[Monday Wrap] From a fashion rental focusing on men to maid-to-order help - your startup fix to start the week

When Erode-based VIT graduate Shweta Poddar decided to start up, she kept the success of the furniture rental space in mind and decided to launch a fashion rental platform. Two years later, this Erode girl’s bootstrapped startup CandidKnots is weaving a profitable story. But CandidKnots, which initially offered men’s and women’s fashion, soon decided to focus on the male market because of the high potential.

If you are looking for medical records anytime, anywhere, Kota-based MedCords has a cloud solution. Founded by Nikhil Baheti, Saida Dhanavath, and Shreyans Mehta in 2017, the healthtech startup offers a platform to securely store medical records and provides users easy access anytime and anywhere. Its current focus is on rural India.

Why did Jaipur-based Abhimanyu Singh and Shilpi Dua name their startup Hexpressions? Because the word signifies the expression of ideas through honeycombs, which are essentially hexagonal in shape. The bootstrapped startup builds eco-friendly, affordable homes using paper tech. They use composite paper honeycomb, which is a semi-permanent material and made up of paper honeycomb sandwiched between two concrete face panels.

The matrimony sweepstakes can be tough to win. But dating weds matrimony at bootstrapped Kettiko to help find your perfect match. Bengaluru-based Kettiko was launched by Jomy John, Ruby Alex, Sanoj Keloth, and Ajin Joseph as an online marriage consulting platform earlier this year for singles below the age of 40 years. The founders claim that by using data analytics and Machine Learning, the platform assists users to find life partners, making “preferred marriages” a possibility.

Why would a techie with over 13 years of experience take an interest in tyres? But Tikam Chand Jain did. Set up With Lokesh Sharma in 2016, his Jaipur-based startup Fleeca is looking at your tyres - to inspect, analyse, refurbish, recycle. Fleeca, which stands for FleetCare, is a tyre management services company for heavy commercial vehicle fleet owners. It uses radio frequency identification (RFID) tyre tags to track the mileage of a tyre over its entire lifecycle.

Founded by Deepak Bhatia and Anees Mian in 2012, digital tech startup I-Life aims to bring affordable laptops to India. I-Life claims that most of its products are priced in the range of $90 to $600, which makes it one of the most affordable electronic brands in Asia today. I-Life sold close to a million devices in 2017, and the founders say investors currently value the brand at $200 million.

India’s lending market is on the growth track and reports suggest that a greater part of that opportunity will soon move to Tier II and III cities. Enter Pune-based fintech startup Dealsofloan, which helps customers get loans instantly. Founded by Manoj Sharma and Neha Manoj Sharma in 2010, this digital lending platform aims to provide loans to customers in less than 48 hours. Dealsofloan disburses credit for personal, home, and business loans, as well as loans against property.

Are you looking for a hassle-free way to shift to a nearby locality or to a new place close to your office? Let Gurugram-based ShiftKarado use AI to help plan your next move. Backed by parent Star Worldwide Group Private Limited, the logistics startup was founded was founded by Sahil Mithal, Atul Mithal, Aulina Mithal Sood and Ashish Mullick in 2016. ShiftKarado was conceptualised “as a tech-enabled, end-to-end shifting and relocation service delivery concept”.

Jewelove wants to ensure that you keep sparkling – in platinum! In 2 years, this Jaipur-based team of 3 has recorded sales worth Rs 2 crore and managed over 1,000 shipments of platinum jewellery across India and abroad. The ecommerce platform was started in January 2016 with an aim to bridge the gap between demand and supply for platinum jewellery.

If music’s on your mind, help is at hand. Delhi-based Acousterr hits the right note, and aims to help musicians strike it right. Started by Nischey Grover and Rashmi Chaurasiya, Acousterr is similar to Google Translate and Google Docs - only, it is for music. The startup lets you extract music notes from an audio, and work on it in a tablature editor application. Acousterr, which aims to solve the problem of capturing sound itself, was started in November 2017.

Looking for diagnostics at your doorstep? 5th Vital brings path lab services to busy people’s homes. The Bengaluru-based startup, founded by Dr Waseem Afsar, Pratap Chandra, Harjot Sidhu, and Praveen Potluri in 2017, were keen to build an innovative business model in healthcare with better cost efficiency and productivity. The result? Their customers need not travel to labs for tests; the lab comes to their home.

Want help that is maid-to-order? Mumbai-based MyChores aims to solve domestic help woes by tapping technology to connect employers and workers. Founded by Andrew V, the startup's USP includes a strict screening process and the speed with which it sources help. MyChores has its own worker database, and does not depend on other local agencies.

Rohit Dhingra, Amitesh Bharadwaj, and Saurav Prakash met while pursuing computer science engineering at Manav Rachna International University. After starting up in college, the trio has earned Rs 16 Cr GMV from ‘TAGG’ in just 2 years. TAGG, which stands for Technologically Advanced Goods and Gears, aimed at developing electronic accessories tailor-made to the needs of the Indian audience at a value plus pricing.

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