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I MAR 2015 I 3

FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK

Ramesh Somani Publisher & Founder/exhibitmag/thetechycom

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This issue is to celebrate something very special, to celebrate, People. But no ordinary people, to cel-ebrate People who dare to think differently, Dare to innovate, People who dare to take risks, People who enjoy challenges and savor competition. The ones who not just identify opportunities, but also create them. This Special issue is to celebrate entrepreneurs and it’s our inaugural year book for Hottest Tech Startups in India .

Startup ---- a riveting roller coaster filled with tre-mendous highs and lows. It always begins with a good-innovative idea. But coming up with a good idea is not good enough, it further requires a great plan and even greater implementation. According to a recent stats around 12.5% of the working pop-ulation of India is engaged in opportunity-based ventures, which is the highest, if compared to any other developing economy around the world. Which means that we have a huge force rather an entire generation of young entrepreneurs, who are con-stantly identifying and creating innovative business opportunities.

And this issue is a result of our 3-month work which concluded on 9th of March at Courtyard Marriott Mumbai. I wish each and every one of you read-ing this could have been present with us on 9th of March when a new world was being shaped by fresh and energetic startups. I know that’s practically not possible, that’s why we have the best scoop for you televised and you can catch it on NDTV on the 11th of April at 12:30pm and a re-run on the 12th of April at 6:30pm.

We shortlisted the Exhibit Top 100 Tech Startups on the basis of their company background, their cha-risma and will to innovate and of course, scaling up potential and that they should have been formed in the year 2014. This would definitely have not been possible without our partners TIE, IAN and NASS-COM and our Sponsors GIONEE, JBL & IBM. The Top 22 were given an opportunity to pitch in front

of a respectable Jury Panel which comprised of Top Indian VCs and HNIs.Further from these Top 22 Startups, the Jury ranked Top 3 on various parameters like the founders’ background, scalibility of the idea and the quality of the pitch - and finally Haptik, Baby Chakra and Muzenly, came out winners amongst the participants. Startups are young and filled with potential which needs to be directed on the right path, for this we had with us Mr. Anupam Mittal who is the CEO of People’s Group and the founder of Shaadi.com. The entire audience were enlightened by a fabulous speech by him and short Q&A round. The Exhibit 100 Hottest Tech Startups can be regarded as one of the most effective startup meets as all the startups experienced great exposure. It was a great networking opportunity for majority of them as the best in the industry were willing to talk over lunch and tea breaks.We, had a single propaganda throughout the event – he who is an entrepreneur is already a winner. So all you startups out there, we welcome you for the next year as we wait to mine diamonds again.

Enjoy the issue and take your pick as to what is going to be the Next Billion Dollar Idea. And yes Its not only all pitches, since the issue goes on print and other VCs are doing their due diligence, we have already funded Fone Spa and come on board as a Co-founder with 50% Equity. So that’s that.

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DEEPAK GAURMD, SAIF Partners

Deepak Gaur is currently the Managing Director of SAIF Partners which is one of the largest funds in India. Previously a consultant with McKinsey & Company and having handled various sectors like Consumer products/services, telecom, IT and the automotive sector, Mr Gaur has definitely be-come a very renowned name in the country. His hard work in the fields that belong to the present and the future has brought him to where he is today. He holds a B.Tech degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur and was awarded the Chairman’s Gold medal in IIM Lucknow.

NIREN SHAHMD, NVP India

With 16 years of experience in operations, finance, investment banking and entrepreneurship from leading global financial institutions, Mr Niren Shah surely brought a lot with him to NVP India. He serves as an advisor on India-based investments across a wide range of sectors. He was the man who advised Norwest Venture Partners’ investments in Cholamandalam Fi-nance, DealsandYou.com, FashionandYou.com, IndusInd Bank , Shriram City Union Finance, Suvidha, Yes Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Jain Irrigation, Komli Media, Pepperfry, Quikr and Ratnakar Bank.Mr Shah was also the Senior Director of Strategy and Ventures at eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) in California and was also part of the Marketplaces Ventures leadership team, where he played a vital role of considering new business opportunities, ac-quisitions and potential investments across the Global Marketplaces.

KUMAR SHIRALAGI MD, Kalaari Capital

With a 10 plus year track record of managing high-performing investments, Dr Kumar Shiralagi shines brighter with every mention. He is a Managing Director at Kalaari Capital, and serves on ten company boards. He has been involved with more than 25 companies - advising and serving on various boards. He was the Country Director of Intel Capital India from 2003-2007. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Charter Member of TiE. He has published more than 60 technical papers, holds 23 U.S. patents, and co-founded Lytek Corporation, a semiconductor laser manufacturer. These power packed achievements can make anybody look at him with truckloads of admiration.

VINOD KENI Founder/CEO of Peachtree Management Advisors & Zeus Associates

Vinod Keni is a serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor, world traveler and ci-gar aficionado. He has more than 22 years of entrepreneurial, financial management, management consulting and operations experience. He has a track record of success as a serial entrepreneur, C-level executive and management consultant. He currently is the Founder/CEO of Peachtree Management Advisors & Zeus Associates, both of which provide manage-ment, strategy, finance and operational consulting to small and medium enterprises, family owned companies and multinationals. He is the Founder/Chairman of Peachtree Financial Services, a venture debt fund in India. As the founder/CEO of Aquarian Management Services, he advised and men-tored several early and growth stage organizations in India, and provided operational, financial and cross-border advisory services to US & European multinationals entering and operating in India.

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RAHUL CHOWDHRIDirector, Helion Venture Partners

Rahul Chowdhri has been part of Helion investment team since 2007. His focus areas include ecommerce, digital media and education sectors. Amongst other companies, he is closely involved with investments in Bigbas-ket, Simplilearn, Livspace, Shopclues, Mysmartprice, Toppr at Helion. Prior to Helion, Rahul has had 9 years of experience working for companies like Microsoft, marketRx, i2 technologies and BCG. He holds an MBA degree from IIM, Calcutta and B. Tech. from IIT, Kanpur.

VIKRAM GODSEPartnar, MD and Executive Officer, Mayfield Fund

A dynamic man having his investment stints in various sectors, Mr Vikram Godse has been an active investor since 14 long years. The fields explored by him include logistics, wireless, education, media and financial services. He sits on the boards of The Beer Cafe(India’s largest chain of alco-bev-erage cafés), Amagi (India-based geographic targeting of television ad-vertisements) and Genesis Colors (a high-end apparel company) and led the investment into Centum Learning (Education) and Fourcee Infrastructure (Logistics). Vikram received his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a Mas-ter’s in Management Studies from the University of Bombay. This exception-ally intelligent man is a well renowned personality in the VC circle of India.

ARVIND VOHRA Country CEO & MD - Gionee Smartphones India

Arvind R Vohra, Country CEO & MD for Gionee smartphone business in India. He gave up a comfortable job to get into entrepreneurship way back in 2008. He partnered with Gionee to launch this brand in India in March 2013 and under his leadership it has grown to take the top of mind recall in the ever confusing and competitive handset industry in India. With his passion and drive, Mr Vohra is sure to make Gionee the top smartphone brand in India very soon. Apart from that he is also an investor in True call-er, triporto and is looking forward to mentor promising startups.

SAHIL SAINI Chairman, Sahil Global Ventures

Sahil Sani is Chairman at Sahil Global Ventures and Director at Sahil Inter-national among other group companies. He is India’s exclusive distributor for legendary brands like JBL & Harman Kardon. Through his investment arm SGV, he invests in Early stage startups that disrupt known business mod-els. His firms have pioneered innovative distribution, marketing and brand building for brands that wanted to enter India. Sahil was recently awarded by Reliance Digital for the category “ Most Innovative business model” over a nominee group that included the world’s top technology firms. He has already invested in start ups like Just Buy Live, retailking etc and now men-toring them on their journey.

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HaptikIncFounder: Aakrit Vaish, Swapan Rajdev

Industry vertIcal – AppIs thIs the next Great Idea – With users getting increasingly frustrated with the assistance provided, Haptik sounds like a good idea with nice amount of potential to explore. Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – $1 MILLION

Idea – Haptik is a Mumbai based company that owns a mobile platform to help users get help with products and services over messaging. It is an iOS and Android app (with the same name) that allows users to send a query about any company, and get a response from a certified Haptik expert or company representative within 5 minutes.

WeBsIte - http://www.haptik.co/

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Baby ChakraFounder: Naiyya Saggi

Industry vertIcal – HealthcareIs thIs the next Great Idea – A relatively unexplored area for a tech startup to jump into, the idea is certainly unique and the team of Babychakra prides itself in being a community. It certainly has the potential to be the next big thing, but for obvious reasons, will always find a limited user base. Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – $300,000

Idea – This startup is exploring the world of maternal healthcare – a world where everyone in the family is anxious at most times, unless the toddlers are playing with their new toys! The site features quality, recommended services and products suggested by moms and dads. Unlike other websites, these folks are a community. They started off with asking real moms and dads what and who they love: So you use Suggestions. Read Reviews. Make Decisions.

WeBsIte - http://www.babychakra.com/

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MuzenlyFounder: Ninad Shah, Sudhama Bhatia

Industry vertIcal – EntertainmentIs thIs the next Great Idea – We have portals that solve all problems ranging from going out for a Movie to going out for a long vacation. Then why not a service that is totally concentrated on improving your Live Music Experience? This startup will attract a lot of young eyes as the Indian party scene is at its best. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Muzenly is a Mumbai based organization whose aim is to help their customers enjoy Live Music Experiences while they take care of all the planning and plotting. Music is one element in our society that is most welcomed into our lives and Muzenly makes it easier to plan your travel, accommodation and even transportation.

WeBsIte - http://www.muzenly.com/

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PlayNLive.comFounder: Nakul Kapur

Industry vertIcal – SportsIs thIs the next Great Idea – Good ideas can be simple or game-changing. And puns aside, the team at PlayNLive want to get the ball-rolling on their dream of revolutionizing sports – making them an interesting prospect and a startup to keep an eye out for.Bootstrapped? - Yes capItal Invested – Rs. 25 LAKHS

Idea – PlayNLive are eyeing billion dollar sports and fitness marketing business which hasn’t been taken seriously by any startups so far. Playnlive wants to be the platform where people should discover places to play their favorite sport/find fitness center, book the service online and also find a partner to tag along with. They have took up a challenging task of revolutionizing the sports, health and fitness industry through Playnlive. It shows the will of the team to build a global product from the Indian roots. And where there is a will, there is a way!

WeBsIte - www.PlayNLive.com

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FraggingmonkFounder: Vaibhav Shetty

Industry vertIcal – GamingIs thIs the next Great Idea – Gaming industry is growing at a phenomenal rate and it’s easy to see where the loyalty of FraggingMonk lies. With some unique offerings and competitive pricing, they will surely be the ones to watch out for. Bootstrapped? - In ProcesscapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – FraggingMonk Technologies is a start-up with the vision to assemble and market its own brand of high end gaming systems and PC customization options. We are gaming enthusiasts possessing the know-how to make just the right gaming rig for every gaming category. If one is to draw parallels, it would be a hybrid of Alienware and the gaming PC version of DC designs. The team has conceptualized and put together a gaming café (LXG) in Bangalore which has been recognized as one of the most advanced gaming cafe in Asia. The PCs put up by the team prompted nVidia to make the gaming café the first nVidia branded experience centre in South Asia. The team now has an MoU with this institutional customer to supply gaming PC’s to all its future franchises. The company already has a strategic tie up with Coolermaster India to integrate the social media promotion of both brands as well as with nVidia, Asus and MSI for sourcing of components and with Razor, Steel Series and Logitech for the sourcing of accessories. Talks are on with Flipkart to establish an online sales channel more than a mere vendor listing.

WeBsIte - http://fraggingmonk.com/

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SkoolPlugFounder: Dheerin Motwani, Vishal Gupta, Sachin Sharma, Abhishek Porwal

Industry vertIcal – Education

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Changing existing ways of doing things is always difficult, but the payoffs can be rewarding. SkoolPlug have their eyes set on something big, but we will need to see how they carve their path and become a bigger player in this field.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Skoolplug is a cloud based tool for educational institutes that provides increases efficiency of administration, communication and planning of daily activities. Skoolplug revolutionizes the way teachers, principals, students and parents connect and operate within the school environment. Above all its fully customizable to reflect the school’s education fundamentals.

WeBsIte - http://skoolplug.com/

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Kamraa.comFounder: Arjun Kirpal

Industry vertIcal – Real Estate

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Not an original idea, but the execution is certainly good. A minimal design for their website with very responsive tem-plates, makes using kamraa.com a pleasure. Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – RS. 10,00,000

Idea – Another startup which has dared to enter a crowded market, but is confident about its own product. In their short video which they submitted to us, they openly asked us to compare their website to its competitors in this space to evaluate which performs the best. They offer services which will help you locate rental deals in an Indian city of your choice, and while they are available in only 3 cities right now, they are planning to scale up quickly.

WeBsIte - http://www.kamraa.com/

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EdulancheFounder: Dr. Nishanth B Singh

Industry vertIcal – Education

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Built around the education system, it is easy to see the lure of the business model. But, with plenty of established players present in the market in one form or the other, it will be difficult to find a firm foothold for this young startup. Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – $85,000

Idea – EduLanche Academic Network is the first of its kind for ‘academic networking and is poised to shake up 3 verticals (i) E-learning, (ii) E-commerce of academic goods and (iii) Recruitment. EduLanche Academic Network has a global potential proven by the user base expanding in India & abroad. The market opportunity is substantial at $600 billion, they claim. India’s online education alone is predicted to reach $110 billion by 2015.

WeBsIte - http://edulanche.com/

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ParkingRhino Online Services Pvt. Ltd.

Founder: Tridib Konwar

Industry vertIcal – Public TransportationIs thIs the next Great Idea – Possibly! How we know the frustration of not find a good parking spot and if there was an app that could easily solve your problem, then who wouldn’t wanna use it! Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – In India, after mobile first where now mobile is everywhere, GPS accuracy and mobile app reliability give us tremendous opportunity to solve a real time problem that is “Parking”. This will actually impact additional revenue to our country, save money for consumers, clean up the streets, clean up the economy, clean up the ecology and help merchants to grow their business. We are trying to solve this problem in a big way.

WeBsIte - http://parkingrhino.com/

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FlipparFounder: Vivek Jain, Mahadev Gupta

Industry vertIcal – Virtual Reality Is thIs the next Great Idea – As appealing and alluring the idea sounds on paper, we might need to wait a while to see how large number of users will respond to VR and AR. It’s a young technology that is not fully explored nor understood fully, but chances are, this will be the future we rely on. And with the right approach, Flippar can be the most exciting startup to keep an eye on.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Flippar is an Augmented Reality based mobile platform with an objective of augmenting the whole world & getting the users to use the app on a daily basis - meeting the ‘Google toothbrush’ test. Augmented Reality (AR) is changing the way we view the world -- or at least the way its users see the world. Imagine touring your local art gallery and using your smartphone to access information about the artist via video or learning more about the creation process.

WeBsIte - http://www.flippar.com/

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ConexstraFounder: Sushil Shirke

Industry vertIcal – EducationIs thIs the next Great Idea – Any idea that is certainly unique to the challenges faced by a country like ours, the guys at Conexstra are approaching a complex issue with some innovative thinking. If they keep progressing at the same level, there is no denying that they will become a big fish to watch out for.

Bootstrapped? - Yes, private partner capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The team says that they are poised to unleash a platform that pushes the technology to its limits by applying it in the field of knowledge exploration. Their platform takes a deeper learning from the world’s best platforms (Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube) and with smart architecture makes learning, education and knowledge sharing accessible to anyone and everyone, with or without internet and any device at any place. Be it a village student or farmer with a basic Android phone or a Urban user with sophisticated tablet or SmartTV, the platform delivers a personalized learning experience.

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MeniasFounder: Ekansh Kumar, Vikram Bhardwaj

Industry vertIcal – MedicalIs thIs the next Great Idea – Has the potential, but the biggest question will be around TRUST. Will people readily trust an online portal to get the right information about something as sensitive as healthcare? Only time will tell. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Quality and efficient medical care for a nation of 1.2 billion is often seen as more of a dream than a real-time goal. This is primarily due to lack of adequate knowledge, infrastructure and modest employment of technology in the healthcare industry, leading to poor coordination and integration between different healthcare units. Whether it’s a common cold or a fatal disease, having an ailment in India is like going through an arduous journey. We are being a part of changing this scenario.

WeBsIte - http://www.menias.com/

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MyishFounder: Dhawal Seghal, Rishi Rias, Vincent Alton

Industry vertIcal – Social MediaIs thIs the next Great Idea – Social Media portals are blooming, but to succeed will take a lot more than implement similar ideas in different ways. The team at Myish has some unique ideas, but to actually see them implemented quickly is what will tip things in their favour. Bootstrapped? - Self-fundedcapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Myish is a new network, the review network and aims at disrupting the review space, starting off with India. Myish is a unified go-to source for trusted reviews on everything from fashion to gadgets. Myish focuses on the front-end user experience of curating reviews, making it easy for our users to share their opinions about whatever it is they’re experiencing, with their community. Myish has a social layer and gamification element built into the platform, creating trust among the reviews and rewarding users for valuable reviews.

WeBsIte - http://www.myish.com/

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PaintcollarFounder: Amogh Vaishampayan

Industry vertIcal – Retail Is thIs the next Great Idea – Not the most original idea here, but one that can be lucrative to explore with some innovative ideas. If the team can integrate some more tech and get users to engage more, there is no reason to see them grow exponentially. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Paintcollar is a marketplace for designer merchandise created by artists. We enable artists to create products like prints, laptop skins and T-shirts with their artwork and sell them online with their own profit margins. This is done using our unique product design tool. When a customer buys a product, we manufacture and deliver it while the artist gets paid. Paintcollar connects art with lifestyle. We are a one of a kind platform that effortlessly lets artists sell their work. The best part is that using Paintcollar is absolutely free and artists can also retain all the copyrights to their work.

WeBsIte - http://paintcollar.com/

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InLoyalFounder: Kunal Mehta, Urvi Mehta

Industry vertIcal – M-Commerce Is thIs the next Great Idea – A unique idea to be explored, but whether as many users will jump their boat and keep at it, remains to be seen. If the team can get that done, they will certainly find rewards that will make them a force to reckon with.Bootstrapped? - No capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Inloyal is a mobile app-based loyalty rewards and engagement platform, where it becomes a mobile wallet for retail customers to manage all their loyalty cards and rewards in one place and plug-and-play loyalty rewards management platform for retailers to deploy out-of-the-box loyalty and reward programs for their customers. inloyal aims to make it extremely easy for retailers to start their white-labeled loyalty programs through its SaaS platform.

WeBsIte - http://www.inloyal.com/

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Bindass PartyFounder: Arvindra Kanwal, Poonam Kanwal

Industry vertIcal – EntertainmentIs thIs the next Great Idea – Who doesn’t like things to get automated while planning and executing events, especially the ones which have dozens of things that can potentially go wrong. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – This enthusiastic entrepreneur introduced us to his startup as the first mover in India and globally to automate the transaction process for Venues, Caterers and Event Services. With fully integrated SAAS and workflow systems and business rules to price dynamically with real time inventory, this certainly is an interesting tech startup to watch out for.

WeBsIte - http://bindassparty.com/

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FonespaFounder: Vibhav Mehta & Now Post the event Mr Ramesh Somani Joins as Co -Founder.

Industry vertIcal – Ecommerce & RETAILIs thIs the next Great Idea – Ask yourself how often do you change your phones? Nearly twice the number of times you purchase an accessory for your phone every month. Now, imagine thousands of people practicing this every day. You see how great an idea Fonespa is? You Take any designe click a selfie and give it to the Fone spa Guy already in 2 malls in Mumbai and you can get a custom case with Design printed in 5 Minutes.

capItal Invested – As we had promised to all Start ups Pitching One of them will get funded. Our Publisher & Founder Mr Ramesh Somani has picked up 50% Equity in Fone Spa Pvt Ltd and annouced it just one day after the pitching on 9th March. All Hail Exhibit Hottest 100 Tech Start ups.

Idea – In today’s world our smartphones are not merely devices they are a necessity. You might forget to carry the most important of documents, or might forget your briefcase at time. Even other important accessories like watches, tie, earrings, etc. are left behind, but one thing that always stays close to you is your smartphone. Fonespa provides you the luxury to customize this beloved smartphone of yours in number of ways. It helps keep the device posh just like you are.

WeBsIte - http://fonespa.com/

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BusigenceFounder: Pranav Verma, Prashant Verma

Industry vertIcal – Software Is thIs the next Great Idea – The enthusiastic team at Busigence has certainly taken the right steps so far, but it is hard to judge how valuable the idea will reach to a bigger audience. If they play their cards right, they will certainly find themselves in places where few startups go to.Bootstrapped? - No capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – A unique product based on Natural Language Processing (which is a branch of Artificial Intelligence) that enables computers to understand and analyze human speech as it is spoken and written. There are not too many companies (including startups) who are actually working on products/ solutions based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and these guys are proud to be one of those few.

WeBsIte - http://www.busigence.com/

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RatashFounder: Shekhar Narang

Industry vertIcal – E-CommerceIs thIs the next Great Idea – It’s hard to judge an idea where the roots are laid in the past and the technology driving it is heading in the future. But, that’s where Ratash finds itself and they will need to keep a level head to deliver in an effective manner while still grow their user base.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – We are unique in terms of service we want to provide. We are not developing any app not inventing any hardcore technology. We are here to help and support our own culture and heritage which have a long and deep roots with our country and with us.

WeBsIte - http://www.ratash.com/

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IndishcraftFounder: Suraj Prakash

Industry vertIcal – Retail Is thIs the next Great Idea – Although the idea is noble and the technology sound, it is hard to earmark this as ‘next big thing’ at the moment. We will need to see how users adopt and use the service, but there is a threshold which will be breached pretty quickly.Bootstrapped? - No capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – An unique but traditionally rich handicraft and hand-loom products, which is decentralized and unstructured in terms of marketing, technically (IT infrastructure) and customer awareness about products. We integrated artisans and manufacture at single platform to organise the handicraft and hand-loom sector. Reduction of long chain in between customers and artisans reduce the product price and increase the exercise for product selection. So we have taken a step toward to intact essence of Indian art and cultural value and moving parallel to era due to the value addition in product through innovation.

WeBsIte - http://www.indishcraft.com/

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Oiral Business Ltd.Founder: Rahul Singhal, Jyoti Singhal, Anand Goel

Industry vertIcal – RetailIs thIs the next Great Idea – Simple ideas sometimes click in the most unexpected ways and the team at Oiral seem to be all too aware of this. They are creating a platform to appeal to a large audience, so we will surely keep an eye out on them and see how they shape up.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Oiral is next Gen Loyalty Tool and they are focusing on unorganized retail sector and service providers, with the e-commerce boom in India, these are the highly affected and they provide solutions to them. By eliminating the need for any hardware and software, the process is really easy to get going and all users need to do is register and start offering the schemes.

WeBsIte - http://moiral.com/

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Ambition BoxFounder: Mayur Mundada, Subramanya Jingade

Industry vertIcal – Education Is thIs the next Great Idea – If there is enough traction and people are willing to participate with them openly and fairly, then it sure looks like a great idea to invest in. There are some questions about getting the numbers needed to really make it big, but then this is still in its development stages and can generate a lot of interest going forward.

Bootstrapped? - Self-fundedcapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Some ideas are born out of the pain that one goes through in some situation or the other. Ambition Box is one such idea where a bunch of IIT students have come together to solve issues faced during campus placements. A solid team backed by good experience is running the show here, with ex-employees from such esteemed organizations like JP Morgan and Deloitte.

WeBsIte - http://ambitionbox.com/

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eKincare

cloudboost

Founder: Kiran K Kalakuntla

Founder: Nawaz Dhandala

Industry vertIcal – Healthcare

Industry vertIcal – Software

Is thIs the next Great Idea – If we want to overly simplify the concept, it feels like the digitalization of paperwork pertaining to your health records. But, of course, it is much more – and that’s where the complexities might also catch up with the team. Innovative solutions can, naturally, get them out and in the spotlight.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – This sure may sound like a leaf out of a Sci-Fi book, but the capable team at Cloudboost is dreaming big. If they can pull this off without hiccups, they will certainly reach newer heights in a rather short time.

Bootstrapped? - Yes

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – Rs. 2 crores

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Everyone has health records; records from a recent lab test, notes from a doctor visit or maybe an old prescription. Doctors need to know what you are allergic to , history from lab results and your current medication before taking a decision. In order to identify the disease correctly and provide better treatment they need more data which results in multiple tests and multiple records scattered everywhere. And when the time comes for us to locate a particular record/prescription we run all over the place trying to locate it. And imagine the agony one has to go through when one has to narrate the entire medical history and medication information repeatedly while visiting multiple practitioners?

A more important point to ponder about when it comes to healthcare is why is it that in the age of evernote, google analytics and cloud storage we store our most critical information in the form of paper? Why not harness this data to detect chronic diseases early and define a healthier future.

What if doctors had a cheat sheet of your medical history and a graph of all your lab results to detect chronic disease early when the chances of treatment are much bright-er? All this and more can be achieved using personal electronic health records (EHR).

eKincare is a not merely consolidating the medical records, but is building a layer of analytics on top of it to predict and define a healthy behavior.

Idea – Here’s a novel idea - use an AI to write software automatically! You don’t need a web developer to build apps – the startup Cloudboost think this is a technology of the future and are baking on it.

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Beaconifi

almabase

Founder: Ritabrata Bhaumik, Anuraj Ennai

Founder: Kalyan Varma

Industry vertIcal – Retail

Industry vertIcal – Education

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Even though there is a lot of data that can be collected and analyzed just by understanding the buying patterns of individuals, it is way harder to put that data to actual use for store/mall owners. The idea certainly has the potential to become big, but whether or not the data will actually help out the right people in the right manner is what remains to be seen. If they do pull it off, then it certainly has the potential to be the next big thing.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – This has the potential to be an idea whose idea has come.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - Yes

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – RS. 60,00,000

Idea – Brick and mortar Retailers are struggling in India (and worldwide) to compete with the online eTailers. They need to understand the demographic profile of their users, their buying habits depending on time/day of the week and able to roll out personalized and instant offers accordingly when the customer is in the vicinity or inside the Store/Mall. They need to customize the offers optimally utilizing the Inventory and PoS data. Other-wise they are going to keep losing market share to the online eTailers! This is where Beaconifi steps in to provide a good solu-tion. Their product RetailPro combines big data analytics and sensor systems to provide personalized offers in real time based on store inventory, POS data and user purchase behavior.

Idea – Think of a network for alumni to come together and pool their knowledgebase for the betterment of future batches. That’s what this startup aims to do. Almabase is a sophisticated SaaS platform that empowers alumni networks for colleges. A strong alumni network can give access to stronger placement offers and build a bigger network of people which can flow funds back to the alumni. Other benefits for this organization can also offer career guidance, mentoring, guest lectures and various internships.

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autocus

noob Games

Founder: Utkarsh Apoorva

Founder: Abhishek Jain

Industry vertIcal – Software

Industry vertIcal – Gaming

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Who doesn’t want their apps to talk to each other, that’s perhaps why we have single cloud-based entities which are trying to be a ‘one-stop-solu-tion’ for all your daily problems. If Autocus can manage to simplify existing workflows even by 50% and retain a large section of their audi-ence for over a couple of years, they’d have crossed the most difficult path of their journey. If they cross these tricky bridges – they certainly are a great tech startup to watch out for.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – The gaming industry is growing YoY, so it’s hard to bet against developers who are coming out with innovative ideas around it. But, with many established players also doing a lot of innovation of their own, it is a tricky place to tread. The team at Noob certainly have spunk and courage, so do keep an eye on them!

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Comprised of different components and apps, the team behind Autocus are looking to put content from one source into the other, us-ing cloud technology. Imagine taking a useful tweet and putting it in dropbox for later use, or taking the data you had on your Google Drive to a non-Google mail account, kept it for use via cloud servers. That is the plan here and the enthusiastic team is confident their product will be functional as well as fast enough to execute the most demanding operations.

Idea – For start we do not limit our ideas based on scope. We have projects on more than one platform including mo-bile platforms (Android, iOS, Windows Phone), Web and desktop. These projects range from games, chat applica-tions, cloud computing and storage etc. They are small in number, but they are technologically capable to finish the projects.

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share heroFounder: Maulik Pandya

Industry vertIcal – ClassifiedsIs thIs the next Great Idea – The idea is rather novel, though not the first time technology is being used to explore it. It will be interesting to see how the guys at Share Hero can take it to the next level, scale and still retain its user base while trying to compete for more traffic.Bootstrapped? - Yes capItal Invested – RS. 8 Lakhs

Idea – Share Hero is here to change the economy. We believe it is high time we end the vicious cycle of Buying and Selling things - and start Sharing them as a community to build a sustainable economy.

Sharing economy is growing worldwide with Houses and Cars being shared by mil-lions of people. Share Hero takes this ecosystem to the next level by providing a platform to share resources. And there are awesome rewards for being a social hero!

Find My houseFounder: Ajit Deshpande

Industry vertIcal – Real EstateIs thIs the next Great Idea – There have been many such portals that sport the same services but they lack the efficient service and database that Find My House is equipped with.

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – This is an innovative and efficient way to find a house you can rent. With innumerable layers that need to be penetrated by a customer to reach his dream house it can turn into one of the most tedious Jobs. The Founder, Ajit Deshpande, has managed to accurately put a finger on this problem and shift it out of sight with the Find My House portal.

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stationery solution

studyBud

Founder: Saurabh Goel

Founder: Anubhav Jain

Industry vertIcal – E-Commerce

Industry vertIcal – Education

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A rather appealing idea, especially for larger corporates. But, delivering, scaling and living up to expectations are only some of the challenges that the young team will face. If they can overcome these with innovative solutions, they can certainly deliver a decisive punch.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Sure seems like a good time as any to invest in solving problems related to education using tech, and the guys at StudyBud are doing just that.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - Yes

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested –

Idea – Being a B to B provider this startup understands that you as a busy corporate or startup or a small business don’t want to look into the nitty gritties of daily office supplies and sundries. The idea is to appeal to big corporates, via an easily navigable website which has product info for all relevant products that one would need for a large office.

Idea – StudyBud is a targeted company-focused employability skill development and assessment platform for educational institutions. It helps educational institutions put forward focused efforts towards campus recruitment by visiting companies. This is done through their evolving learning and assessment platform providing 100+ metrics to colleges for evaluation of students on a regular basis. Simply put, StudyBud = Coursera (Learning) + Assessment (Tests/Practice) + An-alytics (Dashboards) for Online/Classroom Education.

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tap&eatFounder: Kapil Rathee

Industry vertIcal – F&BIs thIs the next Great Idea – Entering an already crowded market which has quite a few choices for the same kinda idea, Tap&Eat has its work cut out. But, we’ve already seen many players entering a crowded market and yet coming from nowhere to dominate it. It will take time, genuine ideas and an innovative streak that doesn’t fizzle out in a few weeks, but if the team can do that, then they are one startup to surely watch out for.

Bootstrapped? - No capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Tap&Eat is an exciting new venture started up by an enthusiastic team of high-ly talented business and innovative technology graduates with degrees from London Business School and National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal.

crostitch tech house pvt. ltd

Founder: Gaurav Pratap Singh Shekhawat, Shubhangini Debi, Sahaj Dhingra

Industry vertIcal – AdvertisingIs thIs the next Great Idea – Borrowing ideas and putting a tech twist is all fine and good, but it’s hard to scale and sustain users in this time of distractions everywhere. If the young team can provide enough reasons to trust them and keep going back, then this is clearly the startup to watch out for.

Bootstrapped? - No capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Team Crostitch believes in solving real time problems faced by people. What we noticed was that there were many times that the boutiques incurred losses while promoting themselves from traditional marketing sources like fashion exhibitions, as the footfall that had been promised for for the event didn’t turn up. We thought of solving this issue by coming up with an advertising medium. Launched in July 2014, Crostitch has climbed up to a rank of 81k in this short span.

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vote4cash.in

highway delite

Founder: Keerthi Kumar Jain

Founder: Rajesh Kumar G

Industry vertIcal – Finance

Industry vertIcal – Transportation

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A rather unique idea, which stems from the fact that people are clearly not satisfied with the way their financial needs are handled by traditional sources. If the team is able to garner trust and create a loyal base of users, there is no denying the success of this startup.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A noble cause to aid users in need and one which has scope to grow too. It will be interesting to see how the team gears up and gets in more users to use their service in the near future.

Bootstrapped? -

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested –

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The idea of the portal is quite simple – taking money at a pre-decided interest rate for an emergency or celebration, based on your registered details. The portal promises interest payment only for the usage of the amount and no hidden costs. There are also no collaterals.

Idea – In current scenario any commuter on Indian highway doesn’t have any prior information about where they can find good food, decent toilets, safe lodge/hotels, while traveling on Indian Highway. Most of them rely on friend’s reference or use intu-itive judgement based upon number of visitors to the restaurant or hotels.

‘Highway delite’- is trying to address this huge information asymmetry and make a commuter’s journey more delightful and safe in a comprehensive real time basis using a mobile app. Thus also providing means to service providers to improve respective service levels and indirectly benefit the Indian tourism.

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cocoon It solutions pvt. ltd

acton Magic

Founder: Nikunj Shah, Moses Rajan, Vitasta Chheda, Amar Shah

Founder: Madan Ganesh Velayudham

Industry vertIcal – Education

Industry vertIcal – Information Technology

Is thIs the next Great Idea – There are too many ideas streaming together to form a bigger idea that the team from CocoonIT want to build. They certainly have very ambitious goals, so let’s keep an eye out for them and see how they shape up.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – With big dreams and a hard-working team be-hind it, the startup has set itself up for a good run for itself. They will surely be one of the tech startups to watch out for and we will be happy to see them succeed.

Bootstrapped? - Yes

Bootstrapped? - In Process

capItal Invested – RS. 30 Lakhs

capItal Invested – Unknown

Idea – To build best in class education platform on the cloud and already having 5 schools under their belt and implemented 2 process for all the 5 schools is a feather for a startup. More than 500 students have used their platform on the cloud for feedback/survey to build and have resulted in 3 month of manual work including analytics for 500 students. Still a long way to go in achieving their goal to automate and digitize the education processes (Generation of time table, Teacher’s schedule, RFID based Attendance system, Library management, Evaluation and results and Counseling) and above all to provide a holistic view on a single platform (ERP) on all channels.

Idea – This is a product-technology-focused innovative cloud analytics startup. They have a SaaS offering (www.actoncloud.com) and on-premise version ( 10 mins to go live) products. They’ve analysed over 10+zones, 500+ Customer accounts, 10 million event records and provided over 3000+ actionable insights to our service provider customers. They are a Citrix Ready Partner. They have also been invited to present the product at the CloudStack conference in Europe. With their strong domain expertise and patent-able recommendation engine, they believe that we are disturbing the way cloud service businesses are operated and delivered. As a Indian startup, born and brought up in India, they want to prove that Indian “Technology” startup can dominate and build a sustainable business for the world.

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hyperoffers.comFounder: Rajsunder Tyagi

Industry vertIcal – RetailIs thIs the next Great Idea – We would like to think that any piece of tech that lets users save money should automatically become popular, but that isn’t always the case. If the implementation of the ideas is great and the reachability isn’t a factor, then there is every possibility of Hyperoffers of becoming a big fish.

Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Rs.12,00,000

Idea – Hyperoffers 100 % Guaranty & provides Synthetic free Milk & Dairy, Organ-ic–Fruits, Vegetables, Pure- Food Items, Water, Cakes, Grocery & other good quality daily needs products & helps to become a Better & Healthy Humanity. Hyperoffers was launched on Oct.2014 & within three months they are covering complete Delhi/NCR market. As a General Manager & Senior Managers with HyperCITY, Pantaloons, Reliance Retail, Metro Cash & Carry, Colgate etc have done that before & would replicate that at huge scale in future.

documendzFounder: Sagar Tamboli

Industry vertIcal – Software

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A fairly good idea with decent execution plans, the team at Documendz is trying to provide good software for saving time and auto-mating tasks. Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Documendz is a cloud service striving to streamline the cumbersome process of reviewing documents. It provides a quick, easy and secure way for having discussion on a document collaboratively and in realtime over cloud. The product is extremely handy for:- Editors and senior journalists in media agencies- School/college professors for grading assignments- HR consultancies for reviewing resumes- Architecture and animation firms for reviewing designs

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thinkrucible solutions pvt. ltd

Medprime technologies

Founder: Neelesh Budhiraja, Tarun Ravindran

Founder: Samrat, Greeshma Unnikrishnan, Binil Jacob, Mahesh Kumar

Industry vertIcal – Education

Industry vertIcal – Health

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A good idea which will undoubtedly help the education sector, the startup looks like an exciting prospect to track. If they can deliver the goods they have set themselves up for consistently, then we have no doubt that they will go a long way.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – It is very noble to be delivering efficient technol-ogy to the Medical sector and MedPrime has concentrated their efforts to improve the best of healthcare at a very affordable price. This makes it the next great idea.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - Yes

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – 2 lakhs

Idea – www.MyExamPlan.com is the first service of Thinkrucible Solutions Pvt Ltd.www.MyExamPlan.com is one of India’s first Online Personalized Planning, Tracking & Alerting Service for Entrance Exams. Their motto “We track it, You crack it” ad-dresses the entrance exams related latent yet critical need of students and parents. First, it provides users with validated and updated information of entrance exams– a key aspect ignored by many education related websites. Second, the personalization feature eliminates spam and provides information and alerts pertaining to exams of user’s choice. Third, it completely eliminates the need of a manual checklist, thereby making tracking of multiple entrance exams very easy.

Idea – MedPrime Technologies aspires to use innovative techniques and cutting-edge technologies to design, develop and deploy new and affordable products for the healthcare sector. These products will address current gaps in the healthcare system, which have been clearly identified, defined and acknowledged by medical profession-als.

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venus shoppeeFounder: Jitandra Singh

Industry vertIcal – RetailIs thIs the next Great Idea – It is a good idea to have a very selective number of customers to reach out to. Venus Shoppee is simple the best shopping portal a lady would desire.Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – We have a lot of eCommerce platforms that provide range of products for their customer but they don’t serve a particular sector of the crowd. What Venus Shop-pee aims to do is provide the female shoppers a complete fashion spectrum so they don’t have to visit multiple portals in search of a single product.

sharing daisFounder: Varun Singh

Industry vertIcal – Classifieds Is thIs the next Great Idea – The portal promotes sharing of skills and talents. There is so much more that you are capable with the Sharing Dais, getting together with people who compass a similar mindset. This makes it a great idea.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Sharing Dais is bringing in the idea that Sharing is better than buying. It brings together individuals who can teach and others who wish to learn a particular set of skills. It also provides the user with an update of what new activities can they engulf in their proximity.

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uberanalytix

Biznexxus

Founder: Arnab Choudhuri

Founder: Apurva Joshi

Industry vertIcal – Software

Industry vertIcal – Software

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Targeted to a niche audience, but one which will surely find additional tools helpful, Uberanalytix has some good things going for them. If they can deliver the goods in the coming months, they will surely be a startup to watch out for.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – It’s still early days to asses the future of Biznexxus, but they certainly have some good ideas which can be grown into something.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – At the core of our business is our team of dedicated, accredited profes-sionals-experts with proven industry success. They’re extremely knowledgeable about web analytics business domain as well as leading-edge technology. They have one of India’s leading digital entertainment company as a customer and are working on their data.

Idea – Biznexxus is the corporate analytics platform which establish the nexus between various Indian businesses. The nexus is useful for many reasons. Sometimes it can be used for knowing how to reach the person in a corporate world and sometimes it could be used for complying with the laws. It helps the lenders, partners, acquirers or investors to make informed decisions. Once the product gets matured, it will sub-stantially reduce the cost of due diligence for the investors. Currently the product is in prototype stage.

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MakeuberFounder: Lisa Mohapatra

Industry vertIcal – Interior DecorationIs thIs the next Great Idea – It is a great deal for the Interior Designers who wish to reach out with their advices to the masses that need help decorating their homes. Even the Customers benefit as they receive all the advices for free.Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Internet is one place that is meaningful to every individual. A lot of startups are making the best of this and expanding their ideas on the basis of same ideology. MakeUber helps connect the person in need to the experts in the Interior Designing industry. Using a very simple process on the MakeUber portal you can turn your home into an uber cool place to live in.

street smart Mobile

technologies pvt. ltd

Founder: Prabhu SNM

Industry vertIcal – Retail

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A rather unique idea to help the retail industry, but will need to gain trust of end-users who have possibly been subjected to spams in the past, when subscribed to similar services. If the startup can avoid such pitfalls, they might have something good on their hands.

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Street Smart Mobile Technologies Pvt. Ltd is almost 1 year old Chennai based Mobile Technology start-up, bootstrapped with a team size of 8, currently operating from Bangalore which focuses on a Personalized Shopping Companion Mobile App for shopaholics who benefit from personalized micro & location-based push notifica-tions and actions when they walk on Streets, Areas, Malls Retail Stores using Beacons as well as Wi-Fi sniffing Technology (Applying for IP) being Spam free and one-to-one communication channel between Retailers/Brands & End Consumers.

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olbx.in

Fitnessngyms.com

Founder: Chintan Zaveri

Founder: Prashant Dedhia

Industry vertIcal – Education

Industry vertIcal – Health & Fitness

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Another education based startup, which will have its work cut out, in the stiff competition already. But, if they can keep their mind on the bigger picture and roll-out innovative solutions to pressing problems, then few would bet against them.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – These guys certainly have the right idea, but getting their database in shape will take a lot of dedication. Though their website does give some options for certain areas in major cities, it is nowhere close to what it really should be. If these guys can get all that data curated and laid out effectively, then they will surely be on to something.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – This startup is possibly the first of its kind unique platform for the students. It provide multiple features like career counseling, time management, books classified and more. Their motto displayed on the website is “A site made for the students by a student. With the help of highly experienced professionals” which pretty much sums it up.

Idea – Fitnessngyms.com wants you to connect with the gyms and fitness centers in your locality, sort the ones you are most interested in, at the tip of your fingers. Fitnessngyms has devised a platform in which every single person who is looking to live healthy life by getting fit & active either through workout at gymnasium, sports activity, by putting on the dancing shoes, dieting or martial arts training, can hook up on this site to search for an infinite streams of options, compare it and then choose it.

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canvazifyFounder: Abhijit Mhetre

Industry vertIcal – Software Is thIs the next Great Idea – A great idea which will take some innovative thinking to execute, Canvazify is on the right track to achieve success if they can put their mind to things that matter most.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Canvazify is a cloud based real-time collaborative innovation platform for teams to build ideas, together. They help teams in visual thinking and decision making along with keeping track of evolution of ideas. This, in turn, helps companies foster productive innovation. They are making its mark in non-crowded space and is qui-etly & organically growing at approximate 23% month-on-month for past 4 months. They envision to achieve leadership position within two years in this meagerly tapped space.

seatrrFounder: Ashish Kumar

Industry vertIcal – F&BIs thIs the next Great Idea – A competitive space to get into, but peo-ple will rely on services like these to get more info on places to eat. If they can distinguish themselves by offering some creative ideas to users, they will make it to the next stage.Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Not disclosed

Idea – Seatrr is an online food discovery platform which will allow people to find their favorite dishes or cuisines (not only restaurants) based on ratings and user reviews. It will help you order easily and the best ones, resolving the prob-lem “what to order now” that we face every time we go to a new restaurant and look at its menu. With 2 level menu system, Seatrr Smart Search, user specific Seatrr dish suggestions for each and every restaurant, Seatrr Blog and Seatrr Foodie Community, we are trying to change the way people search for a place to enjoy their favorite dish and cuisine as well as to remove the problem they face while ordering a meal inside a restaurant.

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oMitraFounder: Vikas Jagetiya

Industry vertIcal – TravelIs thIs the next Great Idea – Trying to connect with fellow travelers in our In-dian Railways via an app may sound weird to some, but it does sound there is enough potential here to grow and make a mark. Privacy protection should be given attention to and the execution will need to be flawless, for these guys to succeed.

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The team at OMitra is trying to change the way we commute using Indian Railway. With the help of an app, they want you to connect with your fellow travelers so you can ask for medicines, exchange seats, find a gaming partner and so much more. The app will also provide you details for your journey with all relevant details that you’d need to travel with comfort and ease.

evibeFounder: B Anjaneyulu Reddy

Industry vertIcal – HospitalityIs thIs the next Great Idea – Though it will appeal to people with families looking for that extra help, we certainly see a large potential here as there are thou-sands of young couples who are leading busy lives and could do with more help. If the team at Evide can deliver consistently, there’s no wrong in imagining them as the next big thing. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – If you’ve ever tried to plan a kids party, you know the countless hours you have to spend on numerous websites looking for the planners, ideas for games, decor or anything else needed to create an extraordinary experience. Evibe makes this frustrating & time consuming process super easy and fun. You get to explore all the latest trends, ideas and happenings in party planning space. And the best part is Evibe lets you discover professionals around you offering these services, along with their experience, profile and real user reviews. You can see the exact pricing and book the services directly.

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aincubate

posterGuy

Founder: Navneet Sharma

Founder: Puneet Gupta

Industry vertIcal – Information Technology

Industry vertIcal – E-Commerce

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Big Data is what taking India to the next level and hence aincubate is interesting.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Though it’s not an original idea, the website certainly is growing its fanbase and has good amount of products already available. They believe that art is a pro-cess and have certainly been making the right moves so far, making them another promising player to watch out for.

Bootstrapped? - None

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – They are trying to come up with novel solutions to some challenging and hard problems using our collective strength in cutting-edge AI and BigData technologies. These guys have a small but strong and ambitious team with complementary skills and are committed to building a global technology company from India. As one of the early movers in Visual Search technology they believe they have a shot at playing a pivotal role in its growth and adoption.

Idea – Want some fancy artwork for your home/office décor? Then PosterGuy wants to be the place you want to turn to. With a great collection of posters and decorative items for your home or work, this is the place you should browse through.

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vidoolyFounder: Nishant Radia

Industry vertIcal – Digital MarketingIs thIs the next Great Idea – An interesting idea, but with a few players trying to create their own strong-holds, it will not be easy for a startup to come up and es-tablish themselves here. Bootstrapped? - Yes

capItal Invested – $20,000

Idea – Vidooly is a team passionate about making your YouTube channel more suc-cessful. Our big data intelligent analytics suite helps content creators, brands & MCNs to maximize their YouTube organic views, build audience base & earn more revenue.

pinig tech pvt. ltd

Founder: Piyush Nigam, Mayank

Industry vertIcal – Hardware ProductIs thIs the next Great Idea – A personalized piece of hardware for your own needs? It sounds too good to be true, but there are a few pitfalls that need to be avoided. If they can stay away from these, they have a good chance to make their mark in the Indian market. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Pinig is a startup which makes tabs that REALLY work for you. It’s customized to your needs. You can get a tablet to plan your day, schedule your meetings, give you the latest news update and calculate your tax, without putting in hours selecting and downloading apps. Just can’t get your parents to use a computer? Here’s a tab that will make it a cakewalk. Wondering what to gift your kid that is fun, yet educational? You guessed it. We have tabs for that too.

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truelancer

printster.in

Founder: Dipesh Garg

Founder: Gaurav Singh

Industry vertIcal – Service

Industry vertIcal – Services

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Freelancers already have a few tricks up their sleeves to reach out to people, but for those who don’t, this seems like a great place to hang around. If they can scale their services without glitches, they will be an interesting portal to watch out for.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – In the digital age, it is hard to foresee anything related to print as being a force, but there is no way that print is dying in this country. There are still many businesses that rely on it and the team is tapping the right potential to make their startup grow at a steady pace.

Bootstrapped? - None

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – With the number of freelancers on the rise, it makes sense to have a place where they can all unite and rely on. Truelancer is one such idea, which claims to have 55K Freelancers, 500K Month-ly Visits and $10K in Freelance earning in 4 months. Projects can be posted and found on various categories like IT & Programming, Graphic Design, Content Writing, Data Entry, Finance and Sales & Marketing. Creating an account, finding work or posting a project is free of cost on Truelancer.com.

Idea – This is an online convenience printing store dedicated to people who are looking for print solutions. Their aim is to give you access to quality products printing wasting any time or energy. Printster.in is a unique website designed while keeping in mind your daily printing needs. At Printster.in, they promise to provide unique, afford-able and easy printing solutions.

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hashtales

Bizcrum

Founder: Paritosh Lokhande

Founder: Chaitanya Rathi, Siddharth Vij

Industry vertIcal – Social Media

Industry vertIcal – Service

Is thIs the next Great Idea – No one is betting against things built on Social Media, because everyone is using it and more and more people will join the band-wagon. The only question remains, whether how many people will actually use this service in the coming future.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Another LinkedIn? That’s the first impression we got while reading about the basic idea of the startup, but it is more than just that. Es-pecially with products which are designed to appeal to specific industries, the first one being for the Shoe Industry.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Hashtales helps event organizers to increase their social presence by driving the compulsion of taking pictures among their attendees. Hashtales instantaneously picks up the crowd-sourced Instagram photos through hash tags of your choice and generates a real-time slideshow. You can display this on any big screen of your choice drawing attention of more attendees and hence starting of a viral thread of Instagram photos.

Idea – BizCrum is a connection-centric B2B portal that is created to facilitate communication amongst entrepre-neurs. BizCrum is a Business Social Network platform that focuses on promoting trade & communication within busi-ness owners in and across various industries.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

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student corner

healthZWealth

Founder: Rammurthy Naidu Boddu

Founder: Darwin Thangappan

Industry vertIcal – Education

Industry vertIcal – Health

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Students and aspiring professionals face im-mense difficulties when they are about to step into the real world. With the help of Student corner they can be very easily inspired by their fellow students and seniors.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Founded by a team of enthusiastic and pas-sionate individuals with over 20 years of IT & technical experience in fortune 500 organizations such as Oracle, Huawei – they certainly have great ideas. There will be challenges to overcome, but with innovative ideas to tackle them, they can certainly make a big impact on the startup scene.

Bootstrapped? -

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested –

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The Idea behind Student Corner is to connect like-minded students and ex-perts with each other. They deal with everything related to Results, Courses, Colleges, and Discussions with professors and experts in the Education sector.

Idea – It’s their mission at HealthZwealtH Technologies to provide their users with an innovative product in order to efficiently manage their health profile. Their core belief is in improving healthcare through technology. They like to be remembered as a company that provides true value in health care, hence the name HealthZwealtH.

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cloudcandy hostFounder: Sumanth Shetty

Industry vertIcal – Information Technology Is thIs the next Great Idea – Cloudcandy is competing with global giants in the hosting sector, what keeps it ahead of time is their means of innovative technology.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Cloudcandy host is an innovative company founded as a providers of secure & reliable web hosting solutions at affordable prices. At Cloudcandy Host they are a lot like their clients, which makes it easier for them to understand what a client expects from them and deliver exactly that.

outsyFounder: Neeraj Sanghani, Sayali Karanjkar, Pranshu Sharma

Industry vertIcal – HospitalityIs thIs the next Great Idea – Another startup that wants users to plan their weekend and other activities re-lated to going out by using their service. It’s a tough mar-ket for such ideas, but they can distinguish themselves by offering unique ideas that no one has yet identified and scale from there.

Idea – Outsy is a Mumbai based startup that applies latest data technologies to make going out fun and in-teresting. Outsy is for locals in the city to figure out what should they over a weekday or weekend. The startup fo-cuses on simplifying discovery of activities by showcasing a curated list of new, hip, and fun events across a variety of entertainment and lifestyle categories such as shows, food, nightlife, music, hobbies, workshops and outdoors. Information is personalized based on users interests, in-teractions & social connections and the user is notified whenever such activities are happening in the city.

Bootstrapped? - Yes, via Friends & FamilycapItal Invested – RS. 100K

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noisyox.com

Meragarden.com

Founder: Vishal Saini

Founder: Shubham Jain

Industry vertIcal – Hospitality

Industry vertIcal – E-Commerce

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Sounds like a simple strategy, but with a whole lot of things that can potentially go wrong, this is certainly an ambitious undertaking. But since there is a lot of unexplored potential, this startup has the chance to make its mark in the near future.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – An e-commerce platform made for a specific reason targeting people with this one need. You won’t find many competitors here in this niche space, but the chances to succeed are also rather limited.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – This is a platform for detailed information about events, venues and artists. And if you roll-over to their website, they have a big graphic which declares that their mission is to make people like Venue Owners, Artists, Organizers, Friends – HAPPY. They are an online event portal aims at simplifying your event and venue hunting pro-cess. Get events and activities happening across the city on the go. Users can explore through list of venues, view pictures, compare and get best deals on venue booking.

Idea – This startup is an online platform where you can buy plants for your Home, Office, Indoor, Outdoor etc. and they deliver them at your doorstep. According to them, “Plants have great potential to impact our lives that we don’t really understand for e.g. a study from NASA lists certain plants that significantly increases the O2 level in your home. Plants despite being such an integral part of our homes are not accessible today and you don’t have to go to a nursery now.”

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FirsttoGift.comFounder: Mukund

Industry vertIcal – Merchandise Is thIs the next Great Idea – A very niche audience will be interested in the goods/services offered here, so chances for it to succeed using this model appear slim. But, most people also said the same for most social media platforms – so it’s only a question of finding the connecting point that will tip users in the startups favour.Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Firsttogift.com serves in ‘’Autograph, Collectibles & Experience’’ category. The experience is a way where fans can place their request to interact with their favorite celebrity/stars. In Indian subcontinent this is a niche market and there is no ‘easy’ platform available for followers/collectors where they can collect autograph, collectibles or meet & greet stars. Currently, they are targeting budding stars from all fields like Sports, Music & Arts as because in all these fields tremendous change happening in India and many stars are being born. This will benefit the celebrity to create fan base, raise fund for self/academy/associate NGO and same way helps Followers/Collectors to know about stars or possess their autograph/memorabilia.

Guiddoo World travels pvt ltd

Founder: Vineet Budki, Nidhi Varma, Darshan Sharma, Naumaan Khan

Industry vertIcal – Travel/Hospitality Is thIs the next Great Idea – Travel solutions for the B2B sector? Some players have tried in the past, but not quite made it and we are therefore hoping that Guiddoo can succeed where others haven’t.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Guiddoo is a travel technology startup that provides tour guiding and activity metasearch for B2C and B2B clients on the Mobile Platforms. In the Tour Guiding space we cover In-Destination Locations like Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, etc. currently and plan to expand into other verticals like Museums, People, Religion, Festivals etc while in the Activity Metasearch we have already built partnerships with players like Viator, GetyourGuide, TUI and others.

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MassBlurbFounder: Pankit Chheda & Sanket Shah

Industry vertIcal – F&B

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Data is everything in the age we’re living in and these guys are providing just that to some of the biggest companies of our times. They certainly are flying high and if they continue to keep growing, they will surely be a tech startup to watch out for.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – MassBlurb helps small & medium scale businesses to create a perfect online presence and then serves as a focal point for managing it. They provide a single platform from where the businesses can do anything they need to do in the online space. Their features include automated website generation, publish business listings on search engines and platforms like Zomato, Burrp & TimesCity, social media posting & scheduling and a few more. They also have a few innovative features like email mar-keting tool, coupon generator tool, reviews manager, etc. which facilitate businesses to engage with their customers in the online space. They primarily cater to the food & beverage sector which includes restaurants, cafes, lounges, etc.

protégé sports network pvt. ltd

Founder: Pranesh Krishnamurthy, Rohit Narayan

Industry vertIcal – SportsIs thIs the next Great Idea – An excellent idea which has good support from the concerned authoroties, this is an interesting startup that will be followed by a whole lot of people. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The Football Mind (C/o Protégé Sports Networks Pvt. Ltd.) is a communica-tion and networking portal that aims at bringing the entire football community onto a single platform for carrying out professional activities as well as creating social awareness. Every Football entity including Players, Coaches, Clubs, Academies, Foot-ball Associations and even Fans can make their Football Specific profile for free and network with all other entities on the site. A unique online website (which currently more than 90% of Indian football clubs cannot afford), is provided through this portal in the form of a unique web page with multiple features varying from setting up trial sessions, sharing club history, videos and photos, internal team messaging, recording match details and linking tournaments. The presence of Football Associations like the Western India Football Association as partners to The Football Mind also ensures the authenticity of registered members.

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softwaresuggest.com

socioboard technologies

pvt. ltd

Founder: Ankit Dudhwewala & Piyush Patel

Founder: Sumit Ghosh

Industry vertIcal – Software

Industry vertIcal – Social Media

Is thIs the next Great Idea – You can certainly see the appeal of this soft-ware, especially from a B2B point of view. A lot of SME’s start out trying to make it big in the world of business, but when they need to scale, they might not know which software might be best for what purposes. If the team can keep making the right choices for their users, they will surely be a force to reckon with.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A good idea that will benefit from the fact that most users are so active on social media that they will keep using various services associated with it. Building a more successful platform will be harder than that, though and Socioboard will need to innovate faster than newer competition and existing players to establish themselves here.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Software Suggest is a free service that helps Indian companies, organization, professionals and individuals find the best software solution for their business. In its Browse Software segment, Software Suggest provides a comprehensive list of options for various business functions, starting from Accounting to Visitor Management, and for various industries starting from Agriculture to Textile, so the Indian business owner can select the best available option.

Idea – Socioboard is a next generation social media management application which lever-ages handling umpteen number of social media platforms through a revolutionary open source lite version and higher end versions which have unmatched world class technical support available round the clock. We are trying to solve the problem which an average netizen faces while handling many social network profiles on the web. The mass generally has at least three social profiles, and businesses have a more complex social networking structure. The process of managing many social networks at once is very cumbersome and it takes its toll, Socioboard is here to settle all these issues. Socioboard offers the following values to your business: Objective of Socioboard is to solve the chaos surrounding social media platform management. Most applications in this domain have a very narrow and limited approach towards end users, people feel caught up in a whirlpool, Socioboard plans to help users out of this vision.

Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Unknown

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thumbbellFounder: Vipul Meehnia

Industry vertIcal – Health & FitnessIs thIs the next Great Idea – We quite liked the tagline of being ‘a TripAdvi-sor for fitness services’ and we’re keen to see how much data they can keep pulling and sending to end users. If they can keep doing that consistently, then they will be a success sooner than later. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Thumbbell helps consumers to discover, compare and avail the best offered fitness services around their location. Essentially, a TripAdvisor for fitness services, it makes essential fitness information accessible to people all over the world while choos-ing a service that would help them achieve their fitness goals.

the Miles BankFounder: Rahul Chhabria

Industry vertIcal – Retail servicesIs thIs the next Great Idea – Another travel-based idea using loyalty miles to actually track who is offering what. It is a good initiative, especially since more and more people want to maximize their returns from a single investment. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Today almost all of us have our wallets full with numerous cards, whether they are airline cards, hotel cards, loyalty cards, credit or debit cards. But did you know that they share an amazing relationship - a relationship that is designed for your advantage at every stage? That’s where The Miles Bank comes in. On this page you’ll find the various ways in which you can maximise your frequent flyer miles & loyalty points. Although the brands do follow a simple mantra of ‘spend more, earn more’; our research on tie-ups and deals allow you to get so much more. They thus help you earn more points at every step of your frequent activities. Whether it’s your frequent flier miles or your credit card reward points; on their page you will find all the ways you can use them to ‘earn more, redeem less’.

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pustaka digital Media pvt. ltd

studentdesk.in

Founder: Nivetha Padmanaban

Founder: Karan Pujara

Industry vertIcal – E-Commerce

Industry vertIcal – Education

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Even Flipkart started in a similar way, so it’s easy to see the allure of this little startup. But, with international players coming in and Flipkart growing by eons, it is hard to see how others can still remain relevant in the same segment.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Not the most novel idea, though some benefits here are interesting. We’d keep an eye out for the next stage in their evolution to really assess how big they can really be.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – With the idea of bringing non-English books to be available across India, was born the startup Pustaka Digital. It started when when one of their Founder wanted to restart her reading habit after moving to Bangalore. And, she wasn’t able to find a lending library with good Tamil books collection. Thus Pustaka started as a small lend-ing library in Bangalore for Tamil. Later, expanded to Telugu and one more branch at Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Now, Pustaka is into selling and lending ebooks focused on Indian languages and to start with - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. We are launching ebooks with around 200 books and we will add books every month, to be precise every day. So, kindly check the website every day and we assure you will find new interesting books every time you visit.

Idea – Studentdesk.in is platform where readers can buy, sell, exchange their books, mag-azines or any reading material within their city/institute. It will save their time and money as they don’t have to pay for higher commission rates to books stores while selling their used books and no need to travel around the city to buy/sell their books. Readers can read books for free by exchanging their books with other users for limited period of time, as they don’t have to pay for each and every novel/magazine they want to read, even no need to pay for library subscription.

Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Unknown

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Bakesnsweets.comFounder: Nishant Mehta

Industry vertIcal – E-CommerceIs thIs the next Great Idea – Food industry has perhaps never seen a decline in demand and neither has internet users. So, betting against Bakesnsweets doesn’t really make sense – but when competition is this stiff, you have to see real innovation to mark them out from the rest. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Bakesnsweets.com is one of India’s first online sweets and desserts ordering portal for Home Delivery and Take Away. Order Sweets, Cakes, Desserts and pay online to get Home Delivery free or with minimum charges. They are currently serving in Pune with more than 50 famous Pune Bakeries and Sweets Brands to make a win-win situation for our online Users and Vendors. You can Order online here for CopperChocs, Kaka Halwai, Karachi Sweet Mart, Baskin Robbins, Pradeep Sweets, Bistro Hub, Cakes and Cream Factory, Giani Ice Cream, Birdy’s, Ozone Kadhai, Baker’s Prime, Brugge, Mon-ginis, Chocolate Story and many others to get you favorite sweet dishes home delivered.

analyse technology solutions

Founder: Saptarshi Basu

Industry vertIcal – Information TechnologyIs thIs the next Great Idea – Technology everywhere and in everything. Analyse is basi-cally providing solutions to high-tech issues or existing projects that need scaling, with effective ideas and other benefits. If they can keep pace with growing number of players in this market, then they have a good chance of standing out and being recognized.

Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Unknown

Idea – Analyse Solutions is a provider of software and consulting services to clients worldwide. We offer a broad range of service offerings including technology consulting, custom application development, process and technology re-engineering, and formal testing. Using a global deliv-ery model that leverages our cost-effective offshore development center located at Bangalore, we provide high quality solutions on schedule. We build long-term partnerships with our clients, providing value on a sustained basis, leading to mutually beneficial engagements. Analyse Solutions is quality-focused company. We continuously strive to attain higher organizational maturity to provide better value to our clients.

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realizing.inFounder: Vivek Agarwal

Industry vertIcal – Real EstateIs thIs the next Great Idea – Some interesting aspects have already been baked into this service and we are keen to see how they evolve, but it is still early days to call them a success, even when they have been funded already.

Idea – Launched in July 2014, Realizing.in has already created place for itself in the hearts of property buyers in this very highly competitive and hugely funded space of property por-tals.

Realizing is different because:

• It is trying to disrupt the space by providing deep research and decisions tools to help buy-ers. It has launched some of the industry’s first features - carpet area calculations, scatter plot view of property, decision drivers, heatmaps, need based recommendations, semantic search etc.• Realizing is independent and unbiased not aligning ourselves with anyone except the consumers. It is going deep into each micro-market and provide real insights to our users rather than providing superficial research.

Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Unknown

Myrefers.comFounder: Lalit Bhagia

Industry vertIcal – RecruitmentIs thIs the next Great Idea – This definitely is as it can be considered an helping hand for every strata of working class. There are a million of job openings that candidates don’t know about and with the means of myrefers.com they can get in touch with their employer quite easily. Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – Not disclosed

Idea – With the help of Myrefers anybody can be a career guide for their friends and family. The referral program usually works with an employee inside the company referring candi-dates for an apparent hiring. With Myrefers in the game, a person who is not even remotely related to an organization can refer portfolios and assist them in recruitment. The system is profitable for all, as the organization sees multiple options and hence they can hire the best candidate, the candidate is endowed with multiple job openings and the person referring gets rewarded with Karma points.

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semantic reviews

Founder: S S V S Sarath

Industry vertIcal – E-CommerceIs thIs the next Great Idea – This is an amazing idea which is bringing a lot of convenience to the potential buyer and seller market. With the help of Semantic Reviews every eCom-merce portal can be turned in to a One Stop Shop.

Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – 10,000$

Idea – Buying a product Online? You have got to make use of Semantic Reviews. Our perspective on a particular product depends on the reviews our friends and fellow online buyers give us. What Semantic Review does is, they serve an ecommerce portal with product reviews which helps the buyer choose better and helps the seller sell better.

IWaB solutionspvt. ltd

Founder: Jagdeep & Ambu

Industry vertIcal – Apps

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Creating apps will never go out of fashion, as we clearly are more dependent on phones than ever before. But, creating the right kind of apps with the right technology is easier said than done. If these 2 friends can achieve that, then they have a real chance of stepping into the spotlight.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – This startup was setup by two college friends who are mobile appli-cation Developers. Initially they started the firm to develop all major mobile platforms like- iOS, Windows, Android & Blackberry. Their primary plan is to make in-house application for society to make life easy and simpler.

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Blue hat education pvt. ltdFounder: Vivek Iyer

Industry vertIcal – Education

Is thIs the next Great Idea – A nice idea which is backed-up by a great team working in the right direction. This will definitely be one of the startups that we will be keeping a close eye on.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Blue Hat Education is developing a mobile application ‘English Dost’ to help young adults and aspiring job seekers, learn and practice speaking and communi-cating in English. English training in India doesn’t prepare a person to speak and the ones that do with limited success, are expensive. Many in India who have studied English have trouble speaking as they never got to practice speaking English to any-one. Founded by three IIT-IIM graduates with 20+ years of combined work experience in companies such as InMobi and Oracle, the founding team is complete with skills ranging from product and content creation, user acquisition and engineering.

KhG Fashion Founder: Kanchan

Industry vertIcal – Fashion Is thIs the next Great Idea – There have been many fashion hous-es that reach out to their kind of customers but what makes KHG Fashion extraordinary is the huge attention they have garnered in a very short period of time.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – They are Missionaries with a vision to change the trend of how Fashion is perceived in regular people’s eyes. The portal serves trending wearable which change the style statement and showcase style in every in-dividual.

JuZtyou.com

adventures365.in

Founder: Mahesh Jethwa

Founder: Rohan Khedkar, Deep Upadhye, Omkar Methavade

Industry vertIcal – Retail

Industry vertIcal – Hospitality

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Online shopping with a Virtual Reality twist? It’s not Sci-Fi any more, with ideas like these flowing into our real world. The execu-tion might take time but there is certainly potential in the way it has been conceptualized.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – People love to getaway from the hustle and bustle of their regular life and this startup sure has a good idea to let them get what they want. If they can attract bigger base of users in a short span, they will surely be ones to watch out for.

Bootstrapped? - No

Bootstrapped? - No

capItal Invested – N/A

capItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The folks at JUZTYOU.com are coming up with a unique concept of stich-n-wear fashion. With this concept based on customer’s height, body size and for which occasion customers are looking for their outfit, accordingly their expert fashion designers would sug-gest the best suited outfit along with the suggestions on accessories, footwear, handbag etc. which will best suit them. And not only this, customers can even try the outfit at our unique virtual fitting room with 3D view of the outfit.

Idea – Adventures365.in aims to be India’s biggest marketplace and one-stop-solution for people looking for various adventurous activities and for all the groups and organizations related to Ad-venture Sports and travel. Their goal is to bring all the Adventure and outdoor enthusiasts on a common platform to fulfill the needs of people who wants to explore the adventure, nature and love to live off the edge.

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audiouniverse.inFounder: Sharad Jaiprakash

Industry vertIcal – RetailIs thIs the next Great Idea – Not the most unique idea, though digital music is being consumed in almost every imaginable way at the moment. This startup has its work cut out to prove itself, but we’ll be keeping an eye on them nonetheless.

Idea – Describing themselves as India’s 1st Audio Marketplace, a “One Stop Shop” for all “Personal, Professional & Lifestyle Audio products” from around the Globe, is Audio Universe. Audio Universe brings the locally available Audio brands & also leading brands from overseas into one platform making it available for passionate music listeners, office professionals & artists a medium to experience “True Audio” & also get consulted on buying the “Right Product” for ones need. Audio Universe will offer its products & services to consumers in two ways; (1) An Online shopping portal (2) Audio Universe branded outlets across the country, where consumers can experiences every single products in our live studios. Secondly, Audio-Universe is also a “market-place” model, where existing distributors/retailers/system integrators can showcase their products to pan India consumers & enterprises.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

reealtyBuff

Founder: Smeet Modi, Deep Jhavar, Ankush Gupta

Industry vertIcal – Real EstateIs thIs the next Great Idea – With quite a few players helping out complex issues in the Real Estate market using technology, it is still early days to say if this will definitely be a great idea to bank on. But, only time will tell what direction the startup keeps going on and how their major decisions impact their final impact.

Idea – Reealty Buff analyzes Real Transactions in the realty space. Realty Buff presents to users in most user friendly manner, the trends in the suburbs/areas of in-terest to the user. User makes informed decisions there-by paying right price to Rent / Buy property. All their results are based on real transactions. No guess. No assumptions.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

heritage Weaves e-commerce

Founder: Ujwala Pasla

Industry vertIcal – RetailIs thIs the next Great Idea – Combining art, heritage and tech can be a tricky business – but since it is still largely unexplored, there is every reason to be optimistic about this startup.Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – This startup is a Craft Entrepreneur Company designing and marketing hand-crafted apparel and accessories for women. We work with women weavers and ar-tisans and design fashionable apparel and accessories using the traditional crafts of India and retail them across the world. We make our own designs, and take freelanc-ing work from budding designers and sell our products at reasonable prices.

FrndineedFounder: Kunal Ajit Sinha

Industry vertIcal – Social MediaIs thIs the next Great Idea – In an already bur-geoning market-place for social media apps and services, it is doubly hard to stand out and make people notice you. If the guys at Smartube come out with remodeled versions of existing ideas in a neat package, you never know where they can go.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – Smartube Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. announced their all new application ‘FrndiNeed’ – a socially enabled app that helps in utilizing your geo-location to make every day travel smoother, safer and economically viable. Pro-nounced as “Friend-in-Need”, this app lets you find your nearby friend and ask them for Lift, Poke them for instant plans or even Plan a Meet Up. Users can also use other features including Packing Planner and press the SOS tab for help in urgent situations.

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notifyu

u chat

Founder: Akiraa

Founder: Anil Chandra Naidu Matcha

Industry vertIcal – Messaging Service

Industry vertIcal – Software

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Definitely aimed at sections of rural India where there is limited penetra-tion of internet, this startup will find it difficult to find a wider audience, especially with the launch of initiatives like freeinternet.org.

Is thIs the next Great Idea – Building on an existing platform takes away the thrill of identifying or becoming ‘great’ but this might just be a stepping stone for this startup. If they can keep collecting ideas and pull them together out of their hat of innovation, there is no denying that they can make a successful idea out of this.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The concept of notifyu is to reach to the rural ar-eas where internet penetration is not that deep. An SMS-based service will notify students and fellow youngsters about opportunities for new jobs, internships, competi-tions, events and similar parallels that hold their interest. They claim their ‘technology flips the messaging model. Their platform identifies and proactively reaches out to the best candidates through text-message so that they can apply instantly – faster.’

Idea – Their product is supposedly the first private messenger at the university level. Facebook is a big success which is initially a college based social network. They have added the option of using a nick name so that users of the same college can chat using it. It also provides a platform for all the users to discuss about any trending events such as fests which can be used to advertise directly to the users. Only students in the vicinity (5000 metres) of the college can register for that college and view the college news.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

sports turtleFounder: Saket Agarwal

Industry vertIcal – Health and FitnessIs thIs the next Great Idea – It sure looks like a rather interesting idea, but users adopting it early and the team able to scale up are the areas that will be of concern in the early stages of this young startup. Bootstrapped? - capItal Invested –

Idea – The idea of finding people around you with the same interest in sports and then finding a place to enjoy that sport with these people is appealing, especially since both of these are so hard to find these days. Combine this with some more innovation and you’ve got an appealing idea that will certainly pique the interest of a whole lot of people.

IvendorFounder: Akram

Industry vertIcal – SoftwareIs thIs the next Great Idea – An interesting idea that will take some doing to execute smoothly. The startup has good innovative plans, but we might need to wait and see how they scale up.Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – iVendor is a cloud based ERP on the go targeted at the garment and shoe manufacturing industry of India. It serves as a reminder man-agement system as well and provides seamless communication between vendor and factory. Our target audience are the manufacturing SMEs with a turnover of around INR 5cr.

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Fresh Monk Founder: Prashant Gulati, Shashank Agrawal

Industry vertIcal – E-CommerceIs thIs the next Great Idea – Not many ideas have the sim-plicity of Fresh Monk and yet, you’d think that you have heard of such an idea somewhere else. They have been funded already and are doing well from the go, so it is a good idea to keep a keen eye out on them. Bootstrapped? - YescapItal Invested – SG$ 3,75,000

Idea – Anyone who has been through college will be aware of the hassles of creating a custom tee-shirt/apparel for an event or for a class. Freshmonk, a startup offering a platform to create and sell custom apparel online, has solved this exact problem. Founded by Prashant Gulati, UC Berkeley alumni and a former banker in the US, and Shashank Agrawal, an Electrical Engineering graduate, Fresh-monk allows a consumer to design and sell a retail-quality apparel without a single rupee upfront.

BigBhKFounder: Ankur Kumar

Industry vertIcal – Real Estate Is thIs the next Great Idea – As hard it is to grow in an established business, it also is a good time to explore sectors like real estate. But, we’d like to know what more has the startup to offer, before making a call on them.

Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – BigBHK.com offers real estate property manage-ment services through a cloud based solution. We help people in managing their property portfolios. Their target user base comprises Paying Guests (PG), Hostels, Indepen-dent Houses, Property Management Firms, Builders and Brokers/Agents who need a web based, easy-to-use, se-cure and a comprehensive property management solution. They offer diverse technology services such as rental ac-counting, e-Invoicing, maintaining rental records, to-and-fro notification and ticketing between property managers and tenants, reporting and inventory management. Their online software is accessible over Mobile, PC, Laptop or Tablet anytime and anywhere.

uMIFounder: Roop Kumar

Industry vertIcal – Digital Marketing Is thIs the next Great Idea – Yes, if they play their cards right.Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – What is the biggest source of incoming for an organization? Its his Marketing team that reach out to the valuable people and market the Product. The UMI offers complete marketing training with Best in class experts from across the country communication with you.

smartesocietyFounder: Sateesh Ambesange

Industry vertIcal – ClassifiedsIs thIs the next Great Idea – Even though it might not sound like much, we are quite interested to see how this kinda service will appeal to a larger audience and how the team at SmartESociety can get user engagement to become profitable for them. Bootstrapped? - NocapItal Invested – N/A

Idea – The solution provide the platform for better living, social liv-ing, collaborative consumption and make society living enjoyable and comfortable by helping together. The market size of business is very big and solution is easy scalable across India and across world faster. Web portal development is process.

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Mr. Ramesh Somani ( Publisher & Founder- Exhibit Group ) welcomed the keynote presenter, Mr. AnupamMittal (Founder, Shaadi.com) to share his experience as a Startup. Mr. Mittal shared a great ordeal of his journey to suc-cess. His motivational words "Long term Greedy" will be forever stuck in the minds of every individual present at the Event. It was inspiring and enlightening as he shared with us a few anecdotes that has made him the personality he is today.

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