3 START UP COMPANIES 

 

 1. Ola Cabs

Bhavish Aggarwal was frustrated with the cabs he used. Fortunately, this computer engineer from IIT-Bombay decided to do something about it. He realised that there were fleet operators in Mumbai with abysmal fleet utilisation. Why not bring them under one umbrella and offer customers a reliable and efficient option? Ola Cabs was born with the idea that it would be asset-lite and tech-intensive. A free downloadable app or a phone call is what connects you to the service. Customers can monitor their cabs via GPS. Heat maps tell the company where their cabs are and what demand is like. At present, the service is available in five cities—Delhi, Pune, Banagalore, Mumbai and Chennai—with plans to expand to 10 by the end of next year.

2.ZIPDIAL

Essentially for a lot of Indians who use prepaid phones, each connected call and sent text costs money and therefore the missed call was born. For example, if you arrived to pick up your friend you would just call them and disconnect the phone to indicate that you’re waiting downstairs, or if you wanted someone to call you back from their landline you’d give them a “missed call” as it’s predominantly termed across India

 

 3.QUIKR

Quikr was launched on 12 July 2008 and is currently present in 900 cities across India. Quikr provides the local community with a platform to help them buy, sell, rent and find something and address needs across many categories. These categories numbering over 12 and sub-categories over 140 range from Mobiles, real estate, cars, services, jobs, entertainment, furniture, electronics etc