Meet 10 Startups selected by Startup Buddy's Launchpad Programme

Startup Buddy has launched Startup Buddy Launchpad program for startups which is a 12 Weeks Online program that supports and enables startups to scale and elevate their businesses in all aspects. 

Startup Buddy is a leading one stop solution for startups need for legal, compliance & IPR Services. It also helps aspiring entrepreneurs to validate their ideas and develop their business models. 

The Startup Buddy Launchpad is a first of its kind 12 weeks online program wherein the in-house experienced team of Startup Buddy has curated a list of top 10 viable ventures who would be exposed to a series of programs and curriculum to help the startups develop a startup concept, and be matched with potential mentor for the purpose of establishing a viable venture 

The 12 Week Pre-Expansion incubation program will commence from 13^th July 2020 and the curriculum offered by Startup Buddy consists of topics in Developing a Product, Market Entry Strategy, Co-Founder Search and Team Building, Understanding the Customer Behavior, Pricing Strategy, Protection of IPR, Understanding Compliance, Preparation of Business Plan, Pitch Deck and Understanding How to Attract Investors. Startup Buddy will make its best efforts to match the Founder to Industry Experts as well. 

Here is a quick glance of the 10 startups that made their way to the Startup Buddy Launchpad: 

1. AirMan -AIR MAN is a talent sourcing platform that connects vetted & pre-screened talent with full time job opportunities at the most interesting startups. 

2. Freeco Education Private Limited - an ed-tech organization that connects the students studying in different colleges to college aspirants for guidance and mentorship. 

3. FirstShow – letting the customers watch latest movies from their home right on it's opening day by using our portable theater headsets. 

4. Khetra Agritech - Building an Agri-Sourcing Platform, where Farmers can List their Produce & Buyers can “Select & Buy” directly from our farmers network. 

5. Nearby Grocer - A complete 360-deg solution that manages stocks, inventory, omni-channel integration for users providing offline/online seamless experience. 

6. O’2 Nails India –A consumer retail startup in QSK format for nail care digitally by just tap on your phone via 5 steps solution by AR/AI. 

7. Projexel Technologies Pvt ltd –It helps manufacturing sectors to increase their production and prevent their line operators for any industrial machine accidents. 

8. Snap on Rent - An online rental startup for Consumer Electronics, Sports bike, Health & Fitness and DSLR Cameras. 

9. SoloCoin - Rewarding people for location-based activities and helping SMBs and local businesses towards economic recovery. 

10. South Man – South Man is an alternate payments mechanism for gamers and users to help  them increase their savings on bill payments at physical outlets.

Startup Buddy Acquires Boudhik Ventures To Strengthen Global Patent Services

Startup Buddy, a Gurugram based company that serves early-stage businesses has acquired Boudhik Ventures in a cash and stock deal.

Post-acquisition, Boudhik will continue to run as a separate brand namely ‘Boudhik by Startup Buddy’ under the umbrella of Startup Buddy Brand. This timely collaboration would allow Startup Buddy to provide all kind of IPR services (trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs etc.) to its existing clients as well as future clients 

‘Boudhik by Startup Buddy’ will assist startups, institutions, SMEs, Indigenous companies in building strong intellectual property portfolio across the globe, which not only accelerate the growth of companies rather help them to collaborate with local partners in other countries swiftly. Further, the team will help people to innovate by using their expertise and establishing new businesses with strong foundation. 

Amit Singal, Co-founder of Startup Buddy said “this collaboration really going to create new opportunities for startup companies where they can get everything under one roof”. Further, he added that we welcome founders of Boudhik Ventures Mr. Vivek Dahiya and Mr. Saurabh Trivedi to Startup Buddy and look forward forming Indian Startup Ecosystem one of the best in the world. 

Founded in 2015 by chartered accountants Manish Aggarwal and Amit Singal, Startup Buddy provides services ranging from incorporation, accounting, taxation, Payroll, Marketing, legal and Secretarial Compliance to startups in India and abroad.

Startup Buddy has global partnerships with various incubators and accelerators including GSF, Amplifi, India Accelerator, AIC-BIMTECH, AIC-Great Lakes, Gastrotope, 100 Open Startups, 91Springboards, Founders Click to support Startup Ecosystem. Startup Buddy is actively working with various funds to provide deal structuring, advisory, due diligence, legal services.

Successful collaboration depends on learning to understand expertise, value proposition, interest and most importantly work culture of each other. We have seen this with Startup Buddy since many years and glad to become the part of Startup Buddy leadership team said by Mr. Saurabh Trivedi.

Added to above Mr. Vivek Dahiya Co-founder of Boudhik ventures said we sail different boats with different expertise from many years, now it's time to combine the efforts and beat the storm. Soon, we would be spreading our wings in other parts of the world to collaborate with similar outfits for the benefits of startups associated with us today as well as in the future.

Jaipur Based MEngage Extended Seed Round with Singer Sukhbir and Others

MEngage raised extended Seed round by another $100 K from Bollywood singer Sukhbir and other angels based at Jaipur.  Keshav Sharma (CEO of leading IT company of Jaipur- Metacube) and Buren (Nikhil and Dipesh) participated along with Sukhbir in the top up round of Seed stage, to bridge the gap before Series A is raised. MEngage was earlier curated by Jaipur based Start up Studio - 100 Co-founders lab and subsequently raised $175 k in seed round from group of angle investors in July 2018.

Mr Amit Singal, CEO of Start up buddy, who participated in seed round earlier, introduced MEngage to Bollywood Singer Sukhbir over lunch meeting in Delhi. In matter of minutes, Sukhbir made up his mind to invest in MEngage. All hospitals and doctors need to automate OPD to highest level and give maximum convenience to patients, says Sukhbir Singh, “I am excited to become part of MEngage Journey as I believe the solution is solving a real problem and saving lots of time of patients ”, he adds.

MEngage is all set to re-invent and recreate patient experience with end to end OPD patient Visit work flow (Home to Doctor to Pharmacy to Lab to back Home). The MEngage works as an enterprise OPD solution for patients and doctors.

[caption id="attachment_135844" align="aligncenter" width="520"] MEngage Co-founders Sanjay and Manmohan Singh ( CEO)[/caption]

It is combination of Smart OPD + Smart Prescription + Smart Pharmacy + Smart Lab + Smart Patient Engagement. We already completed Smart OPD and Smart Prescriptions. The Funds raised will be utilized for the rest of the pieces of Smart Pharmacy and Smart labs automation. With Enterprise OPD end to end processes, we plan to become sort of oyo for clinics and manage the entire processes for clinics, says Manmohan Singh, CEO of MEngage. This will help doctors increase focus on their practice without getting involved in administrative and mundane tasks, he adds further.

MEngage journey started over a coffee meeting at CCD in early 2016, when Manmohan approached Sanjay for seeking advice on his previous start up ChaiPeeo. For Sanjay, who founded 100 Co-founders Lab, did not take much time to realize the potential of Manmohan as massive tech-entrepreneur. Manmohan Singh was the pass out of computer science from government engineering college, Bikaner and worked earlier in several technology products in leading IT companies. After multiple rounds of discussions, Manmohan Singh assumed the role of CEO of MEngage in Oct 2016. Later, Pulkit who had returned from Canada, also joined the MEngage team as Marketing head.

In last one year, MEngage has grown 7-8 times in terms of cumulative patient’s visits and will be reaching 10 Lacs figure by the month of Oct/Nov 2019. Per month patient visits reaching to almost 1.0 Lac by current month end. We have on boarded 350 doctors, out of which 250 doctors/clinics are now paid. MEngage has one of the highest or possibly highest ratio of Patients visits to number of on boarded Doctors/clinics - that is what keeps MEngage apart from the rest of the pack. Unlike other players, The Doctors find MEngage plate-form interesting as it helps them to promote themselves through white label app in their own name/clinic/hospitals.

We have perhaps best traction per unit money spent in this industry. This is one of the key differentiator and reflects savvy product market fit, says Sanjay Yadav, Chief Planning Officer, MEngage. Major users are coming from Tier 2,3 &4 Cities like Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bhiwadi and Alwar etc. The adoption rates are high in tier-3 and tier 4 towns which comes as a surprise package to see tech adaptability in smaller towns, he adds.

India Accelerator and Startup Buddy Joins Hands for its Winter Cohort Accelerator Program

India Accelerator, a seed-stage Accelerator and the only GAN-partnered accelerator in India, in association with Startup Buddy, is now inviting applications for its winter cohort programme from across the country.

The program provides focused support to entrepreneurs through an environment that helps them focus on their products and expand their market outreach, supports the acquisition of business knowledge, facilitates the raising of necessary finance, introduces the entrepreneurs to business networks, all of which substantially reduce the level of failure.

Providing “cash, competency, connects” and a hands-on learning experience in both Indian and international markets, the accelerator welcomes good ideas from across sectors and domains.

Startups wishing to receive acceleration benefits have until 31st October to https://www.indiaaccelerator.co/accelerator/programs/

According to the accelerator’s website, applying early may increase chances of selection.

Mona Singh, Co-Founder, India Accelerator said “This exclusive program will help IA’s Startups to move beyond the startup phase by equipping them with the knowledge, tools, and connections needed for their next stage of growth. Focus is on serious acceleration & the program is designed to support and navigate startups through the process of operationally scaling their business while generating meaningful relationships with IA Partners, mentors, and investors. Successful Founders & Corporate CXOs from across the Community spread across the Globe will be the primary mentors for the program.”

Amit Singal, CEO, Startup Buddy said "I am excited with Partnership of Startup Buddy with India Accelerator for Winter 2019 Cohort. Joint efforts by two established Organisation in the field will give more power to the Program"

About India Accelerator:

India Accelerator (IA) is a seed-stage accelerator program that offers four months of rigorous guidance, funding, mentoring, business and technology services support and sources from mentors, partners and investors. IA takes early stage technology-based startups and help them rapidly build a sustainable business. What differentiates IA from other programs is its unrelenting focus on growth, on de-risking the assumptions, on helping companies prioritize their customers and product. The philosophy is that if the customers and product are taken care of, everything else will fall in place. It is the ONLY GAN partnered, mentorship-driven, program in India.

About Startup Buddy:

Startup Buddy is a one-stop shop offering end-to-end solutions of financial and startup advisory services, supporting, investing and helping startups raise funds through its network.

Singer Sukhbir Singh Debut his Startup Investment with Food Startup LQI

Startup Buddy who was appointed as advisor to Singer Sukhbir Singh for his Angel Investments in Startups has announced his first investment in India.

Gurgram based beverage startup, LQI, is being selected as first startup by Mr. Singh, out of 5 startups shortlisted by Startup Buddy to pitch.

LQI is in the process of raising USD 200K and and the Funds will be deployed to increase the production capacity and the geographical expansion to newer markets.

Founded in Mid-2016 by Shubham Khanna, Palak Kapoor and Kapil Kumar, LQI uses their proprietary technology to manufacture Smoothie, Milkshake and Fruit Water frozen packs made with 100% raw fresh fruit with a increased shelf life of 2.5 months without use of any colors, flavors, purees or preservatives.

LQI also received initial angel investment support from Dr.Ritesh Malik (Founder, Innov8) and got incubated at Atal Incubation Centre- BIMTECH.

LQI currently works on a B2B2C and HORECA model and has tie-ups with around 100+ B2B brands like Pitapit, Inner Chef, Donor & Gyros, IHOP, Burgrill etc.

“LQI’s core differentiator lies within its exceptional product and technology that targets urban youth to upscale lifestyle on a daily basis and parallely helping restaurants to offer fresh beverages to the masses without any hassle” said Sukhbir.

“This startup is selected from first shortlisted startups and 10 more startups are shortlisted for Mr. Sukhbir which he is evaluating. So more good news are expected soon” said Amit Singal, co-founder of Startup Buddy. “If you are looking for investment for startup, apply at http://startupbuddy.co.in/get-funded.php” he added.

AI Platform For Hotels Trilyo Raises $250K Via Startup Buddy, Pulse Venture

Bengaluru-based Trilyo, a B2B hospitality industry SaaS company that offers artificial intelligence (AI) driven Voice & Chat based solutions for providing next-generation customer experience, has raised US $250k round of funding led by Startup Buddy. The funds will be primarily used to scale the operations in India & SE Asia. Couple of industry stalwarts join as the board of advisors.

With the funding, Trilyo also repositions itself to focus on bigger picture i.e. Hotel Industry. "We're creating the next level of customer experience in hotels. Our voice-based concierge service using Amazon Echo is the first in hotels. Millennial business travellers expect luxury that's lean & smart, and that's exactly where we are helping hotel turn intelligent and technology savvy." says Abhishek, CEO of Trilyo.

"The wave we saw in last ten years or so was that of mobile apps and now its AI-based virtual assistant that will act as a Travel Companion. Trilyo has the right mix - a big problem, a smart solution, scalable product & a fanatically driven team," says Amit Singal, co-founder of Startup Buddy.

Trilyo is a one of the leading providers of AI based solutions to hospitality industry in India with over 150 clients using its solutions successfully. 'First Impressions Last Long”- Trilyo’s products and services religiously follow this; ensuring guests are pampered to the limits compelling them to return. Trilyo provides next-generation customer experience with AI-driven Voice & Chat based solutions. Their services not only satisfy customer demands but delights them. They are smart, unique and personalized creating powerful experiences for the millennial travellers.

“We strive to improve brand relevancy by creating a personalized guest experience for guests. Our platform learns from guests’ intent and grows smarter day-by-day. Moreover, we integrate with their existing system be it reservation or their operations, making it a seamless experience for our clients” says Gaurav Gambhir, CTO of Trilyo.

Trilyo had earlier raised seed funding from members of Amplifi Angel Group including Vishnu Bhat, Bangalore based entrepreneur and former SVP of Infosys, in October 2016. The startup was also part of Amplifi SaaS Accelerator Program.

Hospitality is a $550bn+ industry and is growing at a CAGR of ~10%. While hotels are already fighting a battle with MakeMyTrips & AirBnBs of the world; a unique and personalized Guest Experience which is Valuable, Durable, Rare and most importantly Non-Imitable will create a long-term loyalty.

Last September, Click Labs, a sister concern firm of Jugnoo, has launched Kato – An Analytics and AI Platform for Businesses.

Startup Buddy, which lead this Trilyo funding round, had recently invested $1 million in PeeSafe, a Gurgaon-based toilet hygiene startup, in January this year. Prior to that, an another Gurgaon-based startup Chqbook had raised funding from Startup Buddy.

AI Platform For Hotels Trilyo Raises $250K Via Startup Buddy, Pulse Venture

Bengaluru-based Trilyo, a B2B hospitality industry SaaS company that offers artificial intelligence (AI) driven Voice & Chat based solutions for providing next-generation customer experience, has raised US $250k round of funding led by Startup Buddy. The funds will be primarily used to scale the operations in India & SE Asia. Couple of industry stalwarts join as the board of advisors.

With the funding, Trilyo also repositions itself to focus on bigger picture i.e. Hotel Industry. "We're creating the next level of customer experience in hotels. Our voice-based concierge service using Amazon Echo is the first in hotels. Millennial business travellers expect luxury that's lean & smart, and that's exactly where we are helping hotel turn intelligent and technology savvy." says Abhishek, CEO of Trilyo.

"The wave we saw in last ten years or so was that of mobile apps and now its AI-based virtual assistant that will act as a Travel Companion. Trilyo has the right mix - a big problem, a smart solution, scalable product & a fanatically driven team," says Amit Singal, co-founder of Startup Buddy.

Trilyo is a one of the leading providers of AI based solutions to hospitality industry in India with over 150 clients using its solutions successfully. 'First Impressions Last Long”- Trilyo’s products and services religiously follow this; ensuring guests are pampered to the limits compelling them to return. Trilyo provides next-generation customer experience with AI-driven Voice & Chat based solutions. Their services not only satisfy customer demands but delights them. They are smart, unique and personalized creating powerful experiences for the millennial travellers.

“We strive to improve brand relevancy by creating a personalized guest experience for guests. Our platform learns from guests’ intent and grows smarter day-by-day. Moreover, we integrate with their existing system be it reservation or their operations, making it a seamless experience for our clients” says Gaurav Gambhir, CTO of Trilyo.

Trilyo had earlier raised seed funding from members of Amplifi Angel Group including Vishnu Bhat, Bangalore based entrepreneur and former SVP of Infosys, in October 2016. The startup was also part of Amplifi SaaS Accelerator Program.

Hospitality is a $550bn+ industry and is growing at a CAGR of ~10%. While hotels are already fighting a battle with MakeMyTrips & AirBnBs of the world; a unique and personalized Guest Experience which is Valuable, Durable, Rare and most importantly Non-Imitable will create a long-term loyalty.

Last September, Click Labs, a sister concern firm of Jugnoo, has launched Kato – An Analytics and AI Platform for Businesses.

Startup Buddy, which lead this Trilyo funding round, had recently invested $1 million in PeeSafe, a Gurgaon-based toilet hygiene startup, in January this year. Prior to that, an another Gurgaon-based startup Chqbook had raised funding from Startup Buddy.