ET Startup Awards 2022: Nominees for Best on Campus

The award will showcase a startup whose impact can be judged both by the idea and the execution. The founders should have been students whose aim was to build a commercial enterprise. There must be some level of validation either through an investor or a customer.

Company Name: ClaimBuddy

Founded In: 2020

Founders: Khet Singh and Ajit Kumar Patel

Based In: Gurugram

Key Investors: Chiratae Ventures, Rebright Partners, Titan Capital, AngelList, LetsVenture, Kshitij Saxena (AutoNinja), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Sachin Maheswari (EZ Cred), Tarun Matta (iim jobs), Kunal Sinha (GlowRoad), Ravi Kumar (Ex-CTO, Housing)

What it Does: ClaimBuddy’s digital infrastructure helps hospitals streamline their financial and operational processes. It enables hospitals to process claims and assists patients in getting the highest claim payout. The startup provides tech and financing solutions to hospitals and doctors which, it claims, improves their operational and financial efficiency by at least 30%.

Company Name: Solinas Integrity

Founded In: 2018

Founders: Divanshu Kumar, Bhavesh Narayani, Prabhu Rajagopal and Krishnan Balasubramanian


Based In: Chennai

Key Investors: 8x Ventures, Lister Ventures, Ajay Kushwaha, Brajesh Kumar

What it Does: Solinas has developed an AI-enabled robot for the water and sanitation industry that cleans septic tanks without human intervention. The startup facilitates the management of utilities such as pipelines and tanks by providing efficient solutions and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Company Name: Sanfe (Redroom Technology Private Limited)

Founded In: 2018

Founders: Archit Agarwal and Harry Sehrawat

Based In: Delhi

Key Investors: AngelList, LetsVenture, Klub, Sonal Karania, V Santhosh, BIRAC, Titan Capital, SucSEED, HPCL

What it Does: Sanfe is an internet-first brand offering women’s hygiene products. It collates customer insights in areas such as female fitness, body concerns, shaving and hair removal. It then develops products around these insights and scales them up rapidly using the D2C channel.

Company Name: Bhanzu (Exploring Infinities Edtech Private Limited)

Founded In: 2020

Founders: Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, Prachotan DL, Krishnakanth JSS, Alluru Uday Kiran and Srinivas Jonnalagadda

Based In: Hyderabad

Key Investors: Eight Roads Ventures, B Capital Group, Lightspeed Ventures, Nitin Gupta, Kunal Shah, Ashish Gupta, Gaurav Munjal, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Maninder Gulati


What it Does: Bhanzu is a global math learning platform that aims to eradicate math phobia and change the way students perceive the subject. It is trying to encourage careers in the math and STEM fields and also aims to introduce students to science, coding and AI, through the lens of math.

Company Name: Vecros (Vecros Technologies Private Limited)

Founded In: 2018

Founders: Besta Prem Sai, Sai Haneesh Allu (ex-cofounder), and Rajeshree Deotalu

Based In: Delhi

Key Investors: FiTT, 100xVC and angel investors

What it Does: Vecros, a robotics company founded by IIT Delhi alumni, builds drones for aerial inspections. Vecros has patented a design for its indigenous drone and wants to extend these capabilities to disrupt the way critical infrastructure is inspected. It is also developing legged robots for indoor, on-ground inspections.

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