Meet The Most ‘Popular Startups’ Featured On Pune365

Pune is a city bustling with constant activity on the startup front. There are several budding entrepreneurs who take the bold step to materialise their idea. From the very beginning, Pune365 has made the effort to highlight such new ventures, be it from the fields of technology, food, fashion, lifestyle or health and more…

All the entrepreneurs featured in our startup column are based in the city. Here is a list of those startups that have some of the most intriguing stories that were exceedingly received by our readers.

Vijayta Lalwani of Team365 speaks to these entrepreneurs to gauge their feedback on the media fillip they got from us.

Pune’s Powerpuff Girls

Shreya Chandorkar, Ankita Kadam and Rachna Shah recently graduated from MIT, Design in Pune but decided to start their own graphic design venture called Out and Out Design instead of taking up a secure job at a big firm. The emerging business women have created a niche for themselves in this space of design catering to a notable clientele in Pune. Paving their way forward through their work, this isn’t a story you should miss. You can read it here.

“It did help us reach out to a lot of people since most of them didn’t know about Out and Out Design. Something like this really increases the scope of your work even within your circle. It puts in that extra mile. We even got an extra project through Pune365’s coverage of our venture.” – Shreya Chandodkar

Unbox – Bringing out-of-the-box designs

Sahil Rao was advised not to start his own venture but he’s glad he didn’t listen. This entrepreneur’s venture is a little over a year old and it has already won four National Awards for Innovative Packaging in 2017. Rao designs innovative packaging solutions for real estate, luxury and beverage brands. His aim is to keep on creating better and further invent on his craft of packaging and boxing products. You can read the story of his inspiring startup here.

“We didn’t receive any query directly but the story definitely made our presence on social media stronger” – Sahil Rao

Heelium – Powering high performance running

This is the story of two former IIT Roorkee students, Prateek Sharma and Siddharth Jain, who are working on producing a shoe that is customised as per the fit to strike the right balance. They are already ready with the first prototype and will be getting it tested. Taking their innovation and method, these two entrepreneurs are ready to enter a market that is highly dominated by big brands. They want to see themselves as a brand that is firmly established in the sports market. You can read their story here.

“It really helped us to promote our brand. Something like this really validates our idea and helped to create a buzz for Heelium” – Prateek Sharma

White Global – Breaking the language barrier

There is a big and untapped market in the field of translation and localisation. With the intention to bridge the gap between languages, Sheetal Ramkumar, Vidya Ramadasan and Amit Kumar started White Global. This venture is now working with over 90 languages including Hebrew, Arabic, Finnish, Danish, Zulu, Swahili, and providing services in localisation. Understanding the value of diverse languages, cultures and local perception is something that this company prides itself for. You can read this story here.

“Of course this has had an impact on us! A lot of people reached out to us and this really helped to create awareness about language and what we do. I had a lot of cousins coming to me to ask if language is a good career option. Our customers were delighted to see this story. It builds confidence in them about us.” – Sheetal Ramkumar

Mumma’s Box – Your child’s nutrition, now home delivered

Mumma’s Box is a startup that has relieved the pressure off many working parents and delivers freshly-cooked meals at 6 am for children with varying ages and nutritional needs. Started by Kaustubh Mantri, Akshay Korgaonkar and Shreyas Das, this venture swears by its quality and delivers food that is healthy, filled with protein for children. They have also tied up with several NGOs in order to provide nutritional food for under-privileged children. Read this interesting story here.

“A lot of people in the startup domain reached out to us to inquire about what we do. In terms of customers, we didn’t get that many requests. But this managed to generate interest.” – Kaustubh Mantri

Fishvish – The best of seafood now at your doorstep

India is one of the biggest exporters of seafood yet the produce that makes its way to the Indian market, lacks in quality. This is the story of how three fish lovers and entrepreneurs, Krishnaji Kulkarni, Shumu Gupta and Bijal Patel started Fishvish, an online retail supply of seafood that delivers all over Pune. Overcoming several challenges the entrepreneurs have worked to create a brand that is synonymous to quality. You can read their story here.

“I’m sure this has had an impact. Any form of coverage is good. So far, whatever we have gained and where ever we have reached has been for the good.” – Shumu Gupta

 

#Popularity rating determined on the basis of total page-views received and monitored through google analytics.