The Best April Fool’s Pranks From The Indian Startup Industry

Finally April Fools’ Day is here again 🙂 As many of us are trying hard to fool our friends and others struggling to avoid the office prankster, startups are also busy in cracking pranks on this day! There are many round-ups of some of the biggest April Fools jokes out there, so we thought to bring some of them from startup community. Here you go –

Ola Air – Chopper ride for just INR 499 per hour!

Feel your travel worries disappearing into thin air. With no traffic, no crowd but a lot of style 24/7. Book a chopper ride for just Rs. 499 per hour! No more haggling or hidden charges in the night.

Hookup From Lookup – Get Mingle With The Help Of App

Lookup Introduces Hookup. An app that will be your portal to knee weakening hookups! Unlike other DATING apps, Hookup gives you an unpretentious platform where you can frankly discuss your intentions and then act on it! This app is made only for hookups/casual flings and is definitely not an intermediate matrimonial app!

Google In Reverse

No matter how much you try, but you can’t beat this prank 🙂

Freecharge BuzzKill – Kill mosquitos and earn credit points.

FreeCharge brings its revolutionary new Product – BuzzKill. It is created after extensive research and analysis. It is an innovative way to keep  your surroundings mosquito free and earn rewards! This unique new offering can be used via an app. FreeCharge credits for every 100 mosquitos killed!

Amazon India –

QuickClean – In case you forget to get your clothes laundered

Uber – Time to ride in Lamborghinis and Ferraris!

Get ready to ride in style India! Today, for one day only, Uber has added supercars to its platform. Between 2PM-4PM, you will be able to request Lamborghinis and Ferraris to come to you and they’re yours to take for a spin around the block.

Software Developers To Get Deep-discounted Beer 😉 Thanks To InMobi

With an aim to bring great, and deep-discounted beer to developers around the world, InMobi announced its intent to invest into craft breweries.

ShopClues.com – “Lag Gayi up to 95% off sale”

ShopClues.com celebrated April Fools’ Day by pulling off a fun activity for their users while giving customer engagement an innovative twist! It invited patrons to come and shop on the site with an attractive offer of up to 95% off on top-selling items in the supposed “Lag Gayi up to 95% off” sale. Enticed by such an unbelievable deal, customers who landed on the page, on April 1, found out that their favourite online shopping destination had other plans for them!

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