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Startup


What they do

Mobile
Burrp, JustDial, Mkhoj,
Onyomo
Local search. Burrp is
more lifestyle services oriented. All are getting into mobile/SMS based
services. JustDial is more into call centre interface and certainly have
a head-start.
MGinger, Myzus,
Moveo
Mobile (SMS)
advertising

Ticket booking & Movie rental
Bookeazy, Movietell,
BookMyShow
Ticket booking
online. Bookmyshow is recent entrant from the house of Media giant TV18.
Others will have a very tough time competing with them.
Seventymm, MadhouseDVD rental online
(Indian Netflix). Madhouse has been acquired by Seventymm. They also
have very good funding. With a clear-cut revenue model, they look set
for a big success.

Travel
MakeMyTrip, Yatra,
TravelGuru Ezeego and so on...
Travel services online.
Biggest revenue category, dog fight going on. All are very similar to
each other. Here's a small comparison blog.
Travenues, ZoomtraTravel search
engine

Financial services
ApnaloanConnect borrowers with
banks

Real Estate Search

99acres,

Is there some scope for a vertical search engine here? :)

E-Shopping
SpotEazy,
ShoppingTadka
Shopping deals search
engines

Global players
SlideShareShare
PowerPoint
presentations. They now have the one & only, Guy Kawasaki, on board. Look
very much set for success.
Zoho
(AdvantNet)
Web office suite.
Their products are superb, and are certainly ahead of their Google
counterparts.

Social Networking
MingleBox, Yaari,
Sixer.TV, BigAdda, SERaja
Social networking.
MingleBox has early mover advantage. BigAdda is a late entrant from
Reliance. SERaja is events-based networking.

Photo sharing & printing
Picsquare, iTasweerPhoto sharing and
printing. There are several other players here. Very crowded. iTasweer
has struck a deal with Microsoft for having their service integrated
with Vista.
Komli, Tyroo,
Ozone
Ad networks.
Yahoo picked up stake in Tyroo.

Uncategorized
MyntraUser created designs
(T-shirts et al)

Maps & GPS
RouteGuruRoad directions

MapMyIndia

Similar to Google Maps.

1 comment:

santosh said...

Onyomo isn't a startup - they are going to go for their IPO this year.