Information To Every One (i2e1)

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i2e1 (Information To Every One) [1] is one of the largest Wi-Fi management companies based in India with 8-10% market share of the Wi-Fi industry[ citation needed ]. [2] The company was incubated by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. [3] The Board of Directors of the company include Satyam Darmora, Siddharth Nautiyal, and Brijesh Damodaran.

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The company's core offerings are: Wi-Fi management solutions, Wi-Fi based retail analytics, [4] and proximity marketing for offline merchants.

Background

In 2017, the company had approximately 10,000 Wi-Fi hot-spots in 52 cities across India. i2e1 is a dominant player in providing Analytics for offline businesses.[ citation needed ] Along with providing Analytics Solution to Offline Retail Industry, the company has positioned itself as a low-cost internet model for Indian masses. i2e1 was a part of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India initiative of Public Open Wi-Fi Pilot Project from December 2017 – Mar 2018. [5] [6] During the Pilot, the company installed Fully-Sponsored Wi-Fi access at 157 locations and demonstrated a low cost and inter-operable Wi-Fi model. This model is expected to catalyze Public Wi-Fi ecosystem in India and the Government expects 100,000 hot-spots within 3 months of launch.[ citation needed ]

History

i2e1 was founded in February 2015 by Satyam Darmora. The company has 5 Co-Founders: Nishit Aggarwal, Gaurav Bansal, Ashutosh Mishra, Maanas Dwivedi and Anugrah Adams. Most of the founders are graduate from Indian Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Management.

Funding

i2e1 raised seed round funding of $500,000 in December 2015 by growX ventures and 3One4 capital. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In Nov 2017, the company raised 2nd round (Series A) funding of $3 million by Omidyar Network, Auxano Ventures and 3one4 capital [12] [13] [14] [15] SGAN is also an investor in the company.

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