5 Successful Startups of 2015

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Today let us talk about these 5 successful startups of 2015 and what made them successful. Investors are always looking for such startups to invest. Successful one are always looking for opportunity, they think outside the bubble and always try to do something unique and new. Here is the list of 5 successful startups of 2015 that we picked:

Paytm
paytmFirstly company provides service as online mobile recharge service. Then extended there services to paying all kinds of bills i.e. from DTH, post-paid to gas bills. Company then launched e-Commerce market and today Paytm is one of the leading commerce platforms.

One of the coolest features is Paytm Wallet, where user can store money and shop via wallet. This service allows customers quick recharge and instant shopping options. Customer can also book movie tickets and send money to friends. Many trending offers you can get on Paytm blog.

Paytm is unique from others in fulfilling every customer requirements. Company is still extending their services for providing best experience to customers. That is why Paytm is one of the successful startups.

GrabOn
grabonIndians are good at one thing called buying. Bargaining –Yes they are known for bargaining and that is what GrabOn all about. Company is backed by Hyderabad based Landmark IT Solutions. Company is serving more than 4 million customers now. Company redeems more than 5.5 million coupons a month.

GrabOn has around 2000 clients including Uber, Paytm, Flipkart and Jabong etc. Same as any other industry, GrabOn too has some competition. Innovative ideas like Buzz Me means real-time coupons notification system, which has also been patented, Company is expecting to dominate the market by 2016. This innovative feature definitely going to help GrabOn focus on offering best, genuine and attractive deals to knock out the competition.

Uber
uberBusiness can be so cool and stupendous, you can see from some startups. Uber is one of such crazy little idea that turned out into billion dollar company. Uber is one of the leading on-demand transportation services. In a span of 5 years Uber has become $18 billion company.

In starting for hailing a cab shouting was one of the mandatory things to do. Uber app helped peoples to find cabs in time and at affordable price. This app helped people to discover the nearest Uber cabs and set a meeting point. After confirming your order, driver drops you at your destination and takes the fare. It is simple – no cash, no tips, and no more arguments with drivers.

Uber revolutionized the private transportation system; it extended services to flower and ice cream delivery and on demand helicopters. Once you built a successful market, there are no limits for where you can go and what you can do.

OYO Rooms
oyo roomsIn the beginning OYO rooms was misunderstood as Indian version of Airbnb.
We wouldn’t be talking about it now, if that was true. In July 2015, from Soft Bank OYO rooms got a $100 million funding. OYO rooms started from a single hotel in Gurgaon and now its India’s largest budget hotels chain in 80 cities with over 14,000 rooms.

What make OYO rooms so special?
OYO rooms are actually the solution for finding best and affordable hotel stay experience in India. Finding a hotel is not the problem but the predictability of hotel stay experience is what matters. People never bet on such hotels hygiene and comfort is unpredictable.

Pepperfry
pepperfryCompany got initial funding of $5 million in 2015. Pepperfry massively grow in 3 years. Today it is one of the leading online home appliances and furniture marketplace in India. Pepperfry’s idea was create largest marketplace for all kinds of lifestyle products, but because of some reasons company focused only on Furniture and Home appliances.

Pepperfry won hearts of 650K customers, across 1000 cities providing wide range and great shopping experience. One of the biggest competitors of Pepperfry’ would be Urban Ladder which handles installation and delivery itself and offer trials of sofas in customers’ homes.

Pepperfry Studio – one of the innovative idea of Pepperfy which helps customers make right purchase decisions and acts as experience zone. From Goldman Sachs company got $100 million funding that will surely boosts Pepperfry’s market penetration.

There are more startups which were successful in 2015. Please let us know if you want to recommend any innovative startups to cover their story. We will appreciate that.


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