Vishwas
Jayarama, Kishore Kumaraswamy, Rajath Raman and Arvind Krishnaswamy met
each other during High School in Bangalore and share a common passion –
to solve problems which the common man is facing with the use of
technology. “We call it social innovation,” says Vishwas. All four chose
to pursue their respective curriculum interest back in 2007 (from
reputed colleges from across the globe) and focused
on learning tools towards building a technologically advanced company
from India. The time was finally right in late 2011 and thus came in
existence Creshya Technologies. They came together and the first problem
which they’ve chosen to meet head on is car pooling. The solution is
HopOn.
HopOn is a mobile application based solution and
probably India’s first truly Dynamic (patent pending) Carpooling
Service. Like any carpooling – you can either be a ride giver or
passenger. “All one needs to do is to pull out a smartphone and let us
know where you are going and relax. Our algorithm finds a ride match for
you in real time”.
Founders - Vishwas Jayarama, Kishore Kumaraswamy, Rajath Raman and Arvind Krishnaswamy.
www.hopon.co.in
Teliportme has caught a lot of attention, including that of Google, because of its app called 360 that allows users to create panoramic pictures on Android phones. The user has to open the app, and pan the phone around as it takes pictures. The app then stitches these images together to give you a panoramic view. The app also allows the user to share these images. Devaiah's startup already has a database of 3-4 million images uploaded by users, and the attempt now is to woo many more users to share panoramas, especially of locations, geo-tag them and provide more details about each. Teliportme will simultaneously build an app for Google Glass that will identify the wearer's location and match it with the geo-tagged database of panoramic photos in the backend uploaded by users. This will allow the wearer to identify places around him, and even obtain finer details about what he is looking at.
Founder - Vineet Devaiah
http://www.teliportme.com
ApartmentADDA aims to build a network of accountants and facility managers and expand to international markets like Middle East, apart from large Indian cities. It will also use the money to develop technologies for new services like online concierge and appliance servicing. Launched in 2008, ApartmentADDA has tied up with 3,600 apartment and villa communities across India. The firm which has a user base of 1.6 lakh high end home owners and residents has been profitable since 2012.
Founders - Venkat Kandaswamy and Sangeeta Banerjee.
www.apartmentadda.com
Flipkart was founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. They had been working for Amazon.com previously. During its initial years, Flipkart focused only on books, and soon as it expanded, it started offering other products like electronic goods, Air Conditioners, Air coolers, stationery supplies and life style products and e-books. Flipkart now employs more than 4,500 people and is ranked among the top 20 Indian websites. It is headquartered in Bangalore.
Founders - Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal.
www.flipkart.com
CIVIL-AID Technoclinic Private Limited was formed in the year 1998 to specifically serve the Civil Engineering Community. Over the years CIVIL-AID expanded its services to Structural consultancy, Advisory services and added NABL accredited laboratories for NDT, Geotechnical, Mechanical & Chemical testing.In August 2011, CIVIL-AID became a Group company of Bureau Veritas, a French company. This enables CIVIL-AID clients to avail the Services of Certification, Design Review, Third Party Inspection including related training under one roof.
Founder - Dr.C.S. Vishwanath and Sampath Kumar.
http://www.civilaid.com/
3 squares is a media entertainment company which was started earlier this year by engineering and management graduates. As the description says, "media entertainment", they make promotional videos, artwork, banners and also creative photographic content, etc., depending on the other company that hired them.Credit usually goes to brilliant ways of coming up with ideas, and they've done exactly that.
Founders - Rolden Ferrao, Kuttappa, Roshan Xavier.
alterEgo was started earlier this year with an intention of designing and making laptop skins custom to accommodate different designs and sizes of all laptops. From Tv series, to movies, to artists, they've covered just about everything to make your laptop look cool. Creativity is a genuine part of this start-up.
Founder - Nikesh Vora.
www.aestore.in
HashCube is a cross-platform social gaming company from Bangalore, with titles on Facebook and Mobile. The company's flagship title, Sudoku Quest, is the most popular Sudoku game on Facebook and one of the biggest social game titles to come out of India, having been played by over 2 million users.
Founders - Deepan Chakravarthy and Ramprasad Rajendran
www.hashcube.com
