SUMMARY
The three-month-long accelerator programme hosted 197 startups across the world
This is Y Combinators’s first-ever completely virtual programme
Y Combinator had called applications for its Winter Batch of 2021 which will be held virtually
US-based early-stage accelerator Y Combinator is currently holding the demo day for its first-ever completely virtual programme for the summer batch of 2020. This three-month-long accelerator programme had shortlisted nearly 197 startups across the world, of which 14 belong to India.
Earlier this year, Y Combinator had shortlisted 240 startups to be a part of its winter batch for 2020, of which 24 were Indian startups. These 24 startups included Able Jobs, DeepSource, Loop Health, UrbanKisaan and others. The latest batch is almost as small as Summer Batch of 2019, which too had 14 Indian startups.
Till now, all Y Combinator accelerator programmes have been held in-person. Even, the winter batch of 2020 was largely hosted in the US but had to transform its demo day into a virtual event. The current batch was completely virtual.
Talking to Inc42, Eatable cofounder Mainak Sarkar, who is a part of the Summer Batch, highlighted that the experience was different and was organised well. He highlighted that the virtual event gave them the time to focus on their business while attending the programme as well. Besides this, entrepreneurs from previous batches had to fund their stay in the US themselves. The current batch was able to get past that expense and the YC-Fund can now completely be diverted to their business.
Till date, Y Combinator has invested in multiple Indian startups including, ClearTax, RazorPay, Meesho, Observe.AI, Supr Daily, Drivezy, CureSkin, Innov8, Kisan Network, DocTalk, GoLorry, RedCarpetUp, Cashfree, Groww, Leena AI, Kyte.ai, Ziffy Homes and Prodigal Technologies. The applications for the winter batch of 2021 are open. The programme may be fully or partially remote, depending on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here are the startups selected in Y Combinator’s 2020 Summer Batch:
The list does not contain the names of startups in stealth mode.
- Zuddl
Founder: Bharath Varma, Vedha Sayyaparaju
Founded In: 2020
Headquarters: Hyderabad
Zuddl is a made-in-India online conferencing solution that also allows users to go live
- Medpiper Technologies
Founder: Nitthin Chandran, Pranay Suyash
Founded In: 2020
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Medpiper Technologies is an online networking and job search platform for medical professionals like doctors and nurses.
- SockSoho
Founder: Pritika Mehta, Simarpreet Singh
Founded In: 2019
Headquarters: Chandigarh
SockSoho is a direct-to-consumer brand that focuses on socks for men.
- Decentro
Founder: Rohit Taneja
Founded In: 2020
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Decentro is an automated application programming interface (API)-based platform that enables financial integrations with just a few lines of code.
- Statiq
Founder: Raghav Arora, Akshit Bansal
Founded In: 2020
Headquarters: Gurugram
Statiq is an electric vehicle (EV) charging network that allows users to find the nearest charging station to charge electric cars or bikes.
- Mesh
Founder: Gaurav Chaubey, Saurabh Nangia, Rahul Singh
Founded In: 2020
Headquarters: India
Mesh is a social networking platform for remote companies to drive goals and get feedback.
- Farmako Healthcare
Founder: Aman Bhandula, Kaishu Sahu
Founded In: 2019
Headquarters: Panaji
Farmako Healthcare is a centralised health record system that helps users to save their medical reports, prescriptions digitally at one place.
- Eatable
Founder: Pritam Khan, Mainak Sarkar
Founded In: 2019
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Eatable is a software platform that allows customers to view digital menus on their phone and place orders in advance for dine-in or takeaway.
- inFeedo
Founder: Tanmaya Jain, Varun Puri
Founded In: 2016
Headquarters: Gurugram
inFeedo is an AI-powered engagement bot to predict employees who are disengaged or about to leave the company.
- Bikayi
Founder: Sonakshi Nathani, Ashutosh Singla
Founded In: 2019
Headquarters: Hyderabad
Bikayi is a B2B startup that provides free WhatsApp integrated ecommerce store setup with payment gateways and order tracking.
- WareIQ
Founder: Aayush Mattoo, Harsh Vaidya
Founded In: 2019
Headquarters: Bengaluru
WareIQ is a B2B services that offers next-day delivery solution to ecommerce companies.
- SuperTokens
Founder: Advait Ruia, Rishabh PoddarFounded In: 2019
Headquarters: Mumbai
SuperTokens helps web apps securely manage their session tokens.
