www.a2zapplications.com

Business Description:a2zapplications.com is India's First Business Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform company. SaaS is a new way of delivering software over the Internet. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are keen for this on-demand model to avoid the hardware investment, the expensive licensing and maintenance costs of traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and hiring the IT staff needed to deploy and maintain.

The company is also offering the same platform with a stripped-down version to help micro firms with their growth. The platform has already been subscribed by firms from various industries - Education, Publishing & Manufacturing etc.

With rising SMEs (currently 8 millions) & broadband connectivity, India is set for SaaS wave in the enterprise space like USA and Europe. Currently the primary market verticals that the company is focusing in are Education, Healthcare, Media, Real-estate, Professional Services & Government.

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2006

Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer

Significant Competitors:Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP ByDesign

Company Details :

Company Name:A2Z Applications.Com

HeadQuarters:New Delhi

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):0-5

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):preprofit

Profits (2007):losing money

>Partnerships:The company has not formed any significant partnerships yet formally. It is running various partnership programs starting from referral to channel

Initial Funding:Personal savings

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:The company earns its returns over the term of relationship through Subscription fees on a quarterly or bi-annual basis, rather than front-loading with a license sale.

Awards & honors:N.A.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Kantanu Kundu

Age:32

HomeTown:Digha, West Bengal

Education:NIT-Kurukshetra

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Sr. Consultant at Salesforce.com

Ex-Job Description:First Member of Global Integration Services

Favorite Book/Movie:Titanic