Hyderabad, City of Pearls and Nizams has now became a hometown of various startups. The city has promoted an exponential growth in number of startups and has now become a part of Indian Startup Hubs Series. According to a report by NASSCOM, close to eight percent of the startup activity in India is happening in the city of Hyderabad. The comparative timelines from months to months shows a significant growth in terms of funding and the number of deals made, the growth of Hyderabad is relatively slower than other startup hubs but is still catching the eye of several investors and VC funds. As a part of our Indian Startup Hubs Series, we bring to you the some amazing Hyderabad-based growth stage startups that are doing exponentially great.
Here are a list of some eye- catchy startups :-
STARTUP NAME :- Wazzat LabsFOUNDERS :- Jay Guru Panda,Naveen Sinha
FOUNDED IN :- May 2014
DESCRIPTION :- Wazzat Labs is a fashion related eCommerce store that enables image-search for fashion hungry consumers. The company also gives the consumers an option for downloading retailer’s app or visit their web stores to snap/select the photo of an apparel and instantly search for relevant clothes. The most interesting thing that the company offers is it automatically learns the consumer’s style preferences based on the browse and purchase sessions on these stores and also offers relevant recommendations, further improving the personalization and engagement.
TRACTION :- The company raised $30K in Seed round from the Target Accelerator in October 2014.
STARTUP NAME :- HelloCurry FOUNDERS :- Raju Bhupati
FOUNDED IN :- 2014
DESCRIPTION :- HelloCurry is said to be a pioneer of quick service restaurant chain specialising in indian cuisine. Hello Curry's innovative packaging makes an Indian meal a simple, easily manageable experience. The company was counted among the top five startups in India in the first 6 months of operations. HelloCurry was recently awarded the Best QSR Restaurant in South India ; and also the best packaging award. In line with its expansion plans, the company has made strategic acquisitions - Paratha Post to improve its product line, Fire 42 a specialized technology provider to strengthen its operations, and has entered into a partnership with EatSome, a leading Pune based fast food chain. Paratha Post to improve its product line, Fire 42 a specialized technology provider to strengthen its operations, and has entered into a partnership with EatSome, a leading Pune based fast food chain.
TRACTION :- The company is operating out in 4 cities with 29 outlets, HelloCurry has a vision of 10 outlets per city worldwide over the next 5 years. According to the company it gets 800 to 1,000 orders a day which is growing at 25 to 30% month-on-month basis.
STARTUP NAME :- MyDreamStore FOUNDERS :- Karthik Venkat
FOUNDED IN :- 2014
DESCRIPTION :- My Dream Store is a platform that allows you to create and sell products like tees, hoodies, phone-cases, coffee mugs ,tote bags and many more online without any upfront costs or hassles. The company is the india’s first platform for crowd funded merchandise that makes unique , customised product designed for easy access, to the friends, family , follower network and the public in general without investment or hassle. Mydreamstore takes social commerce to a whole new and latest level and makes the process of selling merchandise easy and economical, by allowing anyone to sell merchandise without upfront costs, production, logistics or managing inventory and get paid immediately.
TRACTION :- The company has raised $300k as angel funding.
STARTUP NAME :- MeraEvents FOUNDERS :- Chennapanaidu Darapaneni
FOUNDED IN :- 2009
DESCRIPTION :- MeraEvents is a one stop solution that offers day to day listing of events, reliable online- services including registration and payment, quick access to every aspect related to events, an active interface for all concerned and medium that saves time and costs. The platform adds over 1000-1500 events per month across various categories including Professional, Entertainment, Sports, Training, Spiritual, Campus, Trade Shows, etc.
TRACTION :- The company has raised $1Mn in Venture Funding From OMICS International in June 2014.
STARTUP NAME :- AppVirality FOUNDERS :- Ram Papineni , Laxman Papineni
FOUNDED IN :- 2014
DESCRIPTION :- AppVirality is a growth hacking toolkit for Mobile Apps that helps app developers and unidentifying and implementing the right growth techniques to boost app installs and user engagement. The app gives you quick and very easy services for the customers.Moreover there is absolutely no coding required. The company is basically a live rocket that catapult you to a galaxy of opportunities. In simple and short words AppVirality is growth Hacking simplified for Mobile.
TRACTION :- The company has raised 465K Seed funding from TNN Capital.
STARTUP NAME :- Zippr FOUNDERS :- Aditya Vuchi
FOUNDED IN :- 13 November 2013
DESCRIPTION :- Zippr solves the problem of addresses with 21st century tech and aims at changing the way the addresses are shared. The company is a central location management service that allows users to pinpoint exact locations anywhere on the earth.This is done by creating a short code
which can be easily shared with friends/vendors eliminating low-value conversations around addresses/directions. Zippr is available for FREE on the Android, iOS and web app platforms.
TRACTION :- The company has raised $982K in Seed Funding From Indian Angel Network in October 2014.
STARTUP NAME :- FlatpebbleFOUNDERS :- Venkatesh Seshadri, Pranav Mehta
FOUNDED IN :- 17 April 2012
DESCRIPTION :- The startup gives a platform for the users to hire photographers for any occasion, speciality being wedding photographers.The company's vision is to build the world’s best services ecosystem, right from helping consumers hire the best service providers using upfront pricing, verified pros and helping the pro’s complete deliveries to managing their businesses and digital identities. The company also believes in building simple,powerful technologies that can disrupt the norm. Flatpebble feels great and honourable to help people and touch lives positively.
TRACTION :- The company is graduated from Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in 2014. It also raised a seed round earlier and is already across 80 Indian cities and 5 countries. Tech investor Raghu Bathina, Lax Gopisetty of Hyderabad Angels, Ram Jayam & Sitaram Banda participated in the seed round. The company claims that it has over 1000 packages suiting a wide array of budgets.
STARTUP NAME :- MeltagFOUNDERS :- Vinil Vadi
FOUNDED IN :- December 2014
DESCRIPTION :- Meltag, the industry's first direct-consumer-connect loyalty solution for brands. The company is used by leading brands to connect directly with customers. Meltag is a direct on product promotion with the power to directly connect customer with the brand to maximize your marketing. The brand owners can segment their markets and run real-time variable promotions besides gaining rich consumer analytics with a 10 times ROI as compared to traditional methods. The company has launched various products like - Loyalty, CRM, Sales Promotion, Brand Promotion.
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