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January - 2012 - issue > Venture Beat
Vortex Engineering on the fast track of Growth with a Rs. 37 Crore Funding
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Vortex was founded in 2001 by L. Kannan, and aims to provide ATMs and associated technologies for the rural and semi-urban areas. The company is changing the face of banking with its Gramateller ATMs. The ATM portfolio of the company includes Gramateller Indi ATM, Gramateller Duo ATM, and solar powered options for both these models. "In a way, our offering is very unique – there is no equivalent product/offering which suits non metro segments. However, we face competition from regular ATM vendors – NCR, Diebold, Wincor Nixdorf," says L. Kannan, Founder and CTO, Vortex. The company has already deployed more than 400 rural ATMs for State Bank of India, and is deploying ATMs in rural and semi urban locations for other banks including Catholic Syrian Bank, IDBI Bank, Corporation Bank, and more.
Vortex was selected as one of the 10 startups that would change your life by TIME is one of the 31 Technology Pioneers 2011 selected by World Economic Forum, and a finalist at the Wall Street Journal Asia Innovation Awards 2010.
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