20 Indian startups poised to expand in global markets

London & Partners, an agency of the city administration supported by tax firm BDO and banks Santander and Newland Chase, have been on the hunt for Indian startups ready to expand in global markets. They’ve selected 20 after screening hundreds.

These 20 startups will be taken to the London tech week next month, and subsequently supported in expanding their businesses in world markets using London as a base.

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“India is one of the highest sources of foreign direct investment to London, so we already have strong trade links. But we think we can go further to strengthen London’s connections with Indian businesses, not only in established sectors, but in growing sectors, such as tech,” says David Slater, director of international trade and investment at London & Partners.

Here’s a look at the 20 tech companies that made the cut for tickets to London:

42Gears

Bangalore-based 42Gears helps enterprises manage their mobile devices to improve workforce productivity as well as secure corporate data. “Mobile devices are designed with individual users in mind. However, deploying them in a business setup is risky without proper security and control. This is where we come in. We enable the adoption of mobile devices for business use,” 42Gears co-founder and CEO Onkar Singh told Tech in Asia in an earlier interview.

Onkar and his co-founder Prakash Gupta worked for Motorola before bootstrapping 42Gears into a profitable venture with international clients.

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2AdPro

Chennai-based 2AdPro produces creative content for marketing campaigns in a cost-effective way for global brands. It also has tech products to help manage campaigns. Clarks, Tesco, and BBC are among its clients. The co-founders, Gopal Krishnan and Todd Brownrout, had long careers in the media and advertising industries before striking out on their own.

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