Young Turks to watch out for in 2019

In 2018, Young Turks featured almost 200 startups & we’ve drawn up a list of 10 early stage ventures you should watch out for in 2019 across sector like hardware, health-tech, ed-tech, B2B SaaS, analytics and retail-tech.

 Ethereal Machines ((@etherealmachine  ))

Builds hybrid manufacturing machines for 5D printing

Founders: Kaushik Mudda & Navin Jain

Partners: ITC Infotech

Raised $250,000

Investor: Mohal Lalbhai

Drona Maps ((@DronaMaps ))

3D mapping using drones with centimetre level accuracy

Founded by Utkarsh Singh & Raghav Palriwala

Partners: ESRI, SAP, NASSCOM, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Reliance JioGenNext, Johns Hopkins University

Raised $400,000 in seed round

Investors: Friends & family

Niramal ((@niramaianalytix ))

AI-based solution for early breast cancer detection

Founded by Geetha Manjunath & Nidhi Mathur

Partners: HCG, Narayana Health, Google, Philips

Raised $1 million

Investors: Pi Ventures, Ankur Cap, Axilor, Binny Bansal & 500 Startups

Kyvor Genomics ((@KyvorGenomics ))

Precision diagnosis for cancer using genomics

Founded by Abilesh Gunasekar, Raaj Parekh, Sujini P

Partners: Oncologists across India, CMC - Vellore, Cancer Research Center in Marseille - France

Raised $500,000

Investors: AJ Ventures

Professional development resource for teachers

Founded by Vinod Karate, Sarita Sharma, Suvidhi Khurana, Ishan Wahi, Medha Bankhwal

Partners: NCTE, MHRD, Homi Bhabha Center for Science, Ekalvya, ISLI

Raised $1.4 million

Investors: Central Square Foundation, Google.org, FICCI Millennium Alliance

Storeking ((@StorekingIndia ))

Tech enabled distribution platform for rural kirana stores

Founded by Sridhar Gundaiah & Govardhan Krishnappa

Partners: Amazon, Xiaomi, HUL, Google, Facebook

Raised $ 22 million

Investors: Mangrove Capital Partners & Axiata Digital

Shopkirana ((@Shopkirana ))

Mobile platform connecting retailers directly with FMCG brands

Founded by Tanutejas Saraswat, Deepak Dhanotiya, Sumit Ghorawat

Clients include Godrej, Unilever, Parle

Raised $2 million

Investors: InfoEdge, AET Fund, Incubate Fund, Better Capital, AngelList Syndicate

Tagbox ((@TagBox_in ))

Deploys IoT, automation to make supply chains reliable

Founded by Adarsh Kumar, Saumitra Singh, Sameer Singh

Partners: SAP

Have raised an angel round via IAN

 Darwinbox ((@theDarwinbox ‏ ))

An HR management suite on the cloud

Founded by Jayant Paleti, Rohit Chennamaneni, Chaitanya Peddi

Clients include Arvind, Paytm, Myntra, Inmobi, Swiggy

Raised $4.5 million

Investors: Lightspeed India, Endiya, 3One4 Cap, Tracxn

Vidooly ((@vidoolydotcom ))

Online video analytics

Founded by Subrat Kar, Ajay Mishra, Nishant Radia

Clients include GroupM, Mindshare, TATA Housing, Tresemme

Raised $2.4 million

Investors: Times Internet, Bessemer, GVFL