ASTNT Media: Maytree founding team members Rohit Kashyap and Abhimanyu Pratap Singh Tyagi met Padmashree Mohandas Pai at 3one4 capital office in Bangalore.The meet wasn’t just a simple meet-up, it felt like getting taught by an experienced professor of unparalleled mastery. Mr.Mohandas Pai started his corporate journey with Infosys way back in 1994 and served as a Chief financial officer for 12 long years. However he called it a day when he realised his true calling were lying in the areas of human resources, education and research. He was voted as the ‘CFO of the year’ in 2001 by IMA India and was recognised again in 2002 for his efforts getting awarded the ‘Best CFO in India’ award from Finance Asia.
His earnest eye for social service drove him to start Akshay Patra Foundation, Bangalore to start a midday meal program for school children.Apart from these signing credentials he is also an active investor and important element of India’s startup community. They have so far made over 50 investments including Zoomcar,Yourstory, Online Taiyari etc. He also holds partnerships in Aarin and Ideaspring capital and many others. He is also an investor in 3one4 capital.
3one4 capital is an early-stage startup in Bangalore.To help startups in delivering results they follow a deep involvement strategy and staying committed towards harnessing the best resources. This venture now commands a portfolio of 50+investments across the early stage. Their focus areas include enterprise automation,ambient intelligence, consumer products and fintech among others. Maytree School is a venture started by Rohit Kashyap who at an early age has managed to gain worldwide recognition.
Getting invited as a Speaker in premier colleges like IIT B, IIT K and IIM C and featured on YourStory, Times of India and Livemint speaks volumes of his potential. He laid the foundation of Maytree School to help upcoming entrepreneurs gaining a foothold by connecting them with investors and giving proper assistance to acquire funding. Along with him Mr.Abhimanyu Pratap Singh Tyagi too devoted his skills in raising the bar of Maytree School.He is a visionary who brought the touch of technology to his Company.He escalated his infra group to great heights by using his intelligence and modified the company’s working set-up to reach their goals.The collaboration of these wonderful brains are now trying to give Maytree School a boost.Recognising the potential of semi urban and rural areas our growing venture Maytree School is now focused to harness its potential by proper and dedicated strategies.
Having received assistance from state governments and after organising numerous seminars our future goal after communicating with panchayats is to educate people hailing from rural backgrounds providing them much needed skills and making them aware about latest trends in technology, exquisite business ideas and public speaking courses to give these bright minds who are devoid of sources the flavour of knowledge so that they can change the course of their lives and we are proud to say that the assistance from state governments was worthy enough.
We are now planning to expand our operations in other states as well. Your ambitions needs wings to fly , similarly inspiring and educating words from Mr.Mohandas Pai helped us to gain a vivid sight of the future and work diligently towards achieving our goals. He has also shown interest in our venture Maytree and is assisting us actively in obtaining funds to accomplish our goals.
