Startup of the Week

Startup Of The Week - COLCO

COLCO stands on the key pillars of Talent, Trust & Credibility and we started this to build the whole trust-based social ecosystem where every professional & business get the actual value in terms of earnings, respect, and dignity while building their credibility on the fundamentals of their talent.

This Startup Will Let You Calculate Your Carbon Footprint And Help To Reduce It

Reading Time: < 1 minute Get Ahead Of Your Environmental Goals By Keeping A Check On Your Daily Carbon Emission Rate And Offset Your Contribution With Lowsoot.

Lowsoot Aims To Reverse Climate Change

BabySparks is a Developer of Tools and Programs to Help Parents Engage their Babies and Toddlers in the Critical Areas of Early Development

Reading Time: < 1 minute BabySparks is a platform where it guides parents and helps grow your child through activities from your baby to the early development of your baby.

BabySparks

Nature is Making a Comeback With ‘Allbirds’ a Startup that Manufactures Shoes with Wool Fabric

Reading Time: < 1 minute Allbirds Startup , who took the initiative to think something different and adopted mother nature, Tim Brown teamed up with Joey Zwillinger.

Allbirds Startup

California Based Startup ‘Verkada’ Builds Modern Security Solutions That Help Enterprises Run Safer, Smarter Buildings.

Reading Time: < 1 minute The company combines security equipment such as video cameras, access control systems and environmental sensors, with cloud based machine vision and artificial intelligence.

‘Tanium’ is a Security and Systems Management Platform that Allow Real-Time Data Collection at an Enterprise Scale.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founders: David Hindawi, Orion Hindawi Founded Date: 2007 Hub Tags: Unicorn CEO: Orion Hindawi (Feb 2016–) Headquartered in: Kirkland, Washington, United States Tanium is feature-packed endpoint management and endpoint security platform designed to strengthen and optimize an organization’s cybersecurity efforts. The platform gives security teams the tools they need to fortify existing security gaps or completely overhaul their cybersecurity environments, providing complete…

‘Zomato’ is a Food Ordering Platform that Allows Users to Order Meals from Restaurants and it Operates Across 24 Countries.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah Founded: July 2008; 13 years ago Number of employees: 5,000+ Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana, India Zomato is an online restaurant guide and food ordering platform that allows users to order meals from restaurants and have them delivered. In addition, the start offers a search app that provides detailed information about restaurants, which enables consumers to discover,…

Zomato is an online restaurant guide and food ordering platform and it Operates Across 24 Countries

Stamford Based ‘Dosist’ Develops the Proprietary Vaporizing Dose-Pens Created to Provide Safe, Targeted, and Effective Cannabis.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquartered in: Stamford, Connecticut, United States Founded Date: September 2016 Founders: Jason DeLand Last Funding Type: Corporate Round Dosist is a developer of proprietary vaporizing dose-pens created to provide safe, targeted, and effective cannabis-based therapies. It’s a health and wellness company that provides cannabis solutions—one precise dose at a time. This is used by adults 21 years of age and…

WhatsApp is an American Freeware Proprietary, Cross-Platform Centralized Messaging Service for Smartphones Owned by Facebook Inc.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founders: Brian Acton, Jan Koum Developer(s): WhatsApp LLC (Facebook, Inc.) Founded date: January 2009 Written in: Erlang  Revenue: $5 billion (estimated) Headquarters Regions:  San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app that allows users to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and Windows Phone….

WhatsApp is a Centralized Messaging Service for Smartphones Owned by Facebook

Fitbit Inc. is an American Fitness Company that Offers Smart Watch that Tracks a Person’s Daily Activities in Order to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle 

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: 2007, San Francisco, California, United States Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States Number of employees: 1,694 (2020) Parent: Google LLC Founders: James Park, Eric Friedman Fitbit inspires people to exercise more, eat better and live healthier lifestyles. The company has developed an ultra-compact wireless wearable sensor, called the Fitbit Tracker, that automatically tracks data about a person’s activities, such as calories…

Fitbit Inc. is an American Fitness Company

Walmart Acquired Company ‘Flipkart’ is an E-commerce Marketplace that Offers Over 30 Million Products Across 70+ Categories

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: October 2007, Bengaluru, India CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy (Jan 2017–) Subsidiaries: Myntra, PhonePe, Ekart, Mallers, Inc., MORE  Parent organization: Walmart  Founders: Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal Flipkart initially began as an online bookstore before diversifying to consumer electronics, fashion, home essentials & groceries, and lifestyle products. Flipkart also owns Myntra, PhonePe, Ekart, and 2GUD. It has received funding from Tiger Global, Naspers, Accel Partners, Softbank,…

Walmart Acquired Company Flipkart is an E-commerce Marketplace

‘Allbirds’ is an Apparel and Fashion Company that Specializes in Manufacturing Eco-Friendly Wool Shoes

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Tim Brown Founded: March 2016 Revenue: 10.02 crores USD (2019) Number of employees: 350+ Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States Allbirds is a New Zealand-American company that designs and sells footwear and apparel. Allbirds’ first shoe was the Wool Runner, which is made from New Zealand superfine merino wool. The company claims to keep the brand as eco-friendly as possible and is a certified B…

Allbirds is a company that specializes in designing sustainable footwear.

‘PicsArt’ is a Photo & Video Editing App Powered by a Creative Community of More than 150M+ Monthly Active Users

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Hovhannes Avoyan; Artavazd Mehrabyan; Mikayel Vardanyan Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S. Number of employees: 600 (July 2020) Last funding type: Series B PicsArt is the world’s #1 creative platform and social editing app with more than 150 million monthly active creators. Every month, the PicsArt community creates, remixes and shares nearly one billion images, amassing one of the largest open-source collections…

picsart app Online Photo Editing Tool

Cupertino Based Company ‘Apple’ is a Multinational Corporation That Designs, Manufactures, Personal Computers, and Software

Reading Time: < 1 minute CEO: Tim Cook (24 Aug 2011–) Founded: 1 April 1976, Los Altos, California, United States Headquarters: Cupertino, California, United States Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne Products: iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Apple TV, Macintosh, iOS, MORE Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories,…

Apple is a Multinational Corporation That Designs, Manufactures, Personal Computers, and Software

New York-based ‘Vice Media’ a Canadian-American Magazine That Focused on Lifestyle, Arts, Culture, and News/Politics

Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquartered in: Brooklyn, New York, United States Founded date: 1994 Founders: Shane Smith, Suroosh Alvi Hug Tags: Unicorn Vice Media, a global youth media company, engages in print, event, music, online, television (TV), and feature film business activities in the United States and internationally. It specializes in publishing a magazine covering information in various subjects, such as sex,…

Vice Media is a North American digital media and broadcasting company

Pennsylvania Based Startup ‘Argo AI’ is a Self-Driving Technology Platform That Builds the Software, Hardware, Maps and More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founders: Bryan Salesky, Peter Rander Headquarters location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Founded: 2016 Key people: Bryan Salesky (CEO); Peter Rander (President) Parent organizations: Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen Group Argo AI is an independent company that builds the software, hardware, maps, and cloud-support infrastructure to power self-driving vehicles. Argo has two major investors: Ford Motor Co. (2017) and the Volkswagen Group (2020). Argo’s…

Argo AI is a Self-Driving Technology Platform That Builds the Software, Hardware and Maps

Michigan Based ‘Bloomscape’ an Online Plant Shopping Platform That Offers Home-Ready Plants and Tools for Plant Care

Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquarter: Detroit, Michigan, United States Founder: Justin Mast Founded Date: Nov 16, 2017 Last funding type: Series B Bloomscape was founded by Michigan designer and entrepreneur Justin Mast and launched in 2018 with the goal of reinventing how plants move about the country and arrive at customers’ doorsteps. Today, there are other businesses that ship live plants, including…

Bloomscape an Online Plant Shopping Platform

California Based Startup ‘Grail’ Develops Pan-Cancer Screening Test Designed to Detect Cancers at an Early Stage

Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquartered in: Menlo Park, California, United States Founders: Alex Aravanis, Jeff Huber, Mostafa Ronaghi Founded date: 2016 Hub tags: Exited Unicorn Grail pan-cancer screening test measures circulating nucleic acids in blood using high-intensity sequencing, population-scale clinical trials, enabling doctors to develop blood tests for early-stage cancer detection. Grail plans to launch Galleri, a lab-developed test to detect cancers early…

'Grail' Develops Pan-Cancer Screening Test Designed to Detect Cancers at an Early Stage

Robinhood a Stock Brokerage Startup That Allows Customers to Buy and Sell Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptocurrencies with Zero Commission

Reading Time: < 1 minute Full-time headcount: 1,042 Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, USA Year founded: 2013 Founders: Baiju Bhatt, Vlad Tenev Robinhood, which bills itself as “investing for everyone,” has sought to democratize stock market investing via its app by making trades affordable and easy to execute. It recently raised $200 million in new funding, making it worth $11.2 billion. It’s now on a…

Robinhood a Stock Brokerage Startup That Allows Customers to Buy and Sell Stocks

California Based ‘Hawke Media’ Provides a Host of Services That Help Businesses Strategize and Realize Their Potential

Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquartered: Santa Monica, California, United States Founded Date: July 1, 2013 Founder: Erik Huberman Hawke Media is a full-service digital marketing agency that serves as an “Outsourced CMO” for clients. Hawke provides the guidance, planning, and execution to launch, grow, and invigorate eCommerce businesses of all sizes. Hawke’s collaborative process, a la carte offering, and month-to-month fee structure…

Hawke Media is a Outsourced CMO & Marketing Consultancy

California Based Startup ‘Rubrik’ offers Live Data Access for Application Development by Fusing Enterprise Data Management with Web-Scale IT

Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded in: 2014 Founders: Arvind Jain, Arvind Nithrakashyap, Bipul Sinha, Soham Mazumdar Headquarters Regions: San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast CEO: Bipul Sinha Rubrik is a cloud data management company based in Palo Alto, California. The company calls itself a “data management platform.” It provides data management services such as backup and recovery, targeting enterprises that run hybrid cloud…

Rubrik is a Cloud Data Management & Enterprise Backup Software