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| Company Name |
a2zapps.com |
| Founded in |
2006 |
| Headquartered in |
New Delhi |
| Company website/URL |
www.a2zapps.com |
| Industry |
IT/ Internet/ Software |
| Stage of the company |
Several customers or locations |
| Source of idea |
Wanted it as an individual customer |
| Awards & honors |
N.A. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
The company has not formed any significant partnerships yet formally. It is running various partnership programs starting from referral to channel ...> Read more.. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
The company has not formed any significant partnerships yet formally. It is running various partnership programs starting from referral to channel sales/post-sales services to expand its reach to other regions based on revenue-sharing model. Potential partners are the companies with a good presence in the verticals that the company is primarily focusing in- Education, Healthcare, Real-estate, Media, Professional Services & Goverment.
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| Business description |
a2zapps.com is India's First Business Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform company. SaaS is a new way of delivering software over the Internet. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are keen for this on-demand model to avoid the hardware investment, the expensive licensing and maintenance costs of traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer R...> Read more.. |
a2zapps.com is India's First Business Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform company. SaaS is a new way of delivering software over the Internet. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are keen for this on-demand model to avoid the hardware investment, the expensive licensing and maintenance costs of traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and hiring the IT staff needed to deploy and maintain.
The company is also offering the same platform with a stripped-down version to help micro firms with their growth. The platform has already been subscribed by firms from various industries - Education, Publishing & Manufacturing etc.
With rising SMEs (currently 8 millions) & broadband connectivity, India is set for SaaS wave in the enterprise space like USA and Europe. Currently the primary market verticals that the company is focusing in are Education, Healthcare, Media, Real-estate, Professional Services & Government.
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| How does the business make money? |
The company earns its returns over the term of relationship through Subscription fees on a quarterly or bi-annual basis, rather than front-loading with a license sale.
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| Team information |
Kantanu Kundu, CEO & Founder
Rajneet Bhatia, Director, Customer Success/ Support & Founder
P. K. Bhuyan, Chief Strategy Officer & COO
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| Competitors |
Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP ByDesign
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| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Substitutes that differ in price or value |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
"The Platform is designed from the ground up which is NOT the case with its competitors. Hence it is positioned better than them to provide all Saa...> Read more.. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2007 |
| No. of employees |
0-5 |
6-15 |
| No. of locations |
0-1 |
0-1 |
| No. of customers |
0-1 |
6-15 |
| Turnover |
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Under 10 lacs |
| Profits |
preprofit |
losing money |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Family & friends |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
1. It is taking SaaS revolution to a Next Level Through its Platform as a Service model(PaaS). It doesn't provide a specific software to a specific vertical like other SaaS providers. It provides a common Business Platform on which any types of business apps for any verticals can be developed from scratch in days and weeks, rather than six to 18 months w...> Read more.. |
1. It is taking SaaS revolution to a Next Level Through its Platform as a Service model(PaaS). It doesn't provide a specific software to a specific vertical like other SaaS providers. It provides a common Business Platform on which any types of business apps for any verticals can be developed from scratch in days and weeks, rather than six to 18 months with traditional license-and-install software.
2. It saves a lot of money. The total cost for subscribing to the platform is less than half that for an equivalent system bought the traditional way.
3. It allows IT departments to offload the delivery and maintenance of software applications. The company, not the customer, invests in the technology, hardware, and ongoing support services.
4. It provides virtually zero risk. Small and mid-size companies (SMEs) live in fear of the failure rates of large-scale ERP/ CRM implementations.
5. It's sound economics. Customers pay for what they use unlike licensed software.
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
1. To lead SaaS revolution in enterprise space in APAC , primarily in India and be recognized as one of the global leaders in near future.
2. To add as many features as possible to the platform in a quicker timeframe to make it world's biggest and popular multi-lingual on-demand business operating system.
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