OBQ 1648: Meta is their beta :)

Meta or what used Facebook is just one of those success stories that they helped develop they are the real big daddies of Technology as we know it.

Who are they?

 Answer: Andressen Horowitz the big investors of silicon valley

OBQ 1643: Chaiwalah

He might not describe himself as a chai wala because he is probably too classy and belongs to a much younger generation, who is he?

Answer: Bala Sarda of Vahdam teas

OBQ 1639: On the money.

Identify the mavericks who started a firm that lets the common man make money before they make the money themselves. 

Its a start-up that is truly for "Bharat".

Answer:Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani

OBQ 1630: Its a liquidity problem.

When you have lots of money you can do anything with it, this has been true from the time of the king of Lanka (Raavan) , here we have a 21st century tycoon doing something similar.

Connect these two images to one of the red hot start-ups that is just a month older than the Taliban Government in Afghanistan.

Answer: Altos a start-up that plans to make humans immortal!

OBQ 1628: Partner in crime.

Some corporate sagas deserve a movie or two of their own! Here is one. This guy (who I will not call gentleman) and his far more famous Ex-girlfriend created company that was perhaps the most sophisticated corporate fraud of recent times. 

Now they are suing each other!

Identify him/his-Ex/and their love child (the company they founded).

Answer: Sunny Balwani, boyfriend of Elizabeth Holmes the Theranos fame!

OBQ 1625: All things awesome!

Its digital, environment conscious and started by bunch of Desis who returned from "foreign land", this is what I call a true power couple.

Identify them and the brand that just planted a tree for me today!

Answer: The "Alagh couple" of Mamaearth.

OBQ 1606: Business @ speed of sound

 Identify the company that is going to make the commercial aviation great and fast again!

Answer: Boom Aviation

OBQ 1599: She/Her/Legend!

Some real life stories are even more amazing than the fiction, here is one such story of a person of Indian origin breaking it through the "white glass ceiling".

Identify the woman with guts and glory.

Answer: Anjali Sud of Vimeo

OBQ 1587: You got to be...

 Identify the player who has thrown its gauntlet to tech giants in one of the most contested tech domains.

Answer: Brave

OBQ 1585: Building the base.

Coin base has gone ballistic and the world cant have enough of bitcoins enthusiasts, there are people however working on less sexy but far more effective things that make financial inclusion and digital money reach farther.

Identify this entrepreneur who is doing this in India and beyond for last two decades+ and has built quite a huge base of customers and investors.

Answer: Amrish Rau of Pine labs

OBQ 1584: Geeks Inc.

This almost feels like history repeating itself, where the upstarts from two decades ago are now billionaire investors and they have found their alter egos in two nerds who will go on to revolutionize more than one industry.

Connect these four gentlemen to a company...unfortunately its not called  Geeks Inc.

Answer: Patrick and John Collison of Stripe

OBQ 1574: Noun-sense.

Using a common noun is a fade among tech-startups, this one took it too far. Identify the company that operates in the world of crypto-currency and its name might feel something that is something connected to earth but in reality its more of an abstract noun!

Identify the logo.

Answer: Tether, the fintech firm that wanted to somehow connect bitcoin prices to USD.

OBQ 1565: Trending!

 Simply identify these guys who grabbed an opportunity and are trending now.

Answer: Founders of Koo

OBQ 1547: The bestseller.

 All tech companies are in race to grab your attention share especially during the lockdown phase, here is a company which comes from a rather scenic country closer to Santa's home that is doing this since 2013 and is on top of chart of the bestselling apps ever since.

Connect to the company.

Answer: Supercell

OBQ 1531: Old man and the tree.

If there is a metaphor for the business world where an old man plants a (metaphorical) tree and lot of birds and animals grow under it shade and it yields some sweet fruit then this guy is the one who should be the Old man in that story.

Who is he and which company did he start?

Answer: Don Valentine of Sequoia capital

OBQ 1526: Early starters

 Education is changing rapidly and not just due to the ongoing pandemic but also because of changing the under current of skills needed to thrive in 21st century job market.

Identify the company that was in news and is making most out of this trend.

Answer:Whitehat Junior

 

OBQ 1516: Gobbled up.

Yet another aggregator that got gobbled up by a biggie.

Identify it from its logo.

Answer: Postmates the food delivery company acquired by Uber.

OBQ 1513: The upside.

As people fret over stepping out of their houses some companies are bound to have a huge upside during the times of pandemic.

Identify one of the company that will see the upside.

Answer: Dunzo

OBQ 1510: Short streams

Identify yet another streaming service backed by some big shots from entertainment and tech industry from its logo.

Answer: Quibi

OBQ 1480: Crowd pleasers.

Getting the crowd behind you is ever so important, be it business entertainment or politics. This guys went out to make a system where one can get business started w/o backing of big venture capitalists or any PE Capital.

What did they start?

Answer: Kickstarter