Indian entrepreneurs: Page 3

News and Trends

Making of the Fastest Unicorn, Udaan

When the three co-founders left Flipkart, they had no 'concrete idea' but the resolve to work together

News and Trends

RentRoomi To Enter New York, London, and Hong Kong

Currently, the start-up allows people to list a room or an entire property on the platform and only charges once tenants have moved in

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[Funding Alert] Y Combinator-backed Agritech Start-Up Raises Funding

Founded in 2016 by the father-son duo of Sanjay Agarwalla and Aditya Agarwalla, the company connects marginal farmers, who constitute a large part of the entire population, directly to businesses anywhere in the country for the sale of their produce.

Finance

This Indian Start-Up Is Sachetizing Financial Products For the Blue Collar Segment

Bengaluru-based Avail Finance, which is backed by the likes of Bhavish Aggarwal and Binny Bansal, partners with non-banking financial companies to help disburse easy loans ranging upto INR 50,000.

Entrepreneurs

This Motorcycle Lover Turned His Passion Into Business

Operational in Bengaluru and Hydrerabad, Anil G. of Bounce plans to launch the yellow motorcycles across other Indian cities.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] This Indian Snack Start-Up Raised $2.7 Mln Series A

Bengaluru-based Samosa Singh said it would use the funds to scale up operations, increase production capabilities, and expand in multi-cities, while also entering households through a delivery via cloud kitchen model.

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[Funding Alert] Former Paytm Executive's Latest Venture Raises $11 Mln

Merely 6 months old, Amit Lakhotia's Park+ offers a mobile application-based platform for smart parking solutions. The round was co-led by Sequoia India and Matrix Partners India.

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[Funding Alert] Company Which Made the Robot That Greeted PM Modi and Ivanka Trump Raises Funding

Invento Makerspaces, maker of the humanoid robot Mitra, will use the new funds for research and development in building new robot variants, as well as business expansion.

Entrepreneurs

Meet the Workaholic Problem Solver Whose Start-Up Is Reimagining India's Fresh Produce Supply Chain

Thirukumaran Nagarajan is 34-years old and the co-founder of Ninjacart. As a hustler who gets bored easily, he says his biggest challenge has been to take a backseat and let people do the job.

Entrepreneurs

Giving care to elderly and needy, at home

Garima Tripathi's Care24 provides medical attendants for post-discharge care

Entrepreneurs

This Second-Time Entrepreneur Is Bridging the Gap Between Game Developers and Users

At 31, Sai Srinivas has already founded two successful start-ups-Creo and Mobile Premier League, with the latter having 32 million registered users on its platform.

Entrepreneurs

This Entrepreneur Cracked the Edtech Code By Focusing On Learning Outcomes

Along with Vibhu Bhushan and Sanjeev Kumar, Shobhit Bhatnagar started Gradeup in 2015, which now helps more than 18 million aspirants prepare for examinations such as JEE and UPSC, among others.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] This Logistics and Supply Chain Management Start-Up Raised INR 64 Crore

The round also saw the participation of German conglomerate Siemens' investment arm Next47 and existing investor Nexus Venture Partners.

Technology

This Start-Up Is Transforming India's Unorganized Trucking Sector

Bengaluru-based Fortigo creates a seamless experience between the supply side consisting of fleet owners with customers who want their packages delivered.

Technology

Chargebee's Krish Subramanian On SaaS and Value Metrics

Founded in 2010, the Chennai-based company offers subscription management services through a software-as-a-services model. In conversation with Prathibha Sastry, co-founder Subramanian shares his insights.