Since the IPL season 14 has been started all the key players in the tournament has started to gain certain popularity. Here are the earnings of some of the key cricketers that they receive through their Instagram posts.
Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian Cricket team. Virat Kohli has a massive number of followers on Instagram which is around 108 million. He is expected to be earning around INR 2 crores per sponsored post on Instagram and INR 3 crore per video promoting a brand. Virat Kohli is also the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Virat Kohli Instagram Charge
Virat Kohli is the 66th richest sportsman in the world according to the Forbes 2020 rich list. It is estimated that the Indian cricket Captain has earned almost INR 172 crore in the past one year. Out of which around INR 17 crore is expected to be earned through Salary and winnings, the rest INR 155 crore is expected to be made through endorsements.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the former captain of the Indian Cricket team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has 32 million followers on Instagram. He is expected to be earning around INR 88 Lakhs per sponsored post on Instagram and around 1.3 crores for each video posted to promote the brands. He is currently the captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
MS Dhoni Instagram Charge
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is the captain of Mumbai Indians and is one of the key players of Indian cricket team. He is expected to be earning around INR 42 Lakhs per sponsored post on Instagram. Rohit Sharma has around 18.2 million followers on Instagram.
Hardik Pandya is one of the key players of Mumbai Indians as well as Indian cricket team. He is expected to be earning around INR 36 Lakhs per sponsored post on Instagram. Hardik Pandya has around 17.5 million followers on Instagram.
Hardik Pandya Instagram Charge
Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina was one of the most important players of the Indian cricket team and is also part of the Chennai Super Kings team. He is expected to be earning around INR 34 Lakhs per sponsored post on Instagram and around INR 51 Lakhs for each video posted to promote the brands. Suresh Raina has around 15.3 million followers on Instagram.
Suresh Raina Instagram Charge
A.B. De. Villiers
A.B. De. Villiers is one of the highest paid International cricketers currently playing in the IPL. He is one of the most important player of South African cricket team as well as Royal Challengers Bangalore. A.B. De. Villiers is expected to be earning around INR 32 Lakhs per sponsored post on Instagram. A.B. De Villiers has around 13.6 million followers on Instagram.
David Warner is also one of the highest paid International cricketers who is currently playing in the IPL. He is also one of the most important players of the Australian cricket team as well as the former captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). David Warner is expected to be earning around INR 12 Lakhs per sponsored post on Instagram. David Warner has around 6 million followers on Instagram.
David Warner Instagram Charge
FAQ
How much does Virat charge for Instagram?
Virat Kohli currently has over 100m followers on Instagram and he is paid around Rs 1.35 to 2 crore fees for sharing sponsored posts.
Who is the richest influencer?
Sommer Ray is an influencer who has over 24 million Instagram followers, and has a net worth of $3 million. The 23 year old’s niche is fitness, and some of her most popular posts are her workout videos.
Who is the highest paid celebrity on Instagram?
Kim Kardashian is the highest paid celebrity on Instagram with 175.5 million followers.
Conclusion
These are the list of the cricketers and the amount they receive through their Instagram posts and videos.
Upstox is the leading discount broker in the country. Upstox was formerly known as RKSV technologies. Upstox is backed by some of the top investors in the country which include Tiger Global and Ratan Tata. The company has nearly 30 Lakh users making it the second-largest stockbroker in the country.
Over the last few years, Upstox has increased its client base and ramped up its operations because of the easy availability of Smart Phones and cheap data prices. Recently Upstox had signed up with the Board of Cricket in India to be one of the sponsors of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
The company has announced and passed on an alert to their customer of the data breach. Let’s look at the further details of the data breach.
Retail broking firm and one of the leading discount brokers of the country Upstox had alerted its customers that there has been a data breach in the company. They have told that details such as contact data and KYC details of the customers have been breached.
A spokesman of the company through an email statement had said that the hackers’ group has put the sample of the data on the Dark Web. The spokesman of the company added on saying that for now, the company is not exactly sure about the certainty of the number of customers whose data has been exposed.
It is estimated that around 25 lakhs of its customers KYC data and contact numbers have been gained access by the hackers. This incident has happened in the midst of data breaches in some of the leading domestic companies and global giants such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Mobikwik.
The company has said that they had received receipts of emails that claimed unauthorized access to their databases. In response to it, the company has appointed a leading international cyber-security firm that will investigate the possibilities of the data breach of KYC details of customers. They would investigate on the KYC data stored in third-party data warehouse systems.
The spokesman of the company has added that as a proactive measure the company has taken steps to initiate multiple security enhancements which will particularly concentrate on the third-party warehouses.
The company has also taken steps to increase real-time monitoring to 24/7 and adding an additional ring-fencing to its network said the spokesman of the company.
He added that the company has ensured to restrict the access to the databases which has impacted in the breach. The company has also added multiple security enhancements at all third-party warehouses.
Upstox has taken measures to speed up its bug bounty programme to encourage the ethical hackers to stress-test its systems and protocols. This is a step taken by the company where it makes ethical hackers to hack into their systems to understand the vulnerabilities and identify the problems in the safety of the company’s data. This activity will be undertaken from time to time in regular intervals.
The company has taken an abundant caution towards the security of the customers. The company has taken the initiative to provide a secured password reset through OTPs for all its customers. The company has said that they take the safety of customers very seriously.
The CEO of the company Ravi Kumar has said that this time the company has strongly fortified its systems to the most highest standards to ensure higher safety.
The company has always made the customers to use unique passwords that are strong. They have ensured that the customers would change their passwords in regular intervals and stressed on not to share their OTPs with anyone.
The company has said that it has also taken steps to warn the customers about the online frauds and to double-check the legitimacy of the links and senders. They have asked the customers to keep a check on the OTPs they receive and the ones they have requested.
Upstox has always asked its customers to report and alert the service providers if they notice such activities.
The spokesperson of Upstox has said that, the funds and securities of all Upstox customers are safe and have been protected by the company.
Ravi Kumar who is the CEO and Co-founder of the company has also tweeted about it saying that funds and securities of the customers are protected and kept safe by the company.
FAQ
Is Upstox funded by Ratan Tata?
Yes. Upstox is an online discount stock broker backed by funding from Mr. Ratan Tata. He held 1.33% stake in the company As of Jan 2020.
Who is owner of Upstox?
Founders of RKSV Securities (Changed to Upstox Later) are Ravi Kumar, Raghu Kumar and Shrinivas Viswanath are the owner of Upstox.
Is Upstox SEBI registered?
Yes, It is registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as a stock broker.
Conclusion
These are the steps taken by Upstox regarding their data breach.
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The advent of Edtech is certainly a boon for the education sector. Edtech is not only making learning easier, interesting and fun for students but has also made managing schools and educational institutes simpler. There is a lot to take care of when it comes to managing an educational institute.
Stock management, account management, tracking student performance, managing time tables, maintaining regular communications with parents and guardians and a lot more needs to be done to run an educational institute smoothly. There is a need of education ERP software which could make it smooth.
ERPs allow systematic management of all these tasks under one platform. My Class Campus, an all in one campus management ERP with 40+ ready modules, is helping educational institutes to manage various tasks better and with ease. My class Campus provides one of the best school ERP software.
My class campus is an Ahmedabad based startup founded in 2015. It provides a complete ERP for educational institutions. It Provides ERP software for educational institutes.
Besides, My Class Campus also builds app for educational institutes and offers a DIY website designing platform for these institutes. Their school ERP app increases productivity of teachers and give better experience to students & satisfaction to parents.
“All in one solution is the biggest gap in educational ERP domain and we at MyClassCampus are providing that.”, says Rachit, Co-founder, My Class Campus
Having a simple and easy to use system is also another problem for schools as admin staff is not very tech savvy. 80% of schools buy a system but couldn’t utilize effectively due to complexity in use and technical glitches. MyClassCampus is crafted with a vision to provide the simplest solution which anyone can learn to use. Also, their dedicated expert tech team is keeping the system error-free for a better experience.
My Class Campus Founders
Rachit Dave, Rutvij Vora and Raj Kothari, Founders, My Class Campus
My Class Campus was founded by Rachit Dave, Rutvij Vora and Raj Kothari. All the three founders are engineering graduates from Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya, Anand (Gujarat).
Rachit Dave is the CEO of My Class Campus. He is a BE in Electronics and communication and is also an MBA in Human Resource. Rutvij Vora is a BE in Information Technology and M.Tech in Cyber Security and Incident Response. Raj Kothari is a BE in computer engineering and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management.
Besides My Class Campus, Rachit, Rutvij and Raj are also associated with another startup CareerKhojj, which is a platform giving career guidance and facilitates knowledge sharing and communication between students and teachers.
How was My Class Campus Started
It was in 2014 when a huge section of the Indian population was doing everything from booking tickets to shopping, online and through apps. Rachit, Rutvij and Raj had the thought that if shopping and ticket booking, which are not daily activities, are being done digitally, why the educational institutes were still following the old techniques of managing operations, data, resources and communication.
They wanted to develop something which could help the educational institutes to manage different tasks and operations digitally and thus easily.
“We felt, there is a strong need of Mobile And cloud driven advanced yet easy to use system. That’s when we started building My Class Campus, which is one of the most popular and fastest growing Educational ERP Companies.”, said the founders.
My Class Campus offers a complete ERP for educational institutes. My Class Campus is a cloud-based ERP platform. It is simple, easy to use and connects management, teachers, students, parents and other stakeholders of an educational institute. Besides, My Class Campus can be used for a single branch and also can be used by educational institutes having multiple branches through a single account credential.
It has 40+ advance dynamic modules which cover all the requirements to make an institute completely digital and go paperless. It offers a right based access to the system which helps in managing an institute more effectively.
Some USPs of My Class Campus are-
Quick and easy set up
Multi-branch enabled
Dedicated Support Team
Regular new updates and features.
Some of the features of My Class Campus ERP are-
Classroom, Student and Faculty management
Dynamic calendar, Time Table, and Holiday and year planner
Besides the ERP solution, My Class Campus also develops customized apps for schools and offers a DIY platform where educational institutes can design their own dynamic website.
“Any educational organization dealing with more than 50 students can use our system. We have a very dynamic system which can be used by school, college and private institutes dealing with any kind of classroom management and teaching process.”, said Rutvij.
My Class Campus – Price
My Class Campus provides the system in the range of 100-150 Rs/student/year pricing model depending on the packages. The company has three subscription packages: Basic, Advance and Premium. Based on need, an institute can choose which package to go for.
My Class Campus Pricing and Packages
My Class Campus – Revenue Model
My Class Campus charges per student basis with an annual fee. The company has three subscription packages: Basic, Advance and Premium. Based on need, an institute can choose which package to go for.
My Class Campus – Funding and Investors
My Class Campus raised seed funding of INR 1.5 Cr through a private investor group.
“We are already generating and growing good MoM revenue. However, our dream is to serve 10s of thousand educational organizations around the globe through our solutions. We are not in a hurry to raise funds however right kind of investment partner who could see our vision would definitely add more value and speed to our goal.”, said Raj.
My Class campus will utilize a part of the fund for research and technology development to bring more excellence and another part for strengthening of the sales force to increase customer base PAN India and in the International market too.
My Class Campus – User Acquisition
Acquiring the first set of customers was not an easy task for My Class Campus. After launching the minimum viable product in March 2016, My Class Campus team started approaching small coaching classes and schools. While it was a new concept and internet speed being a problem, there were very few institutes which showed genuine interest. The first user was a coaching institute which purchased the system at the very first visit.
“As it was quite a basic product, we used to visit small coaching classes and schools. We used to get a lot of rejection with answers like who will pay the cost of the internet? Our teachers don’t use smartphone. Our parents are not tech savvy etc. We used to tell them, a few years back you weren’t using WhatsApp but now you do use right? Same was this. It is going to become very common in coming time. Very few used to trust us. Still, we kept going with a vision that someday, the problem of the internet will vanish. And then with a surprise, in 2017 Jio came. It totally changed people’s perspective on the use of smartphone and suddenly people started accepting our idea” , recalled Rutvij, Co-founder, My Class Campus
Today, more than 2,000 educational organizations are registered with My Class campus. More than 3 lakh students and 6 lakh parents receiving regular updates through the system.
It was very tough for My Class Campus to build the product initially without having funds and sustain. It was tough to meet expenses even after the MVP was launched. The company required expert developers for building a strong product, but hiring good manpower without funds was a challenge. The company hired freelancers to meet with its early manpower needs.
“At one point of time, paying our monthly rent was difficult and it went due for 3 months.”, said Rachit.
My Class Campus – Competitors
There are few platforms which have a very large number of schools registered with it. Major companies are working region wise with few hundred to 1000 customers. My Class Campus is building a tool, which will be the easiest way to get started with the best experience and customer support to win a large mass of educational organizations.
“Our product innovation and processes are already helping us to win many customers who were already using some reputed companies’ products previously”, said Raj, Co-founder, My Class Campus
My Class Campus is planning to launch an interesting communication tool with data analysis around June 2020. This tool will change the way communication happens with all the stakeholders. The company is also aiming to enable 100s of educational organizations to go cashless in 2020-21.
“By end 2020, we want to enable 1000+ educational organizations to go 100% cash and paperless for their operations, communication and data management.”, said Raj.
Find a real problem you’re passionate to solve. Don’t worry about the competition. If you feel there is a market, you can definitely build a good business providing you’re innovating on product, pricing and go to market strategy.
If you are ready to give your best honestly and focus on customer needs and keep hustling to strengthen your revenue channels then as a startup it’s not too tough to achieve something. We are on the journey to success however we are enjoying it a lot.
It provides a complete ERP for educational institutions. Besides, My Class Campus also builds apps for educational institutes and offers a DIY website designing platform for these institutes.
What is My Class Campus Price?
My Class Campus provides the system in the range of 100-150 Rs/student/year pricing model depending on the packages. The company has three subscription packages: Basic, Advance and Premium. Based on need, an institute can choose which package to go for.
What are the products offered by My Class Campus?
Academics, Accounting, Admission, Attendance management, Courses, and Batches Management, Database backup/restore (Management), Document Management, Event Management, Examination Management, Fee Management, Financial Management, etc., are some of the features.
Who are the Founders of My Class Campus?
Rachit Dave, Rutvij Vora, and Raj Kothari founded My Class Campus in 2015.
What is school ERP software ?
A school ERP software is a set of programs, designed to manage all the administrative tasks of a school in an effective manner. It manages attendance, online fee payment, transport management, library, and examination management, circulars and report cards, and more.
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Love shopping right? Want things branded? Always want to follow the trend? Online shopping is a process of buying and selling which helps consumers to buy products with a lot of information. Shoppers are able to visit web stores from their homes itself. Isn’t it interesting?
Paytm Mall is an E-commerce platform. Paytm Mall’s electronics category is very popular on the website as it helps users in finding the latest mobiles and eletronic gadgets at the lowest prices. Paytm Mall app also provides its customers with the best deals, offers and cash backs. Starting from home appliances to laptops everything is available here. Read the Paytm Mall success story below to know more about the company.
Paytm Mall India is dedicated towards online shopping like any other e-commerce app or website. But it doesn’t deal with options like bill, recharge, payment, utility bills or any other money-related activities. Paytm is a word that everyone has come through. Apart from this many don’t know that the shopping section is also available along with the bill payment section. Rest there are no such differences.
Paytm Mall – Startup Story
In the beginning, Paytm dealt with money bills. A few years later the company launched a consumer shopping app for its users. It is inspired by the model of China’s largest business to consumer (B2C) retail platform. The aim was to create a combination of the mall and bazaar concept to Indian consumers. With the help of the new app, consumers will now be able to shop from 1.4 lakh sellers. The Paytm Mall app is available for Android and Apple, and is soon said to launch an upgraded version.
The Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma is currently an Indian billionaire businessman and an entrepreneur. He was born on 8th July in 1978 and is currently, 42 years old. He completed his education from Delhi College of Engineering, which is now known as Delhi Technological University. In 1997 he started a website but sold it two years later for $1 million.
In the year 2017, he was ranked as India’s youngest billionaire. He was also the one who was present in the list of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2017. Besides Paytm Mall, the platform is also known for creating Paytm first game and the Paytm wallet.
Paytm Mall – Tagline, Slogan And Logo
The tagline of the company is ‘Ab Shopping ke liye bhi, Paytm Karo!‘
Paytm Mall logo
Paytm Mall – Business Model
The Paytm Mall business model is based how the platform is designed especially for Paytm merchants, vendors and sellers. The company charges a commission between 5 to 20% of the products sold. The company has moved away from the warehouse model and is leveraging its successful O2O (offline to online) model to save costs up to 35%.
With the help of the O2O model, the company has seen a lot of progress. The Paytm Mall’s business model is said to improve in the coming years. Here, customers can also scan codes using their smartphones to shop in their favourite shops. The company feels that these kind of things will help consumers more.
The Paytm Mall login and interface is easy to use, so the visitors can turn into buyers. The Paytm Mall customer care is also responsive and solves the customer queries immediately. While the Paytm mall delivery time is said to be anywhere between 2-8 days, The Paytm Mall return policy is also available for the customers who want to exchange their products.
The Paytm Mall revenue has doubled its in the year 2019. But after going through a loss in 2020 due to the pandemic, its again aiming towards increasing the revenue by three times in 2021. Paytm Mall spent Rs 2140 crores in 2019 to earn revenues of Rs 893 crores. Through brand promotions and shipping fees, the company earns a lot of money. Like Rs 66.7 crores and Rs 50.05 crores itself. The company also earned Rs 75.12 crores through mutual funds in the year 2019.
The company’s revenue is also earned through advertisements and Paytm Mall offers. But in the year 2018, the company spent Rs 944.21 crores and earned Rs 317.22 crores in the year 2019.
Paytm Mall – Funding And Investors
Paytm Mall funding has raised a total amount of $795 million in just 3 funding rounds.
The company is emerging as the preferred online to offline (O2O) platform across the country. It has seen more than 200% growth in the year 2019. To support and continue this growth the company has added more 200 people for the business in 2019. They are observing strong growth. And more improvement is required in the growth sector. Paytm Mall will consider getting listed on stock changes only after 2021 arrives.
Paytm Mall – Competitors
The top competitors of the company are Koovs.Com, Shopclues.Com and Snapdeal.
Koovs.Com is the topmost rival of Paytm Mall. The company was founded in 2009 in Haryana.
Shopclues.Com is one of the competitors of Paytm Mall. The company is headquartered in Haryana.
Snapdeal is also one of the competitors of Paytm Mall. It was founded in 2007 in New Delhi.
Paytm Mall – Future Goals
The company is aiming towards adding more workers by 2020. Along with technology, business and products, Paytm Mall is ensuring to its consumers that they will be getting a wide range of products and offers across online and offline stores.
Paytm Mall – Latest News
9th July 2021 – According to the media sources, some seniors Paytm executives have decided to quit before its anticipated $2.3 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO). This includes the president of Paytm Amit Nayyar and a few other executives, however the company is yet to find a replacement for the president.
Earlier in the year, Paytm Mall continued to face losses due to the covid 19 pandemic, however the company is looking to come out ahead with the help of its ‘End of Season Sale’ from June 25 to June 28 in 2021. The company will showcase best in class fashion collection from huge range of top international and national brands.
For the Paytm Mall sale today, the company has partnered with Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, IndusInd Bank for exclusive Paytm cashback deals on all debit and credit card transactions. The Paytm Mall sale is offering discounts from 50% to 80% on more than three lakh products in various category. The platform provides big savings with the help of Paytm mall promo code, deals, Paytm mall coupons and Paytm mall cashback rewards, etc.
Paytm Mall is an E-commerce platform. It helps you to find the latest mobiles online at the lowest prices. The company also provides its customers with the best deals, offers and cash backs.
How does Paytm work?
Paytm customers can pay, receive and shop with just a smartphone at zero extra cost. Users can simply scan the recipient’s QR code or entering their mobile number in the ‘Pay’ option in the Paytm app to instantly pay virtually anyone with a smartphone and the Paytm app.
Who is the Founder of Paytm?
The Paytm owner is Vijay Shekhar Sharma
What is the benefit of Paytm?
Paytm offers saving details for wallet, postpaid, saved UPIs, merchant gift vouchers, Paytm payments bank details.
Is Paytm Mall safe?
Yes, Paytm Mall app is safe as Each and every transaction at Paytm Mall is securely.
Which country created Paytm?
India
Is Paytm a Chinese company?
PayTM is completely Indian, it lists Ant Financial, a Chinese bigwig, as its major investor.
How much is Paytm worth?
The Paytm valuation according to the company IPO will be Rs 16,000 crore.
What is the difference between Paytm mall and Paytm?
Paytm Mall is an online shopping e-commerce website where as paytm is an eCommerce payment system where the users can engage in financial transactions.
How can I create a paytm account?
After the paytm app download, the users will need documents like the GST certificate and the Address proof of the registered business.
How is Paytm Mall doing?
Paytm Mall is doing good as it hit a GMV of $10 billion in FY 2019 based on its O2O strategy.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, you might have stumbled upon Gary’s motivational videos while seeking for some motivation on YouTube. The estimated net worth of Gary Vaynerchuk in 2021 is $200 million.
Gary has a YouTube channel that goes by Gary Vee and he currently has over 3 Million subscribers on YouTube. Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company and an active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations. He is also the co-founder of Resy and Empathy Wines.
Gary Vaynerchuk – Biography
Name
Gary Vaynerchuk
Born
14 November 1975 – Babruysk, Belarus
Age
45 years
Citizenship
American
Education
North Hunterdon High School, Bachelor’s degree- Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts
Title
CEO at Vayner Media
Board Member
Bojangles
Net Worth
Approx $200 Million (2021)
Startup Name
Vayner Media
Founded on
2009
Headquarter
New York
Subsidiaries
Betabox, LLC, VaynerMedia New York
Parent organization
VaynerX, LLC
Read on to know more about the Gary Vaynerchuk biography here:
Gary Vee’s Childhood was filled with entrepreneurial passion.
Gary and his family immigrated to the US from Belarus in 1978. He lived with his family of 8 in a small studio apartment. He had entrepreneurial passion within him since his childhood, at the age of 7 he used to sell lemonade at lemonade stalls, at the age of 14 he sold baseball cards in his school. When Gary realized that internet was an opportunity he shifted his dad’s wine business online resulting in the first e-commerce platform for alcohol in the country. Gary renamed his dad’s business to the wine library and during his tenure, he grew his dad’s business successfully from $3 Million to $60 Million.
Gary Vaynerchuk – Education
Gary graduated from North Hunterdon High School after which he finished his bachelor’s degree from Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts in 1998.
How Gary founded Vayner media
During his time in wine library, Gary started a show on YouTube called wine library TV in 2006, he released episodes every single day for nearly 5 years. In 2009 after walking away from wine library TV, Gary and his brother founded Vayner media, an Agency that focused on helping brands promote their stories on social media.
Securing early clients like the New York Jets, and the NHL allowed them to scale at a rapid pace, outgrowing three offices, and scaling to over 500 employees in just six years. Just 9 years later, Vayner media now has more than 800 employees, servicing clients such as Pepsi Co, GE, Johnson and Johnson, Chase, AbInBev, and more.
When Gary and his brother AJ founded Vayner Media in 2009, they had limited understanding of the media industry but they were committed from day 1 to a long-term view. Gary true to his DNA never raised startup funding and started the business in a conference room.
The work culture at Vayner media is quite diverse than other media companies. The companies culture largely focuses on empathy employee. VaynerMedia actively seeks to empower employees to be themselves, feel comfortable and empowered at work, and expel nonconstructive people, ego, and politics from the workplace. Vayner media grew from 30 employees to total of 1000 employees in 2019.
Vayner Media
In 2017, VaynerMedia entered the publishing space by acquiring premier women’s magazine PureWow under the Gallery Media Group and restructured into VaynerX. In the summer of 2018, the second media brand under the Gallery Media Group umbrella, men’s lifestyle brand ONE37pm was launched.VaynerMedia now represents Fortune 500 clients like General Electric, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Pepsi-Co, and recently announced their move to Hudson Yards, Manhattan’s hotly-anticipated, multi-billion dollar development.
The estimated net worth of Gary Vaynerchuk in 2021 is $200 million.
The #AskGaryVee Show
In 2014, after spending two years Gary built his own personal content production team – a (semi) daily YouTube show called The #AskGaryVee Show, in this show he takes on questions from people on Twitter and Instagram and responds to them. This strategy worked for him in building his way for follow-on content on sites like Medium, LinkedIn, Inc, and Huffington Post.
Gary has been an active investor in various domains. Here is the list of Latest investment made by Gary.
Latest Investments of Gary Vaynerchuck_Startuptalky
Gary Vaynerchuck – Books
Gary Vaynerchuck has written 8 books and he is 5X best selling author of NewYorkTimes. He has written books about business and entrepreneurship which every entrepreneur must read. Some books by Gary Vee are:
1.Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
2. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy World by Gary Vaynerchuk
3. The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
4. #AskGaryVee: 437 Questions & Answers on the Current State of Entrepreneurship, Business Management, Monetization, Media, Platforms, Content, Influencer Marketing, Investing, Leadership, Legacy, Culture by Gary Vaynerchuk
5. Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk
6. Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World Gary Vaynerchuk
7. Unti Vaynerchuk Book by Gary Vaynerchuk
8. Sideways: A Decade Under the Influence of the World’s Greatest Wine Story: Tenth Anniversary Collectors Edition
Gary Vaynerchuk – Quotes
Famous Quotes by Gary Vaynerchuk
“Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.” …
“It took thirty-eight years before 50 million people gained access to radios…
“life shrinks and expands on the proportion of your willingness to take risks and try new things.” …
“I put zero weight into anyone’s opinion about me because I know exactly who I am”
Conclusion
Gary Vaynerchuk is a great personality that every aspiring entrepreneur must look up to, Gary is a Businessman- a dude that Loves the hustle and an internet personality. Gary vaynerchuck has repeatedly affirmed his dream to purchase the NewYorkJets – currently the Most valuable and the Best NFL team.
Gary Vaynerchuk – FAQs
What business does Gary Vee own?
Gary, along with his brother AJ Vaynerchuk, founded VaynerMedia, a social media–focused digital agency in 2009.
Does Gary vee own the New York Jets?
No, Gary does not own New York jets but he aims to one day.
What is Gary Vaynerchuck famous for?
Vaynerchuk is best known for his work in Digital Marketing and Social Media as the chairman of New York-based communications company, VaynerX, and as CEO of VaynerX subsidiary, VaynerMedia.
How much did Gary Vee invest in Facebook?
He was impressed with Facebook and believed in the business model—“the ads on it worked.” In 2009, when the social network was still private Gary Vee invested $200,000.
Many of us today criticize the Indian education system for transforming individuals into people of theory with minimum or no practical experience. In such a competitive world, one has to stand out in the crowd to be successful. A smart student wants to study, learn, and gain experience at the same time.
Parents have always focused on good grades, admission to a prestigious college, and finally securing a high pay scale job. That’s true, but it is not as easy as it seemed to have been before. The cut-throat competition and constant technical upskilling and upgradation means only the best survive in the industry. And these skills can be acquired when students work and learn through internships and jobs.
In India, the concept of internships is picking pace and is progressing rapidly. One of the key catalysts in making internships available online in India is Internshala. This article covers Internshala in-depth.
Internshala was launched as a WordPress blog initially. The blog dealt with education, technology, and issues about gaps in skills. It was then transformed into an internship portal. It is a free portal for both interns as well as employers. Currently, Internshala has more than 3000000 student visits and 80000+ companies registered on its website. Internshala also offers online educational training in various streams.
The courses on offer are on a chargeable basis but can be downloaded along with the supporting materials such as videos for offline reference. Internshala’s courses are largely divided into Summer Training and Winter Training. Internshala offers different kinds of internships—full time, part-time, and work from home. One can find both paid and unpaid internships on Internshala.
Internshala – Founders
Sarvesh Agrawal is the Founder of Internshala.
Sarvesh comes from a business family and was born and brought up in Nawalgarh, a small town of Rajasthan. He completed his bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in 2006. After his Master’s, he started working in Capital One company in Nottingham (United Kingdom) as a Business Analyst in the product innovation team.
After a year, he came back to India to work with Barclays Bank’s credit card analytics division. In the year 2010, he switched to Aviva Life Insurance in Gurgaon to set up a Business Analytics team for the organization.
Sarvesh Agrawal – Founder of Internshala
How it Started?
Sarvesh always had an interest in the field of education and learning. While he created blogs to generate awareness about the same, he was asked many questions about internships. It was a stark realization that the domain of internships was one area where nothing was happening in India; it wasn’t as mainstream as in the West.
Sarvesh left his job and began building a team and a portal. An incident occurred when one of Sarvesh’s friends from his college days went on to pursue an MBA from London Business School.
During his semester break, he was looking for an internship in India and informed Sarvesh about the lack of internship opportunities in the country. This served enough motivation for Sarvesh to start a platform where people could get ample of internship opportunities at one place.
The name Internshala means a place where you will find Internships. If we break the name into two parts, then the word ‘Intern’ means a person who is seeking an internship in some firm and ‘shala’ is a Hindi word which means a place. On combining the two words, the meaning is clear—a place where a person can get internships.
The tagline of Internshala is ‘internships that matter’; it means that the company provides you a platform for seeking meaningful and helpful internships.
Internshala – Business Model and How it Works?
Internshala operates through its website and mobile app. A student has to register, create a decent profile, and apply for various internships listed on the portal. Internshala is a free platform when it comes to applying or searching for internships but earns revenue through two mediums:
Internshala charges some amount for its online training programs. These programs vary based on duration, category, and finances.
Internshala also charges fees from third parties such as advertisers who want to post ads, posters or email busters, etc. on its website.
Sarvesh Agrawal, the founder of Internshala, mentioned in one of his interviews that a big challenge faced by Internshala was attracting good talent as the business continued to grow. In the initial days, one of the main obstacles the team had to face was the lack of good technical talent at both the junior and senior levels. Sarvesh was from a non-programming background and had to struggle the most in this area.
Another challenge for the company was that employers were facing hurdles in finding interns as Indian students favored in-office internships during summer and winter breaks, making it difficult to hire interns during the rest of the months. There was a hindrance in matching the location and timelines of students and employers. In short, getting the students to be in sync with the companies providing internships was difficult.
Although Internshala is the biggest platform in India when it comes to providing internship opportunities, there is no dearth of competition. The top Internshala competitors are StuMagz, twenty19, Letsintern and Interworld.
Internshala – Internship and Training Sectors
Internshala provides internships in various sectors like web development, arts, management, science, IT, data analysis, law, engineering, architecture, and many others. The training courses include, but are not restricted to, Photography, Business Communication Skills, Computing, Excel, Design, etc.
Internshala – Future Plans
Internshala concentrates on helping students in learning, training, and garnering on-field experience. Internshala was launched with a mission to equip 30 million college students in India with practical knowledge and real-life skills to achieve their dreams and turn them into reality.
They are constantly working towards providing internships and training across cities, small towns, and villages. This is the driving factor for Internshala. In the coming years, Internshala wants to take the step of providing meaningful internships to students and individuals in tier 2 and tier 3 cities by creating awareness and bringing opportunities to them.
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs
Is Internshala training free?
No, Internshala training is not free but the cost is kept at a minimum so that everyone can avail it.
Is it free to apply for internships on Internshala?
Yes, applying for internships – paid or unpaid – is free on Internship.
What is the Internshala business model like?
Internshala is a free platform when it comes to applying or searching for internships but earns revenue through two mediums:
Internshala charges some amount for its online training programs. These programs vary based on duration, category, and finances.
Internshala also charges fees from third parties such as advertisers who want to post ads, posters or email busters, etc. on its website.
Traditional ways of teaching and learning have radically changed within the last couple of years. Quality education is available for everyone, as long as we have access to the internet and computer. The growth of the internet and technologies completely revolutionized the online education. Meritnation was started in the year 2009. The Ed-Tech startup provides online coaching classes for various boards and training for competitive exams. Here are the accomplishments of the company.
Meritnation is an online learning platform for K-12 students. It was launched in the year 2009. The Ed-Tech startup provides coaching classes for CBSE, ICSE, and also other state board streams of education. It also provides training for competitive exams such as IIT-JEE, NEET, and AIPMT. The online platform keeps the students engaged through a variety of LIVE interactive sessions, educational games, and videos. The Mobile application of Meritnation has millions of users worldwide.
Meritnation – Founders and Team
Pavan Chauhan is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Meritnation. He obtained his Bachelor’s in Engineering from NIT Karnataka and PGDM from IIM Bangalore. He had completed various projects in the field of education before starting Meritnation. He also had prior working experience in Castle Rock Research, USA, and Microsoft, Inc.
Meritnation Co-Founder – Pavan Chauhan
Ritesh Hemrajani is also the Co-founder director of Meritnation. He did his MBA in IIM Bangalore. He has more than 15 years of experience in this field and he is also specialized in Digital learning and assessment.
The other core team members of Meritnation are as follows
Dipak Biswal – Vice President (Technology)
Shwetank Patni – Chief Financial Officer
Mohit Chobey – Chief Commercial Officer
Currently, Meritnation works with around 1000 employees.
The vision of Meritnation is to transcend the traditional boundaries of education and facilitate customized self-paced learning for all its students.
Meritnation – Name, Tagline, and Logo
The name ‘Meritnation’ indicates the excellence and quality of education provided by the company for its users. ‘School Made Easy’ is the tagline of the company.
Meritnation – Logo
Meritnation – Growth and Revenue
Meritnation started with online classes for grades 6 – 12. Now, the company is providing numerous educational services for different streams and competitive exams. The annual revenue of the company is estimated to be $5.2M.
Meritnation – Funding and Investors
Meritnation has raised $11.4M over three different funding rounds.
Date
Stage
Amount
Investors
December 2013
Venture Round
$1.6M
Info Edge
June 2015
Venture Round
$4M
Info Edge
November 2017
Venture Round
$5.8M
Info Edge
Meritnation – Business and Revenue Model
Meritnation earns through providing annual subscriptions and packages. The company has separate charges for personalized coaching and test series. All the learning materials are accessible only to a paid account. Subscription and Freemium are some of the revenue models that Meritnation use. Through these models, the company gains high traction, wider reach, stability in revenue flow, and substantial customer engagement.
Meritnation – Competitors
BYJU’s, Khan Academy, Toppr, Vedantu, and Simplilearn are the leading competitors of Meritnation. Meritnation continues to compete with its greater years of experience and widespread availability.
Meritnation has received the ‘Best Education Website’ Award by Indian Education Awards in the year 2015. It is also recognized as one of the Top 5 Android Apps for CBSE Students in 2017 by NDTV.
Meritnation – FAQs
What is Meritnation?
Meritnation is an online learning portal that trains students of different boards with live classes and customized coaching with the best mentors.
Who is the owner of Meritnation?
Meritnation founders are Pavan Chauhan and Ritesh Hemrajani.
When was Meritnation founded?
2009
Is Meritnation Indian?
Yes
Is Meritnation free app?
The Meritnation app is completely free and makes all the solved questions from NCERT Books & popular reference books available on your phone.
What is the meaning of Meritnation?
Meritnation means storehouse or kingdom of knowledge.
Cloud storage refers to storing data in a remote location that is accessible from any device. It improves productivity in terms of backing up and securing the data. It comes along with a lot of benefits and Businesses pay only for the amount of storage they require.
There are several cloud storage providers offer a free plan for those who require the minimum out of their service. They offer data security for business users. Many cloud storage providers presentin the market, seeming all similar at the first glance. There are several features that the buyers should look in the cloud storage providers include collaboration, usability, and security.
MediaFire is one of the best cloud storage provider with all the possible features. Here we have discussed about cloud storage provider MediaFire, its Plan and File Storing, and Upload Content. Read the full article to understand more about MediaFire and its Plans.
MediaFire software is a great way to store the media files and retrieve them easily. Considering it is safe and secure, so the users are assured that the files are going to be there. MediaFire is also suitable for students, all type of professionals, and executives.
MediaFire is a file synchronization, hosting, and cloud storage. The company was founded in 2006, it provides client software for web browsers such as Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, iOS and other platforms. MediaFire has around 42 million users and attracted 1.4 billion visitors.
Users use these features to provide the clients access to any relevant data (documents, pictures, sheets) that is required for a specific job or task. The MediaFire mobile app is easy to use and allows the user to quickly back up or restore files to, from, and across the mobile devices and computers and works on all license types.
MediaFire has a good initial space in the free version that can be enough for most users. The same applies to dedicated teams that tend to store documents on cloud(text, presentations, sheets) and share it between members. If the users have a big team or want to store big files, the users have to upgrade to the business or pro version.
The features of MediaFire include up to 50 GB of storage starting at 10 GB then increased by as much as 40 GB when various activities like installing mobile or desktop clients, or when sharing on social media are done. MediaFire also responded to pricing competition and reduced them and increased its professional storage plan for the users from 100GB to 1TB and reducing ample of price to its monthly price to USD 2.50/ month.
MediaFire’s Business account storage is shared across all sub-accounts allowing for single billing and management of multiple users at a single organization. The free account service does not require download activity in order to keep the files and is suitable as a backup.
There are two public and private file sharing supported by MediaFire.
Private file sharing consists of a user sharing directly to another user and the process is done through importing contacts or email. The account holder is able to manage, read and write permissions on a per user basis.
Public sharing consists of a user getting a public link, which allows the users to link to download a file. These links are always read-only, it also supports sharing with one-time links.
MediaFire also added the support for audio and video streaming through the online file viewer. MediaFire supports a huge number of file formats through its file viewer:
Image files (.JPEG, .PNG, .GIF)
Video files (.MPEG4, .MOV, .AVI, .MPEGPS, .WMV, .FLV)
Files like images, documents and videos can be set to automatically upload to MediaFire on the device. If this option is disabled, the user can individually upload the files directly from their camera app to the device via MediaFire. The user can also upload other types of files to the MediaFire app. In order to upload content to the MediaFire App follow these steps:
Upload page of MediaFire
Open and login to the MediaFire Cloud.
Navigate to the destination folder where you would like to upload the content. If you don’t select any folder, the data will be added to the root folder.
Click on the Upload Icon which will be on the top right-hand corner of MediaFire for Android screen.
Once it is selected, MediaFire will access the content on the device. You can choose to upload video filesor images from the camera. You can also choose more files to upload other types of content from the device.
Choose or randomly pick files to upload by tapping them once. A green signal/mark icon will be placed on all files selected for upload.
MediaFire adds your files to the queue for upload. Once uploaded, the files will appear in your designated folder.
MediaFire is an online storage and collaboration company focused on providing the world with a complete and easy-to-use solution for managing their digital stuff online and on the go.
When MediaFire was founded?
MediaFire was founded in August 2006 in The Woodlands, TX.
Who is the CEO of MediaFire?
Derek Labian is the CEO of MediaFire.
Who owns MediaFire?
MediaFire is $2.55M Self-Funded and is Privately Owned at present.
How many users use MediaFire?
As of today, there are 43 million active registered users and the number is still growing.
MediaFire is one of the more long-standing Cloud Storage which has good security, and an easy to use interface with high upload and download performance. It gives the user the ability to publicly share files or folders or just share with other MediaFire users which allow for collaboration to make a place for many users to contribute files to from things such a project.
At MediaFire, the experience of backing up data is easy and users are passionate about online storage. Whether the user is looking to share a huge file online or backup the files, MediaFire makes it simple to get the job done.
The pandemic has majorly affected startups around the globe. It has entirely changed the perspective of consumers towards brands and the marketplace. Consumers are widely preferring well-established brands and raising great concern towards hygiene, sanitation, convenience, quality and health.
In these times, the Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands are gaining great profit and upraise in the market. On this note, tons of conventional brands such as LG, Havells, Ajanta-Orpat and Piaggio picked up the D2C model and applied it in their business.
Brands across the globe are shifting towards the D2C business model, removing the middle source. These brands are launching their native stores so that consumers could directly contact them. In India, D2C startups are running to a great extent.
However, in pandemics, these D2C brands suffered as well. As the D2C brand’s investment rate declined by 69% as compared to previous records. Meanwhile, the total funding was raised around $117.6 million throughout the year.
The D2C brands from all sectors including home decor, fashion & cosmetics, FMCG and electronics experienced advancement in numerous aspects. In this article, we have listed the top 24 D2C brands in India. Let’s get started!
D2C brands are companies that build their offering around direct digital marketing channels as opposed to selling through an online marketplace, retailer, or auction site. D2C business model in India eliminates middlemen to reach the end consumers and thus saves a lot of costs spent on distribution.
How Does the D2C Business Model Work?
In the D2C model, Any seller or manufacturer willing to sell his products directly to his customers can set up an online website or store and promote the products on various social media platforms. This business model completely eliminates the middleman.
A study revealed that around 55% of consumers prefer to buy products directly from a brand or manufacturer’s website rather than retailers and distributors. This is a benefit for D2C brands in India and gives them an edge over conventional methods that involved middlemen.
Advantages of D2C Business
Increase in Sales
As more and more consumers are finding it convenient and reliable to buy products from the manufacturer’s website, it assures a rapid increase in sales.
Understanding Consumer’s Needs
Establishing a direct relationship with consumers enables the companies to clearly understand their needs and in turn, personalise their experience so that they visit their store again.
Cost Reduction
When the company is self-sufficient in reaching its customers, it negates the role of any third-party distributors who earlier had to be paid.
Diverse Catalog of Products
Now that the companies do not require a physical area for selling their products, they can sell from a diverse catalogue of products, enabling them to offer extensive variety to attract customers.
Top D2C Brands in India
1. Bombay Shaving Company
Bombay Shaving Company is a prominent men’s grooming brand based on the D2C model. This is one of the leading D2C brands in India. Bombay Shaving Company is the first-ever personal care brand that fulfils all the requirements of the consumers, globally. The Company was founded by Shantanu Deshpande in 2016 and is headquartered in Delhi NCR.
Today, Bombay Shaving Company have over 2 million users and has around $3.4 billion market value.
2. Mamaearth
Mamaearth Website
Mamaearth is a well-distinguished brand that received huge customer engagement and loyalty. As the consumers are putting generous efforts into fulfilling personal care needs, Mamaearth made its appearances over all the e-commerce websites such as Amazon, Flipkart, Firstcry and Nykaa, which resulted in the company with huge profitable deals.
The users are widely preferring Mamaearth for their skincare and that’s why the company grew a huge consumer base. The revenue of Mamaearth has increased by around 3 times from the last 2019 records.
3. The Moms Co.
The Moms Co.
The very amazing personal healthcare brand for mothers. The Moms Co. sells personal care products, for all purposes like mom and baby care and postnatal, certified toxin-free by Australia. Its products are available on all e-commerce as well as physical shops. And its major source of revenue directly comes from its selling. The Moms Co. holds a market value of $6.5 billion.
4. Plum
Plum Website
Plum is an organic omnichannel clean beauty brand. Plum has experienced great profit since the consumer shift to the internet. The brand holds a value of around $23 billion by the year 2022.
Plum’s team size has heightened twice that of actual and catering of over 250M+ consumers per month.
5. Loom Solar
LOOM SOLAR is a D2C startup, a manufacturer of Solar Panels and Lithium batteries in Renewal Energy space based out of Faridabad, Haryana. It is founded by two brothers Amol and Amod (Ex- Schneider, Airtel) in 2018.
The Company helps Home Owners to reduce electricity bills in urban areas, while in small towns, it helps consumers to have 24X7 electricity by putting solar panels and Energy Storage Systems on the Rooftop
Recently, it reached a milestone of powering 50,000 homes from Solar Power across India.
During the pandemic, people have put immense concern and time into the style of their houses. And for this, the innovative sleep & Home Furniture Solutions Startup has experienced extensive growth. As of 2019, Wakefit had revenue of INR 80 crore and by the time of 2023, it has targeted up to INR 10,000 crore.
7. Wow
Wow Website
Wow is a widely famous skincare pharmaceutical D2C brand founded by Arvind Sokke and Ashwin Sokke; Manish Chowdhary and Karan Chowdhary. Wow is a total of $50 million worth of business.
Wow has its products in over 5,000 stores and pharmacies across India.
8. Sugar
Sugar Cosmetics Website
The immensely growing beauty and makeup startup, Sugar Cosmetics was founded in 2015 in India. Sugar Cosmetics mainly targets women between the age of 18 to 25. Today, it has more than 2500 retail locations in over 130 cities across India. Its products are easily available at Lifestyle, Health & Glow, Shoppers Stop and NewU.
9. BoAt
BoAt Website
BoAt is a very famous and distinguished electronic lifestyle company that provides stylish and high-quality electronic devices, at reasonable prices. BoAt’s products are available on every e-commerce website including Amazon and Flipkart. The company sells over 10,000 products every day and has more than 20 million users in India.
10. Noise
Noise Website
Noise is a D2C startup with a duo partnership with Chinese manufacturers to develop smartphone cases and sell them in India. Noise has a total revenue of INR 430 crore.
Licious is a distinct meat and seafood d2c brand that provides absolutely clean fish, eggs and meat. The company runs on a farm-to-fork model and provides its customers with the highest quality and totally fresh meat and seafood.
Licious has over 3500 employees and receives millions of orders every month. Its customer base is over 1 million.
12. Sleepy Owl
Sleepy Owl Website
The cold-brew coffee brand, Sleepy Owl caters for the demands for brewed and epicurean coffee across India. Sleepy Owl has numerous outlets in different cities and also, many online channels for selling its amazingly flavorful brewed coffee.
13. Country Delight
Country Delight Website
Country Delight is a leading startup for supplying fresh and pure milk at the doorstep of customers. It runs on the D2C business model and refers to consumers immediately.
Country Delight improves the wholesome practice of Indian farmers and pays the price before its date in order to beat the competitors.
14. Pepperfry
Pepperfry Website
Pepperfry is known to be India’s biggest and very famous online furniture startup. It provides furniture, kitchen equipment, bath, housing and dining appliances. Today, the startup has over 3.5 million active users and more than 5 million visitors per month.
Pepperfry holds over 20 studio locations across India and 500+ vehicles for delivering the furniture consumer’s houses.
15. Healthkart
Healthkart Website
Healthkart was founded by two IITians: Sameer Maheshwari and Prashant Tandon in 2011. This D2C brand offers great quality fitness products and assistance to help the consumer in attaining their fitness purpose.
Healthkart offers customers to order fitness products online as well as from offline stores. Its products are available in over 110 offline stores in 40 cities across India.
Lenskart is known as the biggest organised eyewear brand in India. The company offers over 5,000 designs of frames and around 45 different types of personality lenses. Lenskart has over 600 outlets in more than 66 cities across India. Its revenue as of 2020 is INR 967 crore.
17. Melorra
Melorra Website
The first-ever lightweight jewellery startup, Melorra, was developed by Saroja Yeramilli. Melorra is a Bengaluru-based leading D2C company in India that offers jewellery in a wide range at affordable prices.
Melorra is known as the biggest distributor of jewellery in India, which has delivered its jewellery in more than 1,700 towns.
18. Flatheads
Flatheads Website
Flathead is a prominent Indian footwear startup that offers very stylish as well as comfortable footwear, suitable for every occasion. Flathead was founded by Ganesh Balakrishnan and Utkarsh Biranda. It follows the D2C business model and has grown extensively.
19. Bewakoof
Bewakoof Website
Bewakoof is a very popular clothing brand that widely targets the young generation in India. Bewakoof has over 10 million active users every month and has revenue worth INR 200 crores as of 2020.
Bewakoof generates ML models to optimise their customer’s accession channels and enhance broad customers’ accession costs.
20. Candes
Candes Website
Candes is one of the top D2C brands in India that recently raised its funding up to $3 million. Candes is a Delhi-based startup founded by Sandeep Agarwal and Vipin Agarwal in 2015.
The annual revenue of Candes is around INR 200 crore. And have sales worth INR 10 crore every month.
21. MyGlamm
MyGlamm has recently opted for the most intriguing way of reaching more consumers. It has adopted the lifestyle content platform POPxo, in order to enhance the digital reach and create the 3C funnel.
Today, the company has over 2 million active users. MyGlamm generally targets women between the age of 16 to 25 and through this, it has witnessed a growth in its revenue up to INR 200 Crore.
22. Zissto Sauces
Zissto Website
Zissto Sauces is a Mumbai-based company that offers a selection of convenient, tasty, and authentic sauces. Launched by Kanhai Porecha in 2017, the company aimed to save cooking time, especially for bachelors and working couples.
Kanhai started Zissto after returning to India from the UK where he did his graduation. He said he wanted to introduce authentic and easy-to-go Indian cooking sauces.
Today, the brand sells 50,000 sauces bottles across Mumbai, Chennai, and online portals like Amazon and Flipkart.
23. Everpret
Everpret Website
Everpret is one of the top Indian D2C brands. It manufactures and sells designer bags for working women. The founder, Yashas Alur, worked in a Bengaluru-based company before starting his own business. There, he noticed many women employees carrying more than one bag which was highly inconvenient that didn’t suit their work attires.
From there, the idea of redesigning workbags to fit all essentials seeded inside him. So he quit his job and raised funding of Rs 8 lakh for his idea from his former boss.
Yashas launched the Everpret website in January 2018 and started selling designer bags for working women that had enough room to fit all their essentials and also complimented their work clothes.
24. Super Smelly
Super Smelly Website
Super Smelly is India’s first and only certified zero toxinspersonal carebrand that offers products specially formulated for teenage skin. The company was launched by Dipali Mathur and Milan Sharma in 2018.
As the brand is still too young to have its own manufacturing setup, Super Smelly products are manufactured at third-party facilities located across other parts of India. However, R&D is done in-house. They only use fragrances that are completely free from any toxins and allergens. The product is effective and completely toxin-free as well.
Super Smelly is available across all major e-commerce channels. The brand also serves US and UK customers through Amazon. It is now witnessing a month-on-month sales growth of 70 percent.
Conclusion
The internet has brought people closer than ever before. Today, with theinternetnot just being a luxury for a few, but turning into every household commodity, we have seen the emergence of direct to consumer (D2C) brands in India and as a commerce model in the consumer arena. D2C Model is the future of Indian trade and retail.
FAQs
What are D2C brands?
Direct to consumer companies in India have created a new methodology for eCommerce success which is taking their products directly to their buyer. Direct to consumer is a term that means when brands sell directly to their end customers eliminating the role of retailer, distributor, wholesaler, or other outlets.
What are some of the top D2C brands in India?
MyGlamm, Wow, MamaEarth, BoAT, Bewakoof, Noise and Licious are some of the top D2C brands in India.
Why are D2C brands successful?
Most D2C brands are successful because they don’t have to share first-party data with retailers as they directly sell the products to consumers.
A business startup comes with a lot of responsibilities. If you’ve got a business idea and you think it could make a change in the market, it’s up to you to make it a reality. Funding is an essential part of any business, as, without the seed money, you’ll be unable to fire the starting gun on your startup.
Entrepreneurs are an incredibly clever and industrious bunch, but many are in the dark about how to fund their startup business idea, preferring instead to focus their energies on a core offering.
Great ideas can only fulfill their potential if they are backed by a stable investment. These are some of the ways you can fund your startup:
How Startup Funding Works.
1. Personal Money
For many people, the first inclination is to use personal money to make essential purchases. With a new startup creating so many different needs for money, it can be rather challenging to decide what needs to be funded first.
Business costs start right from the time you decide on a business name. For instance, to retain that business name, you need to register a company name via a company formation. Registering a new entity costs money, but it is one of the first requirements to legitimizing your idea.
Personal money can come from savings, and you can finance everything yourself, leaving you with total equity in the organization. One important factor to keep in mind is not only will you need cash for business purchases, but you will need working cash flow. You probably have other financial responsibilities. Therefore, you will need funds to deal with these. If you use up all your savings for your business startup idea, it could leave you in a precarious situation financially as you move forward.
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2. Seek for Angel Investors
There are some people out there whose sole job is investing in businesses that might help them make even more money going forward. These are known as angel investors and they have plenty of money to spare. These are the people you should be pitching to if you think your business idea is innovative and has the potential to make big money in the future.There are many online angel investment networks, as well as local investor groups you can pitch to in person, so do your research and start submitting your pitches.
Find the right angel investor and not only will you benefit from their financial support but also their wisdom: oftentimes, they offer mentorship as a side dish alongside their capital. Although they generally offer less financial backing than banks and venture capital funds.
Crowdfunding has taken off in a big way over the last few years. Crowdfunding is a favorite of the digital economy, and probably the quickest way of obtaining finance for a new business. All you need is a compelling pitch, one which strongly references your start-up’s potential for growth, as well as a knack for interacting with your cash-rich community. The sooner you get started and get creative with your crowdfunding campaign, the sooner you’ll start to draw more people in.
As a side benefit, crowdfunding is a nifty form of advertising, a way of stimulating public interest in your company before it’s even made its debut.
4. Bank Loans
In the modern age, it almost seems anachronistic to seek a bank loan. But if you have a solid credit history or existing assets that you’re happy to offer as collateral, as well as a workable business plan with clear profit forecasts, it’s still possible to launch your start-up with an infusion of bank cash. If you want to get money, it makes sense to head to a bank where they have lots of it. Their loans might come with harsh interest rates that could cause you plenty of problems further down the line though.
5. Find a venture capitalist
Finding a venture capitalist who shares your vision, or at the very least believes in your ability to turn your idea into a successful, profitable venture, is a good way of raising cash. The main con with this option is that venture capitalists are typically looking for the next big thing and so, many entrepreneurs struggle to convey the scale-ability of their enterprise.
Venture capital funds, by their very nature, have a short shelf life as they generally seek to recover their investment, turn a profit then move on to the next fresh startup.
6. Pursue startup grants
Grants are great for people who don’t know where else to turn. If you have an unusual idea that investors and banks are scared of and crowdfunding doesn’t seem like a realistic option for you, it makes sense to apply for startup grants. While you shouldn’t expect to be cut a massive cheque, there are dozens of grants available, offered by national and state governments (as well as private enterprises) in the interests of stimulating the economy and growing the jobs market so it’s worth checking out your options for funding your startup.
The main drawback is the fierce competitiveness of such grants, as well as the box-ticking involved, it can be a frustratingly drawn-out process, but that’s the tradeoff for retaining equity.
7. Family and Friends
Lastly, the idea of hitting friends and family for cash doesn’t sit well with some entrepreneurs, but many of the world’s top magnates readily admit to borrowing from their social network early in their careers. As such, you should have no compunction about doing the same.
On the other hand, it’s not easy to put together a hefty bankroll relying solely on family and friends; and you have to ask yourself whether you want to risk straining meaningful relationships.
It is difficult to qualify for a small business loan with a credit score lower than 700. Additionally, you should build a strong personal credit score and drive down any debt prior to applying for a business loan.
What do startups use the funding for?
Startups raise funds for various reasons but most often the main purpose is to grow their business. It can take a while for a company to reach profitability and until then, the business needs some cash to keep going.
Who is eligible for startup India?
Being incorporated or registered in India for less than seven years and for biotechnology startups up to 10 years from its date of incorporation. Annual turnover not exceeding INR 25 crores in any of the preceding financial years.
How can I approach angel investors in India?
Here are a few tips to approach angel investors in India are:
Approach angel investors in your niche.
Show them how successful your past business ventures were.
How can I raise money to start a business in India?
Go for Crowdfunding.
Consider Self-funding.
Get in touch with the Venture Capitalists.
Try Angel Investment.
Try Angel Investment.
Focus on the close.
Terms of the deal.
Conclusion
Perhaps a combination of funding options is best, but only you will truly know. All these above options require a great deal of consideration and researching because each of the options that have been discussed here has its own benefits and drawbacks, don’t forget that when you’re making your decision.
PV Vyshnavi
