8 Growing Startups In Bangalore

8 growing startups in Bangalore

Bangalore, a common name that comes to the mind of every Indian if anyone speaks about jobs. Here, jobs are not because of the highest number of companies available, the jobs are also because each and every year, new innovation and an out-of-the-box idea come from the hi-tech minds and drive a new startup in the city.

It is well- known as an IT(Information Technology) hub. Nowadays, it is ever-expanding and rising. We all call it the Silicon Valley of India with the highest number of headquarters of Indian companies.

With so much development, there are many startups that grew from a small block in Bangalore. Here, we are going to discuss the emerging startups that are able to achieve height from this city. So, let’s begin.

1. HackerEarth

HackerEarth is a very common name that every engineering student from the IT or CSE batch can relate to. A great platform to practice codes, an even better platform for recruitment, HackerEarth is on the list of growing startups.

It was founded in 2012 by an engineering student Vivek Prakash, who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. HackerEarth is in the industry of Software Development having 200 members in their team.

It is very popular worldwide and will even achieve bigger than this in the upcoming years. Now, the headquarter of HackerEarth is shifted to California.

2. Zivame

In the field of India’s biggest online lingerie marketplace, Zivame is leading the trend. It was founded in 2011 by Richa Kar and Kapil Karekar and soon after its launch, it got a great response from the audience side.

Along with intimate wear, Zivame is also providing different varieties of clothing. It includes activewear, nightwear, pyjamas, loungewear, shapewear, and many more.

Even in the fields of investment, it is rising with a total investment of $57.5 billion. Now, it is continuing its journey in the leading marketplace for lingerie and intimate wear.

3. What parents ask

Commonly known as WPA, What Parents Ask is becoming very popular among parents. It is helping them to solve any query related to parenting.

Also, it solves the queries of parents in terms of nutrition and health care of their loving children. Some of the young and modern days parents are a bit confused on how to deal with some situations that come in their way related to their children.

For this, Dr. Debmita Dutta who is MBBS, MD, started WTA to make things simple for them through one click. There are online meetings, videos, and articles that are there in WTA.

4. Portea

When the Covid situation came, the people were hardly taking their steps out of their homes. With Portea, it became very easy for the people. Portea is a startup that provides health services by visiting the homes of patients.

They were providing quality treatment by the top medical professionals and helped a lot of people in such a tough time. Due to this, the demand for this startup grew and it kept on rising. It was started by Abhinav Lal and Shashank ND in 2008.

Portea offers various services. It includes Physiotherapy, Nursing, Lab Tests, Counselling, Doctor Consultations, and many more. It is still contributing to the journey of rising startups.

5. Simplilearn

A startup that is helping a lot of students in the journey of Information Technology, Digital marketing, and other areas of education. Simplilearn became very famous soon after its launch.

It provides highly educated and experienced professionals to teach the students. The best part of it is providing some of the videos for free that can be accessed through YouTube.

Simplilearn has a major contribution to the education and teaching industry. It is launched by Krishna Kumar in 2009. Now, it is still contributing to the journey of the leading startups in Bangalore.

6. Yulu

Founded by four sharp-minded peoples (Amit Gupta, Naveen Dachuri, RK Misra, and Hemant Gupta) in 2017, Yulu is one of the leading startups from Bangalore.

Yulu is leading in terms of providing electric vehicles through a mobile app. The entire system is working on the technology. These technologies are Cloud Computing, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence.

In such a short period of time, Yulu is able to expand its reach in different cities also. These cities include New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, Pune, and Greater Mumbai. There is a great number of users in Yulu and is working really well.

7. Vistaar Finance

It is one of the leading companies in providing loans to different small businesses or SMEs. However, it was launched in 1991 in Bangalore but is still growing and expanding its reach.

There are about 36 branches in Karnataka. Throughout India, these branches grew up to 222. The figures in their number of active customers keep on rising and it is more than 35k.

Vistaar Finance is trusted by people all over India. It is helping a lot of businesses by providing them a loan. It will rise even more in the upcoming years.

8. Stoned Santa

Shashank Shekhar, who is the founder and CEO of Stoned Santa, was a student from IIM-Bangalore. Once he was confused and therefore stuck in deciding a suitable gift for his parents on their 25th anniversary. So, he founded Stoned Santa for the people to get different varieties of customized and personalized gifting ideas.

The idea of this startup is very unique and therefore it brought many smiles to the faces of people. Not only the startup is benefitting its customers, but it is also helping the creators of the handmade gifts, in getting an identity.