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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102264) | |
21871. Pivot and Persist: How this children apparel startup bounced back from the impact of COVID-19 lockdown to emerge stronger
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- Schoolay was started by Kiran and his co-founders - Rajakumaran and Hariharan in early 2018 with an aim to provide unisex activewear school uniforms, which had a sporty appeal. The products were sold primarily through an online channel.
- Today, Schoolay has around 100 products for children in the age group of 2-18. Some of its products include spectacles to protect against the harmful rays from computers, cap shields, face mask attached T-shirts, reusable protection kits, etc.
- Today, majority of its customers are from top 12 metros of the country and the startup has a reach across 8,000 pin codes.
21872. ZF to invest Rs 1700cr with plans to localise, make India global hub
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- ZF, the renowned component maker provides the transmission for Mahindra Formula E cars and hence the German manufacturer is keen on providing this technology to possible customers.
- The plan also includes research & development, IT & digital innovation, manufacturing & material sourcing.
- The company claims that substantial progress has been made in the recent past to utilise the Indian supplier base for child part requirements for the various divisions. ZF will continue to use India’s manufacturing capabilities by setting up a new manufacturing facility in Chennai along with plans to increase the utilisation of other facilities.
21873. BSNL scheduled to roll out its 4G services by September 2022
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- the Government approved revival plan for BSNL and MTNL with administrative allotment of spectrum for providing 4G services with funding through budgetary allocation.
- BSNL has already begun necessary processes to go for a 4G tender. Nine hundred crore rupees incremental revenue to BSNL is expected in the first year of pan India 4G operations.
- BSNL has a liability of over 85 thousand crore and MTNL has over Thirty thousand crore rupees of liabilities. there is no proposal under consideration for disinvestment of BSNL and MTNL.
21874. Why this edtech startup and WhiteHat Jr rival is taking the animation route to coding
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- Founded in 2017 by Naman and Anand Verma, the coding platform for kids went live in July 2020 after three years of product and content development.
- Tekie teaches text-based programming that requires writing actual coding language syntax.
- Gurugram-based Tekie finally went live in the middle of the pandemic as the buzz around edtech continued to soar. Soon after, the Indian government’s National Education Policy 2020 came as a cherry on the cake for the startup.
21875. Backed by Unacademy founders, this edtech startup is democratising software development education in India
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- Nishant Chandra and Siddharth Maheshwari founded Newton School in 2019 provides an online full-stack training platform for software engineers. It charges zero upfront fees, and promises placement in top tech companies, with an annual package of over Rs 6 lakh.
- The startup identifies students with the maximum potential from across the country and puts them through an extensive admissions process. The admission process spans over two weeks in which each student’s motivations and learnability are tested.
- Because of the unique fees model, lakhs of candidates enrol for the series of codability and attitude tests.
21876. Digitising the playing field: How this startup is connecting people to play sports
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- Suhail Narain founded Hudle in 2015. Started as a website in 2015, the app was launched three years later.
- Hudle is a digital platform for sports enthusiasts to find and book a curated list of sports events and venues on the app.
- On the Hudle consumer platform, players can discover and book sports venues around them, connect with other players through pick-up games and leagues, or learn a sport by joining a Hudle Play session – which are essentially curated fitness sessions through sports which are run in-house.
21877. This IIM Bangalore incubated startup aims to digitise all institutions, universities, and accelerators
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- Started in June 2018 by Sonali Jha, Cunomial Technologies provides cloud-based, cost-effective, and highly-available next-generation digital products for institutions of all sizes in all industries. It is incubated at IIM Bangalore and has been a part of Goldman Sachs 10K, and Google Launchpad programmes.
- The idea of Cunomial is to empower institutions and organisations to leverage technology effectively while streamlining their administarative work.
- The startup does this by delivering technology innovations through cloud-based, cost-effective, and next-generation digital products.
21878. How ecommerce platform Shopmatic onboarded over 5 lakh merchants, registered 200 pc growth amidst the pandemic
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- Started by former PayPal employees Anurag Avula, Yen Ti Lim, and Kris Chen in 2014, Shopmatic has now grown to be a 120-member global team, with operations in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and UAE, among others.
- Shopmatic entered the Indian market in October 2015 with a simple goal to help millions of aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking to take their business online.
- The Singapore-based startup, which is completing five years in India this year, expanded its offering to create tailored solutions for Kirana stores, enabling them to create an online presence. It has enabled over 5 lakh SME merchants in Tier II, III, and IV markets to go digital.
21879. [Startup Bharat] How these entrepreneurs left their cushiony lives in the US to craft a successful Indian beer brand
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- Goa-based Latambarcem Brewers was founded by brothers Aditya Ishan Varshnei and Anish Varshnei.
- It has two brands under its umbrella -- Maka di, its beer brand; and kombucha brand Borécha. While Borécha was launched in July 2019, the startup launched Maka di in October this year.
- Incorporated in 2017, Latambarcem Brewers was founded to bridge the gap in the Indian craft-beer market.
21880. Cleartrip for corner stores: How B2B ecommerce startup Peel-Works aims to break even in 90 days
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- Mumbai-based B2B ecommerce startup Peel-Works operates a retail management platform that helps improve the efficiency and profitability of mom-and-pop stores.
- Peel-Works, a Mumbai-based B2B ecommerce startup, operates at this intersection of modern trade and kiranas (or “corner stores”) and of FMCG and retail.
- Sachin Chhabra, Founder and CEO, Peel-Works says “we also developed our own warehousing and inventory management systems, and platforms to digitise transactions, invoice, and payments”.