worm began to turn again within them. In couple of years (late 2005) TutorVista broke the surface. The innovative enterprise that set out to offer, for the first time, online tutoring to American students by teachers sitting in India. The dynamic duo sold the downright outrageous idea of outsourcing a student’s homework.

#3 Rajat Dhariwal and Madumita Halder

Founded MadRat Games

Founded by the trio of Rajat, Manuj and Madhumita Dhariwal, MadRat games has been putting in a lot of legwork from the past three years and have seen impressive results, their biggest success being, Aksharit- The Hindi Scrabble. They have also gone digital and are banking heavily on local language innovations to reach the masses. Blume Ventures and First Light Ventures have invested around $500 thousand in Madrat Games. Being perhaps the only player who have a presence in the physical as well as the digital world, the road ahead would be to build a stronger brand, creating IP around the characters and push more on the digital front.

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