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.
Hardware
Ethereal Machines ((@etherealmachine ))
Builds hybrid manufacturing machines for 5D printing
Founders: Kaushik Mudda & Navin Jain
Partners: ITC Infotech
Raised $250,000
Investor: Mohal LalbhaiDrones and Smart Cities
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 & familyHealth-Tech
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
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 VenturesEd-Tech
The Teacher App
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 AllianceRetail Tech
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
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 SyndicateSupply Chain and Logistics
Deploys IoT, automation to make supply chains reliable
Founded by Adarsh Kumar, Saumitra Singh, Sameer Singh
Partners: SAP
Have raised an angel round via IANEnterprise SaaS
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, TracxnAnalytics
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