SUMMARY
16 shortlisted startups were based out of Kolkata
Startups from Bengaluru, Mumbai, Assam, Manipur, and Odisha were also shortlisted
TiECON Kolkata was organised on January 16-17, 2020
In a bid to promote entrepreneurship in the eastern part of the country, TieCON Kolkata, earlier this week, shortlisted 24 startups to present their ideas to angel investors and venture capitalists at its recently concluded summit.
Out of these 24 startups, 16 are based out of Kolkata. Other locations from where the startups were shortlisted include Bengaluru, Mumbai, Assam, Manipur, and Odisha.
Here are the shortlisted startups
- Ezy Mov
Founders – Bennet D’Cunha, Rajesh Patil, Romeo Ravva
Founded Year – 2015
Headquarters – Mumbai
Category – Mobility
Ezy Mov provides wheelchair taxi and mobility aids for people who require special care in mobility. The startup runs a fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles retrofitted with hydraulic wheelchair lifts and wheelchair restraint systems.
- Majdoor Mera Naam
Founders – Chandrakant Tiwari, Nandan Kumar
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Consumer Services
Majdoor Mera Naam is an online labour aggregating platform through which the startup provides work to daily wage earners. As of now, the startup has registered over 300 labours on their platform.
- MasterMentors
Founders – Suraj Juneja Aaquib Hussain, Vijay Racch
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Edtech
MasterMentors provides an online platform to help users learn and gain expertise in professions such as tattoo making, dancing, fitness, among others. On the other hand, it helps professionals to produce video lessons for their students. The company has already tied-up with fitness expert Kaizzad Capadia and tattoo artist Sameer Patange as mentors on the platform.
- Medilane Healthtech and Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd
Founders – Dr M Dayananda Meitei, Dr Thiyam Pinkey Devi
Founded Year – 2017
Headquarters – Manipur
Category – Healthtech
Medilane provides a host of healthcare services such as sample collection for lab tests, nursing care at home, ambulance, providing doctor at home, among others. As of now, the startup provides services in Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, and Bishnupur.
- MyElsa
Founders – Sanjoy Paul and Indranil Chakraborty
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Edtech
MyElsa helps school going students to become proficient in the English language. The startup also ties-up with schools and tutors to help them improve their teaching capabilities of the English language. Besides school-going students, the startup provides different modules for college students and professionals.
- Sabse Sasta Dukaan
Founders – Anant Jain and Anish Agarwal
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Healthtech
Sabse Sasta Dukaan is an online pharmacy startup that operates via relationship centres (RC) run by microentrepreneurs in semi-urban areas. The platform claims to deliver trusted medicines, over the counter (OTC) drugs and other healthcare products.
- Shivam Swachh Soch
Founders – Ajay Chowdhary, Anupriya Gupta, Ankit Gupta
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Cleantech
Shivam Swachh Soch converts agriculture waste into biofuel in the form of briquettes. These briquettes work as an alternative power source, thereby reducing the dependency on coal.
- R.A.U. Industries LLP
Founders – Ranjan Kumar Gupta, Anushka Nayak, Upamanyu Chatterjee
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Cleantech
R.A.U. Industries LLP converts unsegregated plastic waste into construction materials such as bricks, pavers, and blocks. Besides their own production, the startup also aims to license out its technology to waste management industry stakeholders and brick manufacturers.
- Renzilla Rental Solutions Private Limited
Founders – Rashi Agarwal and Suruchi Jain
Founded Year – 2020
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Consumer Services
Founded by Rashi Agarwal and Suruchi Jain, Renzilla provides furniture on rent. As of now, the startup is providing its furniture rental services in Kolkata only.
- Auli Lifestyle
Founders – Aishwarya Biswas
Founded Year – 2017
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Healthtech
Auli Lifestyle offers organic handmade ayurvedic products. The startup claims to have developed a unique formulation which works well for every skin type.
- Gigacure Healthcare Analytics Pvt Ltd
Founders – Sarwesh Raunak, Rohit Kumar Oli, Prajjwal Deepraj
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Bengaluru
Category – Healthtech
Gigacure provides predictive healthcare analytics. The startup aims to bring revolution in the healthcare industry by introducing a solution of smart IoT wearables and combining them with predictive analytics to detect and prevent any life-threatening complications.
- FxUAV
Founders – Subham Acharya, Partha Sarathi Dash
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Burla, Odisha
Category – Deeptech
FxUAV builts fixed-wing Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) to extinguish a fire at places of emergency. The UAVs extinguishes fire by either dropping ammonium phosphate over it or dropping a low-cost mini-missile filled with this chemical over it.
- EmoSync
Founders – Azhar Khurshid, Sourav Sarkar
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Healthtech
EmoSync helps people to connect anonymously with other people in a chat group to improve their mental health. These chat groups are moderated by mental health professionals which helps the users to feel comfortable with each other.
- Manorama Foods and Agrotech
Founders – Monalisha Borthakur
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Guwahati, Assam
Category – FMCG
Manorama Foods and Agrotech is a brand focusses on healthy foods. It sells food products such as brown rice, red rice, and black rice on online B2B platforms such as Indiamart.
- My Fitness Keeper
Founders – Ashish Karel
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Healthtech
My Fitness Keeper helps users to get their exercise sessions at their place and time. The Kolkata-based startup sends fitness trainers to the locations provided by its clients.
- DriverShaab
Founders – Avijit Das, Pavan Verma
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Consumer Services
DriverShaab provides on-demand driver services through its mobile application. The Kolkata-based startup claims that all the drivers are certified from Maruti Suzuki Driving School.
- Technixia Automation Private Limited
Founders – Shubham Sinha, Suruchi Gagan
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Deeptech
Technixia provides internet-of-things (IoT) based automation services. The company claims that its services are completely wireless and are cost-effective than normal IoT-based automation services. The solution of the company finds applications in hospitality, commercial space, and other operational buildings. The startup is currently operational in India, Nepal and Singapore.
- Zone Cafe
Founders – Rohit Lundia
Founded Year – 2018
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Media & Entertainment
Zone Cafe provides users with an option to play games, which require high-end configuration, at its cafe. The startup also has a dedicated area for hosting online gaming tournaments.
- NewAmps
Founders – Amitava Chatterjee and Kaushik Banerjee
Founded Year – 2015
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Deeptech
NewAmps provides business analytical solutions with the use of various big data, machine learning, and open-source platforms. Besides operations in Kolkata, the startup has also a presence in the US and the Middle East.
- Recycle Bell Private Limited
Founders – Madhur Rathi, Bhushan Boob, Ashish Modak, Roshan Pidiyar
Founded Year – 2017
Headquarters – Amravati
Category – Cleantech
Recycle Bell is a cleantech startup which moulds plastic waste into a solid wood-like structure. The startup then carves out furniture such as tables, chairs, benches, among others, from recycled products.
- LittleMachines Private Limited
Founders – Krishnanga Kalita and Ravi Chakravorty
Founded Year – 2017
Headquarters – Guwahati
Category – Deeptech
Founded by Krishnanga Kalita and Ravi Chakravorty, LittleMachines is a startup that develops consumer technology products. The Guwahati-based startup has built an android powered smart microscope — Microcam.
- S-Parking
Founders – Indranil Sarmacharya, Prasenjit Mandal, Sudip Nath, Souvik Roy
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Consumer Services
S-Parking is an integrated parking management system that brings together all the stakeholders to provide a comprehensive solution through a smartphone-based technology.
- Nanighar
Founders – Debjani Mookherjee
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Kolkata
Category – Foodtech
Nanighar delivers home-made meals to its users. The Kolkata-based startup only allows home-based chefs to register themselves as chefs on the platform.
- Exchange22
Founders – Rohit Kumar Singh, Bodhishatta Karfa
Founded Year – 2019
Headquarters – Noida
Category – Media & Entertainment
Exchange22 is one of a kind fantasy sports game startup which allows users to trade cricket players. The startup works in a similar manner to stock exchange platforms for trading players.
