Startup

When Dipen Babariya encountered a road full of potholes, he decided to develop an AI-based software that examines road health. Today, along with his co-founders, RoadMetrics also generates reports and helps municipalities and private entities fix roads.

Hammer, Skippi and Get-a-Whey stunned the sharks on season 1 of Shark Tank India with their ideas and pitches. We take a look at how what they have been up to since the first edition of the show ended.

Mother and daughter duo Minakshi and Aishwariya Jhawar from Rajasthan run Ekatra, a sustainable lifestyle brand that helps homemakers earn a living. Their venture also bagged a deal on Shark Tank.

Mukul Chhabra’s Delhi-based startup, ScrapUncle, allows users to sell scrap for pre-quoted prices to verified collectors, which is then segregated and recycled.

With the idea of helping small farmers who do not have large landholdings and enough resources to sell their fresh produce in mandis, IIT Delhi graduate Varun Khurana started a Delhi-NCR-region-based agritech startup called Otipy.

Watching congested roads filled with SUVs and sedans, engineer Kalpit Patel found a greener solution. He built EaS-E, India’s first electric microcar that can easily navigate busy roads, cuts carbon emission and energy use, and more.

To make authentic South Indian snacks available throughout the country, G D Prasad started VS Mani & Co using his grandparents’ recipes. Recently, he, along with his team, impressed the ‘sharks’ and were able to bag a sizeable investment.

Founded by Kishan Karunakaran, the Coimbatore-based Buyofuel is an online B2B marketplace for trading biofuel-based commodities that has earned clients like the TVS Group, ITC, UltraTech Cement, JSW Steel, and more.

Inspired by his son's school project, Hyderabad's Prashanth Mamidala launched a startup that makes affordable kits to turn normal cycles into electric cycles.

Bengaluru-resident Sridevi Ashala was shocked to find chemicals in baby foods and decided to do something about it. She started her own baby food brand called ‘Tummy Friendly Foods’ and encourages people to be conscious of what they consume.