Plethora of promise at The Morpheus Demo Day

The second edition of The Morpheus Demo Day was held at the sprawling Bosch facility yesterday here in Bangalore. The event, held exclusively for investors and the media, showcased some of the startups enrolled with The Morpheus for their business acceleration programme.In a well-coordinated show, the startups managed to put forth the crux of their business idea in a series of quick demos. Given below is the list of presenting companies:

1) Radbox

[Bookmarklet which allows users to save online videos and watch them later]

2) Sarga

[Biodegradable ecotextiles]

3) PhiTesla

[Automobile electronic components like digital speedometers]

4) Jumadi

[E-commerce site selling books, music CD/DVDs, electronic gadgets and accessories]

5) Reach Accountant

[Online accounting services]

6) RedQuanta

[Shopper experience-based research and analytics through mystery shopping]

7) Interview Street

[Pre-employment screening tests for programmers]

8) emo2

[Surface computing platform]

9) 99Tests

[Crowd-sourced software testing]

10) Akosha

[Consumer legal services online]

11) KuchNaya

[E-learning platform online]

12) MealNut

[Customizable tiffen service in Pune]

13) OlaCabs

[Car rentals and cab reservation system online and on phone]

14) Radhee

[NGO working on disaster management education]

The event also featured talks by seasoned entrepreneurs with people like Vijay Shekhar Sharma of One97 Communications, Harpreet Singh Grover of CoCubes, Vinay Gupta of Via as a part of the speakers list. A number of VCs and angel investors were also spotted. We at YourStory will be covering the aforementioned business ideas over the course of the month. So, do come back and find out about more about these promising startups. Also, do let us know your thoughts about this story. You can write to us at [email protected]

Sriram Mohan | YourStory | 5^th February 2011 | Bangalore