best startups - india

BEST STARTUPS - INDIA

• Banyanpod Technologies is a media technology company in the on-demand entertainment space.

• Fropcorn, its hyper-local content distribution product, delivers high-quality content to consumers over wi-fi.

• Co-founder/CEO Kartik Poddar has worked in product management and marketing in companies like Komli Media and Microsoft, while Co-founder/CTO Kartik Bansal is a self-confessed geek who has worked with Shindigg and Microsoft.

• Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS) develops high-end autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), customizable for a variety of applications.

• AUS has ventured into civil, research and defence application capabilities using short-range UAVs.

• Founded by Nikhil Upadhye, Suhas Banshiwala, Vipul Singh and Yeshwanth Reddy, AUS’s core team is drawn from premier universities like IIT-Kanpur and IIT-Bombay.

• Basil Systems’ home automation product, CloverBoard, is a wi-fi-connected smart switchboard that gives users convenience, energy savings and security.

• Its suite of sensors provides time-of-the-day-based intelligence and learns user’s usage patterns.

• Founded by Ritika Dhyawala, Nirmala Kunwar and Kumar Nishant, software designers and engineers from NIT Jaipur, the team has worked with companies like SAP, TATA Power and various startups in the past.

• Bfonics is an end-to-end proximity-marketing platform, leveraging Apple’s latest iBeacon technology and Google’s Eddystone.

• The product aims to enable channel partners to effectively engage with audiences and create a meaningful experience.

• Founder and CEO Unni Peroth is a seasoned IT professional who has earlier worked at IBM and HP. He was also co-founder of LenDen and Nfonics Solutions.

• The team also comprises COO Binoy Mathew, CTO Arun Raj and CMO Romy Mathew, all of whom are experienced professionals.

• Mobisy Technologies’ Bizom, a ‘mobile-first’ cloud solution, provides real-time communication and analytics for sales, distribution, strategy, HR and branding teams.

• Founder Lalit Bhise, inventor of Hybrid application programming leads Bizom, while co-founders Vasudeva Manjuth, Shree Bhise and Supreeth Reddy have deep experience in mobile, cloud and software technologies.