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21361. [Startup Bharat] How these IITians turned their student project into a profitable global edtech company
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- Founded in 2018, STEMpedia is an edtech startup that is focused on ensuring STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is accessible to every student.
- To leverage digital-only education during this pandemic, STEMpedia launched a new offering called PictoBlox AI in June, which lets kids develop their own AI apps in an interactive and playful manner.
- Under this programme, kids can code programmes and learn by making fascinating projects and applications, like face recognition-based attendance systems, gesture-controlled robots and games, AI-based logo quiz, and much more, through a project-based learning model.
21362. [Startup Bharat] This Indore-based edtech platform is using DIY kits to spruce up preschool learning
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- Indore-based edtech startup ClassMonitor has taken an online-offline approach to learning for preschoolers. It has over 30,000 registered users on its app.
- In March 2016, Vijeet and Vikas launched ClassMonitor as a messaging platform for parents and teachers. It aimed to be a replacement for chaotic and spammy WhatsApp, and streamline communication between both parties.
- In October 2018, it pivoted from a communication platform to a hybrid early learning tool that marries offline learning with digital cues and rewards. Essentially, ClassMonitor built an O2O model in edtech.
21363. Starting up from a Messy Corner, these siblings built a Rs 6 Cr personalised gifting startup
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- The Messy Corner (TMC) was founded in 2015 by siblings Aayush and Aanchal Poddar The founders initially invested Rs 10 lakh in the business. Since then, it has been transferring back all the profits back into the business.
- The Messy Corner currently is a 20-member team, including full-time employees and freelancers.
- The startup designs its products in-house. It sources the raw materials from local markets in Mumbai, Delhi, and Chennai, and manufactures the products at TMC’s factory in Vasai, Mumbai, which was set up in 2015.
21364. Focusing on quality helped this solar energy startup find its place in the sun
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- Ahmedabad-based solar energy startup URON Energy, which offers end-to-end solutions and works with residential, corporate, and government clients, expects to clock $2.5 million in revenue by the end of 2020.
- Currently, URON Energy is operational in Gujarat and National Capital Region (NCR). It has also received a few overseas inquiries. It has bagged a few orders from Australia and Tanzania, but is unable to execute these projects due to COVID-19.
- They provide complete end-to-end services. This includes project conceptualisation, design engineering, implementation, and maintenance.
21365. This Meerut-based platform connects buyers and sellers; is giving tough fight to OLX, eBay
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- SellQuikr provides a common platform for buyers and sellers to sell their products independently. With a two-member team and bootstrapped with their scholarship money, the founders have managed to be profitable.
- Meerut, siblings Gunjeet Singh Bawa (21) and Manmeet Singh Bawa (20) founded SellQuikr in 2018 with an aim to connect all the buyers and sellers directly and independently across India.
- The website currently has over 70 categories, including gadgets, real estate, motorbikes, cars, and clothing.
21366. खुद्दार कहानियां:नौकरी छोड़कर फ्लाई ऐश ब्रिक्स मशीन बनाने की फैक्ट्री लगाई, घाटा हुआ तो दाेबारा नौकरी की, अब उसी फैक्ट्री से कर रहे हैं सालाना 1.5 करोड़ रु की कमाई
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- 1998 में नोएडा में शुरू की फ्लाई ऐश ब्रिक्स मशीन बनाने की फैक्ट्री, 9 साल तक जमा पूंजी लगाकर फैक्ट्री चलाई, घाटे के बाद फिर नौकरी शुरू की
- फैक्ट्री को चलाए रखने के लिए शरद ने साल 2007 में दाेबारा नौकरी शुरू की। नौकरी के साथ-साथ शरद फैक्ट्री पर भी ध्यान देते थे। इस दूसरी पारी में शरद ने कई कंपनियां बदलीं।
- पिछले 8 सालों से शरद अपना कारोबार संभाल रहे हैं, आज उनकी फैक्ट्री का सालाना टर्नओवर करीब 1.5 करोड़ रुपए है। उनकी फैक्ट्री से 8 से 10 लोगों को रोजगार मिल रहा है।
21367. Edtech startup NeoStencil doubles partnerships, eyes 3x growth amid lockdown
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- Founded in 2014 by two brothers, Kush Beejal and Love Beejal , NeoStencil is an online platform that live-streams coaching classes to prepare for government and competitive exams such as UPSC, GATE, Judiciary, NET, JEE, and NEET.
- The startup currently has around 150,000 active users preparing on the platform, with paid users comprising 10 percent of this user base.
- Gurugram-based live online education platform NeoStencil is among the startups vying for a piece of the e-learning pie. The edtech startup claims to have doubled its partnerships, joining hands with a 100 institutes within three months of the lockdown as compared to its earlier base of 50 institutes (enrolled over five years).
21368. How Modulus Housing is solving India’s hospital bed problem amidst COVID-19 pandemic
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- Amidst the pandemic, Chennai-based Modulus Housing is looking to solve the problem of hospital infrastructure through mediCAB, its instant and portable hospital units.
- Founded in 2018 by IIT-Madras alumni, Modulus Housing has developed a plug-and-play ‘hospital-in-box’ solution, which includes an isolation ward, screening centre, and an intensive care unit, and can be set up in two hours.
- The CEO adds that the startup has already deployed its first unit earlier this month in Wayanad district in Kerala and has begun its pilot. The deployment in Kerala was done using grant funds from US-based NGO Habitat for Humanity.
21369. Gin in a bottle: How this Goa-based startup is fomenting the gin revolution in India
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- In a country that favours brown liquors such as whiskey and rum, Stranger & Sons aims to carve out a niche for itself in the gin space.
- Currently present in Mumbai, Pune, Goa, London, Thailand, and Singapore, the startup says it plans to launch in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata soon
- The startup’s gin is made up of an infusion of nine herbs and spices, as well as three types of citrus peels. It sources its junipers – the product from which gin derives its predominant flavour – from North Macedonia, while the herbs and spices come from different parts of India.
21370. Made in India video conferencing app 'Lauk' launched
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- Senior Journalist turned Entrepreneur Anuranjan Jha has launched 'Lauk', a video conferencing and web streaming platform and solution purely made in India for Indians.
- It offers a general video conferencing platform as well as 'Lauk Classroom' for educators and 'Lauk Studio' for live streaming, webinars, and other services.
- On the development, the founder and promoter Anuranjan Jha said that the app is a result of clarion call by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi for AatmaNirbhar Bharat adding to that vocal for local is an idea whose time has come.3) On the development, the founder and promoter Anuranjan Jha said that the app is a result of clarion call by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi for AatmaNirbhar Bharat adding to that vocal for local is an idea whose time has come.