Founders

Deepak, Hisam, Abhinav and Ashwin, four engineering students from LBS College of Engineering, Kerala decided to quit their college studies and start a company based on a simple idea. To deliver the power of the Internet to the masses over SMS, a widely used, simple and basic technology.

Today, Innoz is a leading mobile company in India and the creator of SMSGYAN – a mobile search engine via SMS. Almost 87% of the global population has a mobile cellular subscription, making for a tremendously large market. Currently, SMSGYAN ( 55444.in ) have 120 million active users around the world, submitting over 5 million queries on their mobile platform each day. Users access several Internet functions, from basic searches to email to social media networks — all over SMS.

The founders of Innoz have inspired a new generation of young entrepreneurs, especially in their home state of Kerala, and play a major role in the development of Startup Village, one of the biggest start up incubators in the country.

  • Deepak Ravindran, CEO
  • Mohammed Hisamuddin, CIO
  • Ashwin Nath, CTO
  • Abhinav Sree, COO
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mBillionth South Asia Award 2013: Nominations Open for Mobile Innovators

Mobiles have reached more than 50 percent unique users in India. Similar penetration could be observed in other South Asian countries where mobiles are becoming means and language of literacy and empowerment. But, who are the innovators, entrepreneurs, and ideators…

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No smartphone? No problem.

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Deepak Ravindran wanted people with only feature phones

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Unreasonable at Sea

Unreasonable at Sea, is an initiative by the Unreasonable Institute, where eleven companies are chosen from around the world to sail on a ship for a 100 days, visit 14 countries and meet entrepreneurs from these countries and work together…