Niraj Singh
ET Tech
Current Venture: Spinny
Founded In: 2015
Based In: Gurugram
Key Investors: Tiger Global Management, Sequoia Capital, Blume Ventures, Accel
What it Does: Spinny is a used car retailing platform. The company sources vehicles from commercial retail chains as well as individual sellers and then provides a marketplace for customers looking for second-hand vehicles. Sellers can schedule an inspection while buyers can also browse through its online inventory and select a car of their choice.
Manish Taneja
ET Tech
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Current Venture: Purplle
Founded In: 2011
Based In: Mumbai
Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Artha India Ventures, Blume Ventures, IvyCap Ventures
What it Does: Purplle is an online store that sells cosmetics, fragrances, skin, and hair care products. It provides an online platform for beauty brands to improve their reach. The platform also personalises discovery of beauty products for consumers through a proprietary analytics engine that combines user data with a range of product portfolios.
Aprameya Radhakrishnan
ET Tech
Current Venture: Koo
Founded In: 2019
Based In: Bengaluru
Key Investors: Accel, 3one4 Capital, Dream Incubator, Mirae Asset, Kalaari Capital
What it Does: Koo is a social media platform that allows users to connect, comment, and engage in local languages including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Assamese. It allows users to express themselves through both audio as well as video. Users can also access events online in their mother tongue.
Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar
ET Tech
Current Venture: Ixigo
Founded In: 2006
Based In: Gurugram
Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Elevation Capital, GIC, Trifecta Capital
What it Does: Ixigo is an online travel search and planning website. It aggregates and compares deals on hotels, flights, buses, trains, and travel packages. The startup reviews travel facts, itineraries, and information from hundreds of websites to provide reliable information. In addition, it operates mobile and voice-based search medium for tourists.
Nischal Shetty
ET Tech
Current Venture: WazirX
Founded In: 2018
Based In: Mumbai
Key Investor: Binance
What it Does: WazirX runs one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, both in terms of volume and number of users, facilitating the purchase and sale of various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and others. It operates a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform that allows users to convert crypto assets into fiat currency in real time.
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