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Ashok Soota Launches 'Happiest Minds'
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 23:52 IST
According to Aurobinda Nanda who is a COO of Software Product Engineering, the company has already got a Client and soota added to that, We have a first customer. We have raised our first invoice and it's not from any of our previous companies?.
However an analyst from a leading global consulting firm said that Happiest Minds needs to innovate significantly to stand apart from established players, and this is not an easy task at least in the short term.
Soota also informed that the company would be funded with approximately 
200 crore, including from venture capitalists. We are holding active discussions and should be able to finalize the deal in 30-45 days.
On the same day the company also unveiled its logo, which was designed by Jemin Shingala. It was picked out of 1,400 submissions in a public contest by a jury, comprising R. Sridhar, founder of IdeasRS; Geetha Narayanan, founder-director, Srishti School of Art Design and Technology; Rukmini Krishnaswamy, director, Spastic Society and Jessie Paul, CEO, Paul Writer, with Soota being the jury Chair.
The logo has been adapted by Shristi School of Design to ensure ease of usage and trademarkability. It has won Shingala prize money of $2000.
200 crore, including from venture capitalists. We are holding active discussions and should be able to finalize the deal in 30-45 days.
