Nov - Dec 2016
Flutura
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016:For the experience of its management team, for building a hi-tech firm at the intersection of machine learning, sensors, nano-apps and data analytics and for helping solve critical problems for global industrial and oil &…
Shephertz
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016:For helping both Indian and North American clients build enterprise apps on its platform
Founder: Siddhartha Chandurkar
Shephertz, founded in mid 2010 by Siddhartha Chandurkar, runs App42, an array of products to help app developers build their…
Peelworks
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For its A-list clientele including the likes of Unilever, Airtel, Reckitt, Tata Sky and GSK. The company helps large brands and FMCG companies deal with mom and pop stores across the globe by building software to…
BIRA 91
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: In September 2015, when we featured Bira 91’s founder Ankur Jain, the article was headlined ‘Unapologetically Indian’. Jain founded BIRA 91 with a grand vision to be at the helm of a craft beer revolution in…
Indix
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For being founded by an experienced team and building one of the world’s first product information marketplace.
Founders: Sanjay Parthasarathy (in pic), Sridhar Venkatesh, Satya Kaliki and Rajesh Muppalla
Using the web and partner sites, Indix…
Hacker Earth
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016:For building one of India’s best platforms to spot developers, in a short span of time. The company made it to Startup50 2016 List for building a tight knit community of 1.2 million developers. Founders…
Playing The Devil’s Advocate With Ashok Soota
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Through a series of thought-provoking ‘how-to and how-not tos’, Ashok Soota, the Chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies, explains how startups can arrive at best strategies to succeed in different stages of their journey such…
Building A 60 Per Cent Startup Out of India
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Badri Pillapakkam, the Director of Investments at Omidyar Network India, insists on building for the middle 60 per cent of the Indian population, which demands needs, not wants, and is utilitarian, not hedonistic
Madhumita Prabhakar
Some time…
Ather Energy
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For their ability to sustain momentum on their big, bold, hi-tech venture in the electric two wheeler segment. In October this year, Hero Motocorp, India’s largest two wheeler manufacturer announced an investment of Rs. 205…
Airveda
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For its unique product, sophisticated technology that is made in India and for the potential impact it can have in an area where there is very little startup activity.
Founder: Namita Gupta
With New Delhi declared as…
WhitePrint
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For creating India’s First English Lifestyle Magazine in Braille for the blind
Founder: Upasana Makati
With India being home to the largest visually impaired population in the world, Makati had taken up quite a challenge when…
Local Circles
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building a platform for citizens to partner with the local government bodies and address hyper-local, community-based and national issues ranging from healthcare and education to women and child safety, and crime.
Founder: Sachin Taparia…
Nalanda Learning
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building a robust, profitable business model and socially impacting the lives of 2,500 students across 83 schools in 2015.
Founders: Tamal Mukherjee, Timir Mukherjee
While there are numerous organisations working towards developing specific skills of…
Unacademy
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016:For building India’s largest free education platform with 2400 courses and 300,000 students
Founders: Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini, Hemesh Singh And Sachin Gupta
For every social entrepreneur building a product or a service in India…
RailYatri
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For actively serving over 3.1 million active users, as it marches towards its mission of enhancing the user experience for train travellers in India.
Founders: Manish Rathi, Kapil Raizada & Sachin Saxena
RailYatri is a deep…
Avagmah
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For being a pioneering edtech startup that connect students with working professionals through a mobile app
Founders: Karthik Ks (In Pic), Sankar Bora, Prasad G Palla
Given the rapid pace at which technology and innovation is fuelling…
HouseJoy
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For specialising in on-demand residential services including plumbing, electrical services, home cleaning, computer repairs, beautician at home and laundry services and attracting the attention of Amazon.com as an investor.
Founders: Sunil Goel, Arjun Kumar
Founded…
NoBroker
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For establishing scale within two years of founding. It currently enables over five lakh C2C transactions every month and has 10 lakh registered users
Founders: Akhil Gupta, Amit Kumar Agarwal, Saurabh Garg
A striking differentiator for NoBroker…
CredR
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For its ability to scale rapidly as the leading marketplace that facilitates buying, selling and exchange of verified, pre-owned two wheelers.
Founders: Sumit Chhazed (in pic), Nikhil Jain, Nittin Mittal
Although an online marketplace for buying…
Scripbox
Nov 30, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For already touching an AUM (Assets Under Management) of Rs. 200 crore and having Rs. 500 crore in forward-looking SIP commitments
Founders: Sanjiv Singhal, E R Ashok Kumar (In Pic)
Scripbox is a friendly investment service…
Jaypore
Nov 21, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building an e-commerce business which turned profitable in its very first year of operations and has been doubling in revenue annually, since then
Founders: Shilpa Sharma, Puneet Chawla
Jaypore.com was founded with a vision…
Moglix
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: In less than two years, Moglix has served 20,000+ business customers with 50 per cent revenue coming from large organizations belonging to the Rs. 100 crore club. With backing from Ratan Tata, Accel Partners and Jungle…
U2opia Mobile
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: U2opia Mobile has built products in India to serve over 88 mobile network operators across Asia, Africa and Latin America. By creating mobile solutions that target over a billion people world over, the company has triumphed with…
KredX
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: KredX, an invoice discounting marketplace, was a deserving winner in the Enterprise Tech category for creating a disruptive business in the lending industry wherein creditworthy SMEs can raise short-term working capital against unpaid invoices through HNI…
Niki.ai
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: On the basis of its robust technology, artificial intelligence-based chatbot Niki.ai, has gained significant customer traction in the early stage. Backed by Rata Tata and Ronnie Screwvala’s Unilazer Ventures, this winner has amassed a…
NowFloats Technologies
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: NowFloats Technologies’ self-service platform has helped over 1,21,000 micro and small businesses with their digital marketing and achieving this puts it on the winners list
Founders: Jasminder Singh Gulati, Neeraj Sabharwal, Ronak Samantray And…
IDfy
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: IDfy helps both companies and individual consumers make decisions about the most important resource at hand, people. The company’s growth, in terms of revenue and gaining traction with users, is impressive and that is the primary…
Entersoft Information Systems
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Entersoft Information Systems finds a place amongst the winners in the Enterprise Technology category for providing expertise in the area of offensive security. The company whose award winning application security is trusted by over 150 global brands…
Impartus Innovations
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Impartus Innovations’ marquee clientele includes IIM-B, Shiv Nadar School, PES University Bangalore, Anna University Chennai and more. The company finds itself on the winners list for its innovative video-based learning solutions that have helped deliver…
AVR Edge Networks
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: By using innovative technologies like natural language processing and predictive modelling, AVR Edge Networks has come up with winning solutions to address real world problems in human resources, especially, for companies with larger workforces
Founder: Arjun Pratap…
Unbxd
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For powering a truly global product discovery platform for ecommerce companies in over 40 countries, serving 1200 e-commerce companies.
Founders: Pavan Sondur, Prashant Kumar
Bangalore-based Unbxd develops on-site product discovery software for ecommerce companies…
Uniphore Software Systems
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For being a leader in building top-quality multi lingual speech-based software products. Uniphore was also part of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 in 2014 and 2015, and the company’s founder, has been recognized by…
Industrybuying.com
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For being a key player in India’s emerging B2B e-commerce segment. The company is currently on a run rate of RS. 150 crore, thanks to serving over 150,000 SME customers.
Founders: Swati Gupta, Rahul…
Udio–Transerv
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For the wonderful traction it has displayed – over 1 million app download for its UDIO Wallet, building a partner network of 1 lakh agents for its UDIO cashpoints, and for processing over Rs. 100 crore with its…
Stellapps Technologies
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building innovative applications using Internet of Things (IoT) & Big Data to improve efficiency in a very unique sector – agri and dairy supply chain, and is expected to touch Rs. 37 crore in revenue this fiscal…
Capital Float
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For its wonderful growth trajectory as India’s largest digital financing platform for SMEs; last year the company served 1500 customers in 100+ cities.
Founders: Gaurav Hinduja, Sashank Rishyasringa
Bangalore-based Capital Float, a digital financing platform…
REConnect Energy
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building a venture with a robust business model in the clean tech space, a rarity in the current context.
Founders: Vishal Pandya (In Pic), Vibhav Nuwal
Bangalore-based REConnect Energy enables the electric grid to absorb…
Utrade
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building a fintech company specializing in making multi-asset trading platforms for global financial markets, serving 50 financial institutions in over 10 countries.
Founders: Kunal Nandwani (In Pic), Ashish Grover, Harwinder Sidhu, Mayank Mathur
Chandigarh-based…
Craftsvilla
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For becoming the market leader in the online ethnic apparel and handicrafts segment; For going beyond the handicrafts business by expanding into ethnic food
Founders: Manoj Gupta (In Pic), Monica Gupta
Mumbai-based Craftsvilla is an ethnic…
CashKaro
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For helping e-commerce firms solve their biggest challenge – generating sales – through its cashback business model and helping their e-commerce partners generate over INR 1000 crore in GMV.
Founders: Rohan Bhargava, Swati Bhargava
One of the…
CREO
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For its big, bold and hi-tech approach of creating the Android experience of the future.
Founder: Sai Srinivas Kiran G
Incorporated in July 2013, CREO, a Bengaluru-based consumer technology company, is on a mission to…
Southern Health Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For clocking a turnover of Rs. 47 crore in FY2016, and for cracking the code to build an FMCG brand in the health foods segment
Founders: I.S.A.K.Nazar (In Pic), I.Syed Sajan
The…
Triguni Food Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building a robust brand in the airline food segment, and for setting up a profitable business in a competitive segment, and most importantly, building a memorable brand.
Founder: Radha Daga (In Pic), Vikas Daga
Strong credentials…
Urban Clap
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For delivering gross services worth Rs. 2 crore per day, and for traction in terms of user growth & having over 1.5 million app downloads.
Founders: Abhiraj Bhal (In Pic), Varun Khaitan And Raghav Chandra
UrbanClap…
Jugnoo
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For standing out in an ultra competitive segment, for its nimbleness and its ability to use its auto network to break into hyper-local delivery and B2B logistics
Founders: Samar Singla (In Pic) And Chinmay Agarwal
Jugnoo…
ClearTax
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: ClearTax is India’s leading tax filing platform, used by over 1 million Indian taxpayers and over 10,000 CA firms, and that’s simply the reason why the Jury unanimously picked ClearTax.
Founders: Archit Gupta, Srivatsan…
BookMyForex.com
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For the robust growth it displayed – generating a turnover of Rs. 55 crore a month, up from Rs. 13 crore a month in April 2015.
Founders: Nitin And Sudarshan Motwani
Incorporated in November 2012 by Nitin and…
CoverFox
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For building the MakeMyTrip of the online insurance segment and keeping its platform digital-ready for the millennial generation
Founders: Varun Dua (In Pic) And Devendra Rane
Founder: Varun Dua
Incorporated in May 2013 by Varun Dua…
Events High (Njuta Technologies Pvt Ltd.)
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: For aspiring to become the Google for Local Events, with the specific goal of helping users find the long tail of local, city-based events, achieving its user growth numbers and for serving 320,000 monthly active…
Happiest Minds
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Happiest Minds was chosen in 2015 for reaching an annual run rate of US $50 million within three years of founding, and for serving over 100 global customers in disruptive technology-related services, in such a short…
Forus Health: A Rare Story Of Success in India's Medical Devices Market
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Last year, Forus Health made it to the list for manufacturing affordable eye care equipment (3Nethra) to eradicate preventable blindness. In the last one year, Forus has expanded its product portfolio and launched 3Nethra Neo, a hand…
Mitra Biotech Offers Personalised Cancer Care For Patients
Dec 07, 2016
In Startup50 2016: Mitra Biotech won the award last year for its proprietary technology, CANScript, which offers more accurate and personalized cancer care. Over the year, Mitra has made this tech more robust; it can dramatically speed oncology drug discovery…
