Bobby Balachandran

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Bobby Balachandran
Alma mater Portland University (MS)
Occupation(s) CEO of Exterro Inc
Film Producer

Bobby Balachandran is an Indo-American entrepreneur [1] and film producer in Tamil cinema. He is the founder and CEO of Exterro Inc. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Bobby Balachandran was born in a middle-class Tamil family in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. He completed an MS in Computer Science from Portland State University. [6] [7]

Career

In 2008, he started Exterro Inc., headquartered in Portland, United States, with a vision of helping organisations manage the risks associated with their data. [8] He started executing his vision by launching products in the E-Discovery domain and became one of the first organizations in terms of offering an end-to-end platform for the enterprises to manage their end-to-end E-Discovery workflows starting from Legal Hold, In Place Preservation, Workflow Management, ECA/Collection, Review, and Production all in house. [9] [10] [11] [12]

In 2018, Exterro Inc., led by Bobby, secured a six-figure investment from Leeds Equity Pvt. Ltd., [13] followed by a strategic recapitalization with the support of a group of leading global institutional investors co-led by Coller Capital and Glendower Capital and secured additional committed equity capital as part of a continuation vehicle transaction valuing Exterro at more than $1 billion (USD). [14] [15]

Honours

Bobby Balachandran was named to Portland's prestigious "40 Under 40" list, celebrating the region's top young professionals. [16] [ unreliable source? ] In 2021, he got recognized the title of "LegalTech CEO of the Year" in the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards Program. [17] He also received a Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Management. [18] In 2019, Bobby was a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Pacific Northwest region. [19]

In 2023, he was honored as "Executive of the Year" by the Portland Business Journal. [20]

As a producer

Balachandran ventured into film production as a producer under the BTG Universal banner [21] [22] with Demonte Colony 2 , directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu. [23] His upcoming projects include Chennai City Gangsters , directed by Vikram Rajeshwar and Arun Keshav, and Retta Thala , directed by Kris Thirukumaran starring Arun Vijay, Siddhi Idnani, and Tanya Ravichandran [24] along with 2 untitled projects with Jayam Ravi. [25] [26]

Filmography

As Producer

YearTitleCastNotes
2024 Demonte Colony 2 Arulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar [27]
TBA Chennai City Gangsters † Vaibhav, Athulya Ravi [28]
TBA Retta Thala † Arun Vijay, Siddhi Idnani, Tanya Ravichandran [29]

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