SAS Nagar, Mohali Business Information Directory

Mohali-based Whispering Homes offers over 1,400 luxury home decor items, including dried flowers, furnishings, artwork, etc., priced between Rs 399 and 80,000.

The consumer electronic chain Figgital, which targets Tier III,IV, and rural areas, has built 40 stores across Karnataka and Punjab in eight months.

While capital, a great idea and a strong will to succeed are important to run a startup, it's not enough to scale. Often young entrepreneurs struggle when it comes to commercialising the idea; what they need is active guidance from experienced professionals who've been through the same journey.

But, the success story of the Chandigarh-Panchkula-Mohali tricity came into the spotlight only in July 2020, when PrepLadder was acquired by edtech giant Unacademy for $50 million.

There are over 558 tech startups in Chandigarh. A draft startup policy aims to further bolster this growth with loans, a seed fund, and more.

Daalchini plans to grow its network of IoT-enabled vending machines aggregating affordable home-cooked food from 400 to 600 in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Chandigarh, and Mohali and other cities.