Hoodoo.in

  • Delhi, India
  • RetailRetail Technology, E-commerce

A chat-based personal shopping concierge for affluent young professionals

Founded:
2015
Stage:
Early Revenues
Market:
B2C

Startup Video

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Hoodoo is like human Siri on steroids, get anything you want on demand | PayU Money

We have always felt that shopping is a very personal experience. Every person comes with a different background and has very unique requirements & preferences. Thus, one size fits all approach that the e-commerce players currently have isn’t the best


Founded

May

2015
New Product Release

Launched an android app (beta)

Jan

2016

Jobs

Team Summary

1. Smile Sikand: Founder & CEO
- Angel List: http://angel.co/smile-sikand
- Have founded two startups (Finnler, an LMS company & Zikr Studio, a UX design lab) prior to this. Expertise: Product & design.

2. Siddarth Jain: Co-founder. Operations
- Angel List: http://angel.co/siddarth-jain
- Held the position of Gen. Sec., Student council of IITD, responsible for all fests and student related activities

3. Avani Tanna: Data Modelling
- Angel List: http://angel.co/avani-tanna

Team

Founding Team

Smile Sikand

Smile Sikand


Founder

Founder of Hoodoo. 3rd venture. Product guy. Engineer by qualification, designer by heart.

WORK

Hoodoo.in (2015 - present)
Founder

Zikr Studio (2014 - present)
Co-Founder

Finnler | Making Classrooms Social (2013 - present)
Co-Founder

EDUCATION

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) • 2006 - 2010

Stanford University HCI Design Class

Siddarth Kamlesh Jain

Siddarth Kamlesh Jain


Co-Founder

Tackling operations at hoodoo.in; such challenges. much wow.

WORK

Hoodoo.in (2015 - present)
Founder

Board for Student Welfare, IIT Delhi (2015 - present)
General Secretary

Wipro (2015 - 2015)
Summer Internship

EDUCATION

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Bachelor's Degree • 2012 - 2016

Swaminarayan Gurukul International School, Bangalore
High School • 2007 - 2010

Avani Tanna

Avani Tanna


Co-Founder

Product/Service Summary

Hoodoo is a chat-based personal shopping concierge, for aspirational corporate professionals, that helps them shop for great products and experiences. The user just sends a request, and our network of experts find it & gets it delivered at the doorstep.

Product/Service Descriptions

Hoodoo.in

Hoodoo is a backend technology layer, over messaging apps that helps young professionals (and expats) shop for great products and experiences. The user just send a request, and our network of experts find it & gets it delivered at the doorstep