May 19, 2016: Blume Ventures, an early-stage investment firm and other angel investors have made an investment about Rs 6.6 crore ($1 million) in coworking space BHIVE Technologies , which plans to grow its presence in Bengaluru and expand to Mumbai and Delhi.
Shesh Palikar, CEO of BHIVE, “Part of the money will be utilised to attract top talent, apart from investing in technology, processes and brand-building.” He adds, “We plan to have over 2 million square feet of office space under BHIVE management across six major Indian cities over the next two years.”
The company, Palikar said, was ambitious of taking on US-based shared working space provider WeWork, which is valued at $17 billion.
Competing with Bengaluru-based 91Springboard in India, BHIVE hosts more than 150 companies at its facility in Bengaluru across four locations and manages 50,000 square feet of shared workspace. The company appointed the former head of category management at Amazon India, Monnappa Bayavanda, as chief operating officer in February.
