The 16-year-old IT company, started by 11 engineers, remained under the radar for years
In the drama of Silicon Valley, competition between Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai and all the arguments that come with it, a little-known fact almost always gets sidestepped: that good companies, and good founders, can come out of anywhere. Nothing exemplifies this better than the story of Zifo.
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It’s a special economic zone in the city of Chennai and we are on the fourth floor of a high-rise building. Tucked in one corner is a quiet conference room with snowflakes painted all over; if you look around, the theme appears to be all snow and ice, but you sit there …
Parvathi covered tech startups and large corporates at The Morning Context. She has been a journalist for eight years. Previously, she worked as a data journalist at The Hindu BusinessLine.
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