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Oct 2018
Leadstart is a leading publishing house from India with creative and progressive foci. We feature distinguished authors and writing from across the globe. Our authors, editorial teams and books have won accolades and critical praise for their work at both national and international levels. Several Leadstart authors have been regularly shortlisted, longlisted and won major awards and recognitions from the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, Crossword Awards, Man Asian Literary Prize, various State Literary Awards to The Padma Bhushan Award (third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India) as well.
Leadstart publishes over 180 titles a year in all major book categories. We also have India’s largest book distribution network, with a retail distribution spread of over 100 cities and towns in India. Beyond offline stores, our titles are available worldwide via all major ecommerce and ebook retailers in the paperback format.
Leadstart Literary Rights Agency & Books to Screen Agency enables our books to reach across different media, language and geographical barriers, beyond conventional publishing. At the moment, our secondary rights arm works with over 200 publishers worldwide in 18 languages. Some of the Leadstart titles have been translated to as many as 13 languages, and the list keeps growing, spreading Leadstart’s content in multiple languages and regions, thereby developing an ever widening fan base for our authors.
We are always keen to look at interesting new content across genres. If you have one and are interested in the submission, then please mail to: submissions@leadstartcorp.com
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Sep 2017
We started in 2015 by giving Bharat access to stories of relatable role models and building what is now one of Indias largest regional content distribution networks. In 2020, we launched our app to help the youth of Bharat speak English without hesitation. The app generated powerful user feedback with industry-leading retention rates, unlocking new employment opportunities for our users.
As of January 2024, our content has garnered 3+ Billion lifetime views with an average of 200+ Million monthly views across platforms. The Josh Talks English Speaking app has 9+ Million downloads and 500,000+ paid users who used our flagship peer-to-peer feature and spent 270+ Million minutes practicing English.
With partners such as Amazon, Meta, Diageo, and more, we continue to scale for new solutions to mobilise the next half billion and work with communities across India to create a SDG-realised future.
To find out more about our work, visit https://www.joshtalks.com/.
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Nov 2016
InstaOffice is one of India’s leading coworking brands, with presence across Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Gandhinagar and Hyderabad.
We live and breathe our goal of Making the Urban Working Population More Productive And needless to say, our endeavors begin with our own team. We do not spare any effort, to allow our team members to be at their productive best, as we firmly believe productive people are the happiest people.
We have truly innovated ceaselessly across commercial models and delivery mechanisms in the Commercial Real Estate, a sector which for the longest time people believed was beyond disruption.
As we move into an age where people are working more and more in a distributed and an asynchronous world, our challenge becomes all the more exciting. We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build such a future. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, come work with us, and let’s push the envelope a little further, together.
We are a well-funded startup, and our investors include US based institutional investors, industry experts, professional investors and some leading senior entrepreneurs of the country.
Investor
May 2016
Welcome to the future of Smart Manufacturing
Established in 2015 under the inspiration of national programme Make in India, autoAbode focusses in bringing the power of technology in transforming our lives by the way we manufacture, process and automate.
We at autoAbode manufacture high end, cloud-based custom size professional - consumer and industrial range 3D printers in India that supports all materials. Our 3D Printers are equipped with vFDM/FFF technology powered with auto-bed leveling that makes it easy to use. Our range of 3d Printers - Duper PRO series are Designed and crafted to provide end-to-end 3d Printing Solutions across all industries and sectors.
In today's world, technology is playing an important role in encouraging innovation in product development. autoAbode has the right balance of experts, human resources and required technology that can help companies design and develop their products, render rapid prototyping services, Scale model designing and printing and IOT solutions.
We are incumbent R&D and Product Development partners to several manufacturing companies and institutions in India. Some of our esteemed clients include - AIIMS Delhi, AIIMS Jodhpur, DRDO, SDD, CSIR, Atal Tinkering Labs, Indian Railways, SAIL, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi, Sony India Pvt Ltd, Perpetuum, Fortis Hospitals, ACG Pharma, Hero Honda, Omaxe Realty, Omkar Builders, Aaron Helmets, IT Gopeshwar, IITDM Jabalpur, Sandip Foundation and many more.
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2021
Regional Managing Director APAC
Jan 2021
Aleph is a global digital advertising powerhouse operating in 140+ countries. We connect over 26,000 advertisers with a massive audience of 3 billion consumers through partnerships with the worlds leading digital platforms, including TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Microsoft, Amazon, Pinterest, Reddit, Spotify, Google and more.
Our purpose is simple: to make the digital world accessible to all. We achieve this by:
- Connecting: Building bridges between global brands and local audiences in emerging markets.
- Empowering: Equipping businesses and individuals with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed online, through our premier education platform, Digital Ad Expert.
- Facilitating: Providing seamless cross-border payment solutions and credit underwriting through Aleph Payments.
At Aleph, we believe that when local markets have access to global digital capabilities, economies thrive. Thats why were committed to empowering businesses of all sizes, from small startups to multinational corporations, to reach their full potential in the digital age.
With a team of over 1,400 digital experts in 75+ offices worldwide, we combine global reach with local expertise to deliver results that matter. Were proud to be backed by major partners like CVC Partners, Mercado Libre, Sony, Twitter, and Snap, who share our vision for a more inclusive digital future.
Join us in making digital advertising work for everyone, everywhere.
Digital advertising for all.
2018
Investor
Oct 2018
Leadstart is a leading publishing house from India with creative and progressive foci. We feature distinguished authors and writing from across the globe. Our authors, editorial teams and books have won accolades and critical praise for their work at both national and international levels. Several Leadstart authors have been regularly shortlisted, longlisted and won major awards and recognitions from the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, Crossword Awards, Man Asian Literary Prize, various State Literary Awards to The Padma Bhushan Award (third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India) as well.
Leadstart publishes over 180 titles a year in all major book categories. We also have India’s largest book distribution network, with a retail distribution spread of over 100 cities and towns in India. Beyond offline stores, our titles are available worldwide via all major ecommerce and ebook retailers in the paperback format.
Leadstart Literary Rights Agency & Books to Screen Agency enables our books to reach across different media, language and geographical barriers, beyond conventional publishing. At the moment, our secondary rights arm works with over 200 publishers worldwide in 18 languages. Some of the Leadstart titles have been translated to as many as 13 languages, and the list keeps growing, spreading Leadstart’s content in multiple languages and regions, thereby developing an ever widening fan base for our authors.
We are always keen to look at interesting new content across genres. If you have one and are interested in the submission, then please mail to: submissions@leadstartcorp.com
2017
Investor
Sep 2017
We started in 2015 by giving Bharat access to stories of relatable role models and building what is now one of Indias largest regional content distribution networks. In 2020, we launched our app to help the youth of Bharat speak English without hesitation. The app generated powerful user feedback with industry-leading retention rates, unlocking new employment opportunities for our users.
As of January 2024, our content has garnered 3+ Billion lifetime views with an average of 200+ Million monthly views across platforms. The Josh Talks English Speaking app has 9+ Million downloads and 500,000+ paid users who used our flagship peer-to-peer feature and spent 270+ Million minutes practicing English.
With partners such as Amazon, Meta, Diageo, and more, we continue to scale for new solutions to mobilise the next half billion and work with communities across India to create a SDG-realised future.
To find out more about our work, visit https://www.joshtalks.com/.
2016
Investor
Nov 2016
InstaOffice is one of India’s leading coworking brands, with presence across Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Gandhinagar and Hyderabad.
We live and breathe our goal of Making the Urban Working Population More Productive And needless to say, our endeavors begin with our own team. We do not spare any effort, to allow our team members to be at their productive best, as we firmly believe productive people are the happiest people.
We have truly innovated ceaselessly across commercial models and delivery mechanisms in the Commercial Real Estate, a sector which for the longest time people believed was beyond disruption.
As we move into an age where people are working more and more in a distributed and an asynchronous world, our challenge becomes all the more exciting. We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build such a future. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, come work with us, and let’s push the envelope a little further, together.
We are a well-funded startup, and our investors include US based institutional investors, industry experts, professional investors and some leading senior entrepreneurs of the country.
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BrandzMap Data Pvt Ltd
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Jul 2016
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