Aagam Chaudhary and Saksham Jain, founded Kyari in 2022. Both brothers Together, they created plants with self-watering planters in times of COVID lockdown

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There are more than 150 plants at this startup. They sell fertilizer and self-watering planters. The plants just require weekly watering

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This startup recently produced a water level meter as well. All you have to do is put it in the ground and wait 15 to 20 minutes

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Every day, the firm ships about 2000 plants. Over 5 lakh people have received plants from this firm so far

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In 2022–2023, it made Rs 1.75 crore revenue, but losses were Rs 1.25 crore. It made Rs 9.5 Cr the following year, but with Rs 2.17 Cr loss

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The company made sales of Rs 10.5 crore up to October of this year, but it lost Rs 1.35 crore during that time. Projected sales this year Rs 23 Cr, with roughly Rs 2 Cr loss

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40 % of this company is owned by Aagam, 37 percent by Saksham, 7 percent via ESOP, and 17 percent by investors

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The founders requested Rs 80 lakh in finance with 0.8% equity for their firm. The business is on the verge of going bankrupt

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Apart from them, Piyush Bansal and Kunal Bahl made a trade of Rs 4 crore in exchange for 10%. Founders abandoned the offer because of the unsatisfactory outcome

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