Divine Bamboo Mat Manufacturing

Business Description:We are in the business of manufacturing bamboo mat boards, bamboo mat corrugated sheets and other composite products, using bamboo with other materials like jute, coir, rice husk and other agricultural waste using a method which will meet the US benchmark for formaldehyde emission. We will explore domestic and international market for our products. Our primary focus is to preserve our forests and trees. Company will encourage rural employment security, livelihood security for all bamboo growing area.

Industry:Manufacturing

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:AB Composites, Greenply, Kitply

Company Details :

Company Name:Divine Bamboo Mat Manufacturing

HeadQuarters:Panjim

Stage of the company:Just starting

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):26-50

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):

>Partnerships:Talks are on with Teragreen USA, and a tie-up is expected after the plant starts and we are able to show that the plant meets all environmental norms.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Venture capital

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Via export to South Africa and the US

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Lata Dinesh Jain

Age:25

HomeTown:Rajasthan

Education:Masters Institute for Technology and Management

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Advisor at ING-Vysya Life Insurance

Ex-Job Description:Insurance

Favorite Book/Movie:Guru Movie

www.mad160.com

Business Description:mad160 is a product of Pace Media Technologies Pvt Ltd.mad160.com is a mobile advertising media, designed in a way to offer the best service and value for both users and advertisers.

It provides useful information on various job opportunities, exciting discount offers, and useful advertisements as like a short messaging service (text messages) directly to their mobiles. So that by this exciting discount offers they can save money. Users can also be getting paid to receive all those useful information.

They will be provided with special option where they can opt for their favourite actor/ actress inorder to get the information about when and in which channel their actors movies will be telecasted. It provides advertisers where they can send ads to the bulk number of customers within a very short time. They can select the category of customers to whom you would like to reach your ads like students, employees or based on gender, age, location and so on - depending on the offer you are providing.

Industry:Telecom/ Mobile

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:mginger

Company Details :

Company Name:Pace Media Technologies

HeadQuarters:Secunderabad

Stage of the company:Have first customer

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):losing money

>Partnerships:-NO-

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:1. through advertisements send to users

2. through online advertisements on our portal

Awards & honors:-NO-

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Bhanu Prasad

Age:22

HomeTown:tenali

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Founder & CEO at Pace Media Technologies Pvt Ltd

Ex-Job Description:Founder

Favorite Book/Movie:You Can Win

www.parentree.in

Business Description:Parentree is a site devoted to the practical aspects of parenting in India.


We focus on the areas most important to Indian parents - reviews of schools and preschools, good books, reliable coaching classes and sports camps, good parenting practices, child development focusing on intelligence and confidence, emotional development and behaviour, safe products for children.... the list goes on.


We enable this by facilitating reviews, advice and information to flow from parent to parent. Our website has user reviews of products and services, discussion groups, journals and social networks.

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer

Significant Competitors:indiaparenting.com

Company Details :

Company Name:Parentree

HeadQuarters:Chennai

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):

>Partnerships:N.A.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Venture capital

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:E-commerce, Partnerships, Advertising

Awards & honors:None yet.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Sathya Narayanaswamy

Age:37

HomeTown:Coimbatore

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:VP & BU Head at Syntel

Ex-Job Description:Telecom Business Unit

Favorite Book/Movie:All political histories

www.lifeinlines.com

Business Description:Lifeinlines or LiL is a platform to capture, share and eternalize little moments from your life. As you go about your day, there are several instances that amuse you, touch you or just make you think - moments that add flavor to life but are likely to be lost in the maze of ongoing life.


LiL has integrated multiple technologies to let you capture moments anytime, anywhere, using any media. You can write on the LiL website or send LiL an email, a message from your Gtalk, an SMS/MMS or even call up LiL to record your voice. A multilayer privacy structure helps you share different slices of your life with different people.

A medley of everyday experiences and special moments that come together to make up this bitter sweet symphony called life is what Lifeinlines is all about. An attempt to completely change the way people keep in touch with themselves and those they care for.

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Developed family or friend?s idea

Significant Competitors:orkut, facebook, twitter, lifeblob

Company Details :

Company Name:Onelife Knowledge Services

HeadQuarters:Mumbai

Stage of the company:Have first customer

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):

>Partnerships:We have set up relationships with some companies to simplify the social gifting more frequently in a warm and intimate touch to life - Again an attempt to stay close to real life, we're building a parallel ongoing offline interaction model.


(It's like, for instance if a friend gets to know from my lifeinlines a/c that I'm going through a bad patch, she can just make a few clicks to send me flowers with a cheer up message)


The partners include Myntra, Ferns and Petals, Any Surprise Any Place (asap.co.in) and Happily Unmarried (happilyunmarried.com)

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Monetizing User Base, Custom Solutions

Awards & honors:N.A.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Ankur Gattani

Age:23

HomeTown:Udaipur

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:Business

Job:N.A. at N.A.

Ex-Job Description:N.A.

Favorite Book/Movie:In Pursuit of Happyness

www.getmeinsure.com

Business Description:Getmeinsure.com is a online distributor of Insurance products. It is a bridge between the insurance seekers and the insurance providers. It helps people find the right insurance, compare products and buy the best product.

Industry:Retail/ Consumer-based

Founded in:2007

Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer

Significant Competitors:apnainsurance, bimadeals, paisawaisa, policybazaar

Company Details :

Company Name:Peacock Financial Advisors

HeadQuarters:Pune

Stage of the company:Scaling up

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):6-15

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):losing money

>Partnerships:Two Large Insurance Companies; Relationship Managers & Advisors in Major Cities.

NDTVProfit.com for providing content to their website.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Personal savings

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:The business makes money from Insurance Professionals through subscription for leads and also from advertising.

Awards & honors:Featured in Outlook Money, Harmony Magazine , CXOToday.com

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Krishan Dwivedi

Age:32

HomeTown:Mumbai

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Asst. Vice President at Pioneer Investcorp Ltd

Ex-Job Description:Branch Head- Wealth Management

Favorite Book/Movie:One Up On Wall Street

www.paynet24x7.com

Business Description:Services provided by PAYNET24*7 :- * Mobile recharge round the clock * Bill payments- electricity, water, telephone, internet. * Ticket booking- railways, air, movie * Payment of Traffic challans * Facility of providing Passport,PAN Cards,notary services * Providing flowers, gifts, books, stationary within 24hours at your doorstep

Industry:Telecom/ Mobile

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:Oxigen & Hero Easybill

Company Details :

Company Name:Paynet24x7

HeadQuarters:New Delhi

Stage of the company:Have first customer

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):losing money

>Partnerships:Looking forward to tie ups with various retail chains & coffee chains.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Personal savings

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Business makes money in 4 ways:

1) The margin & commission provided by various service providers like telecom operators or job portals or electricity providers.

2)The interest earned on 40-50 Days of credit provided by all credit cards.

3)In the form of Membership fees from customers.

4)Space Selling.

Awards & honors:Only a 2 month old start up, so we're looking forward to hottest start ups & the CNBC Young Entrepreneur Award.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Karan Malhotra

Age:21

HomeTown:Delhi

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:N.A. at Still pursuing my studies

Ex-Job Description:N.A.

Favorite Book/Movie:It Happened in India (Autobiography of Kishore Biyani)

www.prepgmedicos.com

Business Description:PrePgMedicos is an online community of MEDICAL Post Graduation aspiring medicos like you with a common & only aim of cracking pre-PG entrance examinations specifically Aipgmee & Aiims. We provide doubts discussion sessions, latest in medical filed, drug alerts, books discussions, counseling sessions, exam alerts. If someone don't find what he/ she are looking for, he/ she can request it so that we can arrange it as far as and as soon as possible.

Industry:Education

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Built hobby into a business

Significant Competitors:www.rxpg.com www.netmedicos.com

Company Details :

Company Name:PrePgMedicos

HeadQuarters:Indore

Stage of the company:Just starting

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):Did not exist

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):Did not exist

>Partnerships:www.edoctor.mcqsonline.com

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:1. Through Local banner advertisement

2. We are going to launch Test series all over INDIA targeting around 4000 students with a nominal fees of which will be oriented for PrePg exams both covering all subjects (Rs. 1000 per year or Rs.100 per month ) and separate Prof subjects wise also (Rs.600 per year or Rs.40 per month)

3. Through google ads

4. We are also in a process of launching our carrer oriented book for PrePg exams

Awards & honors:Not Recieved yet

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Ankur Gupta

Age:26

HomeTown:Indore

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Administator at PrePgMedicos

Ex-Job Description:Full Management

Favorite Book/Movie:Harrison internal medicne

www.perspecte.com

Business Description:Perspecte is building a very powerful data collection platform for discrete manufacturing shop floor environments to collect real time data on material movements using RFID technology and equipment conditions from sensors over.

The data collection platform is a powerful building block yet easily deployable by its non-wire and plug-and-play device capabilities. The data collected will be used to create real time visibility dashboards, virtual shopfloor displays and simple production control alerts.

Perspecte's production optimization solution will in real time simulate the ongoing process flows and identify bottlenecks using real time aggregation analytic's and simulation engines. Perspecte intends to sell the hardware platform through integration partners and the software solutions on SaaS model.

Industry:Infrastructure

Founded in:2006

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:SAP, Rockwell Automation, Applied Materials, Oracle, Wonderware

Company Details :

Company Name:Perspecte Solutions

HeadQuarters:Chennai

Stage of the company:Have prototype

No of Employees (2006):0-5

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):breakeven

Profits (2007):breakeven

>Partnerships:Has partnerships with hardware vendors like EMS (leader in automotive manufacturing RFID solutions), Brooks Automation (leader in semiconductor manufacturing RFID solutions), Microsoft, Sun, Miebach consulting and CII Institute of Logistics

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Selling to large discrete manufacturers the data collection platform and the visibility and optimization solutions built on the platform

Awards & honors:None as of now, would love this to be the first one.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Sankar Nivas Manickam

Age:30

HomeTown:Chennai

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Business Development Manager at Cognizant Solutions

Ex-Job Description:Business Development

Favorite Book/Movie:Fountainhead, Catch22

www.indyarocks.com

Business Description:PhoneLinx's flagship offering is Indyarocks.com. Indyarocks.com is an entertainment focussed online and mobile social networking site for Indians across the globe.
With more than 1.6 million new users joining Indyarocks in the last 6 months, it is the fastest growing social networking site in India (Virally and no advertising so far)

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2006

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:Orkut.com, Bigadda.com, Ibibo.com, minglebox.com

Company Details :

Company Name:PhoneLinx Comm.

HeadQuarters:Hyderabad

Stage of the company:Scaling up

No of Employees (2006):0-5

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:Yes (2)

Profits (2006):

Profits (2007):

>Partnerships:

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Angel investors

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Advertising and Micro Transactions

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Kalyan Manyam

Age:29

HomeTown:Hyderabad

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:Yes (2)

Family Background:Business

Job:Director at Solix Technologies

Ex-Job Description:Founded

Favorite Book/Movie:Forest Gump

www.hovr.com

Business Description:Hovr is a mobile media company that marries the needs of advertisers seeking to reach the important and growing mobile demographic with the desires of mobile users wanting entertaining content and applications on their mobile devices.


Hovr provides users with ad-supported mobile content such as high-quality, fun-to-play mobile games. Through Hovr's gaming portal, users get free ad-supported mobile games and the ability to connect, compete and interact with their friends and other players in a compelling social environment. For more information visit www.hovr.com.

Industry:Telecom/ Mobile

Founded in:2007

Source of idea:Developed family or friend?s idea

Significant Competitors:Greystripe

Company Details :

Company Name:Hovr Software

HeadQuarters:Gurgaon

Stage of the company:Scaling up

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):preprofit

>Partnerships:Distribution tie-ups with Indiatimes, NDTV in India and Flycell, Push Mobile, Mobango, in the United States and other countries.

Publisher tie-ups with over 50 leading mobile game publishers inlcuding Kiloo, InLogic, Robotube Games etc.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Angel investors

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Hovr provides users with FREE ad-supported mobile games. When the user plays the game, he/she is shown an advertisement. Revenues come from sale of advertising inventory.

Awards & honors:First free ad-supported mobile gaming service integrated with a mobile social network in the world.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Shailan Mohan

Age:31

HomeTown:New Delhi

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Director at Hovr Software

Ex-Job Description:Company growth and expansion

Favorite Book/Movie:Founders at Work

www.httpfuse.com

Business Description:A Fuse allows community (or groups of people) to build important links/ bookmarks on the topic of their interest. (or)


A Fuse is a collection of bookmarks/links on a particular topic; unlike personal bookmarking services it is built up by a community of people rather than an individual. Such a Fuse will help each other (members of the community) to discover important links across different areas of the topic.


httpfuse.com contains such a collection of fuses on wide variety of topics. Sample fuses on various topics:


http://www.httpfuse.com/fuse/Global_Warming__The_Signs_and_The_Science,http://www.httpfuse.com/fuse/IPhone


http://www.httpfuse.com/fuse/Gmail,http://www.httpfuse.com/fuse/AIDS

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer

Significant Competitors:http://www.stumbleupon.com

Company Details :

Company Name:Httpfuse

HeadQuarters:Hyderabad

Stage of the company:Just starting

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:Yes (1)

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):

>Partnerships:

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Mainly through advertising

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Rama Vadakattu

Age:26

HomeTown:Hyderabad

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:Yes (1)

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Associate Applications Engineer at Oracle India Pvt Limited

Ex-Job Description:Applications

Favorite Book/Movie:N.A.

www.immivate.com

Business Description:Immivate Business Solutions core focus is on Innovative Web Portal Development using latest technologies as Microsoft.Net, AJAX, XML and other new web development techniques. Immivate also develops web based business applications starting from gathering client requirements to training and installing the applications on the client servers. We also work on Rapid Application Development Tools as Iron Speed to cut short the time required in delivering the projects.

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2007

Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer

Significant Competitors:RedesignYourBiz

Company Details :

Company Name:Immivate Business Solutions

HeadQuarters:Jaipur

Stage of the company:Just starting

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):

Profits (2007):

>Partnerships:

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Online Advertising Model

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Harsh Agarwal

Age:23

HomeTown:Jaipur

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:Business

Job:Software Developer at Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore.

Ex-Job Description:Software Developing

Favorite Book/Movie:"Every Street Is Paved with Gold - Book

www.icreate.in

Business Description:Banks worldwide are sitting on a mountain of data following the implementation of Core Banking systems. Money is being spent managing the data burden, but no profit generating information is being created in the process thereby creating a case for BI.

While BI tools are mature, there are very few solutions which provide "value for money" due to the lack of understanding of the business among BI tools vendors. i-Create bridges this need in the market by providing pre-packaged BI banking industry specific solutions.

i-Create provides a one-stop shop providing all the solutions and related services for a BI implementation that provides the fastest ROI for Global Banks.

i-Create is currently active in the Middle East, South Africa and South East Europe.

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2006

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:Business Objects, Cognos, Local System Integrators/Software houses

Company Details :

Company Name:i-Create Software

HeadQuarters:Bangalore

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):6-15

No of Employees (2007):26-50

Office Locations(2006):2-5

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):

Profits (2007):16-50 lacs

>Partnerships:None. The current strategy is to sell directly to the target customers. Following successful implementations of the solutions and putting in place a strong scaling plan, i-Create plans to enter into partnerships with IT services companies active in the Banking domain.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:i-Create sells prepackaged BI solutions and related solutions directly to global Banks

Awards & honors:None - i-Create is currently in Pilot/stealth mode in order to launch the full suite solutions following the successful implementations in current customer locations.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Anup Pai

Age:34

HomeTown:Udupi

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Principal Consultant at Financial Network Services

Ex-Job Description:Consulting

Favorite Book/Movie:"Book - The Lexus and the Olive tree

www.gurumantras.in

Business Description:GuruMantras operates in many verticals like Financial Planning, Investment & Wealth Advisory (FINANCIAL SERVICES) etc. but the main concentration at the moment is in developing its Training & Development wing. We are currently working on developing a Finishing School type model and integrating the Training & Development Wing to form a one stop solution wherein we can cater to the high potential space of training students (In making them industry ready) and corporate freshers in the fields of Finance (A2Z), Soft Skills etc. We are also incubating and will soon be coming out with Interactive Educational CD's in various subjects.

Industry:Finance

Founded in:2006

Source of idea:Built hobby into a business

Significant Competitors:Educational & Training Space: On a Macro level the competitors range from national players like IMS, ICFP etc. On a Micro level there are not many players who compete with GuruMantras keeping in mind the uniqe delivery model. Financial Services Space: There are many players ranging from Big, Medium & Small in wealth management and all depends on the network and knowledge of the individual. In this case GuruMantras is quite strong.

Company Details :

Company Name:GuruMantras

HeadQuarters:Bangalore

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):0-5

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:Yes (1)

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):Did not exist

>Partnerships:GuruMantras has tied up with Pray Investments, a mid sized asset and wealth management company. it is also weighing its options and is in the finalising stage for a academic partner. The above partnerships would help GuruMantras scale up. GuruMantras is looking forward to come out with new joint and bundled products with its partners.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Personal savings

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:All the verticals contribute equally to both the top lines and bottom lines.

Awards & honors:The promoter of GuruMantras, Mr Akshay V Jain has won a lot of awards which includes the Best Manager - Bangalore University, Best CEO - Manipal University & host of other awards in the field of finance.

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Akshay Jain

Age:22

HomeTown:Bangalore

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:Yes (1)

Family Background:Business

Job:Relationship Manager at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ex-Job Description:Wealth Management

Favorite Book/Movie:Da Vinci Code

www.inasra.com

Business Description:Currently, Inasra is a leading mass market solution for accommodation in India. The depth of choices (with respect to accommodations in India) that Inasra provides is unparalleled. Though being operating in an unorganized industry (Hotel Industry in India), our ability to offer this depth is due to robust systems & processes we have in place to partner and operate with accommodation service providers (ASPs) on a day-to-day basis.

Our current systems and processes can handle all the types of ASPs that exist in the market. To the customer on the front-end, there is no difference.

Industry:Hospitality/ Travel

Founded in:2005

Source of idea:Discovered by chance

Significant Competitors:Desiya

Company Details :

Company Name:Inasra Technologies

HeadQuarters:Chennai

Stage of the company:Scaling up

No of Employees (2006):0-5

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):preprofit

Profits (2007):preprofit

>Partnerships:4000 Hotels in India - Supply side

wego.com - Demand side.

ixigo.com - Demand side.

Travel agents in India - Demand side (Started this month)

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Commission offered by our hotel partners

Awards & honors:Proto Nominee - July of 2007

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Yogendra Vasupal

Age:26

HomeTown:Chennai

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:Business

Job:N.A. at N.A.

Ex-Job Description:N.A.

Favorite Book/Movie:GEB by Douglas Hoffstadter & Information Rules by Carl Shapiro

www.indiatales.com

Business Description:IndiaTales Media Private Limited is a fresh and highly innovative content media house which is in the process of disrupting the technical and commercial nature of the Indian animation and entertainment industry.

IndiaTales will shortly produce and deliver their first mainstream full length animation movie project in less than a year, in an industry typically used to project cycles exceeding 3 years. The company's mission is to take Indian culture and folklore to a global audience using various mediums like animation, theatre, music, books and visual art.

Led by a world-class team of experienced Indian executives and global directors and supported by passionate and talented artistes, the company strives to consistently create valuable products and deliver them through appropriate vehicles to enrich the lives of our customers.

Industry:Media/ Entertainment

Founded in:2007

Source of idea:

Significant Competitors:UTV, Percept Picture Company, PlanMan Pictures

Company Details :

Company Name:IndiaTales Media

HeadQuarters:Bangalore

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):26-50

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:Yes (4)

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):preprofit

>Partnerships:IndiaTales has partnered with one of India's largest Animation Production companies in the Production of Manikantan: The Animated Movie. The company is also on the verge of sealing several Partnerships with leading Distributors and Merchandisers in the run up to the launch of the movie.

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Angel investors

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Monetizing fan bases of Movie and Music Stars, Selling Global Rights for theatrical release, DVD, Pay Per View, Satellite TV, Merchandise, etc

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Nalin Singh

Age:39

HomeTown:Patna, Bihar

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:Yes (4)

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Vice President at Convergys Corporation

Ex-Job Description:Global Operations

Favorite Book/Movie:Book:Beach Music by Pat Conroy

www.recordsguru.com

Business Description:The company provides solutions to manage physical and digital records for its clients.

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2008

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:PN Writers, Crown systems, Recall

Company Details :

Company Name:Recordsguru Information Management

HeadQuarters:Chennai

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):0-5

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):preprofit

>Partnerships:

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Bank loans & mortgages

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:The company charges for solutions provided in the form of Rental for boxes for physical records and Hard disk space for the digital records. Other specialized solutions are charged on case to case basis.

Awards & honors:non

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Vinit Chordia

Age:31

HomeTown:Chennai

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:Business

Job:Operations Head at Vijay Hemant Exports Pvt Ltd

Ex-Job Description:Operations

Favorite Book/Movie:Newspaper

www.seclore.com

Business Description:Seclore is an information security and compliance company. Seclore's products enables document usage to be controlled before and after they are distributed.

This means that documents shared with internal and external parties during a process (negotiation, due diligence, M&A discussions ) can be "remote controlled". Hence, depending on the usage rights given to the receiving party, they are able/not-able to distribute, edit, print, copy-paste, screen-grab information from the document.

It is also possible to, at the end of the process, remotely destruct the documents. This security is independent of the location of the document. The kind of rights that can be dynamically controlled are:

1. WHO can use the document ( specific users or groups within or outside of the organization )

2. WHAT can the user do ( view, edit, print, distribute, ... )

3. WHEN can the usage be done ( specific dates, times, time-spans)

4. WHERE can the usage be done (specific networks, IP addresses, offices)

Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software

Founded in:2004

Source of idea:Systematic search for business opportunity

Significant Competitors:Secure outsourcing - Fortressware, Zafesoft, Verdasys

Information Rights Management - Liquid Machines, Adobe, Oracle, Microsoft, EMC

Company Details :

Company Name:Seclore Technologies

HeadQuarters:Mumbai

Stage of the company:Scaling up

No of Employees (2006):0-5

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:Yes (1)

Profits (2006):preprofit

Profits (2007):16-50 lacs

>Partnerships:We currently have partnerships with Sify, Datamatics and AlliedDigital

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Family & friends

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Seclore has 2 products- InfoSource and FileSecure

* InfoSource secure outsourcing product - License + services ( services can be rendered by channel partners ). Customers for this product are big organizations/enterprises who do data/process outsourcing

* FileSecure information rights management product - License + services ( services can be rendered by channel partners ). Customers for this product are organizations/enterprises who generate IP and/or circulate confidential information inside and outside their organization.

* FileSecure service - Usage based licensing. Customers for this product will be SMEs (Eg- small Law firms, tax consultants, IBanks) and individuals (Eg - artists) who generate IP and/or handle confidential data on behalf of others.

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Vishal Gupta

Age:31

HomeTown:Kota, Rajasthan

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:Yes (1)

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Founder at Herald Logic Pvt Ltd.

Ex-Job Description:Head marketing and Global Head for Sales

Favorite Book/Movie:Shantaram, Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman

www.sportingmindz.com

Business Description:Sportingmindz Mainly Focussed On Video Based Analytics And Predictive Analysis In Sports Which Will Help Players, Associations, Teams To Leverage The Data And Enhance Their Performance. The Data Can Also Be Commoditised Which Will Result In Building Fan Base For Teams And Leagues

Industry:Sports

Founded in:2006

Source of idea:Developed family or friend?s idea

Significant Competitors:Dart Fish, Silicon Coach, Sportscode

Company Details :

Company Name:Sportingmindz Technology Pvt Ltd.

HeadQuarters:Bangalore

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):6-15

No of Employees (2007):26-50

Office Locations(2006):0-1

Office Locations(2007):2-5

No of companies promoted:No

Profits (2006):losing money

Profits (2007):losing money

>Partnerships:Intel For Porting The Apps

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Angel investors

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:Multiple Revenue Model - Product Licenses, Services Using The Product, Data Syndication, Advertising Revenue

Awards & honors:

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Sanjay Rao

Age:34

HomeTown:Bangalore

Education:Masters

No of companies promoted:No

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Architect at Wipro

Ex-Job Description:N.A.

Favorite Book/Movie:Alchemist and Beautiful Mind

www.stingraystudios.org

Business Description:Stingray Studios is a team of young, talented individuals with very high technical ability, abundant passion and a lot of expertise in the field of work. Independently, the business heads and directors have created and maintained many successful commercial IT and ITES related products and services and now have joined hands to combine their expertise to produce compelling and Industry-level digital content. Currently, we boast a strong team size of 10+ certified professionals working full time alongside with many more freelancers and consultants.

Our goal has always been to maintain the perfect balance between aesthetics and technology, having a keen understanding of each and every type of media.

Industry:Media/ Entertainment

Founded in:2007

Source of idea:Built hobby into a business

Significant Competitors:There are a lot of small and big studios, like eTTamina, FX Labs, Jump Games, etc.

Company Details :

Company Name:Stingray Studios

HeadQuarters:Mumbai

Stage of the company:Several customers or locations

No of Employees (2006):Did not exist

No of Employees (2007):6-15

Office Locations(2006):Did not exist

Office Locations(2007):0-1

No of companies promoted:Yes (2)

Profits (2006):Did not exist

Profits (2007):preprofit

>Partnerships:Maximus - School of Animation and Visual Effects, Radiant Animation, Nakshatra Communication, Sai Advertising, Omega Advertising, E-ray Education, Acharya Academy, SBA Infotech, Thinkovation, ComLine Products, Krish Arts, Cyber Hills, ClickTECH

Initial Funding:Family & friends

Addl Funding:Bank loans & mortgages

Institutitional Capital:No

Revneue Model:We offer first-class services in the fields of Game Development, 2D and 3D digital content production and Composting/ Editing solutions.

Awards & honors:None

Promoters Details :

Promoters Name(s):Rohit Banerjee

Age:25

HomeTown:Jhargram

Education:Bachelors

No of companies promoted:Yes (2)

Family Background:First gen entrepreneur

Job:Executive at Wipro BPO

Ex-Job Description:Quality and Compliance SPOC

Favorite Book/Movie:The Sun Shines Bright - Isaac Asimov