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Every day billions of travel photographs, reviews and suggestions are being shared on the internet. Since all this data is fragmented and generated primarily for social consumption – the real commercial value, measured in billions, is being lost. This is a huge loss to the industry.

Today, we have a chat with Mayank Gupta, Founder & CEO of Triplived that addresses this problem by automating trip recording in a well defined structure that travel seekers can easily discover and consume. The app was founded in August 2015. So let’s start of with the Q&A.

Can you give a small background about you, your start-up and it’s founders ?

I started my career in 2005 with Computer Associates after my engineering from NIT Allahabad. Worked with Computer Associates for 4 years before opting for MBA from CUHK Business School and Chicago Booth. Triplived is my third start-up. We are a founding team of 4 from NIT/IIT with 2 members from MakeMyTrip. We started Triplived in August 2015 from an Oyo property in Gurgaon.

Every idea is born out of a problem, what was the trigger for starting TripLived ?

Being an avid traveller, I have always been looking for authentic travel experiences from fellow travellers. Unfortunately most of this information was shared over social media that was difficult to discover and reuse. A platform that could structure all this data and give me insights was badly needed.

Travel memories are a collection of photographs, moments, places, conversations, romantic experiences and a lot more. However, over a period of time, all that remains of these memories are scattered photographs, lost acquaintances and vague recollections of travel details, thereby ruining the fun in reliving and relishing them.

While the traveller enjoys her trip, Triplived intelligently detects moments to be captured and makes them a part of the travel story. An awesome feature of the application is location based crowd sourced suggestions to help the traveller make better travel decisions. The application scans thousands of suggestions, and shares those that are most relevant to the traveller and suits her taste. Once the trip is complete, the travel story is converted into a short video that can be cherish for a lifetime.

Can you touch upon the features of TripLived ?

Instantaneous capturing of travel experiences in real time through completely automated trip recording. Real time suggestion and experiences from fellow travellers that can enrich travel experience and help make right travel decisions.

The application comes as a big respite for travel partners such as OTA’s and travel agents who rely on standard 5/6 Days holiday packages. Triplived gives life to their solutions by linking them to authentic, real time travel stories. The application provides a strong marketing platform for these travel partners to showcase their services to the larger world, directly from their customers’ smart phone.

Is TripLived bootstrapped, VC funded or Angel Funded ?

We are angel funded.

What are some of the stand-out features as compared to other apps like TripAdvisor etc. ?

TripLived is the first proactive travel platform that intelligently analyzes travellers behaviour and preferences, creates his travel story, enriches his travel experience and interactively captures reviews and suggestions in real time.

What is the revenue model of TripLived [Tie-up with hotels/transport agencies etc.] ?

Triplived will evolve into an authentic, structured content platforms and consumption of content will drive revenue down the line.

How has been the feedback so far for TripLived on Play-store. Any plans on releasing the iOS App ?

We have got a warm response from users and travel partners. Yes, we will be releasing the iOS app in the next 4 months.

Does TripLived use Freemium Model [or it free for life-time where user can upload infinite trip memories] ?

Yes, the application is free for users.

What are the major changes that you experienced when you took the entrepreneurial path ?

No changes, just learning. No job is good or bad. There is a task that needs to be done. You may choose to innovate, simplify and learn along the way or you may choose to crib and change. Industry needs the former. Change your attitude first, before changing your job.

What are your key advice(s) to people who want to start-up ?

The term ‘risk’ is wrongly perceived. Our lifestyle has changed; our value for money has gone down. The real risk is not as high as the perceived one. Stop comparing salaries or the time value of money and you will realize that you are ready to start.

Importance of Design in Mobile App Development ?

Most important! They are the blueprints, of your thought process. You get them right, you’ll get the product right. Designs beautifully depict product – business alignment.

What are some of the Growth-Hacking strategies that can be applied for an App-Based startup ?

Again a misused term! Every app is not WhatsApp! Every product has a use case and a target audience. Solve the problem and customers will use it.

How important it for startups especially web, mobile to follow Lean Methodology ?

Very important! Being lean is the way to succeed, be it the product or the business.

Can you give some pointers on Scaling Up & Customer Acquisition [some take-away for entrepreneurs]

Solve the problem and solve it right. There may be a need for it or a need may be generated. Later one is a little tough though. But till you have the solution right, word of mouth will follow. I do not know of any other way to scale.

Some hiring tips for entrepreneurs [especially the core team] ?

This is the most challenging part of any start-up. Look for those with right attitude. Skills can be outsourced.

Any parting words from you for budding entrepreneurs ?

Entrepreneurship is the most exciting journey and the best learning experience. You mature as a professional; you start respecting people and money; you become a better decision maker and above all you generate employment. Go for it.

I have been using the TripLived app and we loved the problem that it tries to solve!!

Salient Features of Triplived App

Record Of Past Travel Experiences
Provides a timeline view to your travel stories to relive those memories that are half-forgotten or lost.

Live Trip Recording
While you enjoy your trip, Triplived creates your travel story on your smart phone. It automatically detects your activity, captures your location, does automatic check-ins, and tags your photographs. Your reviews and suggestions complete the story, that can then be shared with friends and family.

Targeted Suggestions For Better Planning
Your friends, relatives or travellers you follow may have been to the place you are visiting. Based on your interests, Triplived scans through hundreds of suggestions, and shares those that are most relevant to you and suit your taste.

Social Connect
Triplived allows you to share your travel experiences with friends and family in real time.

Trip Video
Once your trip is complete, Triplived converts your travel story into a short video that you can cherish for a lifetime.

We are sure that you would have got some handy tips from the discussion we had with Mayank Gupta of TripLived. The Triplived app can be downloaded from the Playstore from here. If you have any questions related to TripLived or have any general query, please leave them in the comments section.

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Simplilearn, the largest provider of professional certification courses & Tableau, a global leader in self-service business analytics software announced their partnership. The aim of this partnership is to strengthen Simplilearn’s vision to build a talent pool of 200,000 skilled Data Scientists by the year 2020. The partnership enables aspiring professionals to get up-skilled in data science and analytics with high quality instructor-led training, e-learning, and industry projects fulfilled on the latest version of Tableau.

Tableau Software is a global leader in rapid self-service, easy-to-use business intelligence software that systematically helps people access information, perform analytics and get instant results in the office and on-the-go. The software delivers fast analytics and business intelligence through creation of visualizations, reports and dashboards in minutes that can be shared in seconds. The simple development process, intuitive UI & flexibility is prompting leaders in all industries to move to Tableau from traditional reporting formats.

Speaking on the partnership with Tableau, Ankur Arora, Category Head at Simplilearn, said

The huge demand for data scientists and analytics professionals across all industries has led us to focus on this domain. Our alliance with an industry authority like Tableau provides strong boost to our learners who are keen to build a promising career in the field of analytics. Big Data, Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence together form the 3 pillars of the analytics industry and Tableau is a leader in the BI domain. Together, we are confident about setting an ambitious mission of creating a large talent pool of over 200,000 Data Scientists by 2020.

As per IDC, the global business analytics market generated $37.7 billion in 2013 and is estimated to grow to around $59.2 billion by 2018. Glassdoor has even recognized ‘data scientist’ to be the best job in US with combination of parameters of demand, salary and career opportunities. The future demand for data scientists, proficient in analytics and business intelligence, paves way to over a million jobs for professionals who are aspiring for a promising career in demanding field of analytics.

Deepak Ghodke, Country Manager for Tableau in India added

Partners like Simplilearn are Tableau’s extended family. They are instrumental to inspiring and empowering more people to see and understand their data. In today’s era of data, everyone needs to be equipped with the right skillset and applications to thrive in a smarter, digital economy, which makes our partnership all the more meaningful

In line with the mission to create a strong talent pool of Data Science and Business Intelligence practitioners, Simplilearn is adding to its strong suite of Analytics offerings. Simplilearn recommends the Tableau Certification Training where aspirants are provided with high quality on-demand live instructor led classroom training. The course comprises of over 32 hours of thorough training from experienced analytics experts coupled with four industry projects that are designed to provide learners with much needed real life experience.

About Simplilearn

Simplilearn is the world’s largest provider of short term certification courses that addresses the unique learning needs of working professionals. Having trained over 4,00,000 professionals worldwide,  Simplilearn provides unmatched customer experience, which handholds a customer – right from enrolling into an online course to getting Industry-recognized certificate in hand.  Simplilearn’s course contents are recognized by over 40 certification bodies, prominent ones being PMI, Axelos, Scrum Alliance, Peoplecert, and The Open Group. Simplilearn has also diversified into vendor certification like those from Microsoft, Cisco, and Salesforce. For more information, please visit SimpliLearn

About Tableau Software
Tableau helps people see and understand data. Tableau helps anyone quickly analyze, visualize and share information. More than 39,000 customer accounts get rapid results with Tableau in the office and on-the-go. Over 150,000 people use Tableau Public to share data in their blogs and websites. For more information, please visit Tableau Software

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Setting a new benchmark in automotive technology, Ather Energy unveiled India’s first truly smart, electric scooter, the S340.  Packed with a powerful Lithium Ion battery pack, top speed of 72 kmph and a range upto 60 kms, this connected scooter is designed for urban tech lovers, who are curious about futuristic products.

S340 represents

  • S stands for scooter series
  • 3 is the kW motor
  • 40 is the amp-hour battery pack

Tarun Mehta, CEO & Co-Founder said

The future will be connected and inevitably electric and the Ather S340 has been built as a manifestation of this philosophy. It is an unapologetically electric vehicle, it has been designed and built mostly in-house with engineering precision.

Structurally robust and intelligently designed, its IP67-rated battery pack offers an un-compromised ride for 50,000 kms. The vehicle achieves an 80% charge in 50 minutes in fast charging mode and can be charged from any 5A normal socket in normal mode. It has a distinct sporty look with zero lateral weight offset, a low centre of gravity and intuitive LED lights that respond to ambient light conditions.

The S340 is not just redefining electric vehicles, it is one of the pioneers of smart scooters. The touchscreen dashboard integrates cloud based data to help personalise the consumer ride experience. Features like user profile based sign in, on board navigation, pre-configured drive modes like sport and economy allow a personalised experience. Its integration with the S340 Mobile App keeps the rider connected with the vehicle, to configure ride and profile preferences and sync navigation routes remotely. Predictive analyticsand aggregation of ride statistics enable customised recommendations. As more vehicles go in-field, aggregate rider and vehicle data will help in customised vehicle updates that will be delivered automatically over the air. Intelligent vehicles will revolutionize our commute experience in future and we have just begun that journey.

Sharing his vision on the industry, Tarun Mehta added

The automobile industry is in the midst of a huge technological disruption. The technology of electric vehicle has advanced in leaps and bounds. It is the preferred choice because of its inherent efficiency that will shape urban commute and the smart cities of tomorrow. The other aspect is the connectedness of the world around us, enabling integration of devices and making our life experiences seamless. Intelligent vehicles will revolutionise our commute experience in the future and the S340 stands at the cusp of this exciting reality.

Tarun Mehta & Swapnil Jain, Co-founders of Ather Energy

Dashboard of Ather S340

With a manufacturing unit set up in Bangalore, the S340 will be a great showcase of a product truly made in India and will roll out production by end of this year. Experience centres will bring the product to life and facilitate test rides in the next few months. In an industry first, Ather Energy will build an online-only purchase model with doorstep delivery and service.

Pre-ordering will be open in the cities of Bangalore, Chennai and Pune in the next quarter. The company also aims at setting up an ambitious public charging infrastructure in every city it will operate in, partnering with government and private enterprises.

About Ather Energy

Ather Energy is the brainchild of IIT graduates Tarun Mehta & Swapnil Jain and is among the few hardware start-ups in India. It was founded in 2013 and has received funding from Tiger Global and Flipkart founders Sachin & Binny Bansal. Aided by a breakthrough in the in-house designed Lithium-ion battery pack design, the team is gearing up for production of the S340, by the end of the year.

The Ather S340 has a touch-screen dashboard connected to the cloud, host of smart features and offers a top speed of 72 kmph. The scooter is designed in-house by Ather and will be manufactured in India.

For more information, please visit www.atherenergy.com

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Counting and handling cash may soon become a thing of the past for offline retailers. FreeCharge, India’s leading digital payments platform has inked partnership with Ezetap, Bangalore-based pioneer in mobile payments, allowing the entire base of FreeCharge users to immediately start using their wallets to make payments at thousands of Ezetap service points consisting of small and mid-sized retailers across India.

The partnership draws FreeCharge closer to its vision of creating an ecosystem where organized and unorganized merchant networks can come together and accept electronic payments. Ezetap’s Universal Mobile Wallet Acceptance is India’s first universal solution that allows merchants to accept customer payments from any mobile wallet through their existing Ezetap mobile point of sale [mPoS] application. To encourage adoption of digital payments, FreeCharge will also run year long offers with individual Ezetap merchants that come on board with Ezetap.

Commenting on the partnership, Govind Rajan, Chief Operating Officer FreeCharge said

Our aim is to create the ecosystem for digital payments and help consumers move from cash to digital. We are excited to announce this strategic partnership with Ezetap which will further enable millions of FreeCharge customers to transact at over 40,000 POS terminals in the swiftest and safest manner possible. FreeCharge believes partnerships are critical to scale acceptance and build habit of digital payments.

Today, customers are reluctant to use any medium other than cash for small ticket transactions due to the friction involved in the payment experience. This partnership eliminates friction by facilitating payments with just a few clicks in a secure payment method. Enabling wallet payments at retail merchants will enable the wallet consumers to use FreeCharge both not just online but at over 40000 offline points too.

Abhijit Bose, CEO of Ezetap said

Our mission is to allow every business in India to easily collect payments from their customers, supporting every method and instrument that their customers want to use. We are excited to partner with FreeCharge to provide a simple and engaging user experience for both merchants and consumers.  Thousands of Ezetap smartPOS solutions are being activated at merchants every week, and each application is pre-enabled with universal wallet acceptance.  Our merchant can accept, load and take advantage of FreeCharge offers with a simple click.

FreeCharge recently announced doing 1 million transactions a day on its platform and with partnership the company will further strengthen its reach at offline stores and is aggressively on its way to achieve 7 million transactions a day by end of 2016. 

About FreeCharge

FreeCharge is India’s leading digital platform for recharge and utility payments which provides prepaid, post-paid, DTH and Electricity bill payment for almost all Indian service providers. FreeCharge was founded in 2010 by Kunal Shah & Sandeep Tandon and had received funding of over $120 million in the last 4 years. In the largest acquisition in the consumer Internet space yet, Snapdeal acquired FreeCharge in Apr’15 resulting in India’s largest m-commerce ecosystem.  For more details, please visit FreeCharge

About Ezetap

Ezetap is a mobile-based payments service provider for emerging markets based in Bangalore, India. The Ezetap service is PCI-DSS compliant, has been certified by multiple, leading financial institutions. The company has raised over Rs. 210 Crores [$35 Million] in funding to date and its investors include Social+Capital Partnership – the Silicon Valley firm led by former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, Helion Advisors, American Express & Horizons Ventures. For more details visit Ezetap

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The National Association of Software and Services Companies [NASSCOM] announced the fifth phase of NASSCOM 10,000 Startups ‘Konnect’ and will be impacting applications from technology startups across the country. Phase five is focused on identifying, supporting, incubating & accelerating innovative technology start-ups in India.

Sharing his views, Rajat Tandon, Vice President, NASSCOM 10K Startups said

India is the third largest startup ecosystem in the World with immense talent and innovative startups flourishing each day. With the strong support from mentors, industry experts, investors and VCs, we have successfully created a significant impact on the startup ecosystem of the country. Phase 5 is going to be our biggest Konnect to date as we are aiming to create a greater impact across the early stage startup ecosystem.

For the fifth phase, NASSCOM has shortlisted 200+ domain centric applications from startups, which will provide a detailed overview of their business idea and the market opportunity. Startups who have applied in the last 4 months are now being considered for Phase five shortlisting and for the 10K Nurture program.

The shortlisted startups will be pitching to over 100 investors in six locations and will have the access to participate in the intensive accelerator pitch and mentoring Konnect sessions. The program has strong support from 50+ industry experts [NIPP] and close to 100 incubator partners. The sessions will start in the first week of March across Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi & Hyderabad.

In its last four phases, a total of 11,000 startups applied out of which 1,100 were shortlisted and 500 have been impacted by way of funding, acceleration and mentoring. Some of their impacted startups include SmartVizX, Lazylad, EnglishDost, Flutura, SeekSherpa, Faircent, Hiree, Sliderule, Vidgyor, CustomerXPS to name a few.

NASSCOM 10,000 Startups is a startup incubation program whose objective is to create 10,000 domain specific startups in the country by 2020. Phase Four of the NASSCOM 10K Start-ups Konnect had 150+ startup shortlists that went through pitch and mentoring sessions

About 10,000 Startups

Started in April 2013, 10,000 Startups is an ambitious attempt by NASSCOM to scale up the startup ecosystem in India by 10x. 10,000 Startups aims to enable incubation, funding and support for 10,000 technology startups in India over the next ten years. The initiative brings together key stakeholders of the ecosystem including startup incubators, accelerators, angel investors, venture capitalists, startup support groups, mentors, and technology corporations.

Since its launch in April 2013, they have done about 450+ events in 22 cities of the country which were attended by a whopping 25,000 attendees and received 9000 Applicants, 800 Startups Shortlists, and 150 Impacts.

Nasscom-Partners

The program is supported by founding partner Google for Entrepreneurs, Microsoft Ventures, Intel and Kotak Mahindra Bank

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Lowe’s Innovation Labs [LIL], the disruptive innovation hub of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. have announced the opening of LIL-Bangalore and unveiled its new facility in the heart of Bangalore.

The new lab will house tech-savvy startups that will participate in an intensive 16-week accelerator program and give them an opportunity to partner with Lowe’s and deploy their technology in the U.S. LIL-Bangalore’s primary focus and priority technology areas include augmented and virtual reality, 3D printing and scanning, and robotics.

Richard Maltsbarger, chief development officer and president, International, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. said

Innovation and diversity of thought is at the core of what Lowe’s represents. Lowe’s Innovation Labs is revolutionizing the home improvement retail experience in the U.S., and we hope the tremendous talent and vibrant startup community in Bangalore will help us continue building a network of uncommon partners with whom we can co-develop technology.

Lowe’s created LIL in 2014 to bring together uncommon partners with a commitment to get technology out of the lab and into the real world. Beginning with science fiction prototyping to craft a narrative for the future, LIL collaborates with startups and has introduced projects including the Lowe’s Holoroom, an augmented and virtual reality home improvement design tool, the OSHbot autonomous retail service robot & in-store and online 3D scanning and printing.

Kyle Nel, executive director of LIL said

Lowe’s Innovation Labs-Bangalore will provide an open space where startups can interact and rapidly bring customer experience solutions to life through cutting-edge technologies, once thought to be the realm of science fiction. Bangalore is a dynamic community with world-class tech resources right in the heart of the city making it the perfect launching pad to expand our work in the U.S. and take disruptive technology to the next level.

LIL-Bangalore will also complement Lowe’s existing Bangalore Global In-house Center [GIC], which has been operating since 2014 and has grown to include more than 400 employees working on technology and analytics solutions.

Lalit Ahuja, acting managing director, Lowe’s India said

Opening Lowe’s Innovation Labs-Bangalore further strengthens our long-term commitment to India. We are confident that it will complement our efforts and further establish India as one of the innovation hubs for the company.

LIL-Bangalore is expected to welcome its first round of accelerator startups later this year. For more information, visit LIL-Bangalore.

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a Fortune 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customers a week in the United States, Canada and Mexico through its stores and online at Lowes, Lowes.ca and Lowes.com.mx. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. For more information, visit Lowes.com

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Bangalore based retail-tech startup SnapBizz have announced that it has raised funding from Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons. In January 2016, SnapBizz had announced a Series A funding of $7.2 million led by Jungle Ventures, Taurus Value creation, Konly Venture and Blume Ventures.

With the mission of transforming the un-organized fragmented retail sector in the country, SnapBizz currently works with over a thousand kirana stores across Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore and aims to expand its footprint across other tier 1 and 2 cities.

Prem Kumar, CEO and founder, SnapBizz said

We are privileged to have Mr. Tata as an investor at SnapBizz. As one of the most respected names in corporate India, Mr. Tata brings a rich legacy of doing business with a human touch. This reflects in his investment in SnapBizz as we have begun a humble journey of reverse marginalisation of SMB’s and driving digital inclusion in the large consumer goods industry.

A visionary of Mr. Tata’s stature showing confidence in SnapBizz is certainly a big boost for our business idea and will continue to accelerate the digital revolution in India’s kirana stores. Brands are also seeing this an opportunity to partner with us in order to be a well wisher of the retailers ?and get the share of mind of the retailer to appropriate the positioning as the company that cares for the retailers.

Snapbizz is on a mission to transform the face of small-scale retail sector in the country and empower kirana stores not only to be competition ready but to have a competitive edge by making them ‘Virtual Super Markets’. Snapbizz solutions are designed and developed with an in-depth understanding of business process of the kirana store that is reflected in its simplicity and ease of use.

It’s unique ability to create virtual shelf space attracts additional income to retailers from companies that want to merchandize and contextually engage customers in-store and out of store. It also enables smart store management and a digital connection to consumers, FMCG companies and distributors.

In a diverse market like India, where the traditional kirana stores make 98% of store universe and 85% of retail business, the Snapbizz solution is revolutionizing kirana stores across the country by connecting all the dots of the fragmented FMCG ecosystem [brands, retailers, consumers, wholesalers and distributors] and addresses pain points of all stakeholders.

About SnapBizz

SnapBizz Cloudtech Pvt Ltd is a retail-technology company founded in 2013 to transform the small scale retail sector in the country. To reverse marginalization of SMB’s and drive digital inclusion in the large consumer goods industry, it has developed a technology platform to connect all stakeholders of the fragmented retail ecosystem of India, while adding value to individual stakeholders.

The end-to-end solution it offers is an android based, cloud-connected business platform that is also cost-effective. The solution comprises of tablet, barcode scanner, printer and an intelligent external large consumer facing LED display for consumer engagement. SnapBizz is backed by leading investors and strategic partners who are captains of industry and bring in an innovation funnel of cutting edge technology.

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Auto-mobiles of tomorrow will operate at the intersection of connectivity, data and intelligence. Big data will add a new dimension to the evolution of performance and safety aspects. But the next big leap in auto-mobiles would be driven by the vehicle’s ability to connect to the larger eco-system as well as leveraging data for vehicle level optimisation and delivering a personalised & intuitive ride experience. Ather Energy is all set to enter this phase of automobile evolution with the launch of its smart scooter the S340.

The scooter is the maiden venture of Ather Energy, a Bangalore based technology start-up by IIT graduates Tarun Mehta & Swapnil Jain. It will debut at SURGE on Feb 23.

Tarun Mehta, CEO and co-founder of Ather Energy said

Our focus on connectivity and data analytics enables us to offer a unique ride experience. Access to system level data open the possibilities of understanding ride behaviour on a continuous basis and update vehicle parameters based on it. To start with the S340 comes with a touchscreen dashboard that provides on-board navigation, the ability to create personalised profiles with preferred vehicle settings, ride modes and a host of features. With electric set to be future of automobiles, Ather has built a high speed electric scooter – with a powerful Li-ion battery pack and sub-one hour charging.

SURGE is Web Summit’s first conference in India. Web Summit is one of the biggest and most popular technology summits globally that is known to be a great platform for start-ups and investors. Over the last few years, Web Summit has seen the participation of technology players ranging from Fortune 500 companies like Apple and Google to the most exciting start-ups including Airbnb and Uber.

Talking about SURGE, Tarun Mehta added

We are very thrilled to be part of SURGE as it is one of the most influential technology summits in the world. We believe that this is the ideal platform to launch a data driven product which is envisioned to be part of a larger connected ecosystem. The launch will bring to fruition the exciting journey that we started two years ago.

Tarun is also a speaker at SURGE and will share his perspective on Why vehicles of the future will be electric and connected, a belief that has led to the creation of the S340.

In an ecosystem dominated by software players, Ather Energy is among the few hardware start-ups in India. Their first product, the S340 is completely designed in-house and will commence commercial production in Bengaluru later this year.

The company received funding from Tiger Global, Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal.

For more information, please visit Ather Energy

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