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| Company Name |
Green Hat Ventures |
| Founded in |
2008 |
| Headquartered in |
Mumbai |
| Company website/URL |
www.greenhatventures.com |
| Industry |
Media/
Entertainment |
| Stage of the company |
Have first customer |
| Source of idea |
Wanted it as an individual customer |
| Awards & honors |
Shortlisted for the final round of Concipio'08-the B-plan competition of IIT Kharagpur E-Cell |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
Talks at an advanced stage with: Affle(UK), Ma-Foi, Crosswords, Oxford Bookstores |
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| Business description |
| We're into providing platforms and solutions for employers to put forward their value proposition to attract the best talent. We operate on the print (a campus employer branding publication), web (a web 2.0 approach to information sharing about employers and profile ranking based recruiting techniques) and mobile (with our partner agency's SMS2.0 technology...> Read more.. |
| We're into providing platforms and solutions for employers to put forward their value proposition to attract the best talent. We operate on the print (a campus employer branding publication), web (a web 2.0 approach to information sharing about employers and profile ranking based recruiting techniques) and mobile (with our partner agency's SMS2.0 technology) media. The young talent gets easily accessible career information enabling them to make better-informed decisions while employers have a one-stop solution to target the young talent, attract and recruit them.
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| How does the business make money? |
| From our clients(employers) who use our media portfolio to attract talent through our branding solutions |
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| Team information |
| Gaurav Sengar(Co-Founder/ex-Oracle); Pravesh Dudani(Co-founder/ex-Quetzal); Saurabh Harnathka(Co-Founder/IIT Kharagpur student); J.S Tejaswi(IIMC,IIT Kharagpur); Joyjeet Maity(ex-ICICI,IIT Kharagpur) |
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Vault, JobeeHive, JobSamiksha, Brijj.com |
| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Substitutes that differ in function |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
We offer a full media solution portfolio across print, web and mobile and also have a greater reach in campuses through our Campus Associate network |
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| By The Numbers |
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2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
Did not exist |
0-5 |
| No. of locations |
Did not exist |
0-1 |
| No. of customers |
Did not exist |
2-5 |
| Turnover |
Did not exist |
pre revenue |
| Profits |
Did not exist |
breakeven |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Personal savings |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
| Because we cater to the needs of the largest population band in India (18-28 years) and in this age of talent war, employers have started focusing on HR marketing too apart from product marketing. With our innovative solutions, we offer the employers a medium to attract the best talent. |
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
| A second wasted is a business opportunity wasted in this area of vast market potential |
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