New Delhi, NFAPost: The National Startup Awards 2022 has recognised and rewarded outstanding startups and enablers that have demonstrated exceptional capabilities, not just in terms of financial gains but also creating a measurable impact in society.
The National Startup Awards 2022 covered the flagship schemes launched by the Government of India through innovations in corresponding areas, thereby solving community problems at large.
Consideration is also being given to champion sectors identified by the Government with a focus on improving India’s manufacturing capabilities towards the mission of an “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”.
As part of the celebration, government also organised Startup India Innovation week and it culminated with felicitation of Winners of National Start up Awards 2022 on National Start up Day.
The awards were presented by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal in the presence of Shri Som Prakash, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry in New Delhi.
National Startup Awards 2022 winners
AGRITECH
Fruvetech Private Limited
Agriculture – Post Harvest
Overview
Fruvetech is an Agri-based startups from Delhi founded in 2021 by Dr Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti & Aprajita Kumari. The startup is focused on development of a device to enhance shelf life of fruits using an innovative idea. The company offers fruits and vegetable storage systems with brand new patented technology that guarantees energy efficient, high-quality storage solutions, adjustable to your specific needs and conditions.
Product
Fruvetech has developed a device, a shelf-life enhancer, with patented technology which can enhance shelf-life of produce and keep fruits nutrient and fresh for several days and even weeks. The device is usable and adaptable for an efficient storage and transportation.
Wolkus Technology Solutions Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP16029
Bengaluru Rural, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Ananda Prakash Verma, Shilendra TiwariNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Category
Agriculture – Productivity
Overview
Wolkus Technology Solutions is an agri-tech startup from Bengaluru founded in 2018 by Ananda Prakash Verma & Shilendra Tiwari. The company under the brand named ‘Fasal’, develops an AI-powered IoT platform for precision agriculture. Fasal started with a simple idea – removing guesswork from farming. Farming is not easy and involves a lot of uncertainties. It offers a cloud platform that collects the microclimatic data captured by the on-field sensors.
Product
Fasal is an AI powered IoT – SaaS platform delivering farm level, crop- specific and crop stage specific actionable intelligence platform for horticulture crops.
Fasal platform is built to enable horticulture farmers and agriculture institutions to grow more, to grow better and to optimise the cost of cultivation to a bare minimum. It helps in precisely managing irrigation based on specific crops at a specific stage and protecting the crop from root diseases, thereby improving the quality of yield.
Fasal platform is built to enable horticulture farmers and agriculture institutions to grow more, to grow better and to optimise the cost of cultivation to a bare minimum. It helps in precisely managing irrigation based on specific crops at a specific stage and protecting the crop from root diseases, thereby improving the quality of yield.
Natura Crop Care
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP43107
Bengaluru Rural, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Manoj Kumar Rupa, Gavaskar JayakanthanNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Agriculture – Productivity
Overview
Natura Crop Care is a sustainable farm input manufacturing startup from Bengaluru founded in 2017 by Manoj Kumar Rupa & Gavaskar Jayakanthan. With its unique understanding of microbial plant interactions in nature, Natura is validating to the current scenario of increasing sustainable Agri Horti produce across the world. Natura has developed biological and botanical products to meet the demand of residue free produce. These products are serving farmers across the globe in plant-soil health management and plant nutrition management.
Natura Crop Care is a sustainable farm input manufacturing startup from Bengaluru founded in 2017 by Manoj Kumar Rupa & Gavaskar Jayakanthan. With its unique understanding of microbial plant interactions in nature, Natura is validating to the current scenario of increasing sustainable Agri Horti produce across the world. Natura has developed biological and botanical products to meet the demand of residue free produce. These products are serving farmers across the globe in plant-soil health management and plant nutrition management.
Product
NaturActiv+ is a fruit fly trap that controls fruit fly damage in fruits and vegetables by innovative smart gravity-controlled release mechanism with high energy efficiency and high target specificity.
It is a green pest control technique suitable for integrated pest management.
One trap and lure can be used for one full crop season without lure replacement.
It reduces chemical insecticide usage by farmers and is eco-friendly.
The products variants are biofertilizers, biopesticides, bio stimulants, crop specific micronutrients, insect traps and bio shelf-life enhancers.
Animal Husbandry In NSA 2022
In order to compete globally, innovations such as tech adoption, optimizing of supply chains, quality benchmarking and standardization must be adopted by the sector. Animal Husbandry was introduced in National Startup Awards in 2021 with an aim to recognize exceptional startups in the sector. It was an overwhelming response from some exceptional startups we received in NSA 2022 too.
Hydrogreens Agri Solutions Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP35600
Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Vasanth KamathNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Animal Husbandry – Productivity
Overview
Hydrogreens Agri Solutions is a Bengaluru-based enterprise founded in 2019 by Vasanth Kamath, with the objective to solve the supply gap of quality fodder for small and marginal livestock farmers in a sustainable manner by providing them with the right technologies and solutions to produce excellent fodder. The startup is hyperlocalizing the availability of fresh feed that is affordable and harvested responsibly and, in an environment friendly manner.
Product
Hydrogreens has installed India’s first solar powered fodder station near to the milk collection centre (MCC) in Chitradurga, Karnataka to facilitate easy and faster accessibility for the local farmers. The company sells the fodder directly to farmers via Hydrogreens’ fodder station through its unique service-based model.
Hydrogreens’ fodder station is a micro-climate-controlled warehouse
It ensures regular supply of fresh high protein fodder throughout the year
Each fodder station has the capacity to produce about 500 to 700 kg of high-nutrient fodder everyday which can feed close to 100 cattle daily.
It can be used to grow alternate crops and biofuel feedstocks during fodder non lien period.
Education And Skill Development In NSA 2022
In order to recognize exceptional ideas and innovators in the Indian education industry, we must look beyond innovative education delivery mechanism and focus on other avenues of holistic learning. National Startups Awards aims to recognise outstanding Startups and innovators coming up with innovative solutions in the area of Education & Skill Development.
Trestle Labs Private Limited
Faridabad, Haryana
Founder Details
Name : Akshita Sachdeva, Bonny DaveNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Education and Skill Development – Access to Institutional Education
Overview
Trestle labs is a Content and Publishing Startup from Faridabad founded in 2017 by Akshita Sachdeva, & Bonny Dave. The company empowers the blind and visually impaired community towards inclusive education and employment, through real-time content access by enabling them to listen, translate, digitize, and audiotape any kind of printed, handwritten, or digital content, in the language of their choice, anytime, anywhere. The Company provides an End-to-End solution to access any content through audio through its product ‘Kibo’
Product
Kibo comprises three (03) products: Kibo mobile app, Kibo XS device and Kibo Desk (SaaS) web software which aims to address the lifestyle, learning, and earning aspects of users’ life.
Kibo mobile app: The app is built for on-the-go audio-based access to any printed, handwritten, and digital content across 60 languages, with support for 12 File-formats (Images, Documents, Audio). The app offers access to a repository of 1 million+ accessible eBooks to download and listen, with immersive reading features – such as audio-notes, content-summarization etc.; empowering visually impaired users to access any day-to-day content like anyone else.
Kibo XS device: Kibo XS is a talking table-lamp like device to scan and listen to hard copy printed and handwritten documents (across 60 languages), translate (across 100+ languages), digitize (into doc, docx, txt), save them to Kibo cloud (for multi-device access), and download the file in MP3 Audio (audiotize).
Kibo Desk (SaaS): What Kibo XS Device does for hard copy printed and handwritten documents, Kibo Desk does for softcopy digital documents. It edits, translate and convert printed and handwritten PDFs and Images.
Testbook Ddu Solutions Private Limited
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Ashutosh Kumar, Narendra AgrawalNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Education and Skill Development – Access to Open Education
Overview
Testbook Edu Solutions is an Edtech Startup from Navi Mumbai founded in 2016 by Ashutosh Kumar & Narendra Agrawal. The startup has built an App and Web based platform to support job seekers. With a 2.65 crore registered user base, the platform provides complete job preparation to fresh job seekers who want to get employed either with government or private organizations.
Testbook platform has 5 key components, viz. Job Discovery, Live Interactive Coaching, Mock Practice, Doubt Solving and Performance Tracking & Recommendations, all of which are tightly integrated with each other to provide a seamless one-stop learning experience.
Product
Testbook has built an App and Web based platform and offers three paid products:
Testbook Pass: It is a single subscription model that gives access to 52000+ Mock tests across 450+ government recruitment exams.
Testbook Select: It is a one-to-many cohort-based model and has curriculum driven live interactive courses which are focused on preparing users for specific exams.
Skill Academy: It is also a one-to-many cohort-based model and has curriculum driven live interactive courses but specifically focused on skills. It helps students, freshers, & job aspirants to learn professional skills and get entry level jobs. The academy includes Project Led Curriculum, Live Online Training, Guaranteed Internships and Job Placement Assistance.
Makerinme Technologies Private Limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Parag Gulhane, Harish RawlaniNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Category
Education and Skill Development – Toys as learning resource
Overview
MakerInMe Technologies is an EdTech Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Parag Gulhane & Harish Rawlani. The company provides complete STEM (Science + Technology + Engineering + Math) solution and makes the things easy for Students & Teachers through its product.
Product
MakerInMe launched its first product named Cretile which addresses the challenges faced by institutions & students while supporting them on their STEM education. It offers 45+ LEGO like plug-n-play and programmable modular building blocks for electronics, robotics, automation, IoT & AI.
Cretile is product containing modular building block kits of electronics, Robotics, AI & software building blocks for use in STEM education. Cretile has unique solution which delivers STEM education to students in gradual and engaging way using innovative Cretile Kit.
Cretile offers 50+ different types of blocks. With this product, one can make virtually unlimited number of combinations and hence unlimited number of projects. The Cretile blocks are designed in such a way that only correct connections can be done.
Trascender Services Private Limited
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Sameer Madhusudan Joshi, Dr Seema JoshiNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Category
Education and Skill Development – Vocational Training
Overview
Trascender Services is a Startup from Mumbai founded in 2017 by Sameer Joshi & Dr Seema Joshi. The Company focuses on bringing transformation in Education and Healthcare industry in India. The startup offers services like Explorium, Campus to Corporate, Aspire Leadership Program and Crucible Leadership Program in the Education sector, Paramedic Skills Program in Healthcare and Data Analytics, Software Testing and Digital Marketing in Technology sector among others.
Product
iTransform Paramedic Center is an industry- based skill development program to train today’s youth to make them job ready for healthcare Industry. This vocational training can be taken by the students as a parallel program to their existing mainstream education.
The company provides different courses which includes foundational and stream specific curriculum certificate courses.
ENERGY
LOG 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Dr Akshay V Singhal, Kartik HajelaNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Energy – Clean Energy
Overview
LOG 9 Materials is a nano- materials manufacturing and RnD Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2015 by Dr Akshay Singhal & Kartik Hajela. Log9 Materials is a vertically integrated start-up with proven in-house capability for materials development, device prototyping and production / assembly.
In terms of production, log9’s facility in Bengaluru has a production capacity of 850 battery packs per month with projected production capacity to increase to 3500 battery packs per month within the next 4 months and then to over 30000 packs per month by end of the year. Log9 is also planning to expand to another manufacturing site purely dedicated towards meeting the growing demand.
Product
Log 9 Materials Scientific produces fast charging batteries for EVs.
Their technological innovations include:
A fast-charging battery technology (RapidX) for intracity commercial vehicles which provides true fast charging services (<15 min for 2Wheelers and 40 min for 3Wheelers) with longer life of> 15 years (whereas a conventional battery gives a life 3 years), lower maintenance cost and lower Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions over life cycle of the battery.
It has also designed high-power electronics to ensure safe withdrawal of high currents to charge itself, and cell balancing which accelerates fast charging/discharging.
Renkube Private Limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Balaji Bangolae Lakshmikant, Dr Lakshmi SanthanamNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Energy – Energy Efficiency
Overview
Renkube is a Renewable Energy Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2017 by Balaji Lakshmikant & Dr Lakshmi Santhanam. The company is pioneers in the field of Motion Free Optical Tracking (MFOT) of solar panels. The startup is committed to contribute to a sustainable future by producing cutting edge products in the renewable energy field.
The Startup has partnered with an ecosystem of manufacturers such as Swelect Energy Systems, TPRS Glass and DhaSh PV Technologies among others for manufacturing our new layout of solar panels. The company is exclusively focused on developing and commercializing MFOT based solar technology. MFOT technology will allow module manufacturers to significantly improve the price performance ratio of their solar panels.
Product
Company’s ML based remote monitoring solutions offer continuous monitoring of solar power generation along with module failure prediction, cleaning schedule reminders, power aberration alerts to their customers.
The company’s products are aimed at lowering the cost of energy generation so that solar becomes more affordable in residential rooftop in urban.
Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Private Limited
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Founder Details
Name : Akash Soni, Dr Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Dr. Asit Sahoo, Dr. Nagesh KumarNumber of Founders : 4Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Energy – Storage
Overview
Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies is an Energy Storage Startup from Roorkee founded in 2019 by Akash Soni & Dr Asit Sahoo. The startup’s mission is to develop and commercialize Sustainable, environment friendly, Indigenous energy storage technologies.
Product
Indi Energy is developing Sodium ion batteries using locally available bio-wastes. It uses rice straw and cattle manure and earth abundant materials like Sodium that deliver similar performance as compared to Li-ion batteries (LFP) but at lower cost. Indi Energy’s Sodium ion batteries also deliver 3-4 times more energy density and cyclability than currently commercialized lead acid batteries at similar costs.
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
India’s software-as-a-service industry (primarily responsible for the development of enterprise system solutions) could reach USD 1 trillion in value and create nearly half a million new jobs by 2030 as businesses around the world accelerate digitization and automation. Startups are leading the charge for this growth where the number of unicorns could increase 10-fold by 2030.
NSA 2022 aims to identify outstanding Startups propelling the Indian enterprise technology industry into the future.
Nextscm Solutions Private Limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Rajul jain, Anshuman AgarwalNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Category
Enterprise Technology – Business Process Management
Overview
Nextscm Solutions is a data and technology Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Rajul Jain & Anshuman Agarwal. The startup operates under the brand ‘INCREFF’. The startup focuses on improving inventory efficiency for fashion brands and retailers.
Its supply chain management platform broadly includes verticals such as technology-led merchandising and pricing, design intelligence, fulfillment technology, and services. The company aims to help brands with their merchandising and fulfillment operations and to build systems for gathering data and have relevant algorithms for recommendations.
The company is committed to protecting its customers and partners data by maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility to authorized persons.
Product
The company offers range of products as mentioned below.
Increff Merchandising Solution: It is a smart way of optimizing inventory; assortment planning, buying, and distribution for modern retailers
Increff WMS: It is a SaaS-based Warehouse Management (WMS) and Order Fulfilment Solution for e-commerce business
Increff Returns Management: It helps streamline returns processing for optimizing resale value and faster re-commerce
Increff Markdown Optimization: It is a program to automate markdowns and product pricing efficiently at the style level.
Increff Distributed Warehouse Inventory Optimization: It is a gateway to enormous logistics cost savings and facilitating faster deliveries
Increff Crossdock: It is an economical and efficient SaaS-based solution for handling, receiving, and distributing inventory
Stylumia Intellignece Technology Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Ganesh SubramanianNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Enterprise Technology – Business Process Management
Overview
Stylumia Intelligence is AI-led fashion intelligence Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2015 by Ganesh Subramanian. The company enables product decision makers with actionable consumer demand intelligence using proprietary data and AI models, to help brands and retailers reduce the humongous economic and environmental wastage by 30-40% , caused by ill-informed decision making.
Product
Stylumia is a SaaS platform addressing two fundamental questions “What?” and “How Much?” using proven proprietary demand-sensing and demand forecasting algorithms with data at internet scale.
Consumer Intelligence Tool : : It helps to determine consumer buying behaviour across markets, geographical regions, fashion retailers/brands, categories, and styles/colours.
Apollo : It is an advanced predictive analytics engine that uses both images and textual attributes for top-hole demand planning.
ImaGenie : It is a predictive design tool, which processes and analyses millions of images and textual attributes of fashion styles across runways, fashion websites, and e-commerce to generate winning designs.
Corover Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Ankush SabharwalNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Enterprise Technology – Enterprise Technology
Overview
Corover is an AI and ML Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Ankush Sabharwal. CoRover is the world’s first and the highest ROI delivering human-centric conversational AI platform. The company builds Conversational AI Chatbot across text and voice, to improve customer engagement, increase conversions and reduce support requests. The company is on the mission to enable users talk to any system the way they talk to an intelligent person.
Product
CoRover is a human-centric conversational AI platform, which is secure, scalable, and reliable. It is equipped with patent-pending tech (based on AI, ML, NLP, AR and VR). It also powers multi-format (VideoBot, VoiceBot, ChatBot), multi-lingual (100+ languages) and omni-channel virtual assistants.
ENVIRONMENT
With a focus on sustainable environmental focus development, NSA will recognize and support innovators and startups in their pursuits to implement environmentally friendly and conscious solutions in the area of Sanitation, Sustainable Industrial Solutions, and Waste to Value.
Hygienity Solutions Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP84290
Pune, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Vipul Ganesh Chavan, Adwait JoshiNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Category
Environment – Sanitation
Overview
Hygienity Solutions is a Startup from Pune founded in 2021 by Vipul Ganesh Chavan & Adwait Joshi. The startup has a team of researchers and engineers who started entrepreneurial journey to come up with innovative & hygienic products, aimed at improving the sanitation process with low carbon footprints.
The company started manufacturing of ‘CleanTech’ products based on ‘Nano Coating Technology’ that keeps toilet surfaces clean and hygienic for long time.
Product
The company has developed artificial, non-stick Nano coating for toilets, urinals, and basins, which keeps the toilet surface clean up to seven (07) days without daily deep cleaning with cleaners. The product is in the form of spray coating, and it can be easily applied on surface. This coating stops stain, scale and hard water build up formation, makes the surface bacteria and odour free and minimizes water consumption for cleaning purpose. This technology is environmentally friendly and does not affect the surface.
Kbcols Sciences Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP34417
Pune, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Vaishali M. Kulkarni, Arjun Singh BajwaNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Environment – Sustainable Industrial Solutions
Overview
KBCols Sciences is a bioprocess tech Startup from Pune founded in 2018 by Vaishali Kulkarni & Arjun Singh Bajwa. The startup is working at the forefront of manufacturing non-GMO natural bio colors extracted from the vast biodiversity of India. Today, it is combining biological sciences & imagination in everything it does, to address its responsibility towards nature & its resources.
Product
KBCols produces bio-colour which are natural, sustainable, and reproducible in shade, paving a new era in fashion technology, personal care, food, feed and many more.
KBCols is sourcing and isolating natural brown colour, natural blue colour, natural green colour, and natural pink colour from microorganisms and applying them in textiles. The bio-colours are a universal drop in solution which can be used to dye majority kinds of natural and synthetic fibres including cotton, linen, wool, viscose, silk, polyester, ramie, and different blends.
The company currently explores biomass as an inexhaustible source, feeding them waste sources and readily available low-cost substrates to achieve consistent colour production under specific controlled conditions.
Infinita Biotech Private Limited
Vadodara, Gujarat
Founder Details
Name : Adarsh Desai, Sonal DesaiNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Environment – Waste to Value
Overview
Infinita Biotech is a Agritech and Farming Startup from Vadodara founded in 2015 by Adarsh Desai & Sonal Desai. The startup was founded with a vision to help create a cleaner and greener future. The company is attributed to provide innovative, effective, and high-quality ecofriendly solutions to meet customer specific requirements covering all the major industries. The company works towards the betterment of society by reducing carbon footprints and shifting more and more industries towards the same path, by replacing their chemical-based solutions with eco-friendly enzymatic solutions.
Product
Infinita, over the years, has developed a wide range of eco-friendly products for many industrial segments which motivates the end users to switch to these products while providing equivalent results when compared to conventional solutions.
Infinita Biotech is engaged in manufacturing, marketing, and creating customized enzyme formulations, for various specialized industries. It is recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
It manufactures eco-friendly enzymatic solutions for an array of industries such as distillery, sugar, brewery, starch, wine, malt, wastewater treatment, food, animal feed, agriculture, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, pharmaceuticals, detergent, pulp & paper, textile among others.
FINTECH
Fintech is a leading example of inclusivity in an increasingly complex national and global economic scenario. NSA is aiming to recognize outstanding players which will be leading the charge of inclusive growth in the Indian financial system and recognize the country’s potential as the fintech centre of the world.
Whrrl Fintech Solutions
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP78334
Thane, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Ashish Anand, Falguni PanditNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Fintech – Financial Inclusion
Overview
Whrrl Fintech is a Blockchain Fin-Tech Startup from Mumbai founded in 2019 by Ashish Anand & Falguni Pandit. The startup is revolutionising the post-harvest ecosystem through its integrated Blockchain platform providing warehousing, warehouse receipt finance & marketplace facilities to the farmers. The startup helps to solve the problems such as distress sale, access to finance & market linkage issues faced by farmers and simultaneously reduces the fraud risk faced by banks in the segment.
The startup helps farmers, traders, and producer companies in raising working capital to tide over lengthy crop cycles ranging from 6-12 Months.
Product
Whrrl collects data from warehouses with the help of IoT devices and puts that data on blockchain creating an immutable record of collateral and its attributes such as ownership, quality, and location. The service helps lenders in making informed decisions, cuts the role of intermediaries and reduces the risk of fraud.
Changejar Technologies Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Nishchay AG, Misbah AshrafNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Category
Fintech – Financial Inclusion
Overview
Changejar Technologies is an investment tech Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2021 by Nishchay AG & Misbah Ashraf. The startup promotes micro-savings through its application-based product. The startup aims to help millions of Indians rediscover the undeniable, cumulative advantages of savings some amounts every single day. The company intends to reintroduce this generation to the concept of piggy banks, by helping them save in digital gold and staying bank agnostic so that no matter who a user banks with, they can always save using Jar.
Product
Jar is a platform which promotes micro-savings, starting from as little as Re.1. It detects digital spends from a phone which are not in round figure and rounds it off to the nearest 10 to invest in digital gold additionally, allowing users to save a fixed daily amount. Users can withdraw their savings anytime a cash directly into their bank or get their gold physically delivered to them.
Micronsure Consultancy Private Limited
Ranga Reddy, Telangana
Founder Details
Name : Palavalasa Sai Kamalakar RaoNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Fintech – Insurance
Overview
MicroNsure is a technology lead insurance Consultancy and Distribution company from Ranga Reddy, Telangana founded in 2020 by Palavalasa Sai Kamalakar Rao. The company is a technology-led Insurance solution provider, committed to bring financial inclusion to the low-income population.
The company’s business model combines three essential aspects of the microinsurance supply chain to provide end-to-end service to their partners. The company’s in-house proprietary technology helps their customers and partners to manage the processes efficiently and effectively, enabling faster issuance, zero documentation, faster claim processing, accurate reports, etc.
Product
The company’s business model combines three essential aspects of the Microinsurance Supply chain to provide end-to-end service to our partners.
Technology: The company’s in-house proprietary technology helps our customers and partners to manage the processes efficiently and effectively, enabling faster issuance, zero documentation, faster claim processing, accurate reports, renewals, Policy Management Services, and all QRC (Query Request Compliant) and training material.
Consulting: This vertical deals with existing Distribution Networks in the micro space on how-to- Build an Insurance Portfolio and Insurance companies.
Distribution: It helps to create products for the MICRO Segment, get it underwritten by the Insurance companies and take it to the end customers through intermediation. The startup is a licensed Direct Insurance broker registered with IRDAI for this.
HEALTHCARE And WELLNESS
The entire value chain of the healthcare industry is undergoing a huge transformation on account of technology adoption in reducing the cost of healthcare, accessibility of healthcare facilities, early diagnosis, and effective treatment. NSA aims to recognize exceptional startups and innovations across the healthcare value chain along with wellness and alternative medicine (AYUSH). Mental well-being has also been introduced under this category in National Startup Awards in 2022 and received a good number of applications.
Medulance Healthcare Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP15618
South Delhi, Delhi
Founder Details
Name : Pranav Bajaj, Ravjot Singh AroraNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Health and Wellness – Access to Healthcare
Overview
Medulance Healthcare is a healthcare Startup from Delhi founded in 2017 by Pranav Bajaj, Ravjot Singh Arora. The startup is looking to solve the problem of ambulance availability by digitising the medical transportation segment.
The startup provides end to end emergency response service, GPS enabled high quality ambulances, Emergency Management Technology, trained drivers, and certified paramedics, (covering 40 cities in India, mostly all metros and tier 2 cities) and a dedicated helpline number. The company is upgrading and digitizing the traditional channels usually used to seek help. The technology platforms are built to connect the customers and the ambulance owners directly with each other effectively, in time of dire need.
Product
Medulance Healthcare is a comprehensive emergency response service provider, extensively dealing in the ambulatory services. The company offers the following services:
MeduERS: A dedicated fixed ambulance service
MeduEMS: A dedicated ambulance + tech + manpower
MeduTrain: A First-aid training
MeduClinic: An in-house medical room facility
MeduRide: Ambulance on-demand
MeduTech: Integrated ambulance management systems
MeduGov: PPP with Government
MeduAlert: A dedicated emergency helpline system
Mallipathra Nutraceutical Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Dr Mousumi MondalNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : Yes
Category
Health and Wellness – Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Overview
Mallipathra Nutraceuticals is a Bengaluru based startup founded in 2016 by Dr Mousumi Mondal. The startup is cultivating the world’s costliest, high medicinal value Cordyceps mushrooms. Cordyceps are known to have several medicinal properties such as anticancer, antioxidant, enhances immunity and are known to be a favourite among gym lovers because it enhances stamina from within the core.
Product
The Startup has developed novel processing technique to cultivate these Cordyceps mushrooms on non-vegetarian and vegetarian media in an artificial environmental condition within 60 days, as opposed to 365 days in nature.
The startup has a wide range of products which includes Cordyceps Capsules, Cordyceps Fruiting Body, Cordyceps powder, Cordyceps Tea and Cordyceps Mat/Chips among others.
Prantae Solutions (OPC) Private Limited
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Founder Details
Name : Dr. Sumona Karjee MishraNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Health and Wellness – Daignostics
Overview
Prantae Solutions is a healthcare solution Startup from Bhubaneshwar founded in 2015 by Dr. Sumona Karjee Mishra. Prantae Solution develops inventive and innovative products to enable decentralization of early diagnostics to achieve healthy India and a healthy world. The startup also aims to provide affordable diagnoses for pregnant women.
Product
Prantae is a healthcare solution company that develops products which help in early diagnostics.
• ProFlo-U: It is a self-monitoring urine microalbumin measurement system to keep track of kidney function.
• EyeRa: It is a range of nano sensors, which can be customized based on the application.
EyeRa-sense: It is designed to work with the EyeRa range of sensors that help in quantitating biomarkers. This can be used for research or diagnostic applications. A one-solution-fits-all unit has also been designed.
Prantae has also developed various Covid-19 related kits such as Magnetic nanoparticle-based Embargo Viral Nucleic Acid Isolation kit, MagnaLisa SARS CoV2 (IgG+IgM) on bead immunodetection and 96 well plate reader and Tube cartridge reader.
Algorithmic Biologics Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Manoj Gopalkrishnan, Bhanu Priya VaddiparthiNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Health and Wellness – Life Sciences
Overview
Algorithmic Biologics is a deep tech Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2021 by Manoj Gopalkrishnan, & Bhanu Priya Vaddiparthi. The startup provides cloud-delivered service to diagnostic labs that increases their efficiency by 20 times without any additional capex investment and 90% reduction in operating cost, effort, and analysis time per sample. The startup is seeking to enhance molecular technologies and enable innovation for healthcare, agriculture, animal husbandry, pharma, food safety, and other verticals where molecular information is significant.
Product
The startup’s first product Tapestry is a software molecular compression technology which is helping do large-scale asymptomatic screening in an affordable, scalable, and frequent manner. The applications of the product are next-generation sequencing, research, food testing, Covid-19 testing, new-born screening and NAT testing.
JC Orthoheal Private Limited
Vadodara, Gujarat
Founder Details
Name : Dr Pankajkumar Chhatrala, Nidhi ChhatralaNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Health and Wellness – Medical Devices (including affordable point of care)
Overview
JC Orthoheal is med-tech Startup from Vadodara founded in 2015 by Dr Pankajkumar Chhatrala & Nidhi Chhatrala. The startup focuses especially on the orthopaedics medical devices segment. The startup strives to use the technology at hand to develop devices and products that can offer an array of innovative solutions for the patients thereby providing better care for them.
The company emphasizes on improving the patient experience while undergoing therapy and coming up with solutions for the same. The company leverages existing knowledge and technology to identify and provides solutions to the largely ignored patient needs in the best possible way.
Product
FlexiOH is the first of its kind an orthopaedic immobilizer that has the rigidity to hold the fractured part and ensure proper skin ventilation. It comes across as an easy solution to fix wearable material on the injured part.
Light treatment completes the curing process and makes the FlexiOH rigid. The process takes about 3-10 minutes, depending on the size of FlexiOH immobilizer. After the course of therapy, FlexiOH can be removed without the use of any other external cast cutter or spreader.
FlexiOH is designed in such a way that the intermittent hollow spaces facilitate circulation of air and evaporation of sweat or water from the skin surface. It is washable, lightweight, and latex free. FlexiOH covers 50% of all possible fractures in paediatric and 62% of all possible fractures in adults.
Yourdost Health Solutions Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Richa Singh, Puneet ManujaNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Health and Wellness – Mental Wellbeing
Overview
Yourdost Health Solutions is a healthcare Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2015 by Richa Singh & Puneet Manuja. The startup provides an online counselling and emotional support platform designed to foster mental wellness.
With 900+ experts on the platform, users can reach out to them 24×7, for guidance related to anxiety, relationships, career, academics, sexual wellness, self-improvement and more. YourDOST has touched over 20 lakh lives through its services so far. The Company has helped over 300+ corporates, educational and government institutes to build resilient communities.
Product
YourDOST offers an online counselling and emotional support platform that connects the concerned person with the right expert from its panel consisting of psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, life coaches and career coaches, who understand and guide through completely confidential individual sessions.
It provides secure and multi-modal support (chat-based counselling, aggregate analytics, audio/video sessions etc.)
INDUSTRY
Startups and innovators are coming up with various solutions covering manufacturing and services, including e-commerce and construction for the adoption of tech measures in driving efficiency, quality, and user experience. NSA will recognize these players ushering in the new age of growth and tech adoption in Indian manufacturing and services.
Amace Solutions Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Lagadamane Shankarnarayana UmeshNumber of Founders : 1Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Industry 4.0 – 3D Printing
Overview
Amace solutions is a 3D metal printing startup from Bengaluru founded in 2018 by Lagadamane Shankarnarayana Umesh. The startup is an end-to-end metal additive manufacturing solutions provider, is a part of the Ace Micromatic Group. The startup is one of the first of its kind in the country to launch its own indigenously developed metal 3D printing machine based on Powder Bed Fusion Technology the STLR-400
Product
STLR-400: This machine has been designed and developed to suit serial production applications, not just for prototype manufacturing. It has the capability to build volume measuring 410mm x 410mm x 450mm allowing for large-sized parts to be printed. It features a dual laser system with a full scan field covered by two high-powered 1kW lasers. It can also print a wide range of materials such as Stainless Steels, Aluminium alloys, Maraging Steels, Inconel, and Titanium alloys among others.
Sandlogic Technologies Private Limited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Kamalakar Devaki, Radhika KanigiriNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Industry 4.0 – Computer Vision
Overview
Sandlogic Technologies is an AI and ML Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Devaki Kamalakar & Radhika Kanigiri. The startup provides a web-based interface that is easy to adopt & scale on any kind of web browser or system. It uses state of art scalable architecture as a backbone which enables customers to go from a minimum of 1 camera to 1000 cameras at one go. It also provides functionality that can add 40+ EHS compliances with a simple click on Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Product
SandLogic has developed a ready-to-deploy workplace safety solution which leverages homegrown Deep Learning models to monitor their workplace, receive real-time unsafe act notifications and operationalize compliance procedures.
EdgeMatrix.io: It is designed to accelerate the development & porting of Deep Learning models on Edge devices.
TXTR: It offers options for uploading multiple numbers of document or API connection to process image, handwritten notes, or any unstructured data for further processing.
Lynkit Solutions Private Limited
New Delhi, Delhi
Founder Details
Name : Uddhav Kumar, Sadhika KumarNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : Yes
Website
Category
Industry 4.0 – Internet of Things
Overview
Lynkit Solutions is a technology product-based Startup from Delhi founded in 2019 by Uddhav Kumar & Sadhika Kumar. The startup provides end to end supply chain management solutions through its proprietary products. The company utilises IoT, blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, industrial automation, and OCR to track, digitize, automate, and analyse different processes of the supply chain.
Product
Lynkgrid: It is the flagship product of the company. It is the world’s first Realtime Kinematics and Augmented Reality Container Terminal Automation System. It caters to ports, ICDs or any container handling terminal. The product allows container terminals to locate, stack and retrieve containers as well as efficiently manage their on-site staff and equipment utilization.
LynTrac: It is an asset tracking and security solution program for cargo trucks, oil tankers, cargo trains and containers or other moveable assets. It combines GPS devices with various vision and sensor based IoT devices on a single consolidated platform.
Lynkit.io: It is India’s first blockchain based platform for transport and supply chain management. This product has been showcased by the Linux Foundation as a business-ready application at their global blockchain showcase.
LynkID: Lynkit’s RFID and Bluetooth sensors offer a wide variety of solutions for tracking and identification. It offers RFID based gate automation systems coupled with loading bay optimisation for manufacturers and large corporates which can be coupled with boom barriers and LED lighting solutions.
Lab To Market Innovations Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Sreenivasa Rao Ganapa, S K SinhaNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Industry 4.0 – Internet of Things
Overview
Lab To Market Innovations (L2M Rail) is an industry 4.0 Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Sreenivasa Rao Ganapa & S K Sinha. L2M Rail is a robust engineering and R&D company working on Industry 4.0 technologies based on complex Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)—the revolutionary combination of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Cloud Computing, 5G and physical objects. We boast of ourselves as leaders in Fibre Brag Grating (FBG) sensing technology.
L2M Rail is seed funded and incubated by the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangaluru. The company is the winners of Elevate 2018 and has received grants from the Government of Karnataka for their R&D activities. The company has also received CSR funds from Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), a Government of India Enterprise. The startup has recently received the ‘Rail Business start-up of the Year’ award announced by Urban Transport News in association with the Indian Association of Urban Rail and Mobility Industry (IAURMI).
Product
The company has developed the Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensing technology, most of its innovations are towards digital rail revolutions. It includes insensitivity to electromagnetic interference, freedom from sparking electrostatic discharge, lightweight and flexible harness, flexible sensor distribution at remote locations in the structure, efficient multiplexing for high sensor capacity, high signal to noise ratio for high measurement accuracy, multi-parameter sensing, self-referencing capability, remote interrogation, and potential to embed in composite structures.
FBG technology-based Wheel Impact Load Detector (F-WILD): It helps in Timely detection of defective wheels and predictive maintenance of rolling stock. It captures the wheel signature as a train moves over the instrumented zone of the track and processes data in real-time.
L2M Cyber Signalling System: The entire siding is monitored round the clock through sensors and the data is recorded every second. This solution is a combination of IoT based Track Occupation Information System (ITOIS) and Wireless Operation of Point Machine (WOPM).
Axle Counter Plus (ACP): It is designed to ensure the smooth running of trains. It incorporates revolutionary FBG Sensors that offer both reliability and accuracy.
Irov Technologies Private Limited
Ernakulam, Kerala
Founder Details
Name : Johns T Mathai, Kannappa Palaniappan PNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Industry 4.0 – Robotics
Overview
EyeROV (IROV Technologies Pvt Ltd.) is a deep technology robotics Startup from Ernakulam, Kerala founded in 2017 by Johns T Mathai, Kannappa Palaniappan P. The startup is a marine robotics company providing safe and efficient solutions for critical underwater infrastructure inspections. EyeROV designs and manufactures industrial-grade underwater drones which can help the asset owners to inspect these structures efficiently, with minimal risk and high-quality data.
The startup provides an analytics platform, EVAP powered by AI/ML algorithms, for Data Processing and Reporting.
Product
EyeROV TUNA : India’s first commercial underwater Drone/Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). EyeROV TUNA has completed over 1000+ hours of operation doing an underwater inspection of dams, bridges, ports, offshore structures, ship hulls, oil pipelines among others.
EyeROV TURT: : The equipment has the capability to integrate various industrial payloads and comprises high-quality material for a depth rating of 200m.
SECURITY
Qunu Labs Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP5607
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Sunil Gupta, Mark MathiasNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Security – Cyber Security
Overview
Qunu Labs (QNu Labs) is a cyber security startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Sunil Gupta & Mark Mathias. The company provides quantum-safe and quantum resistant data encryption, secure key generation and quantum key distribution solutions and services to the financial industry, telecom service providers, large and medium enterprises, defence, and government organizations worldwide to protect their assets from current vulnerabilities and future attacks that may arise.
The startup’s team consists of passionate people with diverse skills in Quantum Physics, Quantum Security, Cybersecurity, Optoelectronics, Laser technology and high precision electronics.
Product
Medulance Healthcare is a comprehensive emergency response service provider, extensively dealing in the ambulatory services. The company offers the following services:
Quantum Key Distribution (Armos): It protects critical infrastructure unconditionally, providing quantum resilience to ensure that data in transit is always safe. It uses a series of photons to transmit keys from one point to another over a fibre cable. The photons are generated randomly, which are in quantum state.
Quantum Random Number Generator (Tropos): It uses the principles of quantum mechanics to generate truly random numbers.
Post Quantum Cryptography platform (Hodos): It is post-quantum cryptographic algorithm with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). It is the next generation of protocol which will help replace todays RSA based systems with an improved quantum resistant transport layer.
Atom Alloys India Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP1263
Thane, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Vinod Menon, Ajit Kumar TPNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Security – Security and Safety Systems
Overview
Atom Alloys India (ATOM) is a safety solution startup from Thane, Maharashtra founded in 2016 by Vinod Menon & Ajit Kumar TP. ATOM brings an innovative and patented explosion prevention system against fuel and gas tank explosions that could drive efficiency and safety agenda’s critical to the industry.
Product
ATOM offers ready-made products and specialised protection solutions that can be custom designed and implemented within industry systems. Its Advanced Explosion Prevention System (AEPS) bases its functionality on three fundamental working principles: Thermal Conductance, Flame Quenching, and Structured Packing.
ATOM has developed a technological system to secure your business from fuel tank explosion. Our range of advanced solutions address such explosions from flammable liquids and vapours of Diesel, Gasoline (Petrol), Kerosene, LPG, Naphtha, ATF, Marine Diesel, Propane Gas and Ethanol.
Space
Digantara Research And Technologies Private Limited
DPIIT Recognition Number: DIPP30808
Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Founder Details
Name : Anirudh N Sharma, Rahul RawatNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Space – Space Technologies (including launch vehicles, applications, spacecraft technologies)
Overview
Digantara Research and Technologies (Digantara) is an Indian Space Technology Company from Bengaluru founded in 2018 by Anirudh Sharma & Rahul Rawat.
Digantara is building the world’s first in-situ active orbital surveillance platform (Space-MAP), using a constellation of high-resolution nanosatellites to detect, track and predict Resident Space Objects (RSO) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With an aim to pioneer an ecosystem for small satellites design and development in India, Digantara has over eight international MoUs and has a sophisticated network of local partners. The company’s nanosatellite subsystems are in prototyping, validation, or assembly phase.
Product
Digantara’s end-to-end ecosystem addresses the difficulties of space operations and situational awareness by simplifying operations for the stakeholders.
Space Climate and Object Tracker (SCOT): It is a patented advanced space surveillance sensor (satellite payload) that tracks resident space objects (RSO) and monitors space weather.
Orbital Engine (OrEng): A software package that processes SCOT data into orbital insights.
Space Awareness Data and Analysis Product (Space-ADAPT): It is a conglomerate of products built from the data derived out of SCOT and OrEng. The SCOT’s onboard satellite constellation provides high fidelity data of space objects at 10x higher resolution than the current industry standards with a short data to decision timeframe.
TRANSPORT
Cogos Technologies Private Limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Founder Details
Name : Prasad Sreeram, Dr Katta Rama MohanNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Transport – Freight and Logistics Services
Overview
COGOS Technologies (COGOS) is a Hardware and Technology Startup from Bengaluru founded in 2016 by Prasad Sreeram & Dr Rama Mohan Katta.
The company offers a one stop destination for intra city transportation. Keeping up with the pace of changing requirements, it built a robust technological background with the intelligently integrated advanced sensors, IOT, AI/ML based Analytics and third-party applications to accelerate the upliftment of our fellow trucker entrepreneurs and clients.
Product
COGOS platform provides the shippers to plan, schedule and assign the required fleet for city deliveries, while the truckers are digitally on boarded on the platform with the fleet of payload capacity being 500Kgs to 21,000 Kgs. This wide variety fleet and data driven platform helps to optimally allocate capacity with the demand.
Revamp Moto Private Limited
Nashik, Maharashtra
Founder Details
Name : Pritesh Mahajan, Jayesh TopeNumber of Founders : 2Women Founder : No
Website
Category
Transport – Transport services and Infrastructure
Overview
Revamp Moto is an Electric Vehicle (EV) Startup from Nashik founded in 2021 by Pritesh Mahajan & Jayesh Tope. The startup focused on mobility solutions for micro-entrepreneurs, such as last-mile delivery agents, farmers, and street vendors. The team is developing electric two-wheelers based on a Modular Utility Platform, which is customizable with various functional attachments. A vehicle meant not only for transportation but also to make some profit out of it.
The electric platform is designed to provide power for use of various appliances on its attachments. Its offering ensures safer, cleaner, and affordable mobility solutions for micro-entrepreneurs to boost their income. Its mission is to impact 1 million lives in the Next 5 years.
Product
Based on a Modular Utility Platform, electric two-wheelers have been launched by the company.
RM Mitra : A utility vehicle designed for microentrepreneurs with attachments such as mono seat, rear seat, food delivery box, crate holder, folding table, food stall. This vehicle has a load capacity of 200kgs.
RM 25 : A low speed electric scooter. It can have attachments such as grab handle, back rack, back plate, delivery basket, panniers, food box. This vehicle has load capacity of 120kgs.
Swappable lithium-ion battery packs, Anti-theft alarm system, Load bearing capacity ranging from 120kgs to 200kgs and Top speed ranging from 25 kmph to 65kmph are few key features of the above products.
