IIT Bombay graduates
Kiran Patil and Pritesh Mittal founded Nearfox, a discovery platform that helps citizens make discoveries across categories like food, shopping, beauty, fashion, fitness, entertainment, and local travel, in 2015. However, the startup shut shop in 2016.
Pritesh says, while the startup was shutdown in just a year, they realised the guidance and values of companies like Coverfox and Toppr through SEO consulting. “Hence, we decided to start an agency specialising in SEO services,” he says.
In 2016, the duo launched
Growisto. The Mumbai-based startup is a
retail ecommerce marketing and technology company, which focuses on leveraging technology and data to drive online retail growth.
Ancient Indian practices like Ayurveda and yoga were part of
Roopashree Sharma’s life for as long as she could remember in the form of her grandmother’s recipe of
tulsi ka Ark (a herbal home remedy made from basil) and her mother’s special paste made from coconut milk and turmeric to treat oily skin.
Roopashree held these traditions close, earned a certification in yoga from Bombay University, and studied Sutras and the Charasamita as well. When her son was diagnosed with asthma when he was just two years old, she made him practise Jagriti, Surya Namaskar, and a few other