From fashion to smartphones, from wearables to HealthTech, Delhi has hands- down proved to be the best home for over 10,000 startups & is even leading the race by numbers.
Here is the list of top 10 startups from Delhi that have made themselves proud in the startup world.
1. Wingify
Founder: Paras Chopra , Sparsh Gupta
Founded in- 2010
Wingify has been a software company based in Delhi, India. Its products include VWO, an A/B testing and conversion optimization platform. The main motive of Wingify’s mission is to develop the world’s best tools for optimizing a website. Their products help you in increasing website sales, conversions, and signups. The products they make are pleasing to use and do not require a degree in rocket science. This startup has been so successful that within 2017 company was bootstrapped. Owing to the success of the company, Forbes featured Wingify’s founder, Paras Chopra, in the 30 under 30 lists of influential people in India in 2014
2. Flyrobe
Founders: Shreya Mishra, Pranay Surana and Tushar Saxena
Founded in: 2015
Flyrobe is an online fashion rental platform, different from various startups that have come across. Flyrobe is basically into supplying & renting western wear, designer’s dresses & ethnic wear on-demand for your wedding, parties or any celebration, with advanced booking within a three-hour delivery timeline. This fashion store has proved itself so well, that it has 50 & more designers on board, including industry leaders like Ritu Kumar, Masaba Gupta, and Shehla Khan. The founders have worked so hard that this startup has its stores currently live in Mumbai and Delhi, Bengaluru & Mumbai.
3. Poshtick
Founders: Pranav Sharma and Kritik Thakur ( CA)
Founded in: September 2016
Do millennials have time for themselves to keep themselves fit & healthy at the same time when they are earning? Many of the careers based youth or professionals living outside their hometown will agree to the point that most of the time they often skip their breakfast or lunch or dinner & with this, they end up indulging in their favourite snacks such as chips, pakoda, and other greasy and sugary food.
So, to keep youths healthy & fit all around the city this new startup “Poshtick” came up with a brilliant idea to sell Nutrition based snacks to people.
Poshtick’s flagship product is the Finge (a portmanteau of ‘fitness’ and ‘binge’) Box, with three snacks and a healthy drink. Each item’s calorie and a portion is clearly stated along with the items. Cookies, cakes, brownies, etc., are among the 50 products that are divided into five categories. There is a separate box for diabetics, with items for preventive healthcare. Soon, this startup did well among the customers that in October 2016, Poshtick raised Rs 3 crore from two high net-worth individuals. Thus, this startup is serving well to people all around that it has a core team of 10 members working in it.
4. Cab Bazar
Founded by Deepanshu Rustagi, Amit Dhall, Rishabh Gupta, and Dinesh Sharma
Founded in: 2017
Cabs have now become a way of life for everyone around. Every one of us at one point or another have used cabs either when getting late for the office or many other reasons. Cabs do provide comfort & ease to everyone & even girls do feel safe in it. Looking towards the trend, this Gurugram based startup from 2017 was all set to provide well-managed services for the outstation & destination travelers. Cab Bazar is an online cab aggregator committed to integrating local and outstation travel with its real-time mobile platform. Started with an idea to provide hassle-free travel, CabBazar ensures reliability, quick service, and convenience all at a single digital platform for ease of their customers. The team even claims a month-on-month growth of 30 percent and has partnered with over 600 taxi providers in Gurugram.
5. Zostel
Founders: Akhil Malik, Dharmveer Singh Chouhan, Paavan Nanda, Varun Tiwari
Founded in: 2013
This startup is best for people to explore, sparkle their wanderlust for those travel freaked backpackers to let their inner wanderlust be possible on a pocket-friendly. Zostel has been India’s first chain of backpacker’s hostels offering secure, hygienic and pocket-friendly accommodation budget. This startup has been one of the most successful companies in Delhi, expanding its network to over 20 Indian cities.
6. Truly Madly
Founder: Sachin Bhatia, Hitesh Dhingra & Rahul Kumar
Founded in: 2013
Dating in India is now becoming popular and people have started using dating apps to meet people with similar interests and go for a date. This dating app has been different & unique in its way as other dating app showcase thousands of potential matches but truly madly only show verified matches. TrulyMadly, takes profile verification seriously. It asks for identity proof documents before making a profile live. Thus, it has been considered the best dating app in India.
7. Urbanclap
Founders : Abhiraj Bhal
Founded in- 2014
Is there anyone who is still unaware of Urban clap? NO, this was, this great startup has settled its benchmark. It is even recognized as the fastest-growing startup in India. From housekeeping services which consist of Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters, to personal services like beauty, spa, etc Urban clap do provide almost every service. Thus, Urbanclap has now proved to be India’s largest home service startup.
8. Dogspot
Founder: Rana Atheya
Founded in: 2007
Need something better for your dog to eat? Need something better for your dog to eat? Dogspot provides online food supplies for dogs. Whatever it may be Dogspot has been connected from years with the right people to help you and your pet out. This startup in Delhi has eminently brought change in pet care and making pet fooding easy. Dogspot has been Funded by Business Tycoons like Ratan Tata and Ronnie Screwvala the company has taken huge leaps since it was founded.
9. Loan Frame
Founders: Shailesh Jacob, Rishi Arya & Akshun Gulati
Founded in: August 2015
One of the best Indian startups Loan Frame is a financial tech company that is building the largest SME( small, medium-sized enterprises) in the lending marketplace. By merging world-class processes from leading global banks with deep Indian SME credit experience, data science and cutting-edge proprietary technologies, they are laser-focused on helping small businesses grow.
10. Stanza Living
Founders- Anindya Dutta and Sandeep Dalmia
Founded in- 2017
Stanza Living provides co-living space for students aimed at enabling students along with high-quality products and service offerings. A Stanza Living residence can accommodate 40-500 people in it. Based in Delhi, the startup remodels and redesigns the properties according to students’ needs, along with services like food, WiFi, laundry, security, etc., on a single tech-enabled platform.
