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22071. This neobank tech startup’s AI platform offers personalised service to users
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- Neobank tech startup UNObank promises to change the rules of digital banking through its AI platform to make banking more personalised, catering to each individual needs.
- This could be the new era of digital banking where all the transactions are conducted on a smartphone with a personal touch. UNObank, founded in January, 2020, by Manish Bhai, Kalidas Ghose, and Puneet Gupta is the new digital challenger bank.
- The three founders, with extensive experience in the domains of banking and technology, incorporated their Singapore based startup DigibankASIA in January this year with the technology centre in Bengaluru, India. UNO and UNObank are the brands owned by this startup.
22072. [Startup Bharat] Ahmedabad-based NewsReach helps vernacular media have a digital presence
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- Ahmedabad-based startup NewsReach enables local publishers and other original content providers, mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas, to go digital.
- Ahmedabad-based NewsReach is a media company that enables local publications and news outlets to create their digital presence.
- Vyomeen Media, the parent company of NewsReach, was started in 2018 by Darshan Shah and Soniya Kundnani, with the mission of providing local news publishers and reporters a digital platform, and connecting them to mainstream media for better visibility and marketability. Since its launch, NewsReach has created a network of more than 2,000 local news publishers.
22073. This Bengaluru startup is helping students enter IVY League colleges, IIMs with its on-demand GMAT training
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- Bengaluru edtech startup CrackVerbal offers GMAT training to students from countries, including India, Brazil, Singapore, the US, Russia, etc., enabling them to get admissions into IVY League colleges, IIMs, and ISBs.
- With their edtech startup CrackVerbal, Arun Jagannathan and Shreekala Kurup are trying to get this discipline restored among students
- Founded in 2012, CrackVerbal started as a physical classroom and as an online model. However, in the wake of the pandemic, it has moved to digital learning permanently.
22074. Tired of waiting for your meal? This Delhi-based startup uses AI to make checkout and dine-in experiences smoother
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- Fastor is a Delhi-NCR based bootstrapped startup. Its AI-enabled self-checkout technology platform is used for expediting takeaway and dine-in at food and retail outlets.
- Sitting at a restaurant in Delhi, in 2018, Karan Sood was frustrated about the amount of time it took from ordering to the meal reaching his table. He realised that it wasn’t just him who was annoyed by the delays. His family and many others around him had to wait for a long time for their meals. All this got him thinking of how to solve the problem, which led him to start Fastor
- The duo also roped in mentors like Rajeev Sood, who has experience of over 25 years in the corporate sector, and Sanjay Sharma, an ex-Microsoft Country Sales Head with an experience of 20 years of working in renowned companies and heading their sales and marketing. Fastor started with its beta runs in October 2019 in Delhi-NCR. The team tested the systems at high footfall locations, and did a full-scale launch in January 2020.
22075. This Mumbai entrepreneur’s foodtech startup is bringing healthy smoothies to your doorstep
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- Founded by Karishma K, foodtech startup Shake It believes its subscription-based model can scale up the need for healthy food options for people on the go.
- Making a mark in this segment is Mumbai-based Shake It that is bringing healthy smoothies with zero preservatives to your doorstep. The foodtech startup was founded by Karishma Kriplani in 2020..
- Keeping taste and health in mind, the duo has curated a diverse menu with an array of flavors that include low-carb, vegan-friendly, and lactose-free options, so there is something for everyone. They have also managed a blend of vitamins and minerals to make smoothies more nutritious.
22076. EV startup Gemopai wants to make electric scooters the preferred choice for last-mile commute
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- Greater Noida-based EV startup Gemopai aims to tap into the growing market for electric vehicles in India, with three models on offer.
- With an aim to ease last-mile commute woes, reduce pollution, and tap into the growing market for electric two-wheelers in India, a Greater Noida-based startup is developing electric scooters for the country.
- Started in 2018 by Amit Raj Singh and Kshitij Kumar, Gemopai is a joint venture between Delhi-based Goreen E-Mobility and Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Opai Electric. “During my 12 years of stay and doing business in China, I got a chance to witness the transformation of their two-wheeler industry into all-electric due to rising pollution levels,” says Amit.
22077. Bollywood actor Shreyas Talpade is entering the world of OTT with his startup Nine Rasa
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- Greater Actor Shreyas Talpade, known for his stellar act in movies like Iqbal and Dor, as well as comic turns in the Golmaal series and Om Shanti Om, has announced the launch of his over-the-top (OTT) startup, Nine Rasa, exclusively for theatrical and stage performances.
- Even as 2020 became the year of reset due to the pandemic for almost everyone, Shreyas says he is thankful, for “it showed me my true potential.”
- “From the time I did Iqbal, I have been so caught up with films that I have missed out on 150-odd plays in various languages,” he says. “As the show would possibly happen in one part of India, I would be shooting in another part of the country, or I wouldn’t be in India at all. Thus, I felt that there would be people like me who would want to see or be part of these shows and not necessarily be present offline to do so.”
22078. [Startup Bharat] Ahmedabad-based Buy HomeMade is bringing home chefs together on one platform
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- Founded by two homemakers (Ami Baxi and Deepika Lakhani, residents of Ahmedabad) passionate about cooking, the online platform enables people to discover and buy regional, homemade snacks. The startup will soon begin operations in Canada and the UK.
- The website, launched in October 2020, enables home chefs to sell homemade snacks, pickles, organic oils, chocolates and baked goods on the platform, helping them earn some extra money doing what they love doing, or what they at least do every day.
- The duo invested Rs 20 lakh of their own money in the startup, and their current sales revenue is invested back into the company. The startup has over 30 home chefs selling their products on the platform already.
22079. This Mumbai-based startup ensures corporates get a steady supply of eco-friendly biofuels
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- Functioning as an aggregator, four-year-old startup Biofuels Junction supplies large manufacturing plants with low-polluting, cost-effective biofuels produced at small units.
- Biofuels Junction Pvt Ltd, started by Ashvin Patil and Chaitanya Korgaonkar in 2016, provides corporate entities access to quality biomass briquettes and pellets, along with a supply assurance. These briquettes and pellets made from agricultural and wood waste are increasingly being used as fuel by various types of manufacturing plants.
- Ashvin got together with Chaitanya to launch Biofuels Junction as an aggregator platform that serves as a crucial link between suppliers and users of biofuel.
22080. [Startup Bharat] This Tamil Nadu-based organic grocery brand is using ‘click-and-mortar’ retail to be a Rs 100 Cr company
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- Tirunelveli-based grocery startup RuralBasket has reaped the benefits of COVID-19, which created huge tailwinds in the farm-to-home retail segment. Now, it is targeting a turnover of Rs 100-crore by 2025.
- Founded in 2018 as RuralShop — an online marketplace for farmers, artisans, weavers, and rural industries to list their products and find customers — the platform shifted focus to food and grocery, and rebranded itself as RuralBasket in March 2019.
- RuralBasket sources organically grown products directly from farmers; grades, packs, and stores them in its warehouses; sells online and through RuralBasket retail stores, and delivers to customers’ doorstep using its own logistics fleet. Essentially, it is a full-stack “click-and-mortar” food retailer.