5 rising startups in India – August 29, 2016

Photo credit: ximagination / 123RF.

An online skills marketplace, a publishing platform, a fintech startup, a cancer treatment company, and a food delivery enterprise make up our list of funded startups today.

Zolo

Photo credit: Pixabay.

Online talent and skills marketplace Zolo has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Hitouch, a Switzerland-based software company.

The funding marks Hitouch’s first investment, the companies said in a statement. Oliver Westphal, CEO of Hitouch, is on Zolo’s board.

Zolo aims to take care of all of the logistics involved in finding talent for a gig, freeing up employers to focus on the hiree. It targets small businesses.

“We’re also launching dedicated platforms like Zolo Homes, Zolo Skills, Zolo Rentals, Zolo Academy, Zolo Lounges, and Zolo Eat to build a holistic environment with space, technology and marketing for solo entrepreneurs to build a business on their core competencies and leave the rest to us,” said co-founder and CEO Satayu Basu in a statement.

Founded last year by Satayu and Manish Tahillani, Zolo claims to make around 10 to 20 percent from vendors on each sale made through the site.

Notion Press

Photo credit olegdudko / 123RF.

Online publishing group Notion Press has bagged US$1 million in series A funding from high net worth investors.

Authors can publish their work – print or electronic – through Notion. The company is currently working on a product that will help authors promote their writing. It is also looking to publish in more Indian languages.

Founded in January 2012 by Naveen Valsakumar, Bhargava Adepalley, and Jana Pillay. Naveen and Bhargava have engineering backgrounds, while Jana’s is in publishing. Notion claims to have published over 2,000 authors and says it sells books in over 100 countries. It will launch its US operations next month and seeks to launch in three other countries by the end of this year.

LoanTap

Mitra Biotech

Runnr