Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, is the center of India's tech industry. It is famously referred to as the Silicon Valley of India and the IT capital of India because of its position as the nation's leading information technology (IT) hub. Be it a large MNC or an emerging startup, Google Maps will show you one of its offices in Bangalore. More often than not, it's going to be the company's headquarters that would show up; that's how popular Bangalore is with the tech organizations. Bangalore has a major role to play in India's induction in the list of favorable destinations worldwide for incubators and the startup ecosystem. In fact, according to a 2019 report, Bangalore has the third highest number of tech startups in the world.
Therefore, it's imperative for StartupTalky to cover the popular startups in Bangalore.
Also read - If you are looking for list of startups in Bangalore, here is our exhaustive list of all recently funded startups in Bangalore and other cities.
We have also covered startups in Hyderabad, Chennai, and other major cities of India.
Here is the list of some successful startups in Bangalore:
ZoomCar
MoneyTap
Zivame
GingerCup
Colive
Amagi Media
YULU
HackerEarth
Ezetap
Simplilearn
Systemantics
InstaScribe
Blackbuck
Flutura
CueMath
75F
Zoomcar
Founders: Greg Moran and David Back
Industry: Car Rental
Founded In: 2013
Zoomcar, a Bangalore-based startup, is the first company in India to focus on self-drive car rental. It was launched in 2012 by David Back and Greg Moran. The company gives people the freedom to rent vehicles for one or more days. The customers are charged on an hourly or per-day basis depending on their requirement. Zoomcar is dedicated to giving its customers mobility, convenience, and independence. The company operates in more than 15 Indian cities, including Bangalore, Pune, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Chennai.
Zoomcar raised a total of $3o million in funding from various sources. The company recently introduced a new service called PEDL, a bicycle-based rental service.
MoneyTap
Founders: Bala Parthasarathy, Kunal Varma, and Anuj Kacker
Industry: Fintech
Founded In: 2017
The MoneyTap app, launched in partnership with RBL Bank and several NBFCs, issues collateral-free credit up to a limit of INR 5 lakhs. People can choose from several repayment options with respect to timeâranging from 2 to 36 months.
MoneyTap was founded by Bala Parthasarathy, Kunal Varma, and Anuj Kacker who are IIT and ISB alumni. MoneyTap raised a seed funding of $12.3 million from Sequoia India, New Enterprise Associates, and Prime Venture partners in June 2017.
Zivame
Founders: Richa Kar and Kapil Karekar
Industry: Clothing
Founded In: 2011
Zivame is an online lingerie store featuring hundreds of styles of intimate wear for women. Zivame offers a wide range of products for womenâlingerie, active-wear, pajamas, boxers, housecoats, etc.
Zivame was founded by Richa Kar and Kapil Karekar in 2011. It is Indiaâs leading online lingerie platform, offering more than 5,000 styles, 50 brands, and 100 sizes. Zivame raised a total of $57.5 million in funding from different sources.
You should read Richa Kar's Story to know more about Zivame's journey.
GingerCup
Founders: Deepak Bansal and Devleena Neogi
Industry: Marketing
Founded In: 2015
GingerCup is a creative advertising agency. It specializes in coffee and tea cup branding. The company helps brands engage and interact with their target audience by printing marketing messages on paper cups. GingerCup enables brands to reach out to their target group during tea breaks at offices and colleges.
Deepak Bansal and Devleena Neogi founded GingerCup. The couple came up with the idea of leveraging paper cups for branding and launched a startup centered on it in 2015. GingerCup's client base includes companies such as BookMyShow, OYO, Nestaway, and Uber. GingerCup is backed by Sanket Gupta and Rahul Shah, two famous angel investors.
Colive
Founders: Suresh Rangarajan, Arun Singh, and Saurav Swami
Industry: Real Estate
Founded In: 2016
Colive is a Bangalore-based co-living space provider. It offers ready to move-in homes equipped with modern tech-enabled safety features. All the homes are fully serviced and professionally managed, not to mention the flexible offers and affordable options directed towards urban living. The spaces are designed specifically for single professionals and young couples who prefer living in a social community comprising like-minded millennials.
Colive was founded by Suresh Rangarajan, Arun Singh, and Saurav Swami. Suresh is the CEO of Colive, Arun is the chief investment officer, and Saurav is the vice president. Colive raised $12 million from Salarpuria Sattva Group, Ncubate Capital Partners, and some angel investors.
AttainU
Founders: Divyam Goel and Vaibhav Bajpai
Industry: Ed-Tech
Founded In: 2018
AttainU uses a centralized, online college simulation approach to facilitate immersive interactions between aspirational learners and domain experts while delivering consistent learning outcomes at scale.
AttainU helps students figure out whether they are fit for the course. It is based on their aptitude, inclination, and most importantly, the ability to put in the required effort. The business model focuses on Income Share Agreement (ISA) where students pay back to AttainU if they get a job paying more than INR 5 lakhs within eight months of course completion. The amount to be paid is INR 3 lakhs and is spread over 36 months in easy EMIs.
Also read: Success Story of AttainU
ZEFO
Founders: Rohit Ramasubramanian, Karan Gupta, Himanshu Joshi, and Arjit Gupta
Industry: Marketplace
Founded In: 2015
Zefo is a Bangalore-based online startup offering a marketplace for used goods. Zefo also works as a factory marketplace for furniture and appliances where it runs exchange programs for other companies like Urban Ladder. The team is also working with Flipkart on an appliances exchange program.
Zefo was founded in August 2015 by Rohit Ramasubramanian, Karan Gupta, Himanshu Joshi, and Arjit Gupta. It boasts of Sequoia Capital, Beenext, and Helion Ventures as its backers.
CamfyVision
Founder: Vedpal Singh
Industry: Analytics
Founded In: 2018
CamfyVision is an analytics company. It has developed a facial recognition & analytics solution, âFacEAI-PROâ, that relies on deep-learning and computer vision. It can detect faces with great accuracy and track them using developed algorithms. The algorithms are highly compatible with all types of IP cameras in both indoor and outdoor environments.
CamfyVision was founded by Vedpal Singh. The man has done his B.Tech from UPTU and has an M.Tech degree from Kurukshetra University. He did his Ph.D. from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia. Before starting CamfyVision, he worked with Mindtree as a technical lead in computer vision and artificial intelligence assignments. The CamfyVision skeleton crew consists of nine people.
GamesKraft
Founder: Prithvi Singh
Industry: Gaming
Founded In: 2017
GamesKraft is a Bangalore-based startup that creates online games for Indian users. It has two products: Rummyculture and Gamezy. Rummyculture is a rummy platform, whereas Gamezy is a cricket game. Both games are based on reward systems and use real cash.
GamesKraft was founded by Prithvi Singh in 2017. Prithvi is an engineering graduate from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology. He raised a significant amount of the initial funds from his family and friends for starting GamesKraft.
You should read the Startup Story of GamesKraft if you're looking to open a gaming parlor.
StayAbode
Founders: Viral Chhajer, Varun Bhalla, and Devashish Dalmiya
Industry: Real Estate/Co-living
Founded In: 2016
StayAbode offers beautiful, fully furnished living spaces for young professionals. These are designed such that the residents have their own private spaces along with shared spaces for working, dining, etc. Thus, residents enjoy their private space in the midst of a community of like-minded people that ensures they don't feel lonely and left-out in the city.
It leases out complete buildingsâfrom the basement to the terraceâand turns them into co-living spaces. The StayAbode team then puts together the furniture and the common-room setup, ensuring the space has everything that a tenant needs with add-ons like community kitchens, study areas, reading spaces, and even barbeque grills in some properties. StayAbode received funding from Voyage Group, Akatsuki, and Incubate Fund.
Also read: Startup Story of StayAbode
Amagi Media
Founders: A Srinivasan, Baskar Subramaniam, and Srividhya Srinivasan
Industry: Advertisement
Founded In: 2008
Amagi Media is a Bengaluru-based company that sells advertisement spots on English, Hindi, and Kannada TV channels. It allows advertisers to target cable TV subscribers across cities and regions by leveraging various TV channels. Outside India, it provides in-house technology to TV networks to assist them in delivering targeted ads and content.
Amagi Media Labs Pvt. Ltd. is the brainchild of K A Srinivasan, Baskar Subramaniam, and Srividhya Srinivasan. It was launched in 2008. Amagi successfully raised $45.2 million via 4 rounds of funding in 11 years.
HappyLocate
Founders: Ajay Tiwari and Sainadh Duvvuru
Industry: Relocation and Transportation
Founded In: 2017
HappyLocate is a one-stop relocation solution. It automates and enables corporates to manage end-to-end employee relocation through mouse clicks, enhancing the efficiency and experience of new hire joining with an in-built approval system while maintaing 100% policy compliant migrations. With over 4,000+ relocation requests catered to till date, HappyLocate is currently one of the most preferred relocation partners in India. HappyLocate is available across 15,000+ PIN codes across India.
HappyLocate was founded by Ajay Tiwari in 2017. Â Before starting HappyLocate, Ajay worked with companies like Teleperformance, Nokia, and Vodafone in their HR department. HappyLocate is the preferred relocation partner for some of India's most prominent enterprises like CocaCola, Nokia, ITC Infotech, OYO Rooms, and ACKO Insurance.
Corefactors
Founders: Sharmila Sundaram and Vimal M.
Industry: Marketing CRM (SaaS)
Founded In: 2012
Corefactors provides all-in-one business management solutions. It integrates cross-functional responsibilities of marketing, sales, front desk, account management, and overall communication. The offering is a cloud-based, device-agnostic product that inculcates personalized bulk SMS, bulk email, landing pages, click-to-call, and voice record campaigns. Supported by a cohesive, formidable tech team since 2012, Corefactors handholds the client from lead capture to lead conversion. The startup enables enterprises/SMEs to segment contacts, run multi-channel campaigns, and increase their ROI monthly.
Corefactors was founded by Sharmila and Vimal. Sharmila is the CEO of the company, whereas Vimal leads business development. The company is funded by FHS Accelerator, AMNYK Group Inc, and Sesh Shankar, an individual investor.
Ezetap
Founder: Abhijit Bose and Bhaktha Keshavachar
Industry: Fintech
Founded In: 2011
Ezetap is a mobile-based payments company that collects electronic payments from debit and credit cards. Ezetap retails a pocket-sized point of sale (PoS), pin, and magnetic strip scanner. It not only reads the magnetic strips on credit and debit cards but can also converts mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and even Windows desktop PCs into PoS terminals.
Ezetap has seen an aggressive progression in the last two years and has now launched the âChota ATMâ in partnership with SBI (State Bank of India). Sanjay Swamy, managing partner at AngelPrime Partners, invested in the company and came on board as a co-founder and chairman. Ezetap was founded by Abhijit Bose and Bhaktha Keshavachar.
YULU
Founders: Amit Gupta, Naveen Dachuri, RK Misra, and Hemant Gupta
Industry: Electric Vehicles
Founded In: 2017
YULU provides seamless, shared, and sustainable first and last mile connectivity using Micro Mobility Vehicles (MMV) through a user- friendly mobile app. YULU vehicles are designed for shared micro-mobility for Indian climatic and road conditions. YULU provides a user-friendly app which uses IoT, Machine Learning & AI, and Cloud Computing.
YULU has 8,500 bikes (known as Yulu Move) and close to 2500 e-bikes (known as YULU Miracles). YULU now has 1.5 million registered users. YULU currently functions in Bengaluru, New Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Pune, and Bhubaneswar. Yulu had raised $ 7 million in seed funding till October 2019.
Also read: The Success Story of YULU
PurpleRain Technologies
Founder: Sathish Ganesh
Industry: SaaS
Founded in: 2010
PurpleRain provides two B2B tools called Limecalls and OutreachPlus. PurpleRain's team is 100% remote with over 50 people from more than 20 countries. Founded by Sathish Ganesh in 2010, this Bangalore-based startup is bootstrapped and has its presence in India, London, and California. Thousands of B2B users globally rely on PurpleRain products for sales automation, cloud communication, and big data.
Babajob
Founder: Sean Blagsvedt
Industry: Recruitment Services
Founded In: 2007
Babajob.com makes finding jobs easier and effective. Babajob allows people to post their abilities online and also permits companies to search for recruits. For example, a company in dire need of an accountant can put the profile online, specify the job description with other details like qualification, pay, work location, etc. Interested candidates can reply accordingly and build connections.
Sean Blagsvedt started Babajob in 2007. He had eight years of work experience at Microsoft before leaving it all to start Babajob. In 2017, Babajob was acquired by Quikr. Following the acquisition, Sean is now the growth head at Marco Polo.
BlueStone
Founder: Gaurav Kushwaha
Industry: Jewelry
Founded In: 2011
Bluestone sells an unmatched collection of certified jewelry. It has become one of the fastest growing online players, consistently achieving 2.5X revenues relative to the previous year. BlueStone claims to have grown by 150 percent year-on-year.
Gaurav Kushwaha launched BlueStone in 2011 when online shopping was garnering pace in India. It raised $66.7 million from various capital ventures. One of its investors is Ratan Tata, the man credited for the Tata Group's success.
YouPlus
Founder: Shaukat Shamim
Industry: Video Search Engine
Founded In: 2014
YouPlus is a video opinion search engine. The company filters videos produced and published online and gives out valid opinion on these videos to the public. YouPlus leverages keyword matching to generate perspectives, similar to what Google does in the global market with its search engine.
YouPlus was founded in 2014 by Shaukat Shamim. It received funding from numerous ventures but has not disclosed any financial details.
Lookup
Founder: Deepak Ravindran
Industry: Mobile Application
Founded In: 2014
Lookup is a messaging app with a goal to connect you with the local stores in your area and get the experts on the phone within minutes. It focuses on the home delivery of groceries and the easy booking of tickets for movies, comedy shows, etc.
Deepak Ravindran started Lookup in 2014. Deepak is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Lookup was acquired by NowFloats.
HackerEarth
Founder: Vivek Prakash
Industry: Software Development
Founded In: 2012
HackerEarth is a management software company that helps companies in the recruitment of candidates. The company has around 200 employees and aims to become better and larger with time. Â
HackerEarth was founded in 2012 by Vivek Prakash, a graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. With its roots in Bangalore, HackerEarth has now shifted its headquarters to California.
Relevant Article: List of active angel investors in Bangalore
Spoonshot
Founders : Kishan Vasani and Sai Sreenivas Kodur
Industry: FMCG
Founded In: 2015
Spoonshot is a food AI company. Spoonshot equips the food and beverage industry with an unprecedented foresight of emerging market needs. By transforming long-tail, open information from diverse and authentic sources, Spoonshotâs proprietary food science-infused algorithms connect disparate data sets to deliver personalized insights, predict trends, and identify novel opportunities. Â The company builds several types of ingredient networks. These ingredient networks define how the ingredients are inter-related (e.g., ingredients could be similar in taste, smell, nutrition, substitution, texture, etc.).
Today, Spoonshot is supporting the worldâs best-known brands in meeting the future needs of their customers. Spoonshot has received $712,000 from HNI, Zeroth.AI, Techstars, and Arts Alliance.
Tookitaki
Founder: Abhishek Chatterjee
Industry: Marketing
Founded In: 2012
Tookitaki focuses on data intelligence with consumer behavior discovery and prediction being the pith. It deals with media platforms and does planned marketing for its clients. Tookitaki ensures the target audience is involved in the discussion and focuses on building content on those lines.
Tookitaki was launched in 2012 by Abhishek Chatterjee. This Bangalore-based startup has raised more than $8.5 million in 5 rounds of funding.
Exotel
Founders: Shivkumar Ganesan, Ishwar Sridharan, and Siddharth Ramesh
Industry: Customer Care Services
Founded In: 2011
Exotel helps build reliable connection with customers over voice and SMS. The company primarily focuses on phone calls and SMS(s) to save clients from the pain of investing in building a system specifically for such requirements. Exotel provides sales tools, marketing tools, support tools, productivity tools, and business intelligence services.
The trio of Shivkumar Ganesan, Ishwar Sridharan, and Siddharth Ramesh founded Exotel in 2011. Exotel raised $705,900 in funding from prominent organzations.
DailyRounds
Founders: Nimmi Cherian and Deepu Sebin
Industry: Forum
Founded In: 2013
DailyRounds is an academic network for doctors. It came into existence in 2013 through the efforts of Nimmi Cherian and Deepu Sebin. DailyRounds comprises a team of doctors and coders dedicated to building an ecosystem which fulfills the academic needs of medical professionals. DailyRounds is currently working on doctor analytics, sentiments, and case studies for the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry.
Nanobi
Founder: Vinod C. V.
Industry: Analytics
Founded In: 2012
Nanobi Analytics wants to change the way entrepreneurs promote, consume, create, and take actions on analytics for business growth. The word Nanobi (nano + BI) represents the synergy from the company's tryst with analytics. Nanobi Analytics was started by Vinod C. V. in 2012.
Kipstay
Founders: Achintya Dayal and Arjun Raghunandan
Industry: Travel
Founded In: 2015
KipStay is a tech-enabled, budget-friendly homestay accommodation network located in the unexplored countryside of India. Kipstay operates a collection of homestays within a two-five hour drive from major urban cities and outfits them with the comforts of home. It then rents them by night. Kipstay is designed to redefine short vacations. The experience, location, and design of Kipstay homestays are created in a way that helps guests unplug and detox from the stress of daily life and rejuvenate.
Kipstay launched its first property in Chikmagalur and received great response from the customers. In the first week of the launch, Kipstay sold 3 months of weekends and winter bookings were made 4 months in advance. Kipstay received funding from the alumni of IIM Ahmedabad and a group of HNIs.
BuyHatke
Founders: Gaurav Dahake, Prashant Singh, and Srikanth Sethumadhavan
Industry: eCommerce
Founded In: 2015
BuyHatke is an online price comparison platform for products. It helps buyers compare prices from different websites. The auto-apply coupon feature of the extension is highly revered by its users.
BuyHatke was founded by Gaurav Dahake, Prashant Singh, and Srikanth Sethumadhavan. The IIT Kharagpur graduates have had a strong bond since their time at college. They raised an investment of $1 million from Kris Gopalakrishnan in 2015.
Hansel Software
Founders: Ramamurthy, Parminder Singh, and Mudit Mathur
Industry: SaaS
Founded In: 2015
Hansel Software operates a toolkit named Hansel.io; it is a mobile application management software. The company offers a platform for mobile developers to fix bugs, update configurations, edit user interfaces, and manage the security policies of mobile applications.
Hansel Software Private Limited was founded by Ramamurthy, Parminder Singh, and Mudit Mathur in 2015. Hansel raised a total of $5.4 million after 3 rounds of funding.
Talview
Founders: Sanjoe Jose, Jobin Jose, Subramanian K, and Tom Jose
Industry: SaaS
Founded In: 2017
TalView offers an online platform where users can conduct video interviews for pre-screening candidates as part of the recruitment process. Salient features of the product include the setup of interview invites, adding and sharing questions, and giving verdicts on the chosen individuals.
Taleview was founded by Sanjoe Jose, Jobin Jose, Subramanian K and Tom Jose in 2017. The company has not disclosed any information about its 3 rounds of funding.
Fanzart Fans
Founders: Anil Lala, Tarun Lala, and Sangeeta Lala
Industry: Luxury interior product brand
Founded In: 2012
Fanzart is the ideal destination for designer fans. It provides a great range of products for various use cases: fans for dining tables, bathrooms, kitchens, living/drawing rooms, offices and more.
Fanzart has over 100 designs of fans to suit any interior or exterior. It provides fans which are eco-friendly and absorb 70% lesser power. Fanzart targets a market size of 3% of the Indian market: HNI and UHNI. The brand currently has 60 showrooms across India.
Simplilearn
Founder: Krishna Kumar
Industry: Edtech
Founded In: 2009
Simplilearn is an online platform for professional training. The company offers more than 400 courses in the areas of IT, programming, digital marketing, and project management. It also provides classroom workshops and online classes for businesses and enterprises, some of which are renowned Fortune 500 companies.
Krishna Kumar came up with the Simplilearn initiative in 2009. Simplilearn raised $31 million through 4 rounds of funding.
Systemantics
Founder: Jagannath Raju
Industry: Robotic Technology
Founded In: 1995
Founded in 1995, Systemantics is a robotics firm building industrial robots for the manufacturing sector. It designs, manufactures, and markets factory automation components and systems. The companyâs products include a pick-and-place robot used for small parts feeding and assembly.
Systemantics has received funds from capital Accel Partners, Infosys' co-founder Nandan Nilekani, and Blume Ventures. Systemantics has tied up with Titan and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) for robotic initiatives.
InstaScribe
Founder: Abhaya Agarwal
Industry: Application
Founded In: 2013
InstaScribe is a medium for creating e-books. InstaScribe provides a WYSIWIG editor and intuitive ways of directly editing the e-book. It hands over the control on format and semantics without having to worry about the technical details. The user can import content, directly edit and format it, auto-create TOC, easily fill up metadata, upload a cover, and export the e-book to various formats in one-click.
Instascribe was founded by Abhaya Agarwal in 2013. Abhaya is an IIT Kanpur graduate and is also the co-founder of another startup called Pothi.com.
Blackbuck
Founders: Deepak Garg and Gazal Kalra
Industry: Logistics
Founded In: 2014
Blackbuck provides surface transport logistics services. It coordinates delivery trucks going between different cities using technology and operational processes. The company claims to be the largest trucking platform.
Blackbuck was founded by Rajesh Yabaji in 2014. Blackbuck received $285 million in funding from different ventures in 6 rounds.
Flutura
Founders: Krishnan Raman, Srikanth Muralidhara, and Derick Jos
Industry: Industrial IoT
Founded In: 2012
Flutura is an industrial IoT intelligence company emphasizing machine-to- machine Big Data Analytics. Fluturaâs IoT intelligence platform, Cerebra, streams machine signals and derives actionable insights to optimize asset, process, and operational efficiency using diagnostics, prognostics, and asset assessment.
Flutura was the combined idea of Krishnan Raman, Srikanth Muralidhara, and Derick Jose in 2012. It evolved out of Bangalore but is now headquartered at Palo Alto, US. The development center still functions out of Bangalore.
CueMath
Founder: Manan Khurma
Industry: Edtech
Founded In: 2013
CueMath helps students learn mathematics in an interesting manner and lets them overcome the difficulties related to the traditional blackboard learning method. It offers mathematics courses designed for a continuum of students, from kindergarten to high school. CueMath uses mathematics worksheets curated under the supervision of trained and certified teachers to ensure a rigorous curriculum which is fun at the same time. Teachers who join the platform can also make money through it; it won't be wrong to call CueMath as a freelancing platform for teachers!
Manan Khurma started CueMath in 2013. CueMath is available in five major Indian cities that include Chennai and Pune.
75F
Founder: Deepinder Singh
Industry: Building Automation & Controls
Founded In: 2012
75FâŻis a building controls company that makes smart-building automation affordable and easy to deploy; all of this while improving occupant productivity through enhanced comfort and indoor air quality. 75F's Building Intelligence System uses IoT and smart algorithms in the cloud to not only optimize energy efficiency but also uses the input from sensors to proactively adjust HVAC, indoor air quality, and lighting settings to optimize occupant comfort.
Practo
Founder: Abhinav Lal and Shashank ND
Industry: Healthcare Saas
Founded In: 2008
Practo is the world's leading healthcare platform that connects millions of patients with hundreds of thousands of healthcare providers around the world and helps people make better healthcare-related decisions. Practo is one of the fastest growing Silicon Valley SAAS startups.
Practo provides a singular platform that helps consumers with all of their healthcare requirementsâfinding the healthcare provider, booking an appointment, online doctor consultation, getting their tests done, and even ordering medicines. Practo also makes software products that help healthcare providers (ranging from clinics to hospitals) digitize and deliver high-quality healthcare to millions of patients around the world every day. The company has seven offices: Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Singapore.
This was a list of some famous startups and entrepreneurs in Bangalore. We hope this post on the Bengaluru-based startups has awaken the entrepreneur in you.
If you are aware of any other startup in Bangalore, let us know in the comments below. We will connect with them to feature their story.
