Jiyo India is a food brand selling healthy snacks like sandwiches, salads, soups, shakes, organic juices by setting up counters at corporate cafeterias, in a format very similar to the concept of QSR (Quick Service Restaurant). Jiyo India was started by an IT engineer turned entrepreneur, Pankaj Judge. But unlike his counterparts from the field of IT, Pankaj decided to transform his interest into a business, rather than venture into software development.

Green tea is a comparatively new segment in the Indian tea market and growing at a very fast pace. With increasing awareness of different health benefits that green tea offers, Prakash says the market for the product is about on a 60% YOY growth. Laplant Beverages, a Mumbai based startup is now offering fine quality green tea and various blends of it.

If you visit the GIP mall at Noida, the MGF metropolitan mall at Gurgaon, the Oberoi mall in Goregaon, or the Inorbit mall in Vashi, and are offered some freebies, don’t be surprised. Yes, sachets of products from companies and brands like Pond’s, HUL, Dabur, Knorr, Lifebuoy, Veet, L’Oreal etc., are offered for free at these locations via kiosks set up by startup GoTry.

Think redecorating your house and you instantly hit two roadblocks – finding a credible interior designer and secondly, implementing the process with minimal distress. The founders of the newly launched dwll.in (pronounced dwellin’) were also faced with this dilemma when the idea of the business struck them. The venture, whose name is derived from the word ‘dwelling’, is aiming to help people create a space they can connect with, with minimal chaos.