FreeCharge
FreeCharge is an e-commerce website headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra that provides online facility to recharge any prepaid mobile phone, postpaid mobile, DTH & data card in India. The website was started in August, 2010 by Kunal Shah of Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd. In November 2012, the company claimed to be doing online recharge of INR 6 million on a daily basis, translating to INR 2.19 billion a year. It provides online facility to recharge any prepaid mobile phone in India. The amount paid by the user for recharge is returned in form of shopping coupons of some of the top retailers in India, thereby making the recharge virtually free. The first two retailers for which coupons were available were McDonald's and Barista. and were followed by other big retailers such as Café Coffee Day, Domino's Pizza, Cromā, Puma, Shoppers Stop and Jet Airways. In 2011, FreeCharge was named one of the most promising technology startups from India by Pluggd.in.
Preburn operates as an offline app store that facilitates user acquisition for app publishers by installing applications directly on users' devices at the time of retail purchase. The platform provides comprehensive user management services, including real-time analytics, locational and device targeting, user profiling, and a multi-app mode. Additionally, Preburn enhances user engagement through features such as in-store visibility, promotional push notifications, and after-sales calls. With a presence in 152 stores across four major cities—Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru—Preburn was founded on April 5, 2014, by Vijaysimhareddy Devarapalli, Mohit Mittal, and Manikanta Nikhil and is headquartered in New Delhi.
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