10 Successful Indian Entrepreneurs Who Were College Dropouts

Varun Shoor

Kayako was established in 2001 by Varun Shoor, in Jalandhar, Punjab. Shoor learned to program when he was 13 years old, and dropped out of college to work on Kayako at the age of 17.
Shoor used to be part of online coding communities, where he came across company selling customer support software for U.S.$2,000 and felt he could do something better. Kayako provides customer support software.
Till date the company has not received any funding from outside investors and is profitable. In August 2009, Kayako announced the availability of cost-free full licenses for charities and open-source software projects. So far, it has donated software worth U.S.$100,000 to different causes.

Mahesh Murthy

Seedfund is an early-stage venture capital fund, with operations in Bombay, Bangalore and New Delhi. Founded in 2006 by Bharati Jacob, Mahesh Murthy and Pravin Gandhi, the team has grown to include Paula Mariwala, Sanjay Anandaram, Sarabjeet Singh, Shailesh Vickram Singh and Tarana Lalwani who have all played the role of entrepreneurs at some point in their careers.

Seedfund has invested in companies such as AFAQS, CarWale, EduSports, Fetise, Level10 Comics, myDentist, Printo and RedBus.

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