Venera Technologies provides cutting-edge file-based QC solutions to the digital media industry. Venera’s mission is to improve the operational efficiency of professional content workflows by automating the time-consuming, tedious content QC operations. It offers the most advanced Cloud Native QC services, designed for scale and content security.
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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. And the orchestra of Venera’s success is played by its amazing team. A tight-knit, talented group of people sharing a common vision of delivering great results for our clients consistently.
Meet our awesome team!
CEO and Co-founder
Passionate about digital media, Vikas has been instrumental in developing and growing Venera’s business from grounds-up. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT) and has over 23 years’ experience in developing and providing tools and services to support the digital media workflows.
Chief Business Development Officer
As a 40 year veteran in Information Technology, digital media and business development, Fereidoon works closely with Hollywood Studios, post production houses, broadcasters, OTT service providers, content aggregators and distributors worldwide, and is responsible for the global reach of Venera’s products and services. Fereidoon holds a Master of Science degree from University of Michigan,USA.
Chief Technology Officer
Rajarshi as a CTO drives the technology roadmap of the company. He brings in experience of more than 24 years in the digital media technology domain, and has worked in diverse applications encompassing Video Test & Measurement, Set-top Box, and Digital Cinema. Rajarshi holds a M.S in Mathematics IIT Kanpur, India.
Technology Advisor
Yasir has been an angel investor, co-founder, and software product development partner for multiple companies in the mobility, process automation, digital healthcare, EdTech and real estate tech spaces. Yasir holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Kent State University and has been awarded many research grants.
Investor@Venera, CEO – Allison Wood Ventures
AWV is a global investment company that invests in high-potential businesses to help them grow faster. Apart from being an investor, Allison has also worked in several big budget films in and around Austin, and is a Voice Over Talent with audio books on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. And the orchestra of Venera’s success is played by its amazing team. A tight-knit, talented group of people sharing a common vision of delivering great results for our clients consistently.
Meet our awesome team!
CEO and Co-founder
Passionate about digital media, Vikas has been instrumental in developing and growing Venera’s business from grounds-up. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT) and has over 23 years’ experience in developing and providing tools and services to support the digital media workflows.
Chief Business Development Officer
As a 40 year veteran in Information Technology, digital media and business development, Fereidoon works closely with Hollywood Studios, post production houses, broadcasters, OTT service providers, content aggregators and distributors worldwide, and is responsible for the global reach of Venera’s products and services. Fereidoon holds a Master of Science degree from University of Michigan,USA.
Chief Technology Officer
Rajarshi as a CTO drives the technology roadmap of the company. He brings in experience of more than 24 years in the digital media technology domain, and has worked in diverse applications encompassing Video Test & Measurement, Set-top Box, and Digital Cinema. Rajarshi holds a M.S in Mathematics IIT Kanpur, India.
Technology Advisor
Yasir has been an angel investor, co-founder, and software product development partner for multiple companies in the mobility, process automation, digital healthcare, EdTech and real estate tech spaces. Yasir holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Kent State University and has been awarded many research grants.
Investor@Venera, CEO – Allison Wood Ventures
AWV is a global investment company that invests in high-potential businesses to help them grow faster. Apart from being an investor, Allison has also worked in several big budget films in and around Austin, and is a Voice Over Talent with audio books on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
Venera actively ties up with prominent organizations in digital media industry to stay abreast with the latest trends and best practices of the industry, and to contribute thought leadership in evolution of new technologies & processes.
Venera supports the vision of AID Noida in helping underprivileged children become the part of the mainstream society by providing high-quality education to the children of slum communities in Noida. They work with a mission to align these children to viable career opportunities according to their skills, strengths and personal interest.
AID Noida is a registered trust in India that works towards imparting quality primary education to underprivileged children and incubate them before they start going to mainstream schools. It also offers support programs to help these children with their academics in mainstream schools and provides assistance in enrolling for professional education according to interest & capability of children.
Venera’s team has been associated with AID Noida since 2007 to create awareness about the importance of education in child’s development amongst the indigent population, and contributes its finances and time to various initiatives of the organization.
AID Noida is a registered trust in India that works towards imparting quality primary education to underprivileged children and incubate them before they start going to mainstream schools. It also offers support programs to help these children with their academics in mainstream schools and provides assistance in enrolling for professional education according to interest & capability of children.
Venera’s team has been associated with AID Noida since 2007 to create awareness about the importance of education in child’s development amongst the indigent population, and contributes its finances and time to various initiatives of the organization.
Our experts and thought leaders share their knowledge of technologies pertaining to QC solutions for digital media industry in these scholarly articles.
What is Cadence and why its validation is important?
Feb 14, 2024
Understanding video cadence (or pull-down) in the broadcast industry can be challenging. In this blog article, we will explain what Cadence (or Pull-down) is along with its practical application, and different pull-down patterns.
Frame Shifting or Blanking Shift Issue Unveiled
Dec 13, 2023
What is frame shifting, it's impact on video quality, and how to overcome the challenge effectively with automated QC tools?
Understanding Dolby Atmos and its QC challenges
Aug 10, 2023
Dolby Atmos is a revolutionary leap in surround sound technology that takes the audio experience to a whole new level. Learn more about it.
Caption-Audio Synchronization issues due to editing: Automated QC and alignment
Nov 1, 2023
By leveraging automated QC tools, content creators can ensure precise caption-audio synchronization, and save time and resources while delivering high-quality, synchronized captions for their videos.
Importance of QC in Audio Phase issues
Aug 29, 2023
Audio phase plays a pivotal role in sound reproduction. Understand the causes of audio phase issues and their QC solution.
What is Cadence and why its validation is important?
Feb 14, 2024
Understanding video cadence (or pull-down) in the broadcast industry can be challenging. In this blog article, we will explain what Cadence (or Pull-down) is along with its practical application, and different pull-down patterns.
Frame shifting or Blanking shift issue unveiled
Dec 13, 2023
What is frame shifting, it's impact on video quality, and how to overcome the challenge effectively with automated QC tools?
Caption-Audio Synchronization issues due to editing: Automated QC & alignment
Nov 1, 2023
Learn why caption-audio synchronization is important and how to deliver high-quality synchronized captions in your video using automated QC tools
Importance of QC of Audio Phase Issues
Aug 29, 2023
Audio phase is a complex and intricate phenomenon that plays a pivotal role in sound reproduction. Understand the causes of audio phase issues and its solution
Understanding Dolby Atmos and its QC challenges
Aug 10, 2023
Learn about the revolutionary technology of Dolby Atmos that takes your sound experience to a new level.
CapMate 101 – Caption/Subtitle Files Verification and Correction Solution
Aug 4, 2022
Many of our customers had been telling us that the process of validating and correcting closed caption files is tedious, time consuming and costly! And that they needed an innovative QC solution...
Understanding GOP – What is “Group Of Pictures” and Why is it Important
May 4, 2022
GOP or “Group of Pictures” is a term that refers to the video structure representing how digital video is grouped. But before we get into understanding GOP, let’s start with the basics...
Dialog-gated Audio loudness and why it is important
Apr 13, 2022
Learn what is dialog gated loudness, it’s importance in video content, and how our QC products can help you detect it in an automated manner...