Sep 4, 2024
By: Prerna Tyagi
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Spotify, a popular music streaming app, was co-founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in Sweden. It is available in most of Europe, as well as Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, with a total availability in 184 markets.
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Swiggy, one of India's leading food delivery services, was started by Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy, and Rahul Jaimini in 2014. Besides food delivery, the app also provides quick commerce services under Swiggy Instamart.
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YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing platform, was co-founded by Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen in 2005. Jawed Karim is also the first person to upload a video on YouTube!
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Zomato, a leading restaurant discovery and food delivery service, was co-founded by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah in 2008. The company started as a restaurant-listing-and-recommendation site and evolved into a comprehensive food and lifestyle platform.
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Urban Company, a platform offering home services, was founded by Abhiraj Bhal, Raghav Chandra, and Varun Khaitan in 2014. Previously known as UrbanClap, they currently operate in 215 cities across 4 countries.
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Hinge markets itself as a dating app designed to be deleted. It was co-founded by Justin McLeod in 2012. Match Group, which also owns Tinder and OkCupid, owns 100% of the company.
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Discord, a popular communication platform for gamers and communities, was co-founded by Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy in 2015.
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Pinterest was co-founded by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra in 2010. They created Pinterest as a tool for users to discover and save creative ideas, from DIY projects to fashion inspiration.
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Notion, the all-in-one workspace tool, was founded by Ivan Zhao and Simon Last in 2013. The app combines notes, tasks, calendars and databases into a single interface.
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