Rajdipkumar Gupta, Founder of Route Mobile Ltd, and Nishant Patel, Co-Founder of Contentstack, teamed up to develop the Virar-Hub Incubator to assist local and aspiring businesses in Virar and surrounding areas.
This incubator strives to provide the ecosystem, mentorship, resources, and strategic collaborations required for early stage start-ups to grow into capable organizations.
Rajdip and Nishant hope to share their knowledge and mentor entrepreneurs as they establish successful and profitable enterprises through this incubator. They will also invest in start-ups that are accepted into the Virar-Hub Incubator.
This project is critical for the Vasai Virar area, which has a lot of untapped potential. Its initial project was the Start-up Quest competition, in which over 200 teams from Greater Mumbai competed.
The top ten teams will advance to the final round, and the top three will be granted the opportunity to be incubated within the Virar-Hub.
Rajdip is one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs, having developed a global and lucrative enterprise with over 20 countries and a billion-dollar market cap. Growing a bootstrapped startup to a very successful IPO is a rare feat in India. Rajdip also runs profitable enterprises in hospitality and renewable energy in addition to Route Mobile.
Rajdip said, “My mantra for success starts with 3S – Scale Sensibly to Sustain. Building successful businesses takes a lot of focus and commitment. With this incubator, we aim to provide the right kind of environment and tools that will create a strong foundation for these start-ups”.
Tech entrepreneur Nishant has started and grown a number of businesses. His start-up was one that Software AG bought. He also oversees an R&D facility that concentrates on creating new corporate SaaS solutions that will create categories.
Nishant also expressed his excitement, “I started my entrepreneurial journey in Virar and now we want to sow the seeds for the next gen of start-ups here”.
Over 68000 start-ups presently make up India's startup ecosystem, which is predicted to reach over 180,000 by 2023. Not just Tier-1 cities will experience this explosive growth in the number of start-ups. Tier-2 towns hold great potential that will be the key to enabling India's growth. The acceptance of goods and services coming from India is growing rapidly on a worldwide scale. This is quite promising.
The concept of "Building in India, for the World" is one that Rajdip and Nishant support. And they want to offer a platform that will enable young businesspeople to fulfill their goals of becoming successful around the world.