fastercapital acceleration program 4th round 2016

FasterCapital - Portfolio 2

The 4th round of funding started on 15th of Jul, 2016 and ended on 16th of Aug, 2016.

We had 17 startups in this round.


Cartly - Simplify your life


startup enthusiast, tech products lover and constant learner. artashes has 6+ years of experience in operations management, business development….

Artashes VardanyanCEO

Mostafa SadjadiVP of product

mobile products lover, machine learning guru, fan of creating new things. mostafa has 8+ years of experience in software engineering….


Grocery shopping is a hassle - The shopping takes few hours per week and remember just last time you went to a supermarket how long it took you find parking, to gather all goods, then stand in the cash desk line. For busy people it’s actually a nightmare as with their 9-18 routine they have to find time for shopping few times per week. And on top of this there is the problem of impulsive shopping as 60%+ people report they usually buy 25-30% more when they go to shopping. On top of all this people are facing difficulties on making the list of products they need or might need because they do not track their consumption of grocery and do not know whether they need to buy e.g. sugar or milk today or not.

Challenge

Personalized grocery shoping do-it-for-me solution based on AI designed to help people not only deliver groceries to their doorstep but help them forget about the purchasing process. Almost 80% of grocery consumption of household is pretty predictable for households, that’s why Cartly is aiming not to be just a delivery business, but help people forget about their grocery shopping through its smart Artificial Intelligence algorythms.

Idea


Well we met 1.5years ago during an incubation program. All of us were doing different things. Then we decided to team up as the grocery shopping was a hassle for all of us as well and not only buying goods from stores but also knowing what we should buy, or maybe the sugar at our home will be finished in 2 days so we need to take care of etc. We decided to build and ship a small landing page to see what people think and in a week we saw that almost 20 out of 180 visits have clicked on "Order" button which actually was even non-functional.

Story

An interactive and easy to use mobile app which disrupts the grocery shopping experience. So the customer just picks goods, delivery time and we deliver the goods to their doorstep. To make the UX and the ordering process easier for this stage in new version we have new features like "favorites", recent baskets" so as they could order more easily. Besides that our smart AI learns through time their consumption behavior and just sends them the "built basket" with the necessary products they will be going to buy in the next 1-2 days (based on our data analysis) and the customer just needs to approve or just do some small modifications.

Solution


Deliver My Tune - Let the world know you

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FasterCapital - Deliver My Tune Video Presentation

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http://youtu.be/ssAzngIPgoY


FasterCapital - Deliver My Tune Video Presentation 2

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http://youtu.be/WZneh0Xg7nU


FasterCapital - Deliver My Tune Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/eSnflgu0Dlo


Vibhor GoelFounder & CEO

Final Year, B.tech- Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Good management skills, Leadership and a visionary.

3rd year, b.tech-cse, delhi technical university, a doer and critical thinker.

Lakshay SinghHead Developer

pass out from bansanthali university and a true genius, hard worker and responsible.

Kriti KhannaMarketing Head

final year, b.tech- cse, amity university, best in crises, great writer and a manager.

Aryaman GuptaContent Head


In todays day every artist has to run after the labels to get them publish, they have to surrender their rights, settle for low royalty and if the artist is not famous then the artist need to pay a high amount as well.Deliver My Tune has eliminated all of these things, we give the same service to all the artist, give 100% rights and controls, 90% royalty and the fee is as low as $20. We also provide ISRC and UPC codes which are the most essential codes required for Digital Music Distribution. In India Deliver My Tune is the only company which has got the authority to provide ISRC code to individual artist after Indian Music Industry and we do not take more than 1 min to allot it.

Challenge

Deliver My Tune is India's first aggregator based website for digital music distribution. So, we at Deliver My Tune help the artist to upload their original compositions on 10+ stores such as Gaana, iTunes,Google Play, Saavn, WynkMusic (Nigeria) etc and also give them 100% rights and control to their composition, not only this we provide 90% of the royalty to artist.The best part is all these things without a contract, the artist is free to come and free to go at any part of the time. Our aim is to create a music industry which is equal to all, a place where artists are judged by their talent, not by their bank balance.

Idea


This company is not a result of some money minded people who came together and decided to start a company in order to get a hell lot of money from the artists.This company is a result of PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.This started when I used to go for my guitar lessons, where I and my guitar teacher recorded some songs and compressed them into an album. It was very special for both of us as it was our FIRST album and we wanted to release it.

Story

The impact is going to be great, we have never found a person who said that this idea is not required, it is the need of the hour and will solve all the problems of the artist. Deliver My Tune will end the monopoly of the labels and introduce a lot more service to the Digital Music World.

Solution


Dorie - Data - Acquire, Decipher & Deliver


Bhaskar Raghunathan is a mechanical engineer by qualification and completed his post graduation in product design…..

Bhaskar RaghunathanCEO & Director

shri v. mahesh is a bachelor of commerce from the university of madras. an associate member of the institute of cost …

V MaheshDirector

Aditya Suvithiraj is a mechanical engineer by qualification completing his bachelors from anna university in 2015.

Aditya Suvithiraj RVEngineer - Mechanical Design

Adithya RamgopalEngineer - Data Acquisition

Adithya Ramgopal is a mechanical engineer by qualification. he heads the data acquisition division at takvaviya since may 2015.


We, at Dorie, are addressing the major problem of measuring & increasing productivity through performance monitoring & improving, decision driving, digital big data in key industrial sectors which contribute largely to the economy of any nation.

Challenge

Dorie designs, builds & manufactures Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (IUAVs) focused on providing data acquisition, data processing & big data analytics services through 3D Photogrammetry, multi-spectral & GIS based imaging techniques to industries in sectors of large scale infrastructure, mining & minerals, agriculture and oil & gas wherein data acquisition & transfer platform is completely automated and cloud connected enabling quicker decision making using better data.

Idea


Drones & Data Acquisition - an idea which came out of need.Founder of Dorie Technologies, Bhaskar R, is a passionate engineer who loves to productize any idea. One of his long thought dreams was to build an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. His research background gave him the necessary initial knowledge on establishing the method of designing, building & testing a quad-copter, otherwise called as drone. He recruited four like minded freshly graduated engineers who also shared the same passion as him. He was completely focused on building a complete product with maximum functionalities and he strongly believes that one's intelligence is a collective trait and that team work will lead to quicker & better completion of work.

Story

Infrastructure: Contour Mapping, land Survey diagram, site planning & construction activities monitoring for highway, dams & large scale commercial or housing projects.Solution:1. Quicker survey of land - 50 acres land (or) 2km highway can be surveyed & CAD drafting diagram along with report can be given in less than 8 hours at a GSD of 5cm/pixel.2. Larger Point Cloud and better 3D models represent the exact model of survey region in an editable format enabling better flexibility in site planning & construction planning.

Solution


Ethos - The Future of Technology


over 8 years in the e-waste industry; experienced ewaste executive with proven sales track record, e-waste recycling operations management…

Derek RamsellFounder/CEO & Business Architect

John NeriBanking Advisor

Experienced account manager with several banking firms and non-for-profit board member. VP of Small Business Banking - Bank of America (Syracuse).


There is no local plant where circuit board scrap can be broken down and have all of the metal types separated out and refined and at low cost and done in a clean way.Furthermore anywhere even close is too high of cost to just get out some of the metals and they burn the plastic off. Even industrial scale places overseas, while they are low cost, they are a bit inefficient in the metals separation and their practices are not as clean. Plus, other smelters/refineries only pay after processing, which can be up to 6 months!

Challenge

Ethos will process circuit board scrap to separate, recover and refine the metals and plastic, using high efficiency "green" technology, producing high purity metal bars, which are sold to metal buyers.

Idea


During college, Derek took up a job at an e-waste recycling warehouse moving up from disassembly to front end sales in a mostly condemned old WW2 tank ball bearing warehouse, crushing cockroaches that would come out of the draws and stored printers with a power supply assembly while making sales calls. (got most of them in a few months). While revamping the sales department at the e-waste recycling company, there was now large volumes of circuit board scrap from the disassembly operations to sell. Derek realized we weren't getting anywhere close to the intrinsinc value and found out of how underserved the market was.

Story

Ethos new plant will provide a local/regional place where suppliers can send their circuit board scrap and receive the highest value in the world, in addition to upfront payment, while also having full confidence in the operation being clean and industry certified.The impact will be that a substantial portion of the 80% of circuit board scrap ($5BB+) being shipped overseas and much of what is done in the US will be sent to our plant at capacity, where we will produce multiple pounds and tons of Au, Ag, Pl, Pd, Rh, Cu, Ni, Al, Zn, Pb & FR4;The carbon offset from our recycling is over 10x / pound, in addition to water saved from pollution. We also aim to use solar and wind to power all of our operations.

Solution


eXabit Systems - Building Products For SustainableAgriculture & Food Security.


FasterCapital - eXabit Systems Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/C4G8O-TTRE4


Satyajeet MahapatraCEO

Prashant Kumar SahooCOO

Amulya Kumar MishraCTO

12+ yrs exp. b.tech comp sc. worked with mncs like j.p morgan, yahoo!, sapient, mahindra -british telecom. a pre-sales, digital marketing…

12+ yrs exp. b.tech comp sc. worked with mncs like oracle, infosys, techm. a database design & crunching expert.

11+ yrs exp. b.tech elect & tc. worked with infosys. a java, android & other front-ending technologies expert.


Making Precision Agricultural Science based Farming Feasible for Masses.Tracking, Monitoring & Automation for Various Cropping processes for Fargmented Land holdings or Large Holdings at finger-tips.Helping in Crop Analytics & Research.Helping in better Crop Yield; Quality & Quantity terms as well as Helping in Sustainable Agricultural Practices.

Challenge

IOT(Internet of Things) for Agriculture.Agri-Tech company working on IoT/ICT based technologies to make precision farming feasible for All Kind of Farmers. And Post-Harvest Supply Chain Management Solution Provider. Offering a Complete "Seed To Fork" level solutions for Agricultural Organizations.Company is an IoT based Smart Precision Farming Technology provider. Company currently has two products: RobotiX (focusing on pre-harvest agricultural activities) and TactiX (focusing on post-harvest activities).

Idea


We all are School & College Friends for the Same Town.3-of the founders did their engineering from the same college.2-of the founders started their career in the same organization.A Group of friends for last 18-Years!This group first came-up with a plan to make Analytic Engine. The data collection was planned to be done from neighbor hood mom & pop shops of all types/categories. And then the data to get analyzed to find out which exact product/sku is sold where & how much.

Story

Company’s Hi-Tech Farming as a Service model allows growers to make use of the Android App, IoT Devices on the Farm field to stay connected, informed & Automate Farm field equipments and Crop Advisory services for field work at finger tips.Using RobotiX (Farm-field level IoT Device) growers can collect Farm land’s water level, weather, soil & crop progress data continuously without any human intervention. RobotiX can also be used to AUTOMATE Irrigation, Fertigation, Fumigation, Sprinklers or any other Electrical/Electronic equipment at a remote farm field.

Solution


Helavest - A million people, a million minds,a million to all


FasterCapital - Helavest Presentation

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http://youtu.be/iYC2Jh5Me6c


FasterCapital - Helavest Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/n-nboJ3sdeM


mba-finance,bbm-finance,cpa,ciscoceo (6+ years of experience). financial architecture, financial analysis, investment management…

Arden MulaaFinance Director

a marketing mba,bcom-marketing cpak. with 6 years business development experience. he has worked for some of the largest tech…

Ben LusigiBusiness Development

David MusyokaDatabase & Platform Manager

b.sc - it. a web developer having developed various functional websites for both private sector and public bodies…

degree in computer science. developer of google app, web branding/devt, it training and consultancy….

Mwangi Peter App Developer


We seek to fill the gap that exists in Sub Saharan Africa between people ignored by financial institutions via financial inclusion products which are not only affordable and within reach but also empowers them by cutting the bureaucratic processes of acquiring loans and making the loans available to unfinanced entrepreneurs

Challenge

We intend to offer easily accessible and cheaper loans and financial advisory to the unbanked ,the ignored eg. security guards and the young entrepreneurs.We will cut the bureaucratic process that are generally characterized by loaning institutions.Our algorithms will use their network , personal data and more so their savings to computer their credit score.

Idea


Passionate about social entrepreneurship, our team met through social networking and used their diverse knowledge to come up with an idea that would positively impact the most ignored part of our society.With our friends always asking for gentleman's loans to peruse their needs either personal or enterprenual, we did see a gap and need that could be filled by us using the experience we had and that how Helavest.com was born. We have utilized ''marry go round'' to see them sort the gap, there are still big gaps in relation to finances and advise that need to be solved.

Story

Helavest is a financial inclusion product which is tailor made to assist the largest workforce in Kenya (security guards, juakali sector and young entrepreneurs) with a saving and financing function. Helavest is a mobile based savings and credit cooperative that is based on the principle of simplicity in access to financial services.Often sidelined by the larger financial institution, helavest gives them an easy access to a savings platform and access to easy to use technology that enable s them get access to loans at a cost effective rate.The mobile application and web based platform will ensure they are a click away from solving there financial needs.

Solution


Holo - See Outside the Screen


FasterCapital - Holo Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/s4jk9sNgL8w


Sandro JavakhishviliCO-CEO

Nika berekashviliCEO

Tamta JaparashviliCO-CEO


Customers are tired with the similar types of advertisements.Holo have solution for routinely advertisement environment, Holo can create advertisement in hologram which will be a new, exciting and memorable for costumers.

Challenge

Our product is 3d hologram device which is designed for advertising. We are solving a problem of flat screen and static banners, we designed a brand new device with 360° visual, sound effects, smell freshener and ability to feel the temperature. (Cooling effect for advertisements of soft drinks.)

Idea


Nika with a graphic design background and Sandro - sound engineer were classmates for 8 years long. On 16-17 January in 2016 Nika and Sandro participated in an Art-Hackathon,. They had to create an original decoration for the bar in 36 hours. The source of inspiration for them became a simple video-tutorial from YouTube. It is important to highlight the fact that this idea from the video tutorial has transformed into a useful and innovative device –Holo.

Story

The Solution which we are proposing to our costumers is a brand new vision of their product for their costumers, Holo will Change the way of outdoor advertising. According Dates of 2012 in Georgia there was spent about 43M$ in advertising business. We will enter this market with much more effective and innovative product.

Solution


Iris Management - Giving up is not an option


FasterCapital - Iris Management Video Pitch

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Founder and Manager IRIS MANAGEMENT- Health&Wellnes-Prenuer and Relationship Coach.

Phanice ShamallaEvents Manager


A number of mortalities are directly related to unhealthy lifestyles.Governments, the world over are becoming increasingly active in fighting risk factors of the most common causes of death such as Cardiovascular, Cancer and Diabetes.Other medical problems such as Anxiety/ Depression reduce the quality of life and affect interpersonal relationships.It is estimated that if communities adopted the health principles, such as those promoted at the Health Festival, the mortality rates for Cancer and Cardiovascular diseases, for instance, could drop by 60-70% and 70-80% respectively.

Challenge

The festival intends to be the regions all-encompassing premium health, wellness and lifestyle event experience that will reflect the global move towards health, wellness, longevity, positivity, vitality, environmental awareness and sustainability. We are promoting and encouraging adoption of healthier lifestyles and behaviors.Across Africa, there are thousands of healthcare professionals and companies that manufacture products aimed at the healthcare industry. Our intention is to ensure all healthcare professionals and industry related companies’ partner with us, since our event (the Health Festival) has the potential of hosting and promoting afore mentioned fields, across the country.

Idea


At the onset of Iris Management, we began by offering event management and association management to professional medical associations as well as soft-skills management services. The owner Phanice has worked in the corporate event management business since 2006, offering events management services to medical association scientific conferences, medical camps and monthly educational meetings. She also worked with a corporate event company In-Sync Kenya and a training company, Quantum Kenya marketing event offerings to attendees, exhibitors and sponsors. Currently the main offerings of Iris Management are: Soft Skills Management and Health Festival. It is the wish of the founder to remain a debt-free establishment. However, recognizing that in reality not all variables are controllable, outside financing is a sustainable option.

Story

Economic growth, rapid urbanization, changing lifestyles and the growing influence of western cultures and diets, are just a few of the factors responsible for making fitness, health & sports some of the big ‘mega-trends’ in Africa. As a result, there is a boom in the demand for related products and services that enhance one’s health, fitness and wellness.The good news is that Africa’s middle class is expanding and is one of the fastest growing middle class populations in the world and this of course means that there is an increasing demand for fitness, health and sports services in Africa.

Solution


KaleJob - Africans can apply for job through SMS/MMS


I’m Social Entrepreneur, The Founder Institute Graduate, Idea Designer and Startup Engineer, 7 years experience. Co-founder of AfricaStartup-Academy.org.

Foua Bi Touvoly DonatienCEO

Marketing/Management & Communication, 11 years experience. Graduate in Marketing / Management & Communication…

Mamadou DOUMBIA Jr. CMO


1. Many are the competitors that provide solutions to the unemployment problem, but we always fesons the sad fact that this problem persists and is even one of the causes of poverty, hunger and despair in Africa. Then a major challenge will be to interconnect our three target users ( Jobseekers, professionals and Companies) them first, and secondly to external users.2. For us, we have to get to interconnect all these consumers and four misseurs in real time with little information collected (location, personal information, job offers) without the internet and via SMS. It's a quality set of Geo-localized relationship that will be our challenge in this case.3. Make easier access to our opportunities and jobs by distributing them through our support "kalejob TV".

Challenge

The main objective of the idea is to build a skills bank and working on demand, while enabling:- For job seekers to view and apply for jobs via SMS without internet connection.- For companies to benefit from qualified and experienced skills through a matching online or offline.- For professionals to offer services on demand within 500 meters around via SMS with or without internet connection.

Idea


So usually, I was getting all sorts of job opportunities on my mobile phone via SMS because I subscribed to this offer on a mobile phone operator. But one day, I received a very nice job opportunity that matches my profile. Immediately I have to apply for this job, but I could not access the Internet, it was impossible to apply this job opportunity that could change my life. Like me, there are over 250 million young Africans unemployed, with more than 12 million young people enter the labor market and the rate of Internet penetration in most African countries is 10%.

Story

Kalejob is skills bank and working on demand via SMS. It develops web and mobile Apps to help unemployed young people find jobs easily via SMS with or without internet access.- With kalejob, we allow qualified and experienced young professionals to fill market their skills through our App or via SMS,- Our Mobile App "kalejob" allows for the linkage between job seekers and employers in Geo-locating within 500 meters without the internet connection,-Our Mobile App also allows to provide personalized assistance to job seekers online,- Kalejob also offers companies the opportunity to be able to job interviews online.

Solution


Moggie - Cat care system


FasterCapital - Moggie Video Presentation

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http://youtu.be/UNiJ-Dj3L_M


FasterCapital - Moggie Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/z85iCJRLD1g


Experienced in starting, growing and successfully selling an IT company in Ukraine. Worked for a Swedish tech company Hansoft….

Nataliya StoyanovychCEO

Vasantharaj BharathiCTO

Experienced in digital marketing at Isobar Ukraine; client service and project management in companies in Ukraine and Sweden.

Anton SkybaCOO

Electrical engineer & certified PMP. He brings multidimensional expertise from engineering, marketing and new product introductions with consumer goods MNCs.


Managed creative department in the structure of the Japanese holding company DentsuAegis Network worked on the launch of the Italian brand Silenza in digital….

Yuri BilenetsCMO

Vitalii TorchynskyiVP, Hardware Engineering

Electronics engineer who has experience in analog and digital electronics circuit design, PCB design and manufacturing, microcontroller programming in assembler or C language.


Nowadays modern cat owners see their felines as family members, not ordinary pets. At the same time they have a very busy lifestyle with little time to focus their attention on their pet’s preferences, health trends and habits; and follow a reactive approach that relies on veterinarians to cure illness/disease of pets. When we interviewed 200 cat owners in different countries, we found out that many of them lack proper tools to understand needs of their cats and they would like get access to tailored information about own cats without the need to turn to veterinarian. 89% of interviewed cat owners said that they would like to know what their cats are doing when they stay alone at home. So we at Moggie decided to change the way in which cat owners take care of their beloved cats.

Challenge

MOGGIE is a smart collar and mobile app for cats that becomes the world’s first cat care system with embedded intelligent vet algorithm. The app keeps all data about the cat (age, weight, breed) in one place and shares tailored tips. The collar tracks cat’s daily activity with intelligent algorithm, understands needs and analyzes behavioral patterns of the pet.

Idea


Moggie started when one of our co-founders - Nataliya - moved to Sweden with her cat. She faced lots of questions in the new country - how to treat her cat, when to turn to veterinarian, how to find hosts, how to know what the cat is doing when she was travelling - and these questions were difficult to answer in the new environment. She tried to find device to help her answer questions and stay connected to the cat despite distances, but failed as there is nothing in the market tailored for cats. That is how the idea was born. Nataliya and Anton who used to work together in one of Rotary International programs started developing the idea from Sweden. In a month Vasanth, who went together with Nataliya to IE Business school in Madrid where both got MBA conference and through personal network they met Vitalii - cat lover who has deep experience in hardware engineering.

Story

By offering cat owners the tools - smart collar and mobile app - that give access to detailed information about the cat's lifestyle, needs and behaviors, Moggie will switch the cat owner’s behavior from reactive to proactive. We help the owners to reduce dependency on expensive vet care and spot potential health issues earlier. Moggie also provides the customer opportunity to get more real-time insights about cat's activities when the owner is away travelling, working etc. Moggie is the first solution tailored only for cats which is reflected in advanced algorithm, vet recommendations, light weight and small size of the collar.

Solution


Musjic - Monetize your music


FasterCapital - Musjic Video Presentation

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http://youtu.be/MLDdX5Jqtq0


FasterCapital - Musjic Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/jlQhcdxUKyo


lee is a successful music producer, dj and published artist who is signed to various record labels around the world with his music gaining airplay on radio.

Lee Fitzpatrick Director


A brief about the problem the startup is solving: One of the major problems for artists today, is to get their music heard. To do this, an artist will approach a number of record labels hoping to get their music signed so that the label will take their music to market. The problem is, labels receive hundreds, if not thousands of demos a week and therefore don't even listen to most of the singles/albums that are submitted. If you are lucky enough to get signed, the artist then has to sign over most of the rights to their music and await a release date. Then in most cases, an artist is dictated to when they will get paid along with any reductions the label will take for marketing, design, promotion and so on.

Challenge

A brief about the idea of the startup: Musjic was founded in 2016 and provides a global online platform whereby Artists, Bands, Musicians, Record labels and more can sell their original music at the price points of their choosing in multiple currencies.The numerous advantages and benefits to an Artist listed on Musjic are: the ability to sell their music immediately, more exposure, create awareness, generate more fans, customers, revenues and have more control over their music sales.

Idea


A section which included how the team of founders have met each other and came up with the startup: Lee Fitzpatrick and Perry Wells have been good friends since their school days. After discussions about the many issues in the music industry, Lee and Perry came up with the idea for a much fairer, more simple yet effective way to monetize your music whilst attracting new fans from around the world.

Story

A brief about the solution proposed and its impact: Musjic is unique because it is the world’s first music based social media platform were fans can discover new music and purchase it directly from the Artist, Band, Musician or Record label. Musjic has a competitive advantage from the seller's point of view because of its unique concept that helps the Artist gain more control of their sales and revenues, custom and fans. Musjic also has a competitive advantage from the buyer's point of view because it helps them easily discover new music from Artists that they would not otherwise of heard of which helps to generate more sales.

Solution


MyPeegu - We Inspire Lives, Empower Students to Achieve


FasterCapital - MyPeegu Video Pitch

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http://youtu.be/qRhkeNunRO4


founder and the ceo of noitacudeeducational services -mypeegu. his expertise is in mechanical engineering….

Chetan JaiswalFounder & CEO

mr. tariq comes with a rich experience for more than 20 years in business development in educational sector with an excellent connection…

Mohammad Tarique ShaikhNational Sales Manager

Harika ReddyOperations Manager

she is the operations manager of mypeegu for pan india level. she is the mutual coordinator of the entire mypeegu team connecting….

she is a trained behavioral therapist with masters in philosophy. she entered the field of psychology in order to walk with others.…

Zoha MerchantSenior Associate Psychologist


he is the senior software developer. he has done his b. e (cs) from vtu. he has 4 years of experience in software development, website development …

Mohan RathodSenior Software Developer

Shraddha Deo KarlekarSenior Associate Psychologist

her expertise lies in clinical & child psychology. she has worked as a research associate with one of the leading psychiatrist in pune.


When it comes to children, we as adults tend to expect children to behave in a particular way as if we are trying to fit that child in a wardrobe made for an adult. MyPeegu on the other hand takes efforts towards making the wardrobe tailor made for each child so that the child grows freely in all the aspects and is not a victim of over expectation from parents, teachers or any other adults. We at MyPeegu, with the use of evidence based practices, support teachers, parents and schools to understand each child instead of just teaching them or molding them in a way that is expected by the society.

Challenge

Evidence suggests that a person’s success, health and emotional wellbeing have their roots in their childhood. We know that if we get it right in the early years, we can expect to see children thrive throughout school and their adult lives. Focusing on enriching Holistic Development of kids during their schooling ages using an innovative Activity based approach with a brilliant merge of 'Pyschology and Technology' layers the idea.

Idea


So, it clicked me when I had to shift to a lot of places because of my Father’s postings. That’s when I started noticing the changes in me as I went on to new places every now and then. I was thrown out of 3 schools out of 12 schools in mywhole schooling for my behavior then I started adapting the culture, the overall flavor of the new place every time I shifted. This was good but not so good at times.

Story

The prime objective of MyPeegu is to track the behaviour of each and every child according to the expected norms, recognize the skills of the child and enhance them and tap the deviations in the child’s development/behaviour in an unique way called "Activity Based Approach".MyPeegu not only focuses on the children but it also benefits the teachers and school management as the children in school will be on regular monitoring which in turn gives best possible results in terms of all the aspects(Overall development), and not just academics.

Solution


Rite App - Platform for customers and service providers


Michael AndersonCEO

Raluca-Maria GhermanOnline Marketing Specialist

20+ years in marketing. worked at major canadian adversiting agencies successfully marketing top-tier canadian and us brands.

Cari SvenssonVP, Marketing Director

Michael M Anderson is the founder and ceo/president of rite group. he was born in romania and has a military background….

13+ years experience in customer service and communications. almost 4 years working in software industry. b.a.


It is increasingly difficult to find someone qualified to take on daily home or property maintenance tasks, not to mention repairs or renovations.Searching on the internet will provide you with a list of names based on your searches but no information about the tradesperson, their abilities, qualifications or reviews of previous engagements, and you will need to vet each contractor.

Challenge

Rite App effortlessly connects clients with tradespersons and trade companies to do repairs or renovations in homes and businesses.Rite App is a true, on demand service where the customer is in control at all times and can search a pool of tradespersons around his area.Launched in April, 2016, Rite App is targeted to consumers, trades people and professional trade companies in the Greater Vancouver Area (From Lions Bay to Abbotsford) with roll-out to other major city centers in 3 – 6 months.Rite App is free for tradespersons and trades companies for the first 6 months of use.

Idea


The Rite App idea was born in the spring of 2015 in a conversation with a good friend and partner of Michael's, on a road trip from Whistler to Vancouver.?Cari Svensson is the sister of that good friend. She spotted the big potential of this idea immediately and embarked on the journey to help it come true.

Story

Rite App has been designed for the customers and tradespersons alike to bridge the existing market void between today’s growing technological communication and advertising advancements.Rite App platform is designed to facilitate smooth interactions between the customers and service providers as well as advertising opportunities for suppliers and retailers.For the customer, Rite App is designed to accommodate both the individual owners as well as property management organizations by setting up accounts with multiple “work site” locations. Customers will be able to search, find and hire available service providers on demand based on a detailed profile and reviews from other customers.

Solution


Skills2Use - Highlight Your Skills To Stand Out From TheCrowd


FasterCapital - Skills2Use Video Presentation

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experienced in start-up & tech sales with various companies including: to 100,000 students via acc in partnership with oxford…

John JohnsonManaging Director

Experienced General Manager, VP at IBM, Global Knowledge and SITA (£150million deals). In addition, mentors young entrepreneurs…

Ashley McClintonDirector Business Development

Dorian Spackmantechnical director

Susan JohnsonDirector Content

20 years experience designing award-winning learning solutions for FTSE 100 companies improving employee retention…

Managing Director of Swoop, a UK based application development company. Dorian was previously a consultant and advisor…


Globally, young people fear writing CV’s/Resumes and preparing for interviews. Research shows that today’s young people may have to change jobs 25-40 times and there are 100 applications for every position.Some commentators would argue that today’s tech tethered, phone driven young people with an 8-sec attention span…find it more daunting than previous generations.

Challenge

Through innovative use of technology and a personalized app experience, we improve job and course application outcomes for young people.• Disruptive Gen Z approach• Goodbye! Pdf’s, PPT, prescriptive advice• Hello! Personalized tools and user experience

Idea


We know that getting young people into employment or on the right course can change their lives. This was demonstrated when Ashley McClinton developed a prototype that produced a 100% improvement in outcomes at Tower Hamlets College.John knew Ashley from the world of Telecoms and in 2014and whilst selling another EdTech app in special needs college realized that Ashley's "legacy" solution could now be developed as an app with global potential. The team is a mix of seasoned executives and importantly, several young creative minds.

Story

We enable users to discover, store and articulate their employability skills from all life segments – sport, hobbies, clubs, volunteering, gap year, part-time work and academic life.Allows creation, sharing of documents , effective mentoring through an app.Innovative combination of technology , and content compared to traditional processes. Our Google challenge" shows 450,000 hits that do not match our solution.Focus on user experience to build confidence and improve outcomes – not recruiters.

Solution


Smooglee - Where holiday starts!


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12 years in it, deputy dean of computer science faculty at national university, phd physics and mathematics, associate professor….

Andrew AfoninCOO

Diana GrantsevaCEO

phd in law, 15+ years in business development, it, developer, raw materials, start ups, successful exits experience.

Ivan Grantsev

10+ years in business, several successful projects, 5+ years vice-president at nadra bank, strategy & business development….

phd physics and mathematics, associate professor of computer science faculty at national university web-development….

Andriy Glybovets


PROBLEM: no unique platform for direct online booking in one place of performers and event venues for private or corporate events in UAE.When person wants to celebrate his/her special event like wedding, birthday or any other significant occasion there are only few ways how to do this: he eight her goes to the event agency which charge almost 20 percent of the event budget or do it by himself. And it is really takes a lot of time and efforts to organize everything when doing by yourself! Individual has to think up the idea and scenario, find suitable event location (and rather often it is not simply restaurant or night club- it could also be yacht or villa, or outdoor location).

Challenge

Recommendation Platform for Private Parties!The idea is to create a platform where individuals can organize their events (like birthday parties, weddings, corporate events, etc.) very easily and much cheaper than through the event agency)We use machine learning to make our recommendation platform as custom-oriented as possible. Thus, we will fit the specific needs of each of our Customer with much more less price as Event agencies have!That is our unique selling preposition!

Idea


Initially, the idea of a startup was raised by two friends. One of them is good in software development and product management, another in business development. After a short time, they understood that their knowledge is not enough to make this startup really perfect. And the idea was shared among their close friends. And as a feedback, the project got two more co-founders, current CEO of the company, who is perfect in marketing, PR and business development as well. And another one is a technical guru and the best developer, the startup could ever have . As a result, we have a very strong team and we do our best to make SMOOGLEE really successful. Welcome to join to our success!

Story

Recommendation platform based on machine learning system where Customer puts what he/she needs as well as the budget and platform recommends the whole Event (event script, venue, performers, decorations, etc.)The platform works as online event agency. Client has two options: either book an entertainer separately or book the whole event – we call this option “Package”The main aim of package offer's module is to recommend the best option for the event based on the client's needs and requirements.

Solution


Taggli - 1st Brazilian Content Commerce Platform:connecting brands, products, content and customers intoan interactive way.


8 years of professional experience in strategy & operations worked in partnership with strategic leaders in several companies and sectors…

Isabela AbreuCEO & Sales

managing partner at freelog, head of sao paulo office since 2013, with double citizenship (brazilian / portuguese)….

Diego MenezesBoard & Investor

Ex Pwc Brazil Retail Partner Worked in partnership with strategic leaders of corporations in different groups. Results obtained impacted directly…

Luis SeixasBoard Investor & Sales


Our customers have many issues, like:1. How to create an online store2. How to sell more using my existing online store3. How to turn my followers into customers - monetize socialNormally, we have a bunch of e-commerce stores that is one click-go, but we offer more than online store. Vendors can create a store only in a few clicks, with a whole infrastructure behind, that you help him to sell more.

Challenge

Taggli is the first brazilian Content Commerce Platform. We bring to life the best of e-commerce with the best of social media functionalities. We believe that content is the future of marketing and content drives more sales than only the product alone by itself.Taggli puts together into a shopping platform: brands, products, content and consumer.

Idea


Our founders met each other working together into those big retail companies for more than 10 years.I was PwC Brazil Retail Manager, and I was also responsible to create and develop the relationship between PwC and Retailers at AMCHAM (US/Brazil) and CCFB (France/Brazil). One of the biggest problems of my major clients were how to increase sales and adapt their business models to interact with digital customers. So I realized that we havent yet a solution to solve their problems, so I decided to create Taggli to solve their problems.

Story

Taggli is more than Marketplace, is a the first brazilian Content Commerce Platform.Our competitive advantage is that we are not only a marketplace, we are an interactive marketplace with an entire ecosystem of digital solutions to small/medium business.We have complementary solutions from social media management to pricing tools, including payment and logistics, that can help entrepreneurs to sell more with less headache.We connect the two worlds together: online and offline. Turning Content into a sales driver.

Solution


Traktor - Educational agricultural platform


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Mark van Embden Andres COO

Nino NanitashviliCBDO

Jonne CatshoekCEO


Worldwide, farmers in emerging markets are underperforming significantly. There are two major bottlenecks: First of all, farmers lack skills, because traditional education is not equipped to reach small farmers at large scale. Secondly, farmers lack access to vital services to grow their business, like credit, insurances, or input supplies.

Challenge

Traktor is a digital platform that connects farmers to agricultural best practices, information, goods, and services. Our application provides educational content for distance learning, information such as market pricing and weather updates, easy access to expert advice and consultative services, and the ability to purchase goods and services digitally.

Idea


Jonne Catshoek and Mark van Embden Andres have been working together since January 2014, when they founded Elva, a leading IT development, data collection and analysis company for development organizations worldwide.While starting Elva, we noticed the significant uptake in mobile connectivity in Georgia. Working with various agricultural companies, we saw both the needs and opportunities were greatest in rural areas. Having tested effectiveness of reaching farmers online over the course of 2015/2016, we decided the time is ripe for a truly mobile-first application for farmers in emerging markets.

Story

For farmers, Traktor solves a critical needs for better information and decision support. Traktor provides a range of tools, from market price information to advanced weather data .For businesses that serve farmers, Traktor provides an affordable way to increase sales beyond their immediate areas through online sales and more effective marketing and customer outreach.Unlike most of our competitors, we will be able to start operations with a fully online/mobile first approach - i.e. very low reliance on low-bandwidth technologies like SMS or IVR. In Georgia, around 30% of the population is online at least every week (World Bank, CRRC Georgia). We believe this is marks a critical mass that allows us to engage farmers using almost exclusively high-bandwidth technology.

Solution


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