Sarvesh Kanodia

Balwaan Agri fastest-growing smart agriculture machinery company, headquartered in Jaipur, India. Incorporated in the year 2016 with the idea of providing accessibility to small and marginal farmers for affordable farm equipment. Vision statement: To empower the agricultural industry through innovative mechanized solutions that improve the efficiency, profitability and sustainability of small-scale farmers. Mission statement: Making awareness and accessibility of affordable farm machines and tools while building a strong omnichannel network to increase market penetration and create a sustainable business. Core values: Empowerment, Sustainability, innovation, collaboration, equity & inclusion - 69+ SKU basket - 7 years in Industry - 100+ team size - 5 fulfilment centres with 20,000 sq. feet of area - 3 dedicated service centres - 40k+ farmers using Balwaan - 18 states served

The Hosteller, Indias largest self-operated backpacker hostel chain, is present across India with 60+ hostels. We are the perfect pit-stop for global as well as local travellers to relax, rejuvenate and experience India’s rich heritage while not worrying about a clean, safe, and smart place to stay. We are one of the fastest growing hostel chains in India that is uniquely designed, filled with activities & experiences for travellers to enjoy and offers a quality budget accommodation. In our stylish yellow-black themed hostels, we provide clean and safe housing facilities, secured lockers, well-stocked common kitchens, air conditioners, equipped libraries, exclusive female dorms, traveller’s cafes, chiller common rooms and wide open spaces where travellers can bond over cups of lip-smacking coffee. Since hosting the 1st traveller in December, 2014, we have come a long way. Till date, The Hosteller has hosted 3,50,000+ travellers with more than 5,50,000 nights. Travellers, writers, photographers, young poets, comedians, solo travellers, female trekkers and what not, we have hosted them all. Our team, comprising of experienced professionals, travel enthusiast, nomads and a bunch of high-spirited folks, works round the clock to ensure that YOU sleep, eat and enjoy well. Our vision is to lead the way in becoming Asias largest self-operated backpacker hostel chain for all the “young at heart” travellers.

FarMart is an AI-native platform powering commerce and finance across the AgriFood and Energy value chains. We build AI agentic commerce workflows that connect farms & processors with businesses across the globe.

BuyUMe is empowering beauty professionals/salons to sell beauty services and products together. We empower beauty professionals with the technical skills to better consult with solutions, access to beauty brands at their doorsteps, and the tech tools to optimize their customer consultation and satisfaction.

VOIZ connects businesses with independent professionals for work fulfilment of tele-jobs such as: customer service, tele-calling, sales, data entry, recruitment, virtual assistance, tech support, online reputation etc. VOIZ has already worked with of 100+ clients including some of the well known Unicorns in E-commerce, Food delivery, Ed tech, Travel tech and Fin tech industries. The platform has over 4 lakh agents signed up for remote work.

We are India’s Fastest Growing Delivery App promising Farm-to-Home in 12 Hours, where our promise is to provide handpicked farm-fresh vegetables and fruits directly from the farms. We focus on harvesting according to predicted demand, to keep minimum wastage through state-of-the-art technology used for procurement, distribution, and delivery. Our fresh produce is sourced from farmers across Kashmir, Haryana, U.P., Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chennai, Punjab, and Maharashtra. We have over 200+ products listed in the ‘fruits & vegetables’ category, with a wide variety of FMCG products to choose from. We have recently closed our Series-B funding of $32M led by Westbridge Capital, SIG, and Omidyar Networks. Headquartered in Gurgaon, Otipy is present across 7 cities in the country, with over 1M+ app downloads. Our mission is to transform the consumption habits of Indian households by providing the freshest produce at the best prices, to their doorstep. Within a very short span, we have become the household name for serving farm-fresh fruits & vegetables every day across Delhi NCR. To be more transparent with our consumers, we offer a traceability feature in-app, where a consumer can trace the journey of their fresh harvest right from the farm till it reaches them. Along with delivering smile-coated freshness to people we also serve fresh growth opportunities, learnings, fun, and experiences. Connect with us to know more about us.

Entri is a vernacular language learning platform for India, focused on helping people acquire relevant job skills. Entri is part of LearnLaunch, a leading EdTech accelerator based out of Boston, Massachusetts.

On a mission to make tech careers accessible to everyone, no matter their financial or educational backgrounds.

Wingreens World was born as a joint creative enterprise between RAW Pressery and Wingreens Farms in early 2021, as a one-stop-shop for all healthier foods & beverages in India. It has now expanded to include Wingreens Farms, RAW Pressery, Postcard Snacks, Wingreens Harvest, Saucery and more. Our endeavour is to capture changing consumer preferences towards “better for you” products, a segment representing a $1 billion opportunity over the next 5 years, while effectively transforming the legacy food processing industry . With Wingreens World, the Indian consumer now enjoys a wider range of healthy snacks, beverages, sauces and spreads, spice mixes, specialty bakery, breakfast cereals, non-dairy milk, protein shakes, authentic local Indian snacks & delicacies and an assortment of organic products. Each brand in our house of brands is committed to social impact and sustainability at the backend, while building innovative products at the frontend! About the Promoters: Anju Srivastava, Founder and Managing Director of Wingreens Farms, is a Xavier’s Institute of Mass Comm alumni. She spent over 25 years in the advertising profession as a Creative Director with leading advertising agencies before starting out on her own to build a for profit social enterprise that married her passion for contributing to society with her love for food. Arjun Srivastava, Co-founder and Deputy Managing Director of Wingreens Farms, is an IIM- Ahmadabad Alumni, and has worked for over 29 years in multi faceted domains of Advertising, Marketing, and Executive Search. He last headed DHR International as the Managing Director India. Earlier he spent 8 years in PepsiCo with the last three years in the US heading global marketing for flavoured beverage brands.

200 million Indian pre-schoolers are growing up learning from Sesame Street (American culture), Peppa Pig (British culture), Doraemon (Japanese culture), or worse, not learning at all. There is a clear gap of a brand that is based on Indian culture. Thats exactly what we are building at Kutuki - at our core, a content engine that is producing learning and play content based on Indian life and Indian culture. Our founding team consists of Indian School of Business and London School of Economics alumni, whove also got professional experience in the creative arts and content development. Kutuki has a mobile app with videos and songs (top-rated by parents in India as well as NRIs), books based on this content (sold out in crowdfunding campaigns), a full-stack curriculum for pre-schools (live in a few schools & growing) and a plan to create physical learning materials for home and pre-schools - all based on the core content engine. In a nutshell, we are building a full-stack brand in the pre-schooler segment.

40% of India’s 250 million K12 students study in a private school. Uolo partners with these private schools to bring the teacher-student-parent community online through its mobile app. This allows K-12 students to participate in path-breaking programs on English communication, computational thinking, and life skills in an online, social and after-school setting. Uolo works with more than 3000 schools and 1MN+ students in more than 200 cities across India.

Live online classes for joyful learning.

Doubtnut leverages technology to make education accessible for all. We have created an App using which students can ask study questions in Math by clicking the picture of the problem or concept. Subject matter experts then create a Khan Academy style video to answer each doubt. Why video, because in our experience as teacher/educator we have seen students not being able to understand text solutions. In fact around 30% of the questions asked on doubtnut so far are actually solved examples from textbooks. The reason for this could be twofold: i. Text solutions are usually the most optimal solution, which might not be the most intuitive one ii. Also, the solutions are optimized for printing hence not all logic and thoughts behind the problem solving are written. With video solution we try not only to find the answer but also make students aware of the problem solving approach employed by the expert. This will lead to deeper understanding of the concept. As of today the low teacher to student ratio and unavailability of good teachers are the biggest hurdles to effective doubt resolution. Doubtnut solves for it by reusing content that has already been created to resolve the doubts, because more students find the same question tough. Hence, a huge number of doubts can be resolved with limited number of teachers. Also the time required to create a video of ‘n’ minutes is ‘n+2’ minutes, which means the marginal cost is minimal, and will reduce to zero over time as we will have videos for most types of questions. Currently, we are working on developing technology to automate answering of questions asked previously using image recognition and Natural Language Processing.

Vedantu is a LIVE online learning platform that brings together students and teachers to achieve best results. On it, students can pick from a pool of India’s best teachers and learn from them via LIVE interactive classes. With its superior learning platform, Vedantu ensures that students can get their doubts solved instantly, take part in quizzes & activities and have a personalised learning experience from India’s best teachers. By making LIVE learning engaging and fun, Vedantu students consistently perform well and produce great results! To learn more and try out a free class, visit bit.ly/Vedantu

Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA®) Private Limited is an end-to-end professional platform for teachers that works with 1 million teachers - probably the worlds largest. CENTA aims to make teaching a more aspirational profession. CENTA works for teachers by: 1. Assessing and certifying the competencies of teachers 2. Connecting outstanding teachers to career opportunities, rewards and recognition 3. Supporting their professional development journey through the MyCENTA platform CENTA is a Registered Certification Trademark in India. CENTA runs: Teaching Professionals Olympiad (annual national competition) Teaching Quotient (a score used by several schools in recruiting teachers) CENTA Micro-credentials (certifications of excellence for promotions, and prestigious career opportunities)

Ashika is Indias one of the leading retail financial services group. Everything, Ashika does begins with knowing the client’s business and his financial needs inside out and that is the key to anticipating their needs, solving problems, bringing them opportunities they might not find on their own. We are currently providing gamut of services in its various segments like Capital Market Segment , Future & Option Market, Currency Derivative Segment, Whole-sale Debt Market Services , Portfolio Management Services, Mutual Fund Distributor, Depository Services CDSL (Equities & Commodities) and NSDL (Equities), Commodity & Derivative Segments, Merchant Banking & Underwriting, Insurance, Online trading, IPO Marketing, Investment Advisory Services etc .

Balwaan Agri fastest-growing smart agriculture machinery company, headquartered in Jaipur, India. Incorporated in the year 2016 with the idea of providing accessibility to small and marginal farmers for affordable farm equipment. Vision statement: To empower the agricultural industry through innovative mechanized solutions that improve the efficiency, profitability and sustainability of small-scale farmers. Mission statement: Making awareness and accessibility of affordable farm machines and tools while building a strong omnichannel network to increase market penetration and create a sustainable business. Core values: Empowerment, Sustainability, innovation, collaboration, equity & inclusion - 69+ SKU basket - 7 years in Industry - 100+ team size - 5 fulfilment centres with 20,000 sq. feet of area - 3 dedicated service centres - 40k+ farmers using Balwaan - 18 states served

The Hosteller, Indias largest self-operated backpacker hostel chain, is present across India with 60+ hostels. We are the perfect pit-stop for global as well as local travellers to relax, rejuvenate and experience India’s rich heritage while not worrying about a clean, safe, and smart place to stay. We are one of the fastest growing hostel chains in India that is uniquely designed, filled with activities & experiences for travellers to enjoy and offers a quality budget accommodation. In our stylish yellow-black themed hostels, we provide clean and safe housing facilities, secured lockers, well-stocked common kitchens, air conditioners, equipped libraries, exclusive female dorms, traveller’s cafes, chiller common rooms and wide open spaces where travellers can bond over cups of lip-smacking coffee. Since hosting the 1st traveller in December, 2014, we have come a long way. Till date, The Hosteller has hosted 3,50,000+ travellers with more than 5,50,000 nights. Travellers, writers, photographers, young poets, comedians, solo travellers, female trekkers and what not, we have hosted them all. Our team, comprising of experienced professionals, travel enthusiast, nomads and a bunch of high-spirited folks, works round the clock to ensure that YOU sleep, eat and enjoy well. Our vision is to lead the way in becoming Asias largest self-operated backpacker hostel chain for all the “young at heart” travellers.

FarMart is an AI-native platform powering commerce and finance across the AgriFood and Energy value chains. We build AI agentic commerce workflows that connect farms & processors with businesses across the globe.

BuyUMe is empowering beauty professionals/salons to sell beauty services and products together. We empower beauty professionals with the technical skills to better consult with solutions, access to beauty brands at their doorsteps, and the tech tools to optimize their customer consultation and satisfaction.