Dispatch #3 - 29th July 2022
Dispatch #3 - 29th July 2022
Goan company to manufacture key components for ISRO space shuttle, Goan legal tech raises funds, vernacular web3 news platform & board games made in Goa and more
GM folks ✨
We’re out with the 3rd StartupGoa Dispatch!
About 2 weeks ago we organised another Web folks meet-up at 91 Springboard. We had some interesting speakers at the meetup and it was great to interact with the 70+ of you who attended! We can’t wait to me you’ll again next month.
From this dispatch onwards StartupGoa will be mainly run by the new team of young volunteers. We thank the founding team for creating a platform like StartupGoa. Upwards & onwards 🚀
Warm regards from the StartupGoa team
Featured founders/startup
🐢Turtlemint opens R&D offices in Panjim
Turtlemint cofounded by Goan origin & alumni of Don Bosco High School Panjim - Anand Prabhudessai, is an Insuretech firm that was incorporated in the year 2015. In just 6 years’ time, the company has built the largest insurance advisor network and has footpoints in 14,000+ pin codes, with penetration in the Tier 3 cities and beyond. Turtlemint has brought about a digital revolution to the insurance advisor community by empowering them to advise insurance products across health, life, car & bike insurance from more than 50+ insurance companies.
Turtlemint, recognised globally as one of the top 50 Insuretech companies in the world, has recently set up a Research & Development centre here in Goa to work on digital insurance products. It will initially recruit software engineers for software development and software testing roles and at a later stage would look to employ business and financial analysts, product managers, content writers, and UX professionals. Turtlmint aims for one-third of its team to be working from their offices in Goa to work on newer technology, based on blockchain, data science & AI. The company has tied up with NIT, IIT and GEC for internship programs. To apply to their open positions please visit the Featured Jobs section below.
Goan tech/projects in the spotlight
🚀Goan firm Kineco to supply key unit for ISRO’s Ganganyaan mission
Is that a bird? A plane? No, it’s an ISROs spacecraft! Kineco will manufacture a critical component which will connect the crew escape module and the equipment bay.
Kineco whose revenues are over $25 million is involved in manufacturing composites in industries such as Aerospace, Railway & Industry. Other projects involve manufacturing the composite front structure (Train Nose) of Vande Bharat semi-high speed trains which you can read about it here. Kineco will be present at InnoTrans 2022, which is a prominent rail technology trade fair in Berlin where they will be unveiling 3 products complying with European standards: An automatic sliding door, a Vacuum pressure toilet system and TSI compliant PRM Toilet module.
📜 Goa-based legal tech startup raises funds
The Legal Capsule, a Goa-based legal tech startup, raised an undisclosed amount in May 2022 from Hyderabad-based SucSEED Indovation Fund & former CEOs of TCS & Tech Mahindra. The Legal Capsule is an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management Platform that assists enterprises (mainly SMEs & large-scale companies) in managing contracts on a single platform. From contract drafting to redlining important areas and tasks during negotiations to dynamic approval workflows the platform helps you manage contracts without much legal knowledge.
Made with ♥️ in Goa or by Goans
📈 CryptoKida - A Goan-based crypto news aggregating platform
Started with an aim to spread crypto-related news to all corners of India, CryptoKida caters to Hindi, Punjabi & English-speaking crypto enthusiasts & soon will include other Indian languages as well. Run by Aditi SK from Panjim, CryptoKida wants to make Goa the next big crypto hub. Check it out here.
🎲 Kheo Games - A Goa-based board game creator
Kheo, run by board game enthusiasts, is a Goan company that makes its own board games. Kheo means ‘to play’ in Konkani. They specialize in board games that have themes & tell a story like Go Goa: an award-winning board game in which players get to visit different tourist destinations to collect points to win the game. Kheo Games develop its games which involve the best game designers, graphic designers and artists in the development of our board games. Check out Go Goa here.
Events & Meetups
Just got done
StartupGoa Webfolks meetup July 2022
Startup Goa organised a meetup for the tech community in Goa on the 2nd of July 2022 at 91 Springboard, Panaji, Goa. The event focussed on inspiring Goan minds with startup culture, by bringing in speakers from the event sponsor, Turtlemint, an insure-tech platform. The event also provided a great opportunity for networking for around 70 attendees over some mouth-watering refreshments.
Upcoming
StartupGoa is planning an event for August 2022. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn & Twitter for updates on this.
What we’ve been reading at StartupGoa
🧘🏽♂️ Go to market in web3 - new mindsets
Read how web3 is changing the entire idea of go-to-market strategy through the lens of customer acquisition, encompassing areas such as pricing, marketing, partnerships, sales channel mapping, and sales force optimisation.
🧳 Career advice - Build personal moats
Founder of On Deck - Erik Torenberg’s favourite advice is to build personal moats. A personal moat is a set of unique and accumulating competitive advantages in the context of your career. Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage specific to you that's not only durable but compounds over time.
🏚 The C4 model for software architecture visualization
If you ask an architect to design a structure you will get a standardized site plan that can be read by any architecture in the industry anywhere in the world. Ask a software engineer & you might get a diagram that even their teammates may not understand 😅 . The C4 model aims at providing a standardized & concise way of visualizing software architecture.
📋Featured Jobs from the StartupGoa job board
The StartupGoa.org community is grateful for the support from our partners
Turtlemint
Turtlemint is an online insurance platform that identifies and purchases appropriate consumer insurance policies. It aims to “demystify” insurance by explaining the jargon in a simple way and providing smart tools to help a user make the right choice.
Passbolt
Passbolt is the best password manager for teams and collaboration. Secure, flexible, and automation-ready. Trusted by over 10,000 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, newspapers, governments and defence forces. Passbolt is partially built in Goa.
Numadic
Numadic is on a mission to undisrupt movement by enabling automated vehicle payment applications and infrastructure. Numadic’s vehicle payments platform supports several major banks in India. Proudly built almost entirely in Goa.
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