From Oracle to a Successful Vineyard: Rajeev Samant of Sula Wines

10:54 | Kamla Bhatt | Jan 10th, 2007 11:27am |

Rajeev Samant of Sula Wines was a featured speaker at the recently-concluded TiE India entrepreneurial conference in Mumbai. He was part of a panel discussion on “Taking the Leap: Starting An Enterprise,” where he talked about how he started his wine company about 10 years ago.

Rajeev, a Stanford graduate, quit his job at Oracle in the San Francisco Bay Area to start his vineyard, which was a bold and new concept in India then.

He received his first round of funding last year, and is in the process of looking for a new round of funding. This is a big change from a few years ago when Rajeev had to struggle to raise funds for his vineyard. He finally got his father’s banker to help him.

Today, Nasik is a thriving wine growing area with many brand new vineyards that want to emulate the success of Sula Wines.

Tags: Rajeev Samant, Sula Wines, TiE India, Oracle, Nasik

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