6 rising startups in India – May 2

It’s been a busy day for funding and acquisitions in India. Transportation continues to move on up, with apps that help connect drivers to customers and with roadside assistance raising money. A soon-to-launch app that helps connect patients to clinics and a dental health ecommerce site have also secured funding. In the meantime, an agritech startup that wants to use drones to improve your crops has also gotten an investment.

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For those in India who want to get their inner nerd on, you’re in luck, because an acquisition’s gone down to help satisfy all of your Marvel and Star Wars-related t-shirt needs. Check out these startups that have hit the ground running this week.

VoxPop

Hoping to expand its presence into India, US-based Bioworld Merchandising has acquired Indian pop culture merchandise site VoxPop. VoxPop features merchandise based on brands including Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, DC Comics and Warner Brothers.

“While VoxPop continues to be independent in the way it operates, we believe our combined strengths will unlock the opportunity to accelerate growth in the category,” Siddharth Taparia, founder and CEO of VoxPop, said in a statement.

Bioworld Merchandising was founded in 1999 and has offices in Dallas, New York, Minneapolis, London, Toronto and Delhi.

VoxPop was founded in 2013.

MyDentistChoice

Hyderabad-based dental product ecommerce site MyDentistChoice has raised US$150,000 in seed funding from an investor based in the US.

Founded by P Sivaprasad, the startup is a graduate of T-Hub, a Hyderabad-based startup incubator. It claims to be used by 300,000 dentists and 500 dental colleges.

Airwood

Chennai-based agritech startup Airwood Aerostructures has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Bangalore-headquartered StartupXseed Ventures. The company’s patent-pending drones help collect data on weather, water, and crops. The startup also offers products that take readings on nutrients, soil, weeds, seeds, and crop growth rate.

Co-founded by CEO Vivek Rajkumar, Airwood was incubated at IIT Madras, Vivek’s alma mater, in January 2014.

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