Hustle Stories

Hustle Stories

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  • Episode 18: Revolutionizing Convenience: Dive Deep into EZiD's Vision and Innovations with Dhruv Tekchandani

    In the tech-centric world we now live in, there aren’t many bigger hassles than trying to remember dozens of passwords for various sites and accounts.This has become such an issue, that most platforms lose new customers due to the inconvenience of having to sign up to yet another site.EZiD co-founders Prashant Murali, Dhruv Tekchandani and Jason Chee hope to address the issue by reinventing signup and login authentication with new password-less technology.Co-founder and CEO Prashant Murali said his company is poised to make life easier for both users and website owners.“EZiD offers passwordless authentication solutions for businesses so they can build better signup and login pages on their websites.They raise A$190000 at the starting.Lets take a deep dive into the company with Dhruv Tekchandani

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    38 min
  • Episode 17:Unlocking Success: A Deep Dive into Passion, Purpose, and Career Guidance with MyCaptain's Founder

    MyCaptain is an Online platform that helps you take the first step in your Career of Interest with the help of Industry Mentors and guides. MyCaptain is focused on new age careers and has created thousands of Professional writers, Content Creators, Photographers, Film Makers, Entrepreneurs, Advertisers, and more in the past 5 years of their functioning. They have had 120,000+ paid learners so far.Developer of an online youth mentoring platform designed to help teenagers connect to young professionals to make informed career choices. The company's platform offers educational training programs, youth mentorship, and other knowledge-based assistance to financially unstable students through live workshops and video tutorials, enabling students to take up courses without any prior knowledge.

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    34 min
  • Episode 16: Founder of kindly health talks about men s*exual wellness

    Founded in 2022 by Nilay Mehrotra and Raj Garg, the Bengaluru-based startup provides end-to-end solutions for sperm health, sexual performance and low libido in men. The company has so far raised over $3 million in seed round and has garnered a consumer base of more than one lakh.Backed by marquee investors such as YCombinator, Goodwater Capital, DG Daiwa Ventures and Apollo Hospitals, the company so far focused on two broad categories —sexual performance and fertility for men. The Bangalore based firm recently entered into pleasure category, launching Pleaser climax delay wipes.
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    29 min
  • Episode 15 :From Shark Tank to Your Plate: TAGZ Food's Success Story| Anish Basu Roy| TAGZ Food

    TagZ Foods, a popped chips maker and a start-up that had raised funding from Namita Thapar and Ashneer Grover during Shark Tank India’s first season, has raised $2 million funding in a Pre-Series A round led by 9 Unicorns, Dexter Angels, Agility Ventures, Venture Catalysts, Klub, Indifi and Rannvijay Singha. Tagz Foods has raised a total funding of $3.09M over 6 rounds.It's first funding round was on Oct 04, 2019.It's latest funding round was a Angel round on Jun 05, 2023 for an undisclosed amount.
    1 investor participated in it's latest round, lead by Shikhar Dhawan.
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    28 min
  • Episode 14: Unlocking Freedom: StowNest's Journey to Revolutionize Space Management and Simplify Lives

    StowNest redefines relationship between your space and belongings, so you can spend less time managing your things and more time living your life clutter free.They offer personalized storage service for your belongings be it home, office or business.They do what’s right. For there customers, this translates to peace of mind and value. During our engineering days, big group of us stayed and studied together and managed small spaces creatively. While we have come a long way, we realize there is so much of clutter within and outside our homes. Later when preparing for Administrative exams, we realized there is lot to be done around space/ storage as a topic in cities. Especially around storage delivered to doorstep and quality customer service. Each one of us have had different stints in creating a sustainable business, be it logistics, home services, fintech, or adventure travel companies. When we reunited to discuss what will be our next venture, we knew we could use technology to offer a customer-oriented storage platform that would transform the way people managed their spaces and belongings. The vision is to be a trusted partner at every step of your life, making managing your things as easy as checking in with Stownest. We hope you enjoy using our Storage service, as much as we’ve enjoyed creating i

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    27 min
  • Episode 13: Exploring the Metaverse: Flam's Journey in Democratizing AR Creation and Consumption

    Bengaluru-based AR powered social media networking platform Flam announced to have raised a seed round worth $3.5 Mn led by Silicon Valley Quad, Inventus Capital Partners SV, and 9Unicorns, and Kwaish Ventures. Several angel investors also participated in the round. The company will utilise the fresh capital infusion to fuel growth, drive AR adoption and expand its product into international markets.The new round of investment have come three months after Homingos (now called Flam) raised an undisclosed amount from  BITS Spark Angel Network members Raju Reddy, Sundi Natarajan, Jayan Ramankutty, Shivakumar Ganesan, Rahul Seth, and Srinivas Anumolu.

    Founded by three BITS Pilani graduates – Shourya Agarwal, Rajat Gupta, and Malhar Patil, Flam came into existence in May 2021. The team of 22 leverages AR technology to bring still photographs to life.In a conversation with Inc42, Agarwal who is the cofounder and CEO of the company described the final product of the company as live photos that can be seen on Harry Potter movies.

    Further explaining the product he said, a user can upload a recorded video to Flam servers, mention the duration of the video he/she wants to augment the video to the FlamCard and choose a thumbnail – a picture that will be on the FlamCard– and provide the address where the card needs to be delivered. Once the FlamCard is delivered, a user through the Flam app installed on the phone can scan the photo and see it come to life with audio. At present there is no bar on the duration of video that can be embedded to the FlamCard but the company advises to trim the video to 30-45 seconds.

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    44 min
  • Episode 12 :Roaming the Globe with Zostel: Stories, Adventures, and Wanderlust Chronicles from Backpacker Havens

    Zostel, founded in 2013, has burgeoned into India's largest chain of backpacker hostels, epitomizing the essence of budget-friendly travel and community-based accommodations. With an extensive network of hostels spread across India and select international destinations, Zostel has redefined the way travelers experience their journeys.At the heart of Zostel's ethos lies its commitment to fostering vibrant social interactions and creating memorable experiences for guests. Each Zostel property exudes a unique charm, reflecting the cultural tapestry of its locale while offering comfortable dormitory-style accommodations and private rooms at affordable rates.Beyond providing lodging, Zostel curates a diverse array of events and activities, ranging from city tours and adventure excursions to cultural workshops and social gatherings. These initiatives serve to connect travelers from around the globe, facilitating cultural exchange and fostering a sense of camaraderie among guests.

    In recent years, Zostel has expanded its offerings to include ZostelX, catering to travelers seeking immersive experiences in offbeat destinations, and Zostel Escape, which curates adventure-focused travel packages. Through these ventures, Zostel continues to inspire wanderlust and empower travelers to embark on transformative journeys.

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    19 min
  • Episode 11: Empower Your Finances with Spenny: Effortless Saving, Secure Investing, and Smart Financial Growth

    Spenny is the Acorns for India. Every time a user make any digital transaction, we round off the amount to the nearest 10 INR and invest it for them into a diversified portfolio, automatically.400M millennials in India don't invest because they don't have enough time, knowledge or access to large capital. With Spenny, they just connect the card and invest every time they spend.We're growing 67% WoW since launch, with 3,000+ users and $15,000 in AUM. Indians put $500Bn into their bank accounts annually. We charge 1.75% of the AUM for investments. That's a direct ~$9Bn market in India alone.
    Potentially every time a user makes a transaction, we make money. And in that sense, the timing for Spenny couldn't have been better: 1 Trillion+ transactions are expected in 2021 because of factors like Whatsapp launching its P2P payments in India for its 400M users. And the emergence of UPI means every Indian has a virtual bank account now.More interesting revenue models develop from the transaction data insights of our users. We analyse the rich data to A) up-sell more financial products like insurance etc., and B) create brand loyalty programs & partnerships.

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    40 min
  • Episode - 10: Caffeine Chronicles: Brewing Insights with Sleepy Owl's Coffee Connoisseur

    Delhi-based Sleepy Owl Coffee was founded by Ajai Thandi, Arman Sood and Ashwajeet Singh in 2016. Cold brew coffee is ground coffee beans steeped in room temperature water, instead of being exposed to heat the way it would in a regular brewing process. It takes at least 12 hours for the taste and flavour to percolate through after which it is brewed — again in cold water — for a further 30 minutes. The result is a black coffee concoction. The company, which launched hot brew in 2019, claims to have about 60,000 consumers. The products are sold across more than 1,000 retail outlets in Delhi and Mumbai, which accounts for about 40 percent of the business. Online platforms—the company’s website and Amazon—make up the rest. They use 100% Arabica Coffee grown above 5300ft in the southern part of India, and sourced directly from farms.
    If you want to start ur own startup u can apply to wherver ur dreams turn into reality u can apply to -: xartup.com/spotify

    38 min
  • Episode 9:Pratilipi Pioneers: Illuminating the Literary Landscape and Beyond with Ranjeet Pratap Singh Insights

    Pratilipi is a platform which brings readers, writers and their stories together. From the next door neighbour reading stories in the afternoon, to the funny college kid downstairs, millions of people around you are using Pratilipi to discover, express and share their stories in the language they love. Pratilipi serves all the bookworms at any place and at any time. No carrying of books anywhere anymore. The mission is to please customers through the content. There are some compatibility problems because of the languages, but they are planning to fix them. The stories are heart-touching. Profits can be made in different contexts. The most interesting part is that users no longer have to download large files and face formatting issues.

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    26 min

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Candid stories of Hustle & Grit of Indian Entrepreneurs hosted by Subham Panda.