ET Startup Awards 2021: Nominees for Best on Campus
The award will showcase a startup whose impact can be judged both by the idea and the execution. The founders should have been students whose aim was to build a commercial enterprise. There must be some level of validation either through an invest...
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The award will showcase a startup whose impact can be judged both by the idea and the execution. The founders should have been students whose aim was to build a commercial enterprise. There must be some level of validation either through an investor or a customer. College projects don’t qualify.
Pixxel Founded In: 2019 Founders: Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal
Based In: Bengaluru Key Investors: Lightspeed Ventures, Blume Ventures, growX, Omnivore VC, Techstars What it Does: Pixxel is a space-tech startup that is building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites which will be able to detect oil and gas leaks, determine crop and soil health, and air and water pollution levels. The company plans to launch its first satellite in October and the second one in December.
Founders: Anirvan Chatterjee, Gaurav Srivastava and Kiran Kondabagil Based In: Mumbai Key Investors: BIRAC, Arokiaswamy Velumani, Intel Startup Programme, GE Healthcare What it Does: HaystackAnalytics is a provider of genomic-based diagnostic services for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Incubated out of SINE at IIT-Bombay, the startup has developed a proprietary low-compute genomic analysis platform that can sequence genomes in a few minutes. Its genomic-based diagnostic test for TB has received regulatory approval in India.
Founded In: 2019 Founders: Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy and Pranjal Mehta Based In: Chennai Key Investors: Speciale Invest, Naval Ravikant, CIIE, FirstCheque
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What it Does: The ePlane Company is developing compact, affordable, and battery-powered flying taxis to help citizens commute quickly in future. Incubated at IIT-Madras, the startup’s business case rests on short-range flights as these require less battery capacity. The duo has chosen electric-based propulsion as it is cheaper than conventional fuel.
FamPay Founded In: 2019 Founders: Kush Taneja and Sambhav Jain Based In: Bengaluru Key Investors: Sequoia, General Catalyst, Elevation Capital, Y Combinator What it Does: FamPay offers digital wallets and financial services to children aged below 18, but with parental controls and transaction limits. The startup provides numberless cards and the means to do UPI transactions along with offline payments, even without a bank account. The startup gained traction during the Covid-19 pandemic as it enabled teenagers to own a quasi-digital bank account.
PepperContent Founded In: 2017 Founders: Anirudh Singla and Rishabh Shekhar Based In: Mumbai Key Investors: Lightspeed India, Balaji Srinivasan, Gaurav Munjal, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal What it Does: PepperContent aims to be the biggest marketplace for content globally. It counts Amazon and Facebook as clients and works with leading media firms, educational institutions, ecommerce, technology and pharma companies. It has started operations in the United States and is looking to expand aggressively across categories such as graphics design, language translations, video, and audio content.
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