile Payments 1 (100%)
- Financial Services 1 (100%)
Team
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Michael Foley
CEO, East Africa
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CEO, East Africa | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Ajay Madan
CEO, Essar Telecom Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
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CEO, Essar Telecom Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Mr. S. Srinivasa
Resident Director - East Africa
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Resident Director - East Africa | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Rajiv Sawhney
CEO, Telecom Business Group
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CEO, Telecom Business Group | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Sunil Jha
Head - HR, Telecom Business Group
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Head - HR, Telecom Business Group | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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obopay
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Obopay lets consumers and businesses purchase, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone using Obopay’s mobile application, text message, mobile Web, or Obopay.com. Obopay works on any mobile phone and any carrier in the U.S. Obopay’s prepaid MasterCard works with any merchant that accepts MasterCard debit cards. Obopay has partnershipswith Citi, Fidelity Information Services, MasterCard MoneySend, Bancorp, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and RIM. Obopay has a wholly owned subsidiary in India whose service launched in March, 2008. Obopay India has announced partnerships with YES Bank, Aircel, BPL and Tata Indicom. | $20M / Series D / Apr 21, 2008 |
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What does Essar Communications Holdings invest in?
Essar Communications Holdings invests primarily in Mobile, Mobile Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Series D stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Essar Communications Holdings includes Michael Foley (CEO, East Africa), Ajay Madan (CEO, Essar Telecom Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.) and Mr. S. Srinivasa (Resident Director - East Africa). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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