24/7 Customer was initially funded by PV Kannan and S Nagarajan, and leading angel investor Ram Shriram. Subsequently in July 2003, Sequoia Capital became the founding institutional investor with a funding of US$ 22 million.

P.V. Kannan - Co-founder and CEO, 24/7 Customer

Shanmugam Nagarajan - Co-founder and COO, 24/7 Customer

Ram Shriram - Managing Partner, Sherpalo

Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided startup venture capital for very smart people have turned ideas into companies. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs," Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. The companies organized by Sequoia Capital now account for about 10% of the value of NASDAQ.

To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit www.sequoiacap.com

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