Paytm - India, A Startup Success Story
Paytm (an acronym for "pay through mobile") is an Indian digital payments and financial services company, based in Noida. It was founded in 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma under One97 Communications. The company offers mobile payment services to consumers and enables merchants to receive payments through its QR code, point of sale, and online payment gateway offerings. In partnership with financial institutions, Paytm offers financial services such as micro-loans and buy now, pay later to its consumers and merchants. Apart from bill payments and money transfers, the company also provides ticketing services, retail brokerage products, and online games.
Deliveroo - The United Kingdom, A startup success story
Deliveroo was founded back in 2013 (8 years ago). It was founded in the UK by 2 Americans. The company is working across the globe and, they are in more than 60 countries. Apart from the UK, where they provide most services, they are in other countries such as Australia, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Germany, and France. They provide their services in Ireland, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), and Hong Kong (China).
Deliveroo is one of the most preferred food delivery services in the UK and is slowly making its stronghold in other countries. It works with the main chain of restaurants to provide quality services to its customers.
Founder - Will Shu (CEO)
Co-founders - Greg Orlowski
Swiggy - India, A startup success story
Swiggy is a food delivery platform at its core, the services of which can be accessed from Android and IOS devices, and through the website. It partners with a wide range of restaurants and provides easy access to diverse food dishes from varying cuisines. Furthermore, it also accepts feedback and ratings from the customers that help others pick their restaurants and the choices of dishes wisely.
As soon as a delivery is done, the customer is entitled to give feedback, and rate the food, and the delivery services. The company uses this data to improve its services.
Zomato is an Indian food delivery startup restaurant aggregator. It primarily provides concrete information, menus, and user reviews of the restaurants. Along with this, Zomato also has food delivery options from partnered restaurants in the selected cities.
The founders of Zomato are Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah. Both are IIT graduates and were working with Bain & Co in New Delhi before they came together to launch Zomato.
FoodPanda - Singapore, A startup success story
FoodPanda is a model for food delivery that is growing in popularity. Unlike traditional food delivery models, FoodPanda allows customers to order food from restaurants and have it delivered to their homes.
This is done by using an app and ordering through the app. The app notifies the customer when the food is ready, and they can then pick it up from a designated location. FoodPanda has been very successful in China, where there are high rates of obesity and diet-related diseases. They plan on expanding into other countries in the near future.
The success story of Carousell, How Singapore's first classified (used item) startup made it.
Carousell is an online marketplace that allows users to both buy and sell a variety of different items. Customers can choose from multiple categories, including but not limited to:
· Fashion
· Electronics
· Cars & Property
· Home & Living
· Jobs& Services
The success story of Ola Cab is how India’s first ride-sharing company started
Ola Cabs is an Indian multinational ride-sharing company, headquartered in Bangalore. It also operates in other business verticals including financial services and cloud kitchens. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company
The success story of Flipkart is how India’s first e-commerce company started, Flipkart (story of Flipkart) is an Indian e-commerce firm based in India and registered as a private limited company in Singapore. Today, we’ll take a look at Flipkart’s rise to stardom.