Startup Success Stories of Indian Entrepreneurs

Just Jobs is a company that has two founders who are Kishore Beniwal and SR Madhukar. This startup was launched on 1st August 2016. The company has no external investor, it makes ends meets using the existing resources. Kishore Beniwal is the CEO and is responsible for inspiration and clear thoughts that focus on India’s undeveloped areas and provide opportunities that lead to the betterment of the country. SR Madhukar is in charge of finances and operations, willing to embrace any...

Landing a job is always a difficult, mundane and time taking task even for a candidate from a Premier institute like IITs. We all know that the number of IITs in India has increased in the last few years. In 2007, there were 7 IITs and the number has gone up to 23 in the last few years till date. More are yet to come. Also, the number of students per institute has increased, resulting in an inflow rush...

With technological advancement and fast-paced lives, travel planning is considered a tedious task. The idea of flipping through broachers and itineraries evokes lethargy. Thus, first-hand experience and reviews, from a trusted source, plays a vital role in the bookings process. TraveLibro, a travel social-networking platform, seeks to bridge this gap. With a mobile app that allows capturing your journey live, resulting into a travel story that not only inspires friends and avid travelers but also helps plan their trip...

FinancePeer is essentially an Artificial Intelligence based peer to peer lending platform that assists potential borrowers and lenders meet each other and enable secured loan transaction between them directly. The company strives for establishing financial trust among people using AI based rating technology which analysis 13,000+ digital/social data points. It started the product designing on October 1st, 2016 and customer acquisition on May 13, 2017. Strategically located at Rise, Peninsula Business Park, Mumbai, it leverages on the best fintech...

Debtors Watch – A startup lead by a self-motivated Chartered Accountant Could I do something which had helped me to recover my dues? Or Could I have done some background check before engaging in this business? With lots of such questions in the mind and curiosity of getting all the answers with a perfect solution, Deepanjan Periwal, Founder of Debtors Watch, took an initiative to launch an online platform that will help businesses of any form and size to report trade...

A Kolkata based bootstrapped EduTech startup, InnovED Global, is turning into an unstoppable force and giving funded giants a run for their money. Sayak Chakrabarti, AIR 181, who secured 122 marks out of 122 in Mathematics in IIT JEE Advance, 2017 was one of the few students that were using InnovED Global online test series. Achilles heel Earlier this year in February, InnovED Global become the first company in India to launch a full-fledged IIT JEE advance test series in proper...

While everyone in the society are dreaming big to finish basic education and enrol in an university for a degree program, HARSHA KAKKERI who is the founder of “DesignBoat UI/UX Studio & School” thinks entirely in a  different dimension. With a mix of learning and services, DesignBoat Studio focusses on creating products and moving companies forward with a passion for start-ups & leading brands. On the other hand, DesignBoat School is committed to teach how to design for Mobile...

Applancer, world's best known mobile app outsourcing platform, is a fast-growing field. It has totally revolutionized the concept of a mobile application development. Loaded with various technical aspects and provision of so many options, it has been proved to be the most unprecedented advancement. Breaking a disruptive technology into the market is never easy, but Applancer proved it wrong! It is famous for providing enriching and collaborative relations between executives and mobile application developers all over the world. It has...

A Kolkata based Edtech startup has done what other Unicorns in Edtech field couldn’t achieve. They have launched India’s first online test series comprising of all types of questions-Matrix type, Passage Based, Assertion reason, Integer type as well as more than one correct. With 2.2 lakh student qualifying for IIT-JEE Advanced. Essentially, not a single online test series exist in the market which is adaptive to all the different types of question in the prescribed format of JEE-Advanced. Is InnovED Global...

The rural populations are usually portrayed as a place which is meant only for agriculture. However, linking rural areas to various markets, infrastructure, and appropriate technology can improve their lifestyle, income and can lead to thriving many businesses in these regions. A company named as “Ourtrip” started with a theme “Small is the way to think big” where they aimed to provide money transfer services in the rural areas. Mohan Ballani and Madhu Krishna launched their venture on 30th...

Dr. Suhas B Shetty completed his studies in a doctorate in pharmacy. After finishing his studies, he was looking to pursue a career that doesn’t involve high stress on the job. So, after market research and with available funds, He started to set up an ice cream parlor popularly known as Iceberg Ice cream parlor - A Nellore based startup in Andhra Pradesh which was launched on 18th November 2012. He used his pocket money to buy one month stock....

The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap – Aaron Levie, co-founder, Box. Something like this was been thought by Sahil Kohli, CEO, Applancer, a platform which is solely made for app developers and project clients on board under one umbrella. Being a PEC graduate, entrepreneurial skills being a part of him since college days as he came up with a unique idea of XeroCopy where...