GES : Details of Digital Economy and Financial Technology startups selected for semis

Hyderabad Nov 29 :The GES is conducting a competition for 'startups' under the startup pitch competition and the primary selection has already been completed.

The details of startups selected under Digital Economy and Financial Technology are as follows

# Jainesh Sinha – India – Senbonzakura Consultancy Pvt. Ltd

GyanDhan is an education loan marketplace that leverages data science to predict students’ future employability. Launched in April 2016, GyanDhan is currently working with Indian lenders to structure differentiated education loan products that are more accessible to Indian students.

# Vivek Kumar – United States – Qlicket Inc.

Qlicket makes it easy to capture employee feedback via quick, micro-pulse surveys taken through an office’s wifi network. The surveys generate response rates of 90 percent of more by making the process of submitting feedback fun, quick and natural.

# Evelyn Chilomo – Zambia – Lupiya Circle Ltd.

Lupiya is an online marketplace created by women that works to financially empower women in Zambia through its branchless banking model. Lupiya works with business owners, low-income employees, micro-entrepreneurs and small farmers by providing small lines of credits.

# Roger Zoundi – Burkina Faso – ScoringCard LLC

ScoringCard is a credit scoring digital infrastructure that connects women and professional lenders in rural areas. Besides offering credits scoring services, ScoringCard will also install loan kiosks in Burking Faso communities that allow women to manage and re-pay their loans.

# Arti Agrawal – India – Anaxee Digital Runners Pvt. Ltd.

Anaxee Digital Runners is building India’s largest, last-mile verification and data collection network of 250,000 “digital runners” to help businesses and consumers reach remote parts of India. Using feet-on-street, tech-enabled runners, Anaxee Digital Runners uses its distributed people network in 650 districts to minimize the digital network barriers that can prevent businesses from connecting with each other and their customers.

# Meredith Peng – United States – Humanitree

Humanitree is an app that breaks down the barriers of child sponsorship by simplifying the ways a person can sponsor a child and his or her education. Humanitree setups secure, recurring credit card payments while also providing other service for sponsors, including in-app letter writing and in-app updates that amplify tangible results of sponsorship.