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Business Name: FOAMO-IS
Entrepreneurs: Isha Kapoor & Siddhi Kapoor
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 153
Skincare is one of the most competitive and aggressive sectors in India. Two sisters from Kolkata- Isha Kapoor & Siddhi Kapoor - launched FOAMO - IS, their skincare brand that sells bath essentials,...
Entrepreneur: Ayush Wadhwa
Business Name: Owled Media
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 152
Ayush Wadhwa comes from a small town in Haryana. But he had big dreams in his pocket. The regular things of a teenager bored him. He wanted to pursue an offbeat path. Ayush, along with his...
Entrepreneur: Afzal Anjoom
Business Name: Edufly
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 151
Afzal Anjoom dropped out of college before it became a trend. ‘In that sense, I am a trendsetter,’ he says. He trod a path of his own when most of his friends resorted to corporate jobs. He...
Entrepreneur: Karan Pawaskar
Business Name: Plutus Groups
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 150
Taking a family business ahead with credibility is a Herculean task. But for Karan Pawaskar, it was a new opportunity as an entrepreneur. Expanding a traditional agricultural produce business into other domains wasn’t easy for...
Entrepreneur: Akshaya Dhanaraj
Business Name: Oh Wow Store
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 149
Akshaya Dhanaraj was blown away by the idea of dreamcatchers. She was fascinated at the thought of how a tiny hoop decorated with feathers and beads could protect people from nightmares. She began making...
Entrepreneur: Jishu Dutta
Business Name: Blue Mart
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 148
Jishu Dutta, a student of class 12, founded Blue Mart, his eCommerce store when the COVID pandemic brought the entire nation and its businesses to a standstill. But necessity is the mother of all invention....
Overseas education platform Leap has raised $17 million in series B, conducted by Singapore-based Jungle Ventures participation from Sequoia Capital India and Owl Ventures - the world's largest tech-focussed VC fund. In March 2020, Leap had raised $5.5 million managed by Sequoia.
In the gap of 1 year, Leap has managed to raise $22.5...
Entrepreneur: Sayantan Karmakar
Business Name: The Calcutta Fitness Studio
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 147
Sayantan Karmakar’s story was no different from the majority of engineering students in India. He came from a middle-class family where entrepreneurship was never an option. His only option was to complete engineering...
Entrepreneur: Prathiba Selvam
Business Name: It's a Bow Thing
Welcome to Entrepreneurs of India #startupstories episode 146
When it comes to startups, no idea is too small/too big; even a tiny spark might turn into a mighty flame. Just like how it turned out for Pratibha Selvam, a little thought...
Does your age really matter to do great things? Meet Myanka Singh, a seventeen year old school student, who's on a mission to make this world a better place for differently abled children. She founded her initiative, The Children of a Lesser God, an exclusive platform to discuss the life of differently abled children, when she was...
