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After his very successful stint as one of the founders at<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-finance-sector-is-as-casual-as-Whatsapp-now-hints-Nandan-Nilekani/articleshow/48583869.cms"> Infosys</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Exclusive-Nandan-Nilekani-says-the-trick-for-fast-paced-growth-in-India-is-to-combine-the-scale-of-the-govt-with-the-speed-of-startups/articleshow/49816306.cms">Nandan Nilekani</a>, the co-founder of <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> and the chairman of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Aadhaar-beats-even-the-FBIsdata-base-fair-and-square-becoming-the-worlds-largest-biometric-database/articleshow/47068353.cms">Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDAI)</a>, is working towards an improved India. In the midst of growing entrepreneurs big industry tycoons find it in their vested interests to fuel the startup boom. <keyword id="44604" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nandan-Nilekani">Nandan Nilekani</keyword> believes in the potential of young India. With the launch of his new book “Rebooting India”, he suggested <keyword id="428085" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="start-ups">start-ups</keyword> within the government itself. His firm belief in the startup boom is proved by the fact that he invested in as many as four start-ups in 2015 alone. 

	Here’s an inside look to the<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Know-all-about-Nandan-Nilekanis-next-investment-in-the-startup-space/articleshow/49627199.cms"> portfolio</a>.

	 
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The 5 lucky startups that Nandan Nilenkani has invested in

First mobile payments startup Mubble, then mobile publishing startup Juggernaut and now trucking and logitsics startup <keyword id="3122550" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Fortigo">Fortigo</keyword>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/6-ways-in-which-Vishal-Sikka-turned-Infosys-fortunes-on-its-head/articleshow/48169976.cms">Infosys</a> cofounder and former <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Aadhaar-beats-even-the-FBIsdata-base-fair-and-square-becoming-the-worlds-largest-biometric-database/articleshow/47068353.cms">UIDAI</a> chairman <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indian-finance-sector-is-as-casual-as-Whatsapp-now-hints-Nandan-Nilekani/articleshow/48583869.cms">Nandan Nilekani</a> is in a spree of backing early stage ventures, backing four such ventures in this year alone.
 

	Fortigo will soon be launched by technology industry executives Vivek Malhotra and Anjani Mandal. 
 

	Besides <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Top-performing-employees-at-Infosys-are-having-a-gala-time-Find-out-how/articleshow/49349966.cms">Nilekani</a>, Fortigo is also currently in talks to rope in other investors, including <keyword id="144381" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Accel-Partners">Accel Partners</keyword>, industry sources told ET. Fortigo is currently in talks to raise close to $2 million in seed funding. 

	"What Fortigo will attempt to do is solve fundamental challenges in the trucking and logistics space — the idea is to improve the quality of transportation services to businesses," said the sources.
 

	Fortigo is attempting to address challenges in the trucking and logistics space with new technology. It would help truck owners to manage and track their inventory more efficiently and at lower costs.

	 
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Know all about Nandan Nilekani’s next investment in the startup space

Venture capital giant <keyword id="144381" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Accel-Partners">Accel Partners</keyword> and <keyword id="3267567" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Infosys-cofounder-Nandan-Nilekani">Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani</keyword> has funded the robotics firm <keyword id="3267189" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Systemantics">Systemantics</keyword>, which builds industrial robots for the manufacturing sector. The last time it had received funding was in 2013, when <keyword id="592779" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Blume-Ventures">Blume Ventures</keyword> had invested in the firm. 
 Systemantics was founded by IIT-Madras alumni <keyword id="3267568" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jagannath-Raju">Jagannath Raju</keyword> in 1995. 
 
This is the seventh venture that Nilekani has backed. He has earlier invested in early-stage start-ups which he believes to be building highly impactful disruptive ideas. 
 In the past one year, Nilekani has backed Team Indus, Fortigo, Mubble, Juggernaut, Lets-Venture and <keyword id="1501494" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Power2sme">Power2SME</keyword>, while co-investing in a number of these ventures with Accel, including Fortigo and Power2SME. 
 Even though Systemantics likes to keep a low profile, it has quietly worked on custom robotics projects with the Government, as well as with tech giants like <keyword id="6359357" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Titan">Titan</keyword> and Hindustan Aeronautics (<keyword id="68124" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="HAL">HAL</keyword>). 
 
"Systemantics is Make In India truly at work - with India's cost structure advantages and innovative design efficiency at full strength. This core belief drove our decision to back them. Their seasoned management team's executional ability, coupled with deep-tech IP, could eventually challenge global incumbents," Sanjay Nath, managing partner at Blume Ventures, told ET. 
 
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Nandan Nilekani funds robotics firm Systemantics

Infosys co founder Nandan Nilekani, has made an undisclosed investment in a Bengaluru-based eye care chain called Drishti, which focuses on providing affordable treatment in underserved markets. 
 
The funds would help Drishti expand its reach to six more districts in Karnataka when it goes into the next phase of expansion. 
 
“Providing affordable healthcare leveraging technology is a very critical issue. I like Drishti's approach and believe that the co-founders Kiran and Anjali have their heart in the right place, and want to build a sustainable business with high impact,' Nilekani told <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/bangalore-based-drishti-gets-funding-from-billionaire-nandan-nilekani/articleshow/52881651.cms">ET</a>. 
 
Drishti has thus become the ninth venture to have been backed by Nilekani, who has been on an investing spree in the last few months. 
 
"The investment will help Drishti realise its goals - to deliver quality eye care through eye hospitals, telemedicine supported vision centres and mobile eye clinics," said Kiran Anandampillai, founder and CEO of Drishti. 
 
"This gesture is going to have a long term impact," said Anjali Joshi, co-founder of Drishti. "It would mean that by employing innovation we will be able to touch the lives of millions in the semi urban and rural areas." 
 
Other start-ups backed by Nileknai include robots maker Systemantics India, crowd-sourced platform that provides train-related travel information RailYatri, online deal-making platform LetsVenture, logistics firm Fortigo and book publisher Juggernaut among others. 
 
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Nandan Nilenkani invests in this Bangalore-based eye-care startup

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"In addition to the positive environmental impacts, we will also benefit from reduced fuel and maintenance costs and drive associate enthusiasm with the introduction of new and unique technology," Tom Bene, Sysco's president and chief operating officer, said.While some had doubts about Tesla's ability to break into the trucking industry before it introduced the Semi, early orders indicate Tesla may beat expectations. The electric trucks have impressive <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-semi-event-pictures-details-features-2017-11">features</a>, including a 500-mile range per charge and the ability to travel 400 miles on a 30-minute charge, impact resistant glass, an innovative cabin design, and the ability to go 0-60 mph in five seconds without any cargo and in 20 seconds while carrying 80,000 pounds of cargo. But Tesla will ultimately be judged on the number of clients who buy and use the trucks over the long term.These are the companies who have placed orders for the Tesla Semi so far:<ul><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wal-mart-will-try-out-teslas-electric-semi-2017-11">Walmart:</a> One of the first major companies to reserve the trucks, the retailer has made aggressive investments in technology in recent years as part of its effort to compete with Amazon.</li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/anheuser-busch-orders-40-tesla-semis-2017-12">Anheuser-Busch</a>: On Wednesday, the brewer announced it ordered 40 Semis.</li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dhl-orders-10-tesla-semis-electric-semi-trucks-2017-11">DHL</a>: The <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="transportation">transportation</keyword> and logistics company has reserved 10 Semis to add to its fleet.</li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-semi-truck-first-orders-meijer-grocery-chain-2017-11">Meijer</a>: Based in Michigan, the grocery chain has ordered four of the electric trucks.</li><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-electric-semi-truck-gets-orders-from-wal-mart-and-j-b-hunt-1510950438">Ryder</a>: The transportation company reserved an unspecified number of Semis in November.</li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-big-rigs-reserved-by-jb-hunt-2017-11">J.B. 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