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Times of India

Now, get cheap internet along with your chai, grocery

It's not just at upscale coffee shops that you can surf the internet; your local chai seller or kirana store could also offer Wi-Fi for as little as Rs 10. A number of these stores across Delhi and Bengaluru have partnered with startups to provide pre-paid WiFi packs for between Re 1 and Rs 20.

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Live Mint

Wi-Fi analytics start-up i2e1 raises $3 million from Omidyar Network, others

Delhi-based i2e1 (Information to Every One), a Wi-Fi analytics start-up, on Wednesday said it has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by impact investment firm Omidyar Network. Auxano Ventures and early stage venture capital firm 3one4 Capital, backed by Mohandas Pai along with some of the organization’s existing investors also participated in the round, the company said in a statement.

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Vccircle

Wi-Fi analytics startup i2e1 raises $3 mn from Omidyar Network, others

Delhi-based Omnia Information Pvt. Ltd, which runs smart network layer platform Information to Every One (i2e1), has raised $3 million (about Rs 20 crore) in Series A funding led by impact investment firm Omidyar Network, a press statement said.Auxano Ventures, Mohandas Pai-backed early-stage venture capital firm 3one4 Capital, and some existing investors also put in money.

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Inc42

i2e1 Raises $3 Mn From Omidyar Network And Existing Investors

Delhi-based i2e1 (Information To Every One), a smart network layer platform has raised $3 Mn in Series A funding led by Omidyar Network. The round also saw the participation of Auxano Ventures and 3one4 Capital along with some of the organisation’s existing investors. The raised funds will be used to scale up the existing operations and launch a mobile application.

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Business Standard

i2e1: Wifi on a sharing platform

Despite serious efforts by the government to make the Internet available to everyone at a low cost, a significant gap exists in wifi proliferation. Advertisement-based or telecom company-backed wifi models have been attempted but no sustainable model has evolved.

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Your Story

i2e1: Satyam Darmora's gambit which delivered free internet in 4,000 locations

The digital frontier is like a highway where a human's imagination can run wild. While it reminds us of the movie Tron, a majority of Indians still own push carts and carry a feature phone, or a smartphone but still don't know the power of the device and the information it can deliver to change their lives.

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NBT

अब चाय के साथ मिलेगा सस्ता डेटा भी, दिल्ली और बेंगलुरु में नया स्टार्ट-अप

चाय पर चर्चा' तो आपने सुना होगा, लेकिन 'चाय के साथ इंटरनेट डेटा' आपने पहली बार सुना होगा। हम किसी बड़े कॉफी शॉप की बात नहीं कर रहे हैं, जहां आपको फ्री इंटरनेट मिलता हो। हम बात कर रहे हैं चाय की छोटी दुकानों और किराना स्टोर की, जहां आपको महज 1 रुपये में वाईफाई इंटरनेट मिलेगा।

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Haribhoomi

खुशखबरी: दिल्ली-बेंगलुरु में चाय की दुकानों पर एक रुपये में मिलेगा इंटरनेट!

दिल्ली और बेंगलुरु में देश के ऐसे दो शहर हैं जहां चाय की दुकान और किराना स्टोर पर मात्र 1 रुपए में वाईफाई इंटरनेट मिलेगा। इन दोनों शहरों में कई दुकानों ने एक स्टार्टअप के साथ समझौता किया है जो एक रुपए से 20 रुपए तक में इंटरनेट मुहैया कराएगा। इस योजना का मकसद शहरी झुग्गियों और ग्रामीण इलाकों में वायरलेस इंटरनेट कनेक्टिविटी उपलब्ध कराना है।

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oneindia

अब चाय की दुकानों पर भी मिलेगा Wi-Fi, कीमत सिर्फ 1 रुपये से शुरू

अभी तक आपने महंगे कॉफी की दुकानों में देखा होगा कि वे अपने ग्राहकों को फ्री में वाई-फाई की सुविधा उपलब्ध कराते हैं। लेकिन अब जल्द ही आपको घर के बगल या ऑफिस के सामने स्थित चाय की दुकान पर भी वाई-फाई मिलेगी। टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया की एक रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक दिल्ली और बैंगलोर में कई जगह चाय की दुकानों और जनरल स्टोर ने कुछ स्टार्टटप के साथ 1 रुपये से 20 रुपये तक प्रीपेड वाईफाई उपलब्ध कराने के लिए हाथ मिलाया है।

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Patrika

Here, just get one rupee in the internet, so take advantage of this

It is commonly seen that large restaurants and food outlets want to increase the number of their customers by offeringgreed for free WIFI facility. Government also declares WiFi facility in metro and trains.But now you willnot have to wait for a cheap coffee shop or a big coffee shop or a railway trip. Now this facility will be available to you on a roadside tea or even at a grocery store situated near the house. The cost of this profit starts from just Rs.1.

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Your Story

i2e1 raises $500,000 seed funding from growX ventures, Mohandas Pai

Delhi-based i2e1, a smart network layer platform which aims to provide low-cost and free Internet to consumers and actionable analytics to providers, has raised a seed round of $500,000 led by growX ventures. The round also saw participation from angel investors such as Mohandas Pai, Rajan Pandhare, Debasish Mitter, and Singapore Angel Network. IIT-Delhi, where i2e1 was incubated, is also a shareholder in the company. The platform will use the funding for ramping up operations, analytics platform and the team.

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Your Story

Week 2 sees 10 deals amounting to $58.45M; AI is the new love

i2e1 (Information to Every One), a Wi-Fi analytics provider based in Delhi, raised $3 million Series A funding led by Omidyar Network. The round also saw participation from Auxano Ventures and 3one4 Capital along with some existing investors.i2e1 plans to allocate these funds to scale existing operations and launch a mobile application, making the provider a B2B2C player.

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Vccircle

i2e1 raises $500K from growX, Mohandas Pai and others

Delhi-based Omnia Information Pvt Ltd, which runs smart network layer platform i2e1, has raised $500,000 (Rs 3.34 crore) from angel investors led by growX ventures. Other angel investors include Mohandas Pai, Rajan Pandhare, Debasish Mitter and Singapore Angels.IIT-Delhi, where i2e1 was incubated, is also a shareholder in the company, said a statement from the company.

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The Indian Wire

Wi-Fi analytics firm i2e1 secures ₹19.4 crore from Omidyar Network and others

The proceeds of this Series A funding round will be used by the company to scale its existing operations and launch a mobile application. i2e1 (Information to Every One), which is a Delhi-based startup that offers Wi-Fi analytics service, has secured around ₹19.4 crore ($3 million) in its new funding round.

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Your Story

The war of tomorrow: Google, Apple and Amazon focus on evolution of edge analytics

Edge Analytics is being done by a few companies like i2E1, WizGo and Bezirk. i2e1 collects data from over 20 million devices every month. Satyam Darmora, Founder of i2e1, says: “We analyse over 50 million data points daily to estimate footfalls at various physical marketplaces across the country, which helps our clients to efficiently manage their current stores and plan new stores.”

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Your Story

Future connected: Will Internet of Things make India smarter?

Companies like Bezirk, i2e1 use data of corporations to understand how their consumers are using connectivity to interact with physical retail ecosystems. These companies then push customised advertising to users and induce the customer to spend more in the retail set-up.

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TOI

Wi-Fi now an analytics tool for retailers to engage with shoppers

Satyam Darmora, founder, I2E1, a company that provides Wi-Fi analytics says that brick and mortar retailers are warming up to having real-time analytics, compared to e-commerce players where it is easier to track customer behaviour.

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