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New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a leading U.S.-based venture capital firm, today announced an investment in Novatium Solutions, a company committed to making affordable and pervasive computing a reality in India. Headquartered in Chennai and promoted by well-established IT industry stalwarts, Novatium Solutions has launched a first-of-its-kind computing service with a vision to reach 50 million homes in the next five years. The NEA investment will be used to support Novatium's expansion plans beyond Chennai. As a result of the investment, Krishna "Kittu" Kolluri, NEA General Partner, and Ben Mathias, Vice President, NEA India, will join the board of Novatium.
"We are delighted to be partnering with Novatium Solutions and are confident that it will significantly help drive computing and broadband penetration in India. Our focus is on working with India's best and brightest entrepreneurs and Novatium is a company poised to take India to a world leadership position in its category," said Mr. Mathias.
"Novatium's innovative technology platform offers users a secure, low-maintenance computing experience," said Mr. Kolluri. "This approach, featuring plug-and-play functionality and minimal exposure to system upgrades, is novel not only in terms of the reduced cost of ownership to users, but in the efficient, simple delivery of a wide range of computing solutions."
Novatium delivers computing to the home with a 'thin' network computing device that moves complexity to the central server, providing the user with appliance-like simplicity. The unique concept offers complete computing capability at Rs 500 per month inclusive of Internet access, hardware, software, virus protection, maintenance and minimal electricity consumption.
"NEA brings significant depth of expertise in this industry and we look forward to the firm's support as we pursue our goal of providing computing to the next billion in an innovative and cost-effective manner," said Alok Singh, CEO of Novatium Solutions. "In an era of growing connectivity, taking computing to the masses will have an incremental impact on society fa one. The Nova NetPC is a very simple and user-friendly device that will enable access to computing for the masses."
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