About Canvera:
Canvera is an online photography company providing customized printed products and e-commerce
solutions to photographers. Canvera’s products and services are used by photographers to deliver both a
high quality experience to their clients and to enable them to market themselves better. For two years in
a row (in 2008 & 2009), Canvera won the award for the Best Photobook in Asia Pacific & Japan at the
annual HP Digital Print Awards and was runners-up at the 2011 competition. In 2010, Canvera was given
the Best Innovation in Technology award by Asian Photography magazine for “bringing professionalism
and innovation to an unorganized market” and the TiE-Lumis Award for “Entrepreneurial Excellence”.
Since it began operations in July 2008, Canvera has serviced the needs of photographers in more than
300 cities across India. Canvera is co-founded by Dr. Dhiraj Kacker (CEO) and Peeyush Rai (CTO)
who have worked at numerous successful startups in Silicon Valley in the past. Canvera is financially
backed by Footprint Ventures (www.footprintventures.com), DFJ (www.dfj.com) and Mumbai Angels
(www.mumbaiangels.com). |