PoolCircle

  • Bangalore, India
  • Media & EntertainmentSocial Media, Social Impact, ride sharing, Mobile, Sharing Economy

We are the safest peer-to-peer ride sharing / carpooling tech platform.. Longer term we aspire to be "The eBay for the Sharing Economy"

Founded:
July 2013
Stage:
Early Revenues
Market:
B2C

Startup Video

Featured

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PoolCircle launches Standard Fuel Share Fare to ensure consistency in radio cab services | YourStory

Apr 24, 2015

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PoolCircle Is Now Enabling Ride Sharing For Intercity Travel | Inc42

Sep 08, 2014

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Ride Sharing Startup PoolCircle Wants to be the eBay of Sharing Economy | NextBigWhat

Jul 04, 2014


Founded

First spark! Amidst chaotic Bangalore traffic. We can do more than just curse!

Nov

2012
New Team Member

Tech Co Founder identified and brainstorming starts

Dec

Founded

Think Big! Why just carpooling, Lets go after the entire Sharing Economy.

Feb

2013
Founded

FREEDOM!!!!!! Raghu's first day as Founder & CEO of PoolCircle

Jul

Founded

Accepted as part of the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator for startup

Jul

New Team Member

First full time Engineer, Gowtham joins - kickass developer

Sep

New Product Release

BETA LAUNCHED!!!! PoolCircle iOS and Android mobile apps launched

Nov

Media Coverage

Pitched PoolCircle at the Microsoft Ventures Demo Day to 400 investors mentors

Nov

Customer

BETA launch at NetApp, our first enterprise customer

Dec

New Team Member

Isaac and Premjeet join- Two more awesome Engineers

Dec

New Product Release

LAUNCHED! PoolCircle General Availability launched for iOS and Android

Apr

2014
New Product Release

Launched product to power ridesharing for the IPL Cricket matches across India

May

New Team Member

Front End Engineer Vivin Antony joins team

May

New Product Release

LAUNCHED PoolCircle Web UI

Aug

New Product Release

Launched an integration with Explara, online event platform

Oct

Customer

Launched at GE, our first paying enterprise customer

Jan

2015
New Team Member

BIG HIRE!!! Asha Vishwanathan joins the team as VP - Analytics

Apr

Jobs

Team Summary

Raghu Ramanujam - Founder & CEO. Formerly Director Product Management at InMobi & ZOHO; Mentor at Microsoft Accelerator

Ashok Ramamoorthy - Founder & VP-Technology (Part-time). Technical Architect and Lead for the mobile app development team at ZOHO

Asha Vishwanathan- VP - Analytics. Business Intelligence and Analytics professional with strong track record from Oracle and Wipro

Isaac Kingston - Android Developer

Vivin Antony - Front End Engineer


PoolCircle is part of the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator for startups

Team

Founding Team

Raghu Ramanujam

Raghu Ramanujam


CEO, Founder
WORK

PoolCircle (2013 - present)
Founder & CEO

Microsoft Accelerator (2012 - present)
Mentor

InMobi (2010 - 2013)
Director - Product Management

EDUCATION

R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore
BE • 1988 - 1992

National Public School, Chennai
1978 - 1988

Ashok Ramamoorthy

Ashok Ramamoorthy


VP - Technology, Founder
Asha Vishwanathan

Asha Vishwanathan


VP - Analytics
WORK

PoolCircle (2015 - present)
Vice President - Analytics

Wipro Technologies (2011 - 2012)
GTM & Solutions Group - Business Intelligence & Analytics for Healthcare & Lifesciences

Wipro Technologies (2010 - 2011)
Business Intelligence Architect

EDUCATION

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
MBA • 1997 - 1999

Bhilai Institute Of Technology
BE • 1992 - 1996

Product/Service Summary

PoolCircle is the safest peer to peer ride sharing / carpool network. We leverage our users's existing network of connections, or "Circles", to build trust.
Our Standard Fuel Share of Rs 5/km ensures that Passengers commute at fares lower than any cab and Car Owners save up to 75% on their fuel bill
Available on mobile (Android & iOS) and web

Product/Service Descriptions

PoolCircle Ride share network

Screen shots from our Android mobile app, show casing the key workflows