Nexus India capital invests in engine efficiency company SEDEMAC

Mumbai, Sept 11 (ANI/Business Wire India): Nexus India Capital announces an investment in SEDEMAC Mechatronics, a company providing energy efficiency solutions for the automotive and renewable energy markets.

SEDEMAC is founded by Prof. Shashikanth Suryanarayanan, a high-energy, entrepreneurial professor from IIT Bombay who obtained his PhD at University of California, Berkeley.

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The company was incubated at SINE - IIT Bombay's on-campus incubator. SEDEMAC has developed electronic control modules, which increase the fuel efficiency and reduce emissions of small engines. It is working with some of the leading two wheeler companies in India and with global renewable energy firms.

"We were very impressed by the passion of Shashi and the SEDEMAC team to build a global company from India providing state-of-the-art solutions to increase the efficiency of engines across various industries from automotive to alternate energy. The domestic and the global markets are huge and the company is in the process of introducing their solutions across both," said Sandeep Singhal, Managing Director, Nexus India Capital Advisors.

"Nexus is seeing similar cutting edge technology initiatives at IITs and other leading institutes and is looking to build similar partnerships," he added.

Shashikanth Suryanarayanan, Founder and Director, SEDEMAC, said, "We are delighted to partner with Nexus to build a world-class company. We believe Nexus's pro-active approach in working with a technology-intensive company like ours and their leadership in the CleanTech sector in India will act as key enablers of our growth. The investment will help with market introduction of energy efficient, low-emission products for small engines." (ANI)