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Vembu Technologies targets ₹500 crore India revenue within five years
Vembu Technologies makes software that helps businesses protect and recover their computer data.
The company wants to make about ₹500 crore from India within five years.
India currently provides only a small part of its worldwide business.
Vembu plans to spend about ₹100 crore to build sales, partnerships and marketing in India.
New data-protection rules are encouraging companies to take backups more seriously.
Vembu also wants to sell more through business partners instead of only online.
It is looking for more customers in medium-sized and large businesses.
The company believes artificial intelligence could make some simpler software cheaper and more competitive.
It says its backup products already include many agentic features without requiring customers to buy separate add-ons.
Vembu Technologies aims to grow its India business to around ₹500 crore within five years.
The Chennai-based company currently gets only about 2–5% of its revenue from India.
It plans to invest roughly ₹100 crore over three to five years in presales, partnerships and marketing.
Vembu is shifting toward a channel-led sales model and targeting more mid-market and enterprise customers.
The company says India’s data-protection requirements are increasing demand for backup and disaster-recovery solutions.
- Who
- Vembu Technologies and its CEO Sekar Vembu.
- What
- The company is targeting around ₹500 crore in India revenue within five years and plans to expand its local operations.
- Where
- India, with the company headquartered in Chennai; Vembu’s largest global market is North America.
- When
- The comments were published on August 21, 2026; the investment plan covers the next three to five years.
- Why
- The company sees stronger demand linked to Digital Personal Data Protection requirements and wants to expand through partners, marketing and enterprise sales.
Key facts
- India revenue target
- Around ₹500 crore within five years
- Planned India investment
- Roughly ₹100 crore over the next three to five years
- Current India contribution
- Approximately 2–5% of global revenue
- Largest global market
- North America, contributing 50% of topline
- Second-largest global market
- Europe, contributing 20% of topline
- Industry estimate
- Enterprise-grade backup and disaster-recovery solutions in India are valued at around ₹5,000–₹9,000 crore
- Industry growth estimate
- The sector is growing at approximately 15–20% annually
Quotes
Sekar Vembu
CEO of Vembu Technologies
“Earlier most of our sales came from abroad. But, in the last one year, we have been focusing more on India. With the DPDP coming in, compliance has become a big thing and companies that were earlier not taking backup seriously now have to”
thehindubusinessline.com
“We are slowly transitioning into a 100 per cent channel company and reducing reliance on online sales”
thehindubusinessline.com
Sources
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