akshayxyz Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 For the starters - here are some of the promising and/or innovative startups based out of India. Nowadays, the startup scene is very active in India. This is just tip of the tip of the iceberg. Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of the ones I am listing here. This is just one of my area of interest some other ICFers might share Please help expand the list with the ones you keep hearing, reading around you - and any other related news or even queries. Need not be limited to technology or strictly India based, (in that case please specify the relevance with Indian demography). 1). Flipkart - undoubtedly, this has to be on the top of list. 2). Redbus - online bus booking. 3). Myntra - online printed merchandise. 4). Groupon clones - there are at least 30 of them, and I do not have preference for anyone in particular. 5). InMobi - mobile ad network. 6). chakpak - nothing special bollywood portal, but due to their good SEO, they managed to stick in top google results for anything bollywood, and received good amount of funding.
Raghav_12 Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Ixigo - Airline Booking - Bought over by makemytrip and SAIF Partners for around 100 crore in last month. Travelyaari - Online bus booking - Statup by 4-5 IIMA alums. There are a lot more around, but these are the some which have got some name in the market and have got some funding.
anotherhawkeye Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Makes me want to come back to India and start/become part of one.
Holysmoke Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 flipkart is awesome. I've bought 4 things from them in the last week. how about makemytrip.com deliverychef.in
Raghav_12 Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Makes me want to come back to India and start/become part of one. It seems to be very opportune time if you want to start something of your own in India. Start-ups getting funding relatively easily. Not only PEs and VC's, but there are mushrooming Angel investors and seed funds. E-commerce seems to be most promising area for these start-ups. You pick up on any idea that failed during dot.com bust around 2000 and now it would have very good chance of succeeding, just because people are more internet savvy now and internet penetration is at decent level.
akshayxyz Posted September 27, 2011 Author Posted September 27, 2011 flipkart is awesome. I've bought 4 things from them in the last week. how about makemytrip.com deliverychef.in IIRC - it is about a decade old - too old to be stay in startup category :)..
punjabi_khota Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 I know one of the two main guys at Flipkart..studied with him for couple of years. :phehehe: Here are somes startups started by some friends of mine..try them out: muziboo.com : Music upload/community for amateurs and pros Supportbee.com: customer support solutions for businesses (has been selected for Startup Chile) cashurdrive.com : paint your car and earn money zomato.com : food delivery and event shevent
Aaku Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 I know one of the two main guys at Flipkart..studied with him for couple of years. :phehehe: Here are somes startups started by some friends of mine..try them out: muziboo.com : Music upload/community for amateurs and pros Supportbee.com: customer support solutions for businesses (has been selected for Startup Chile) cashurdrive.com : paint your car and earn money zomato.com : food delivery and event shevent haww i love zomato :omg:
Raghav_12 Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 baazi.com This url takes me to eBay india's page. Was baazi bought over by eBay? I remember hearing this name (or something similar) quite a lot few years ago.
ganeshran Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 Ya baazi was bought over by ebay and now redirects to ebay.in. I remember their CEO was arrested in the DPS MMS case since someone was selling it on the site :phehehe:
akshayxyz Posted September 27, 2011 Author Posted September 27, 2011 started by a friend couple of months back - chatimity.com (android app for talking to random people).
akshayxyz Posted September 27, 2011 Author Posted September 27, 2011 Another startup by friends - simplelife.in - have started with selling T-Shirts online. Notexactly innovative, but some good people behind this.
urbestfriend Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 There are many start-ups in e-commerce domain these days. Only very few can survive and rest will fade away. Flipkart is a success story , which is started by ex-amazon people and made it big in just 2-3 years , so as 'letsbuy.com'. Redbus.in is the first comer and they are also making money. "snapdeal" is good. But those who made it big are minuscule :headshake:
Raghav_12 Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Recently came across couple of start-ups in Cab industry. Another area where there is enough scope for start-ups because of lack of organization in Indian market. http://www.olacabs.com/ http://www.getmecab.com/ Profiles of founders for these start-ups are pretty good. IIT Computer Science and IIM Ahmedabad kind of..
akshayxyz Posted September 28, 2011 Author Posted September 28, 2011 Another notable mention is www.sharepoint.com - it was started by Indian and has made it big on international arena.
Yoda-esque Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Notionink ? Started off with many promises.Was following Rohan's blog for almost an year but the product fell way short of expectations. Still,I admire Rohan's resilience.TCB!
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