About us

Formcept - when data needs to be decision-ready

Investors who've stood with Formcept through thick and thin
GVFL Limited
CIIE, IIMA
We built Formcept on a simple insight about insights: They come from integrating the data points, not the data stack!
Mission

Big or small. American or Asian. Global or local. Government or private. Organisations invest heavily in data technologies. Yet starve for insights. It takes too much time. Or too much money. Or both! And the way it arrives doesn't help everyone on the org chart. That’s not acceptable. And that’s what our mission is all about.

Formcept is here to make data decision-ready for companies of all shapes and sizes - at unmatched speed and scale.

Brand Identity & Values
Your hurdle-free path from data to decisions
What Formcept logo represents
The form

The icon in the Formcept logo is an "F" made with three elements - a dot, a dash, and an arrow. The dot represents data points. The dash in the middle represents Formcept that connects the dots across data points and can be inserted as the decision intelligence layer in any stack. The arrow represents decision signals that are clearly visible, when Formcept connects your data points.

The colors

The bright orange of the arrow is for the attention that signals command, and brings vibrancy. The deep indigo in the logo represents the no-nonsense nature of data, tech and business side of things, while also balancing the vibrancy or orange.

What Formcept name represents

Formcept is a mashup of the term "Formal Concept". A formal concept is a pair consisting of a set of objects (the extent) and a set of attributes (the intent), such that all objects in the extent share all attributes in the intent, and the intent contains exactly all attributes common to those objects. Likewise, the extent contains exactly all objects that possess those attributes.

This idea is the foundation of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA), a mathematical framework for discovering meaningful relationships, patterns, clusters, and concept hierarchies within data.

No earth-shattering values...
...just simple things that guide us through complex situations
Freedom
Openness
Responsibility
Mindfulness
Collaboration
Ethics
Punctuality
Transparency
Leaders
Formcept is founded and guided by data experts
Suresh Srinivasan
Co-Founder and CEO

Suresh brings 30 years of experience in all things data management and data analytics. Since 1995, he has worked with companies like IBM, HP, and Oracle. And previously headed Innovation at Oracle. He holds M.Sc. and M.Tech. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and an Executive General Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Anuj Kumar
Co-Founder and Chief Architect

Anuj brings 20 years of experience in designing large-scale distributed systems for data storage, retrieval, and analytics. Previously, he worked with Oracle Server Technologies. He holds an M.Tech. in Software Engineering, and several patents for data integration and quality using NLP and ML. He has also published research papers at ACM conferences, and spoken at TEDx events.

Advisors
Vikas Desai
Investor & Advisor to Multiple Businesses Across the Globe
Dr. Pulak Gosh
IIMB Chair of Excellence Professor at IIM, Bangalore
Vipul Patel
Vice President - Investments, CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad
Prof. B.D. Chaudhary
Co -Visiting Professor at 

IIT Mandi
Formcept has been widely recognized as a data intelligence innovator
US patents4/12 patents granted
IIMAIncubated By CIIE, IIMA
WinnerET Power of Ideas, 2011
NASSCOMNASSCOM Top 40, 2012
Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan GIL Award, 2014
GAISABest AI Company, 2019
About Formcept
Journey
Formcept is in its second decade. Take a stroll...
2026
2024
2019-24
2017
2014
2012
A Makeover
• Repositioned as decision-ready data management for agile companies
• Launched new product bundle to bridge the gap between data platforms and BI tools
• Conceptualized new brand identity, product UI and pricing packages
Turning point
• Repositioned as contextual data interpretation platform to communicate the unique value of the product
• Added an agentic GenAI layer across the product
Collaborations
• Entered strategic alliances with Beroe, Cirtuo, Smytten, Enarka, Sporting Minds, Agsam, FirstMedia
• Worked with Fortune 1000 Customers
• Named Best AI Company, GAISA 2019
Impetus
• Series A Funding From GVFL
• 4 US Patents Awarded
First wins
• ESPN & Monster India sign up
• Frost & Sullivan GIL Award
Nurtured
• Virtually Incubated By CIIE, IIMA
• NASSCOM Top 40
FAQs
Which kind of companies does Formcept serve?

Formcept serves companies that care about speed and efficiency in harvesting insights from their data. They may belong to any industry vertical or geography. And may be big or small.

How is Formcept different from other data management platforms?

Formcept has a decision-intelligent architecture that allows it to integrate data points at a speed, cost and scale that other data management platforms simply cannot. This gives you unmatched agility in decision making, innovating, competing in your category, and adapting to changes in your internal and external environment.

Where is Formcept based?

Formcept is based in India and has offices in Cupertino, United States and in Bangalore, India.

Where is the Formcept office?

Formcept office is in Arakere, Bannerghatta, Bangalore. To find us, use the address and google map on our contact us page.

How big is the Formcept team?

Formcept is a lean team of 25 across full-time and contract employees covering product, sales and delivery.

Who owns Formcept?

Formcept is owned by Formcept Technologies and Solutions Private Limited, registered in India. And Formcept Technologies Ic, registered in United States is owned by the Indian entity.

What is MecBOT?

The most recent patents of Formcept pertains to a deterministic context layer that turns probabilistic LLMs and AI agents into trusted, enterprise-grade decision systems. Besides this, Formcept owns patents for its data folding algorithm to provide interesting patterns on the data automatically, for its high speed data indexing and annotation engine, and for its capability to do advanced content summarization based on intents.

Does Formcept sell through partners?

Yes, Formcept offers multiple types of partnership options from strategic alliances to reselling and even referrals. Check out our partner pages to learn more.

Is Formcept open to accepting investments?

Data management is a highly mature, yet evolving category. We accept investments based on alignment of vision. If you are interested in exploring this, you can contact us by filling out our contact form or through LinkedIn.

Is Formcept currently hiring?

Formcept doesn't follow a fixed recruitment schedule. We are open to meeting competent and passionate talent on ad hoc basis. you can send us your details or contacts us directly through the careers page, if interested to explore working with us.

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