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| Company Name |
Lipikaar |
| Founded in |
2006 |
| Headquartered in |
Pune |
| Company website/URL |
www.lipikaar.com |
| Industry |
IT/ Internet/ Software |
| Stage of the company |
Several customers or locations |
| Source of idea |
Developed family or friend?s idea |
| Awards & honors |
Lipikaar is covered by a patent. The innovation has been nominated by Proto.in, and was presented at the July 2008 edition of Proto.
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| Business description |
For the first time in India, Lipikaar can help you write in the language you think in. A typing box which enables typing in a regional language resembles the SMS style of typing where one repeatedly presses the same key to get the desired letter.
The desktop version of Lipikaar allows you to create all types of documents in Windows XP, Win 2000, ...> Read more.. |
For the first time in India, Lipikaar can help you write in the language you think in. A typing box which enables typing in a regional language resembles the SMS style of typing where one repeatedly presses the same key to get the desired letter.
The desktop version of Lipikaar allows you to create all types of documents in Windows XP, Win 2000, Vista, ME while the plugin enables the same functions online. Lipikaar also empowers instant messaging in local languages.
Our long-term vision is to make technology compelling and universally appealing to all Indians. Currently our products are sold across the Government Sector, Banking Sector, Retail, Internet Consumer Portals and PC Desktops. The pain-point that our product Lipikaar solves is felt by everyone when performing simple tasks like word processing or sending e-mails in their regional language. Lipikaar addresses this problem and supports 17 languages including Devnagari (Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Konkani, Sindhi), Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Urdu. Prior to Lipikaar, our company has also launched an online ecommerce portal, BookEazy.com, to make entertainment simple on the Web/mobile, without the hassles involved in typical ecommerce portals.
BookEazy.com partners with some of the top multiplex chains in India such as INOX and Fame
Cinemas, and we serve over 50,000 customers every month.
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| How does the business make money? |
Lipikaar ships as part of a larger keyboard-programmable LED display, and also as a Desktop Software.
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| Team information |
-Santosh Dawara, Co-founder, MS in Comp Science
-Jugal Gupta, Non-executive Director
-CEO of Databyte Equipment Pvt. Ltd.
-Neha Gupta, VP Engineering
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Tachyon Technologies, WebDunia, Google Labs Indic Transliteration Tool
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| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Substitutes that differ in function |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
Lipikaar is a simplified typing tool that enables typing in 17 languages. It is based on a simple principle of what you see is what you get, we don...> Read more.. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
0-5 |
6-15 |
| No. of locations |
0-1 |
over 30 |
| No. of customers |
over 50 |
over 50 |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Family & friends |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
The product team behind Lipikaar is an experienced and passionate team focused on its long term vision. Lipikaar creates a language-independent experience for the desktop PC and our customers range from 7 year olds to the elderly. Similarly, the embedded version of Lipikaar is used by bank employees, shop-keepers with only basic knowledge of the QWERTY k...> Read more.. |
The product team behind Lipikaar is an experienced and passionate team focused on its long term vision. Lipikaar creates a language-independent experience for the desktop PC and our customers range from 7 year olds to the elderly. Similarly, the embedded version of Lipikaar is used by bank employees, shop-keepers with only basic knowledge of the QWERTY keyboard and the local language script.
The management team also brings with it in-depth experience of consumer technology markets and customer-centric thinking. We think these qualities make the startup definitely one to watch for.
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
We're awake thinking ahead of curve in getting India's 300 million strong middle class consumers hooked to technology beyond mobile phone calls. Planning the applications that will make this happen and ensuring we stay focused on the big picture keeps us awake.
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