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21771. [Tech30] Spacetech startup Pixxel is set to put India on global space map; to launch constellation of satellites in March
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- Bengaluru-based Pixxel is building a constellation of about 24-30 earth-imaging small satellites to be deployed in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO). It will monitor the planet 24*7 and provide data to enable organisations across the world to detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena in real time.
- Pixxel was founded in 2019 by Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal during their final year at BITS Pilani. The duo, who always loved the idea of working in the space sector, was part of a student satellite team in college. They were also part of Team Hyperloop India, which participated in SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition. Their passion to work for the spacetech sector was the major boost behind the launch of Pixxel.
- Last year, Pixxel also became the only Asian startup among the selected 10 to be a part of the Los Angeles-based Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator.
21772. [Tech30] This B2B2C healthtech startup is helping organisations take care of employee health
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- Based out of Bengaluru, healthtech startup Onsurity Technologies has made it to YourStory’s Tech30 list this year for providing all-round healthcare services to startups and SMEs.
- This is where Bengaluru-based Onsurity comes into play. Founded by Yogesh Agarwal and Kulin Shah in early 2020, the startup offers affordable healthcare benefits and insurance plans to entrepreneurs and small businesses. According to the startup, this helps increase employee retention, productivity, attract talent, and enable SMEs to build a happier workforce.
- According to the team, through the Onsurity App, employees can manage their plans and avail different healthcare and wellness benefits such as consultations, book check-ups, and order medicines.
21773. [Tech30] This blockchain startup rewards you for sharing your personal data with businesses
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- Started by Saurav Raaj and Smriti Chaudhry in Mumbai, YourStory Tech30 startup Senderment uses blockchain technology to make it simple for global businesses to collect data from individuals, with their explicit consent.
- In August 2020, Saurav and his former Schlumberger colleague Smriti Chaudhry launched Senderment in Mumbai. The startup built one of India’s first data collection applications in the public domain using the Account Aggregator (AA) framework.
- Saurav says, “Senderment extends the AA framework and provides a digital medium for data transfer from the end-user to the business user. We offer a secure way to collect and share identity, personal and financial data from individuals and businesses via SMS, QR codes, and API.”
21774. [Tech30] How Bengaluru-based Sprinkle Data is helping businesses optimise their data
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- A YourStory Tech30 startup, Bengaluru-based Sprinkle Data is a data automation platform which helps businesses optimise and manage their data. Founded in 2017, the company is growing at 3x annually.
- Managing several kinds of software is cumbersome and data collection requires huge manpower. Seeing this gap in the market and to ease the data management process, Sharad Agarwal started Sprinkle Data in 2017 in Bengaluru.
- Sprinkle Data is a data automation platform which helps businesses optimise and manage their data. Increasingly, companies have a tremendous amount of business data, which is becoming more fragmented and complex by the day due to the widespread adoption of SaaS and cloud platforms.
21775. [Tech30] How Niral Networks is solving vendor lock-in issue for mobile operators
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- Niral Networks’ open product framework is built using open source software that enables operators to use a vendor-agnostic networking platform that reduces the risk of vendor lock-in.
- Bengaluru-based Niral Networks is also developing curated, open, and disaggregated networking solutions that transforms the economics of networking systems for 5G and beyond. The startup was co-founded by Abhijit Chaudhary (42), Inder Gopal (58), and Subrata Debnath (42) in July 2019.
- Niral Networks aims to democratise 5G, edge, and cloud networking infrastructure by embracing vendor agnostic, open source, web scale, and disaggregation using NiralOS product frameworks and off-the-shelf hardware. NiralOS is an open Network Operating system (NOS) that enables mobile operators, cloud providers, and internet service providers transform their network infrastructure from being vendor controlled to become vendor agnostic.
21776. [Tech30] How edtech startup Spayee turned profitable during the pandemic, generated Rs 200 Cr revenue for customers
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- Spayee allows content creators to produce customised course content in the form of audio and video tutorials, PDF documents, quizzes, assignments, and live classes. It also hosts integrated discussion forums for clearing doubts and provides automated payment gateways.
- Started in 2014 by Sandeep Singh, Gourav Kakkar, Aniruddha Singh, and Vijay Singh — all in their early thirties, Spayee is selected as one of YourStory’s Tech30 startups this year for allowing content creators to produce customised courses in the form of audio and video tutorials, PDF documents, quizzes, assignments, and live classes. The platform hosts integrated discussion forums for clearing doubts, has automated payment gateways, along with sales and marketing funnels.
- “Seeing the growing demand, we doubled our team size to 25 within the lockdown itself. We outsourced hiring and marketing so that we can focus on the core product and sales,” tells Sandeep Singh, Co-founder, Spayee.
21777. Projects worth Rs 44 lakh crore under implementation as part of NIP: Gadkari
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- "National Infrastructure Pipeline envisages Rs 111 lakh crore investment on infrastructure projects by 2024-25... Of the Rs 111 lakh crore, projects worth Rs 44 lakh crore accounting for 40 per cent are under implementation... (and) projects worth Rs 22 lakh crore that account for 20 per cent of NIP are under development stages," the minister said.
- Framework of NIP includes 39 per cent investment by the Centre, 40 per cent by states and 21 per cent by the private sector, he added.
- The minister said that under the programme, 25 lakh crore worth of investments are envisaged in the energy sector, 20 lakh crore in the highways sector, Rs 16 lakh crore in irrigation, rural agriculture and food processing, Rs 16 lakh crore each in mobility and railways and Rs 14 lakh crore on digital infra among others.
21778. [Tech30] This agritech startup is helping farmers reduce the cost and effort of removing weeds
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- Agritech startup TartanSense, a YourStory Tech30 2020 winner, has built a small agricultural robot that can identify weeds and spray them with pesticides.
- Bengaluru-based agritech startup, TartanSense, is attempting to help farmers by addressing the pain points of weeding and pest control. Founded by Jaisimha Rao in 2015, the startup has built a small agricultural robot that can not only move around on farmlands and identify weeds, but can also spray them with pesticides.
- Jaisimha was previously working as the Vice President at Blackrock, a New York-based global investment management company. After a decade of working professionally as a trader, he returned to India to take care of his coffee plantation in Karnataka. That was when he noticed that agricultural activities and decisions were not backed by data or any real-time insights. So, he decided to establish TartanSense to make agriculture more data-driven.
21779. [Tech30] Stackby enables businesses to simplify their workflow and increases collaboration among teams
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- Solving for SMBs, YourStory's Tech30 startup Stackby enables businesses to customise their workflow onto a single spreadsheet, bringing structure and enabling easy collaboration among employees.
- Instead of being tied down these apps, Surat-based SaaS company Stackby allows teams to customise their workflow by accessing everything in one single spreadsheet. Founded by Rachit Khator in April 2018, Surat-based Stackby aims to bring structure and visibility to workflows, enabling easy collaboration among employees, and customisation specific to the company’s needs.
- Before Stackby, he spent four years working in venture capital and product management for a large Fortune 500 company in Michigan, US, where he led investments and worked with over 15 technology startups. He also worked in Magna International. In 2018, Rachit quit his corporate job and returned to India to build Stackby. He understood first-hand that organisations were struggling to deal with multiple spreadsheets and applications at work. He realised the need for a platform to simplify their complexity and he went about building the product in 2019.
21780. [Tech30] Bengaluru startup Rephrase.ai is simplifying video creation using AI
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- Tech30 startup Rephrase.ai, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and AV8 Ventures, works with B2B SaaS companies and digital marketing agencies to create personalised sales and marketing video content.
- This was the reason Ashray Malhotra joined hands with his friends Shivam Mangla and Nisheeth Lahoti to develop Rephrase.ai in 2018. The SaaS startup, which has been selected as a part of YourStory’s Tech30 cohort, is simplifying video creation and helping companies create personalised videos.2) This was the reason Ashray Malhotra joined hands with his friends Shivam Mangla and Nisheeth Lahoti to develop Rephrase.ai in 2018. The SaaS startup, which has been selected as a part of YourStory’s Tech30 cohort, is simplifying video creation and helping companies create personalised videos.
- Ashray says Rephrase.ai was launched with the aim to use generative AI breakthroughs to help scale enterprise video creation and eliminate all professional video shoots.