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Mendonca, Valerie
ReMaterials: Scaling up frugal innovation solutions
Mendonca, Valerie; Sharma, Supriya; Moses, Aditya
IIMA-CIIE0020 | Published March 31, 2022 | 16 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
ReMaterials was started in 2012 by Hasit Ganatra, when he realised the potential of an alternate product that could cater to the current needs of people living in slums. Slums are characterised by ina... Read More
My T Brewer - Part B
Mendonca, Valerie; Aggarwal, Ansita
IIMA-CIIE0026(B) | Published March 16, 2022 | 9 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Kasliwal and his team had been working on prototypes for a tea-brewing machine since 2013. After running out of funds, they decide to introduce the la Read More
My T Brewer - Part A
Mendonca, Valerie; Aggarwal, Ansita
IIMA-CIIE0026(A) | Published March 16, 2022 | 17 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Amit Kasliwal was a participant of the Post Graduate Program for Executives at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2013 when he came up w Read More
Circles (B): Launch and Pivot
Karna, Amit; Mukherjee, Saral; Mendonca, Valerie
IIMA-CIIE0025(B) | Published December 03, 2021 | 8 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of two college friends - Anchal Taatya and Abhiram Nukalapati. While stu Read More
Circles (A): The Birth of an Entrepreneurial Initiative
Karna, Amit; Mukherjee, Saral; Mendonca, Valerie
IIMA-CIIE0025(A) | Published December 03, 2021 | 14 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of two college friends - Anchal Taatya and Abhiram Nukalapati. While stu Read More
Kaleidofin
Mendonca, Valerie; Sharma, Supriya
IIMA-CIIE0017 | Published December 29, 2020 | 22 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Kaleidofin was co-founded in 2017 by Puneet Gupta and Sucharita Mukherjee; former CFO and CEO of IFMR (Institute for Financial Management and Research) Holdings Pvt Ltd. As part of their roles at IFMR... Read More
Micro Housing Finance Corporation
Karna, Amit; Mendonca, Valerie; Niendorf, Elisabeth; Milap, Akshay; Kathuria, Ajay Kumar
IIMA-CIIE0021 | Published October 15, 2020 | 17 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This case describes the evolution of MHFC, a player in the Indian informal housing sector. As a new entrant offering micro home loans to the financially excluded lower income families of urban India i... Read More
Eko: Scaling up a Fintech Start-up in Volatile Market and Regulatory Environments
Vohra, Neharika; Mendonca, Valerie; Ghoshal, Trisha; Sharma, Supriya
IIMA-CIIE0018 | Published July 22, 2020 | 24 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Eko India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. started in 2007 as a business correspondent (BC) for banks, providing account-opening and cash-in/cash-out (CICO) Read More
Rohan@BlueOcean Tech
Vohra, Neharika; Mendonca, Valerie; Sharma, Supriya
IIMA-CIIE0016 | Published January 31, 2020 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
This short case illustrates the issues in managing people in start-ups, especially while building and growing teams. Rohan the protagonist, is a young, passionate entrepreneur whose start-up has a pro... Read More
BotGo: Growing Pains
Mendonca, Valerie; Sud, Mukesh; Sharma, Supriya
IIMA-CIIE0014 | Published February 05, 2019 | 19 pages. Case
Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
BotGo was started in 2007 by Ravi Panchal, an engineer, after he lost motivation to continue at a managerial role at his job. A hands-on technical per Read More