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India Startup Ideas



1 month ago

A platform to help farmers in India to manage their crops and sell directly to consumers over the internet. In the short time since launch, it has sold $1.6 million worth of produce.

1,617
1 year ago

A tool that connects education with job opportunities in the US and India, by matching employers with vacant jobs.

1,212
1 year ago

A tool for online booking of flight, train and bus tickets in India, with a free mobile app.

728
2 years ago

A startup that wants to bring personalized tutoring to the world’s most remote regions, including rural India.

473
2 years ago

A startup that sells products in India

430
1 year ago

A digital platform for automated room service ordering in hotels. Users can order from a menu of the hotel’s dishes, and the order is sent to the kitchen directly. The startup is working with a dozen hotels in India.

357
1 year ago

A community of investors and entrepreneurs in India, seeking to create an online community of investors and entrepreneurs who can help each other.

319
2 years ago

Social media that caters to Indian users with an emphasis on comedians and other entertainers.

281
1 year ago

A company that facilitates the sale of cars in the US. The startup is in the process of expanding to India as well.

278
2 years ago

A startup that uses affordable technology to help farmers in India learn to use technology to make better decisions

265
2 years ago

An India-focused, browser-based online marketplace for real estate.

245
2 years ago

A seed round was raised in 2015 to fund development of the company. The company is now looking to expand into India.

236
2 years ago

A messaging app for urbanites in India, where the government has banned SMS and WhatsApp, and SMS is often unreliable.

229
2 years ago

A software company that makes its product in India, and sells it globally.

219
2 years ago

A mobile payments startup that is focused on India, offering a personal loan service to people without bank accounts.

216
2 years ago

A digital health and fitness platform for Indian families.

215
2 years ago

A credit card that has no annual fee and no foreign transaction fees. The company is in India.

213
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

213
1 year ago

SaaS business that helps small companies in India create paper-free operating procedures.

194
2 years ago

A payment processing company that provides services to businesses in India.

193
2 years ago

• "India's 10 Most Promising Startups" (India edition), Rediff, January 20, 2014

191
2 months ago

Mobile payments startup that is trying to bring an Indian flavor to the US market.

183
2 years ago

Online business directory and community for India

174
1 year ago

A startup which helps producers of consumer goods in India get their products from a supplier to a store.

171
2 years ago

List of startups created by or for Indian Americans

170
1 year ago

The “Uber for Taxi” ridesharing service has a million drivers in India. UberGo gives them a way to turn their cars into cabs.

164
2 years ago

A platform that lets you send money to friends in the Philippines, India, or China, in real time.

163
2 years ago

A solution for poorly performing government-run schools in India, with plans to expand to other countries in the future.

158
2 years ago

Indian startup that focuses on the HR space.

156
2 years ago

A computer science startup that builds simple, cheap, and fast hardware for India’s unconnected. One product, called the Laptop Bridge, is a $35 device meant to plug into an electrical socket and convert it into a computer-like device that can run basic programs and connect to the internet, so that farmers, students, or anyone else can use it.

155
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help companies find the best talent in the US and India, and help them hire more effectively.

154
1 year ago

This company is building a pipeline connecting the cities that are most in need of food. The company says that it’s selling a food and water delivery system that is working in 12 US cities, and is now looking to expand to China and the Indian Subcontinent.

154
2 years ago

The India-based company wants to remove the middleman from B2B commerce by allowing businesses to create individual shopping carts and price all their goods without an agency setting charges.

153
1 year ago

A mobile app that helps people build a virtual reality experience while they walk around a city. Currently focusing on VR adoption in India.

153
2 years ago

The startup is building a platform for house-hunting in India. It’s a service like Zumper or Realtor.com but for a country where 40% of houses are bought and sold on a daily basis.

150
2 years ago

A crowdsourced employee handbook for startups in India.

148
1 year ago

A platform for food and retail delivery in India. The startup wants to help the 1,100 billion rupee (US$14.8 billion) food and retail sector in India optimize its supply chain and distribution.

148
2 years ago

A medical tourism company that helps patients in India and Southeast Asia find pain management clinics and other doctors.

145
2 years ago

Shopify's Indian subsidiary is helping build an "online-only" (so no offline sales) marketplace that will sell goods made by small artisans and craftsman. While a combination of Alibaba and Amazon, the market size is expected to be between $500 million to $1 billion in 2023.

144
2 years ago

This is “a healthcare startup for the world’s largest democracy” – India. It aims to help patients get their prescriptions filled at the lowest prices possible, and is already working with several pharmaceutical companies in India for a $3 million revenue run rate.

142
2 years ago

Builds and delivers smart meters for solar farms in India. The startup claims that it’s the lowest cost alternative to utility-scale solar.

142
2 years ago

A digital payments app for merchants in India. It aims to connect merchants with their customers via a mobile-first and friction-free interface.

135
2 years ago

A startup that aims to help remove the friction between resource-poor hospitals in India and those with more resources.

134
2 years ago

In the past year, there have been a few notable exits from Indian startups and their founders. Vani Kola, co-founder of Zomato, sold her company to local rival Swiggy for an estimated $50 million.

132
2 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners in India use their app to accept payments, and enables customers to pay with a couple of taps.

131
1 year ago

A company that used to provide computer science education in English before shifting to the Indian market and focusing on autodidactic AI education.

131
2 years ago

A startup that helps brands develop an online presence in the Indian market by connecting them with the right media partners to place ads, run sponsored posts, and more.

129
2 years ago

a social network for people who want to learn about the world. The startup has over 100,000 users, and now has clients in the US, Europe, China, and India.

127
2 years ago

Pinterest’s India team is looking to pivot from a product team into a data science team. They’ve hired two data scientists, who are looking for more.

127
2 years ago

A way to track and pay for university teaching gigs in India. The company says they already have payment processing partnerships in place in India and are looking to expand to other countries. SENSEI is one of the only companies that offer this kind of service in India.

127
2 years ago

A startup that helps customers book restaurant tables, with a check-in and payment feature. It’s the first startup in India working on a restaurant booking app.

127
2 years ago

Ponzi-like investment scheme for the bitcoin community. They are a bitcoin company that offers a service which allows people to invest or lend bitcoins without having to exchange them for other currencies. The startup is currently only operating in India, with plans to expand to other countries.

127
1 year ago

 A startup for women to track their periods and plan for it, launched in India in partnership with a doctor.

127
1 year ago

They’re building an app for crowdfunding microloans to SMEs in India.

127
1 year ago

This startup wants to bring the benefits of paperless medical records to India. They’re currently looking to partner with hospitals in India to make it easier to transfer medical records.

127
1 year ago

With this product, customers in India and China can pay for food and groceries from their phones.

127
2 years ago

A tool to help people in India manage their bank accounts.

125
2 years ago

A provider of microfinance loans to rural communities in the US. The startup is entering markets in India, Pakistan and Ghana to expand the profitability of its loans.

125
2 years ago

Does marketing automation for Indian startups with product-market fit, using a data-driven approach to help them optimize their marketing.

125
1 year ago

A company that helps retailers in India make money on data they collect on customer behaviors. Currently, they’re using the company’s software to manage their cash desks in stores.

125
2 years ago

A software platform that aims to facilitate the development of a “predictive model” for the Indian auto industry.

124
1 year ago

A startup that works with real estate agents to help them become property managers. The company is growing quickly in the US, and aims to do the same in India.

124
2 years ago

A micro lending platform that helps small businesses in India access credit. It doesn’t charge interest, but charges a fee for the loans.

123
2 years ago

A chatbot that helps with customer support for small businesses in India. In the US, the company works with small businesses that need live support, but in India, it works with small-to-midsized businesses that need a better CRM tool.

122
2 years ago

An AI-driven platform that comes with a team of data scientists, software engineers, and designers, and which wants to help companies find talent in India.

122
2 years ago

A company that helps businesses sell and market their products on Amazon and their own website. It has 12,000 customers in India, and a team of 30 on the ground in a new office in Mumbai.

120
2 years ago

A company that produces smart meters in India.

120
2 years ago

This startup is building a comprehensive online marketplace for the sale of assets like real estate and cars. The startup is focused on rural markets like India, where the costs of buying and selling homes and commodities is often prohibitively high.

119
2 years ago

As of 2016, accelerator programs are across the world, from Silicon Valley to London, with India, China, Singapore and Israel also hosting their own.

118
2 years ago

A way to make videos that is geared toward the Indian market.

118
1 year ago

An online platform for peer-to-peer lending in India. The startup serves community microlenders in India that are looking to lend out smaller amounts of money to people in need.

117
2 years ago

Food delivery and home services in India with no delivery fees. The startup is looking to deliver a wide range of goods, from food to cleaning products, from thousands of businesses that have been vetted by the company.

114
2 years ago

A mobile payments startup, focused on helping the unbanked in India, that’s created by a team of MIT grads that previously worked at a mobile payments company.

114
2 years ago

A shopping platform that’s a hybrid between Amazon and Alibaba. The company is looking to expand, with a particular focus on India, South America, and Asia.

112
2 years ago

A company helping small businesses in India, mainly restaurants and food trucks, find more customers through SMS.

112
2 years ago

This is a startup that’s building an app and platform to help people in countries like India save money on their utility bills by installing solar panels on their homes, which are already building excess energy into the grid.

111
2 years ago

A news aggregator for the Indian community, with a focus on the LGBTQ community.

111
2 years ago

The company is building a startup for car-sharing and ride hailing in India. The product is a fleet of tiny electric vehicles that are part of a shared ride service.

108
2 years ago

A startup that helps hospitals create secure software for their staff to access the medical records of patients. The startup has already partnered with hospitals in the U.S. and India.

108
2 years ago

A VC-backed startup that is looking to bring financial services to the unbanked in India. The company has started piloting its technology in Chennai and Hyderabad.

107
2 years ago

This startup is building a mobile payment solution in India that’s optimized for lower-income users. It provides a way for merchants to accept the main payment methods in the country.

106
1 year ago

A startup that helps people in remote locations connect with their doctors. The startup is working with a number of remote care providers, starting with those in India.

105
2 years ago

The company’s target market is the 50 million people in India who have mobile phones but do not have bank accounts. The app uses SMS and a mobile number to allow the user to transfer money into their account.

104
1 month ago

A million doctors in India still use paper medical records. Farmako aims

103
1 year ago

Another startup that wants to simplify life for the average Indian.

102
1 year ago

A shopping app in India that helps users buy online and has a loyalty program. The startup has a reported 4 million users.

102
2 years ago

A microfinance company that provides small loans to farmers in India to help them hedge against the possibility that their crops might fail.

101
2 years ago

a mobile payments system for India. The startup is pitching itself as a cheaper alternative to the likes of Google Wallet and Paytm.

101
2 months ago

An online platform to help small businesses in India, the Middle East, and Africa get their products onto Amazon’s website.

101
10 months ago

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

100
1 year ago

A startup that helps businesses in India, for instance, sort out GST numbers, and upload databases in an easier way than using an Excel spreadsheet

99
1 year ago

A mobile payment system for mobile commerce, which supports pay-as-you-go mobile wallets, cash on delivery, and mobile carriers. The startup has partnerships with mobile carriers in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

99
2 years ago

A startup that aims to build a platform for women in India to document and share their experiences with domestic violence in order to help them find resources and get help.

98
2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to obtain pension funds for small businesses in India.

98
2 years ago

In India, there are millions of small businesses that don’t have a bank account. ManageBharat is a mobile app that helps these businesses manage transactions, pay taxes, and keep their books straight.

97
1 year ago

This startup is building a digital bank account in India. The founders say it’s a simpler, cheaper alternative to the physical ATM cards found in most cities.

97
2 years ago

1794: A British East India Company trading vessel, the "Phoenix"

96
2 years ago

A startup in India that helps manage the relationships between home builders and contractors.

96
2 years ago

A digital bank account for Indian startups and SMBs looking to get a loan from non-banks.

95
2 years ago

A startup in India that helps homebuyers navigate the confusing and tedious process of buying an apartment

95
2 years ago

An Indian startup aiming to build a “cloud-based project management system” for construction projects. The company says it is unique in that it allows people to manage all aspects of a project from a single interface.

94
2 years ago

A digital bank account for India, with a focus on rural areas.

94
2 years ago

A crowdsourced shopping website for Indian customers.

93
1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for companies to hire talent in India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem.

93
1 month ago

This company wants to help people buy and sell their cars through an online marketplace. The company plans to launch in India in 2020 and then expand to other markets.

93
1 month ago

A restaurant discovery app that caters to the Indian market by listing only Indian restaurants.

93
1 year ago

A smart phone app that makes it easier to find the cheapest airfare for travel on Facebook. The startup has already seen success with the app, and says they’ve seen a 150% increase in the number of people in India who use it on a daily basis.

92
1 year ago

A startup that aims to build a “digital bank vault” for mobile consumers in India. The startup plans to allow mobile users to store funds in their phones in the form of mobile wallets, with secure storage in escrow.

92
2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in India build their websites, they were bootstrapped with seed funding from Y Combinator.

91
2 years ago

A platform for medical tourism in India. The startup wants to help people stay healthy abroad.

90
2 years ago

A digital assistant that helps users book doctors' appointments and communicate with doctors. The startup launched in May in the US, with plans to expand to the UK, India, and Mexico.

89
2 years ago

The company behind the traditional online ticketing service is building a mobile ticketing app for the youth in India.

89
1 year ago

A shipping and payment service that wants to help Indian companies ship and receive packages faster.

89
1 year ago

The company’s founders have been called "the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs of the Indian startup scene" by a reporter in Quartz.

89
2 months ago

This startup is building a tool that helps auto repair shops like the ones in Indianapolis monitor their cars and figure out the best course of action.

89
2 years ago

A startup that helps people to easily invest in cryptocurrency, with a focus on the Indian market. It’s part of a larger trend of startups that want to bring cryptocurrencies to the masses.

88
2 years ago

A tool for filing income tax in India.

88
2 years ago

The founder of this startup grew up in a remote village in India and remembers a time when he was able to get a computer for the family and a year later they were able to get the internet. The founder realized the internet had brought a lot of connectivity to the country, but the next step was to bring connectivity to the millions of people who still didn’t have it. That’s what led him to start Jana, a startup that aims to give 1.5 billion people in India access to the internet.

87
2 years ago

This startup is building a mobile app for users to discover and book their preferred doctors and hospitals in India.

87
2 months ago

Micro-loans to small businesses in India, offering a simple way to borrow $50 to $5,000. The company has already helped over 2,000 businesses, with plans to expand to the US by the end of 2020

87
10 months ago

The second-largest e-commerce marketplace in India wants to be the Amazon of India.

85
2 years ago

Hammer is currently available in the United States, Canada, India, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Indonesia, and Japan.

84
2 years ago

A technology company that creates “smart” thermostats for home and business use, allowing homeowners to control their thermostats via their smartphone. The company is led by CEO and founder Rajat Pahuja, who previously built a business in India called Shubh Loans that went “very profitable,” according to Pahuja.

84
2 years ago

DesiChat is a messaging app for long-distance friends in India and Pakistan. After setting up a user account, users can message one another via a phone number, email address, or a Facebook account.

83
2 years ago

A platform that provides an online store for small retailers or artisans, selling products they created themselves. The startup is based in India and is looking to expand to other South Asian countries.

83
1 year ago

A project that connects doctors in the US with patients in India who need urgent medical attention.

83
1 year ago

A digital platform that provides accounts and payment solutions to service providers, retailers and manufacturers. It claims to have an 85% market share in India.

83
2 years ago

A company that helps people in the US adopt its Indian-based VPN service, which is blocked in the US, to circumvent digital border control.

82
1 year ago

A startup that wants to give people the same ability to browse and shop for food that they have in the US. It’s designed specifically for Indian consumers who don’t have a bank account.

81
9 months ago

 A platform that helps make your business portable. The startup helps connect businesses with offshore locations that are close to you. For example, with the platform you could have a call center in India, but still be able to talk to the customer in the US.

81
2 years ago

A company that helps companies in developing countries get banking services. They’re currently in talks with several banks in India.

80
1 year ago

A platform that curates and tracks news and events relevant to a company or industry, with a focus on India.

79
1 year ago

A startup that advertises itself as “the Airbnb of villages.” The company is building a marketplace for rural villages in India, where villagers can rent out their rooms for short-term stays.

78
1 year ago

A micro-entrepreneur in India that wants to relieve the stress of small businesses by providing them with a platform for managing all their accounting needs.

77
1 year ago

A startup working to democratize credit in the developing world, creating a new financial product that would give people access to credit in a way they haven’t had before. The company, which was founded in India, wants to make it more affordable for people in the developing world to use and maintain credit.

76
8 months ago

Digital payments are taking off in India, and this startup is building a mobile wallet with a “floating exchange rate” based on data from other players.

76
1 year ago

A “social news site,” built for Indian readers.

75
1 year ago

A financial services system for the unbanked, intended to be much cheaper and less complex than existing options. The startup is building the product for users in India and Nigeria.

73
9 months ago

A startup that helps farmers in developing markets like India and Kenya sell their crops.

73
1 year ago

One of the biggest challenges of small businesses in India is that they don’t have a good way to manage their finances.

72
2 years ago

A business platform for Indian SMBs to better manage their finances. Over the last 12 months, the number of SMBs on the platform has grown 50%, with an average monthly transaction size of $3,500.

71
1 year ago

A full-stack SMS API for India. The startup says it can process 10 million messages per hour.

71
11 months ago

A startup that helps traditional Indian wedding traditions be modernized.

71
2 months ago

A mobile app for the economically underprivileged in India that will help them apply for micro loans. The startup has already provided over $400,000 worth of loans.

71
1 year ago

An offering that gives e-commerce businesses a way to track orders, which is particularly useful for online retailers in China and India.

70
1 year ago

A startup that’s building a text-based payments platform for the people of the developing world. The company offers an alternative to Venmo for users in countries like Kenya, Nigeria, and India.

70
2 years ago

In India, startups are still mostly in the B2B space, with a few exceptions. India’s largest startup is Flipkart, which is the world’s largest online retailer. It was founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal.

69
2 months ago

This startup wants to help Indian hospitals comply with the government’s new healthcare laws. It’s built a web-based platform for doctors and hospitals to manage patient records and procedures.

69
2 years ago

A software company that hopes to make it easy for Indian businesses to accept online payments.

68
2 years ago

Indiagames is a venture backed company that is building technology to help Indian game developers and publishers grow their market.

68
1 year ago

A consumer card that can be used at many places where plastic credit cards are accepted. It’s meant for the Indian market to replace a plethora of different forms of payment.

66
1 year ago

One of the startup’s cofounders, Sumeet Singh, was born in India, raised in New Jersey, and still regularly wears a turban. Harsh and Singh met as PhD students at MIT.

65
11 months ago

A self-serve meal delivery program in Bangalore, India

65
2 years ago

Idea: Building a digital platform for real estate brokers to close business deals. The startup is currently working with a group of Indian business-to-business startups to make their onboarding easier.

63
1 year ago

A banking app for the unbanked in India

63
1 year ago

A platform for businesses looking to build and scale operations in India, for instance for construction and logistics.

61
25 days ago

A debt-recovery app for India. It claims to have 1 million users and $20 million in assets. The startup started by focusing on debt recovery, but has recently expanded to include asset recovery.

61
1 year ago

A startup based in India that helps fast food restaurants to manage online ordering and payment.

60
1 year ago

A startup that helps tech companies hire engineers from India, the US and elsewhere.

60
1 year ago

This startup wants to create a real-time marketplace for the Indian farmer market. It will use a mobile app to help farmers connect with buyers on their mobile phones. The company wants to help farmers sell their products faster and easier.

60
10 months ago

A way to enable workers at companies and in remote locations to tap into high-quality medical care. The startup has offices in the US and India, and has already reached over 2,000 patients in India and the US.

60
1 year ago

A company that helps recruiters, called “instaCandidate,” compete with LinkedIn by posting candidates in a more fun and unique way. InstaCandidate has a branch in India, and is looking to expand to the United States.

59
1 year ago

A tool for planning events with a group of people in mind, similar to a calendar but for smaller groups. The startup is looking to partner with Indian companies that organize team events.

59
1 year ago

A messaging app for farmers in India to share information and coordinate with other farmers.

59
1 year ago

A digital assistant for your phone in India, to help you pay bills, book cabs, and get real-time info on fares.

59
11 months ago

A program that brings e-commerce to mom and pop businesses in India. The startup only has one client so far, a mom and pop store in Gujarat, but says it’ll expand to more cities soon.

59
10 months ago

Notable startups from the Indian market:

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1 year ago

A social network for Indian Americans. It’s not clear how the company plans to operate in the US given the very different social norms here.

58
1 year ago

A startup in India that makes it easier for users to access their bank account information or make payments.

58
11 months ago

This startup wants to improve the way farmers in India grow food by using drones and artificial intelligence to identify and treat diseases.

58
1 year ago

A startup that helps bring startup culture to India. They want to help India’s startups grow by providing a hub for community and events. They’re planning to have a physical location in India.

57
1 year ago

A payments startup for small businesses in India, which wants to make it easier for SMBs to accept payments from major banks.

57
1 year ago

DesiRad is a college group for Indian students in the US that makes it easier to find events and connect with others in the local community.

57
1 year ago

This startup is building a tool for doing on-demand e-learning for businesses. They’re looking to introduce training to countries that don’t have it, like Nepal, and then supply it to people in India.

57
1 year ago

E-commerce platform for the Indian population, which is currently being built.

57
1 year ago

A digital payments platform aimed at the developing market in India.

56
1 year ago

A company that aims to make affordable internet for the poor in India, from a base in Delhi. They plan to provide a complete bundle for under $20 per month.

55
1 year ago

A “virtual concierge service” for hotels. They started in India with a network of over 200 hotels and now have a presence in the US.

55
1 year ago

A business-to-business loan platform that aims to replace banks by offering smaller loans to businesses in countries where there aren’t enough banks. The startup has been in the works for over a year and has already signed up 5,000 businesses in India.

55
7 months ago

A startup focused on building tech for homes in India. The startup wants to enable a system through which families can track their energy consumption, water usage, and air quality.

55
2 months ago

A media company focusing on the needs of the Indian market.

55
1 year ago

A startup to help people sell their used clothing and get a fair price. The company has a partnership with a charity that helps needy people in India.

54
10 months ago

Built a mobile app that allows people in India to send money to family across state lines.

54
1 year ago

A platform for Indian startups to build, market, and sell their products globally, with a half dozen companies already signed up.

53
1 year ago

A startup that helps with internet in-app purchases and the creation of digital products in the Indian market.

53
1 year ago

A text-messaging-based business platform for leading Indian retail chains.

53
1 year ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace to help people find loans from each other. The company is looking to partner with local banks in India to help bring the startup to market.

52
1 year ago

Wired Magazine has a list of the top startups to watch in 2016, including three from India (Tango, Farmako, and Minimum) and two from the US (Clew and Zuddl)

52
10 months ago

A growing startup in India that’s working to build a version of Google Docs for businesses, focusing on text documents and contracts.

52
9 months ago

A commerce platform for the Indian market, where many consumers have previously had to go through multiple vendors to make a purchase.

52
1 year ago

A startup that helps people in India establish a bank account. The service aims to be user-friendly for people who don’t have a bank account. The team also says that it’s working with the government to digitize all government records to make banking easier.

51
11 months ago

A startup that aims to help Indian startups build their own apps on the cloud.

51
5 months ago

Web developers in India have traditionally worked with the Firefox browser. The startup wants to bring the Chrome browser to that market, as well as help companies use it at scale for their websites.

51
1 year ago

A startup that is building a marketplace for real estate agents in India. The startup wants to prove that since agents can create more leads for potential sellers, they should be able to charge more for their services.

50
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help customers in India manage their money in a single app. The startup’s goal is to create an Indian version of a Venmo-like app, but specifically for Indian users.

50
1 year ago

An in-app mobile payments solution in India. The company is in talks with mobile carriers to make mobile payments simple in India.

50
1 year ago

A company that helps companies pay contractors in India in cash, rather than via cheques or bank transfers

50
11 months ago

A startup that’s building a platform to connect users with affordable health insurance products in India.

50
7 months ago

A B2B platform for online food ordering in India

50
4 months ago

A digital insurance company for the Indian SME market, with a focus on the auto insurance sector.

50
2 months ago

This is a personal assistant chatbot platform for enterprise customers in India.

50
17 days ago

Based in India, this startup is building software for managing a family farm. They use a combination of traditional tools and tech for their operations, featuring an irrigation system that can predict which fields need water, a digital record-keeping suite, and a series of IoT devices for farm management.

50
1 year ago

A startup for building companies in emerging markets, which focuses on the Indian market.

49
10 months ago

Collects and analyzes the data around service delivery in India. The startup wants to integrate with government services for better service delivery.

49
5 months ago

A startup that wants to help businesses do their bookkeeping in India, a country where the rule of thumb is that you can’t be a good accountant if you don’t know how to do your own bookkeeping.

49
3 months ago

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelengeler/2019/05/18/indian-startups-to-watch-this-year/#4c9a2a1bc00d

49
3 months ago

https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/7-indian-startup-companies-to-watch-this-year-117028000731_1.html

49
1 year ago

A digital tax filing and payment system for small businesses in India, providing a single platform for tax payments and receipts.

48
1 year ago

The startup wants to bring online education to developing countries. It’s currently building its first pilots in India and Nigeria, where it’s pitched as a way to bring education to places that aren’t well-off enough to attract students from elsewhere.

47
1 year ago

A consumer-facing SaaS platform for the Indian market. The startup is focused on maximizing the efficiency of the home shopping experience, and is currently focused on a small segment of the online market.

47
1 year ago

A software-as-a-service that helps companies locate and manage their third-party suppliers, including those in India.

47
9 months ago

A startup in the social sector, Canvas is applying artificial intelligence to the cause of ending global poverty. The startup already has a pilot in the Indian state of Bihar, and is hoping to expand to other countries.

47
9 months ago

A startup that sells to the Indian market, which has a huge, under-served market for low-cost long-distance plans, where monthly plans are cheaper than mobile data in the US.

47
2 years ago

Idea: This startup is building an alternative to Paypal for international money transfers, with a focus on Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite country, India.

46
1 year ago

A social network for Indian language users. The app is focused on users in India, but the founders say it could be used in other regions with large populations of people who use other languages.

46
8 months ago

The startup is working on a tool to help companies find candidates in India and the US.

46
8 months ago

The startup is looking to help small businesses in India follow up with customers who have requested a price quote. They want to offer a program that lets companies send out quotes, track responses, and follow up with customers on their own.

46
7 months ago

A startup that’s building an app to help companies recruit people in India. It’s a more effective version of traditional job-posting sites and is primarily focused on getting high-quality candidates to apply.

46
4 months ago

The startup connects doctors in India to patients who want to get tests done through text message.

46
1 year ago

A domain registration and hosting service for startups and entrepreneurs in India and the Middle East. The company is in the midst of a $1 million seed round.

45
1 year ago

A startup that helps people track their usage of wireless spectrum. The startup says they’ve collected data from over 2 million devices and is partnering with 5 other startups to launch in India and the US.

45
1 year ago

A computer science degree designed for people in the large, growing Indian market for “robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision”, with a built-in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

45
1 year ago

An automatic way to send money out of India using a credit or debit card. The startup wants to scale their business to get the equivalent of $1 billion out of India each year.

45
1 year ago

A company in India that’s working on a new way to bridge the rural-urban divide by using a product called “the farming app”. The app helps farmers manage their crops, including automatic seeding, crop rotation, watering, and planting.

45
7 months ago

Recode – What are the most exciting tech startups in India

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6 months ago

 A startup that plans to build software for organ donation for the Indian market.

44
2 months ago

This startup is building a platform for the SME (small and medium businesses) market in India, aiming to help them grow through a messaging platform.

44
18 days ago

A startup that aims to build an e-book ecosystem for Indian readers.

44
2 years ago

Idea: Online education platform for traditional Indian crafts and art

43
1 year ago

A micro-finance company that provides loans to entrepreneurs in rural India.

43
1 year ago

A company that wants to make it easy for people to set up and run their own ICOs. The company is currently only involved in the US for now, but they hope to hire more teams in India and the UK soon.

43
1 year ago

A fraud detection platform for the Indian insurance industry.

43
10 months ago

A startup that wants to help connect small businesses in the US with their suppliers in China and India. The company is focused on small and medium businesses, with a focus on purchasing and logistics.

43
9 months ago

A startup with a library of over 2,500 Indian-subsaharan African writers and translators, it aims to create a platform for them to reach a wider global audience.

43
2 months ago

A startup that wants to create an API for doctors to capture, store, and share patient data. The app would let doctors send patients’ data to specialists and insurance companies, and keep track of bills, insurance claims, and other documents. The company says it’s already been used by doctors in the US and India and has revenue of $300,000 a month.

43
1 month ago

The startup is building a tool for large companies to build products for users in emerging markets. The company is currently focused on India and Brazil.

43
1 year ago

The founders of this startup say they can produce a beer with only water that tastes as good as Budweiser. The company’s first product is a line of craft beers it describes as “India Pale Ales.”

42
9 months ago

A simple way to send money to family and friends in India

42
2 years ago

A startup based in India that helps people in the US get better access to medical care abroad

41
1 year ago

A company that helps Indian startups with low-cost capital

41
7 months ago

Launching in India and Brazil, this startup wants to make it easier to buy and sell second-hand goods.

41
1 month ago

A mobile payments startup that helps small businesses in India get paid by credit card and electronic check through the bank's mobile app.

41
7 days ago

A startup that targets Indian users with a service that helps them find a doctor, a nurse, or a therapist quickly. The service takes a variety of inputs like location and symptoms, which it then uses to match the user with a doctor and sends them a call.

41
1 year ago

The goal is to help small businesses in India engage with their customers, most of which are in rural areas. It aims to reduce the costs of customer acquisition and conversion, which can be huge for a startup.

40
10 months ago

A digital currency for underbanked Singaporeans. The startup builds a platform that enables individuals to join the mainstream financial system. Right now, it’s restricted to Singaporeans, and the founders are working on getting it to the wider Southeast Asian and Indian markets.

40
9 months ago

India’s first all-in-one, cloud-based, enterprise-grade workforce management platform for SMBs.

40
9 months ago

A mobile shopping app for Indian shoppers. It allows users to order food and pick it up from an assortment of stores in their neighborhood.

40
9 months ago

A startup that builds apps for markets with different business models from the US, such as the Indian market, where companies can’t sell a product for cash.

40
8 months ago

A startup in India that aims to help people sell and buy things online, with the promise that their software and services will only have a small fee.

40
8 months ago

A startup designed to “empower” women in India to take control of their health.

40
7 months ago

A “zero-emission” electric-car sharing service in India

40
6 months ago

A receipt service for businesses based in India.

40
6 months ago

A healthcare app that helps Americans order medical supplies online in the US and have them shipped to them in India.

40
5 months ago

A startup that partners with Indian restaurants to automate their ordering processes. This can help restaurants better manage inventory and deliveries, save money, and increase customer satisfaction.

40
4 months ago

The company says it will be the first to offer a business development platform with the ability to serve the two different markets in India, B2B and B2C.

40
1 year ago

Hipsters are a big part of the e-commerce scene in India, but the startup wants to bring them into the mainstream, using a combination of data, AI, and traditional retail to help them discover the best of the best products.

39
6 months ago

A startup that helps people find their perfect wedding band. The team has hired several wedding consultants over the past year, and has partnered with a jeweler in India to help find one.

39
23 days ago

A startup that’s building a solution to the problem of hiring people in India, where the cost of living is high and the population is big.

39
11 months ago

One-on-one tutoring for Indian school kids for standardized tests. The startup has a $3,000 monthly price point for up to five students, and it plans to expand to other markets in the next year.

38
1 year ago

A company that works with local governments and nonprofit organizations to help them get free, city-wide WiFi for their residents. They have funded and built their own network in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and expanded to New Orleans, Detroit, and Indianapolis.

37
11 months ago

A platform for sellers to offer items other than their own on an auction platform. The startup is working with hundreds of small vendors in the Philippines, India and the US, and is also working with some big name brands like Nordstrom to bring their products to the platform.

37
9 months ago

The company wants to avoid the mistakes that surround the establishment of a new startup in India.

37
6 months ago

India is the world’s fastest growing market in the food delivery business, and this startup is building an app that wants to take advantage of that. It’s looking to create an on-demand market for delivery drivers, who can earn $20 to $30 an hour.

37
9 months ago

A simple-to-use app for small retailers in India to find vendors and retailers nearby, also used as a marketplace for wholesale products.

36
9 months ago

A cryptocurrency exchange for India

36
5 months ago

A startup for small businesses in India that helps them grow by connecting them with suppliers and growing awareness of their business

36
5 months ago

A startup that makes a video game for teenagers in India that teaches them to read.

36
9 months ago

A way to send money to friends and family in India, via a bank account, without official documentation.

35
9 months ago

A startup that helps merchants in India streamline their database, connect with local customers, and get cash.

35
6 months ago

 “A startup that implements fintech software in the emerging markets of Southeast Asia, India, and China.”

35
4 months ago

The startup works with the government of India’s Ministry of Defence to help small businesses in India get their hands on Defense Ministry-related contracts. The startup’s founder, Sumit Goel, is a former officer in the Indian Navy.

35
23 days ago

The startup helps businesses in India bring their payments into a single interface. It helps SMBs streamline their payments by helping them integrate all their different channels into one place.

35
9 months ago

A startup that wants to be a One-Stop shop for Indian retail customers looking to buy the latest fashion trends. The platform is set to launch in June 2020.

34
9 months ago

A startup that’s building a decentralized, community-based digital currency for the Indian market. The startup is looking to partner with mobile carriers to get their digital currency into users’ wallets.

34
7 months ago

A platform for making payments, building credit, and analyzing financial performance. It’s the first platform in India to offer the ability to make payments in a smartphone app and access information about spending habits through a dashboard.

34
6 months ago

One of the only two companies in India building an SMS-based payments platform for B2B, with a focus on e-commerce.

33
4 months ago

A company that wants to bring health insurance to the world’s poorest. The startup is already in talks with the government of the Philippines about expanding the product, and is sending representatives to India to talk about it too.

33
1 year ago

A way for doctors to order medical supplies online to make sure they’re stocked up on the medication they need. It’s currently in its seed round with 2 doctors and plans to launch in India in the second half of 2020.

32
1 year ago

This company is building a platform that enables sales reps in India to take orders via text message and then send them to back-end sales reps who are working on an individual transaction.

32
9 months ago

This startup wants to take the pain out of the laborious process of negotiating real estate in India by allowing direct communication between buyers and sellers. The startup also wants to make buying and selling homes more transparent and streamlined.

32
8 months ago

IFTTT, that connects the Internet of Things to your other applications and services. The startup is trying to build a “connected” kitchen in India that can monitor how clean the kitchen is, how many times the door has opened, and how much food is left in the fridge.

32
7 months ago

An AI chatbot that helps farmers in India manage their produce. It’s meant to give farmers access to AI-generated insights on produce, including when it’s ripe and when it’s best to harvest.

32
26 days ago

A startup-based insurance product aimed at the Indian market.

32
1 year ago

A startup that launched in India wants to help small businesses create a sales funnel, and their technology is already being used by brands like Urban Decay and Yakult.

31
9 months ago

A startup that helps people in developing countries buy products from Amazon. The app is similar to the wildly successful service from India’s Flipkart, but for those in developing countries.

31
6 months ago

A micro loan (think Kiva) for women living in rural India

31
3 months ago

A grocery delivery service aimed at the Indian market.

31
25 days ago

“[A]s one of the largest and most comprehensive digital marketing agencies in India, we’re all about solving problems for businesses and brands,” the company wrote on their website. “We approach each engagement in an equally hands-on and consultative manner, bringing in a unique blend of experience and expertise. We’re building on a solid foundation built by our founding team and have a great culture, which is what sets us apart from our peers in the industry.”

31
1 year ago

The company wants to be the first to deliver a biometric identity platform to countries in Africa and India.

30
8 months ago

A startup for managing the supply chain for construction companies in India.

30
4 months ago

A payment architecture for micro-businesses in India, which allows a business to instantly have a customer pay their invoice.

30
4 months ago

Shopify is looking to expand in India with the same model that Facebook used to build its business there, which is to make it easy for small businesses to get started.

30
1 year ago

A company that recently launched in India is building a platform to help medical practices connect with patients, and is aiming to move into the US next.

29
7 months ago

A platform that helps people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh get loans from banks and other financial institutions.

29
7 months ago

A payment company for the $2.5 trillion market in India, where cash is still the dominant way of making payments.

29
4 months ago

It's building a better accounting app for small businesses in India.

29
1 month ago

In 2018, YC Labs selected a total of 36 startups from the batch to continue on to the next phase of the program. The majority of the founders were based in the US, with three from Israel, two from Canada and one each from Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Netherlands, Hong Kong, France, Hungary, India and England.

29
20 days ago

A tool that helps healthcare workers in India send real-time updates to hospitals as they treat patients.

29
19 days ago

A digital magazine and website platform for the Indian market. The company is backed by Sequoia India, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Matrix Partners.

29
9 months ago

A startup that’s building a digital platform for the Indian market. The startup aims to partner with financial institutions to create a digital platform for them to use.

28
8 months ago

A company that makes the navigation of an Indian apartment complex easier

28
6 months ago

This startup wants to help employers manage their employee’s paychecks. The company wants to be the only way for companies to manage their employee’s paychecks in India, and is working with companies like DBS and Tata Communications.

28
4 months ago

The organizers said they received over 500 invitations from companies in India and elsewhere to submit ideas, and decided to invite a group of startups and investors to pitch their ideas at the conference.

28
3 months ago

According to a study done by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the Indian startup scene has over 8,000 startups, with over $10 billion in funding.

28
3 months ago

This startup wants to make it easier to deliver food to hungry people. Their service is focused on India, but they plan to expand to the US, Europe and the Middle East.

28
22 days ago

Another startup for the India market, this one is building a telemedicine platform for consumers.

28
9 months ago

This startup is building a new way to build apps for mobile devices, with an emphasis on India. The company is building a mobile-first app development platform to make it easier for Indian developers to get going.

27
2 years ago

A software company that helps businesses in India manage their compliance with the new goods and services tax.

26
5 months ago

A language learning app. The founders say that the app is built for the Indian market and not for international markets.

26
2 months ago

A tool to help India’s startups connect with people they’d have to travel to meet in person.

26
17 days ago

This startup helps healthcare companies take better care of their employees and their families. They say they’re also working on making health insurance more accessible to the under-insured in India.

26
3 months ago

Many startups on the list came from India, a country that has been a "fintech powerhouse" in recent years. The country has a large population of engineers and a growing consumer base, and the availability of capital and technology has led to a boom in the number of startups in the country.

25
2 years ago

Online home store for India where customers can buy and sell in a peer-to-peer format.

24
2 years ago

A software company that provides a cloud-based platform for managing online payments for Indian businesses.

24
2 months ago

A company that helps installers set up and troubleshoot smart home devices, with a team of moonlighting technicians in America and a support desk in India.

24
5 months ago

An on-demand delivery service for grocery orders in India. The startup is looking to disrupt the supermarket model in the country by providing a delivery service for online grocery orders.

23
3 months ago

A startup based in India that offers domain name registration and domain management services to local and global businesses.

23
3 months ago

Startup that focuses on the needs of people with disabilities in the developing world, especially in India. The company wants to build a digital library of books and apps for the blind, deaf and disabled in India.

23
3 months ago

A way to handle invoices for companies based in India.

22
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to be like a “mini-LinkedIn” for Indian startups, with a focus on helping founders build their brands

21
2 years ago

A software company that makes it easy for Indian businesses to accept payments and track customer information via a mobile app.

20
4 months ago

A platform for purchasing generic drugs online, which then enables the patient to build their own medicine. The company is based in India.

20
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to help companies in the Middle East and India use technology to hire engineers and maintain online reputations.

19
2 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to help India’s 600 million smartphone users take advantage of the country’s rapidly growing e-commerce market.

18
2 years ago

An insurance comparison site for India.

18
4 months ago

A social network for women in India that uses a mix of online and offline to connect women in an anonymous way.

18
4 months ago

A platform for hiring tech engineers, especially in emerging markets. It was built in India and is currently active in Indonesia and Mexico. The startup is looking to expand to the US.

18
3 months ago

A $10 million dollar fund that’s investing in startups that are developing and commercializing science and technology in India.

18
2 years ago

Idea: A startup designed to help people in India pay their taxes online. The company charges one-time fees for setting up a company in India, and then charges users $1 per month to file their taxes.

17
2 years ago

Idea: Bring the ability to sell digital goods on the web in India

16
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to bring online tutoring to India It’s working with teachers and tutors, and aims to provide a marketplace where teachers can list their services

16
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps restaurants in India optimize their kitchen workflow, and take advantage of technology like smart fridges and credit card processing.

16
3 months ago

The startup is working with a government agency in India to help people with low incomes get access to health care.

16
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps agencies and consultants close deals with more confidence. The startup was founded in India, and is already seeing traction in that country.

14
4 months ago

Tapping into a market of over 60 million people in India, which has no bank accounts. The startup wants to automate the process of opening a bank account so people don’t have to waste time or money on the process.

13
2 days ago

A social network for women in the US and India that helps young women find the role models they want, speak to them, organize group events and share stories.

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