ET Startup Awards 2023: Nominees for Social Enterprise
Company Name: Bioprime Agrisolutions
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital Marketing and AnalyticsVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Applied Business AnalyticsVisit (from left) Bioprime team — Amit Shinde, Renuka Diwan, Shekhar Bhonsle
Founded in: 2016
Founders: Renuka Diwan, Amit Shinde, Shekhar Bhonsle
Based in: Pune
Key Investors: Niti Aayog, Venture Centre, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Omnivore, Inflexor Venture
What it does: Bioprime is a biotech startup that develops biologicals using small trigger molecules that can metabolically reprogramme plants to make them climate resilient, reduce their carbon footprint, restore soil health and give better yields.
Company Name: GramCover
Founded in: 2016
Founders: Jatin Singh, Dhyanesh Bhatt
Based in: Noida
Key Investors: Inflexor Ventures, Stride Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Omidyar Network India, Omnivore
What it does: GramCover promotes insurance services to the rural community in India. The company claims to have sold over 8.4 million insurance policies to over 5 million Indian farmers through its platform since inception, and has a customer presence across 16 states.
Company Name: Vidyakul
Founded in: 2017
Founders: Tarun Saini, Raman Garg
Based in: Gurugram
Key Investors: JITO Angel Network, WFC, Indorama and Nadathur family office, Dholakia Ventures, Veena Munganahalli, Arun Tyagi
What it does: Vidyakul is a vernacular edtech platform catering to students from tier 2 and tier 3
