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ALTF COWORKING AltF is building a close network of startups by building multiple spaces in the prime locations of the same city. Being a community driven work-space it is building a product, which will help startups get their work done in the community itself. It provides investor 40 COOLEST CO-WORKING connections to start-ups who require funding support. Any person who is an entrepreneur or aspires to become an entrepreneur is welcome to join Alt-F community. Besides lounge and cafeteria where AWFIS and services to be provided COOL QUOTIENT its start-ups hang-out and Awfis has been able to to its community members Location: , , take break from their work, it , , attract a complete gamut of at discounted rates. Awfis conducts beer parties and tries SPACES IN Operational Since: 2015 curates both educational to make startups feel like it is a Start-ups, SMEs, Corporates Total area: 350,000 sq. ft. and Freelancers. Through and fun events - workshops, work-home for them. Altf has speaker series, investor No. of Seats available: 2,600+ its website and mobile (5,000 seats by mid December) launched five locations in Delhi/ connect events, food festivals, The rise seen in the number of coworking spaces has made it the biggest trend the startup application, one can search Current Co-workers: Startups, NCR with two more opening by ecosystem saw this year. The number of such players across India already exceeds 100, for available spaces and stand-up comedy shows, SMEs, Corporates like Snapdeal, Dec 2016. AltF is planning to birthday celebrations etc. meeting rooms and also make OLX, Wooqer, Renew Power, launch 15 spaces in Delhi NCR and it is growing steadily. This year also saw a number of large corporates Apart from events, the centre bookings from one hour to 11 FICCI etc. in total by March 2017. interested in providing flexible working options to their employees. There are many months on a real-time basis. interiors with break-out Current Occupancy rate: 90% No. of Co-working Companies and Awfis recently did a pilot zones, collaboration zones, who cater to the artist, the techie or the nerd in you. Here are some of coolest Members: 2,300+ members COOL QUOTIENT launch of its mobile office rock pods etc. provide ample collaborative co-working spaces to catch your eye. across 220 companies Locations: Five across Delhi/NCR van in Delhi and Gurugram design elements to make Operational Since: 2015 working inspirational and fun. No. of Events hosted: to make commute time curated 100+ events Total area: Over 25,000 Sq Ft By Punita Sabharwal Awfis has 12 operational pro- more productive. It has tied Seating cost: starting from No. of Seats available: Over 400 up with several companies working centres across Delhi- Rs. 4,500 for flexi seat/month to Current co-workers: Over 300 in web & technology, NCR, Bangalore and Mumbai Rs. 8,500 to Rs. 13,000 for fixed Current Occupancy rate: > 85% No. of Co-working Companies: 54 consulting services, financial with seven centres under seats and private cabins/month No. of Events hosted: 9 services, health & wellness, fit-out stage across Delhi- depending on location NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Seating cost: starting from 2500/ concierge services, travel, month/member entertainment, e-commerce Hyderabad and Pune. and F&B for their products

BHIVE Paytm etc. Each of its also have companies four centres have their like Capiot, Novire and At BHive one can settle own stories to tell – from Datalicious and many down at a hot desk, book Steve Job greeting you other freelancers working a cubicle or take a bulk at the entrance with his out of the same space. day pass. It organizes inspirational quote ‘Stay At present it has five meet-ups with investors hungry, stay foolish, to operational centres, and and renowned VC firms a Zen garden to re-fuel has two more centres like Kalaari Capital, your inner peace. Terrace coming up in Bengaluru Target Accelerator seating for those who along with expansion Program, SAIF Partners need their space to plans in Mumbai and etc. The director of IIM think out of the walls! Delhi. With an equal Bangalore’s Incubator For member selection a focus towards property COOL QUOTIENT No. of Co-working Companies is one of the full time and Members: 175 (approx.) basic screening is done owners and investors Location: Five in Bengaluru mentors at BHive. It Operational Since: 2014 No. of Events hosted: to understand the team BHive has launched a offers members special Total area (in sq.ft.): More More than 400 size and the nature of one of its kind franchise Seating cost: Average partnership benefits than 1, 00,000 business. While it has model to expand its No. of Seats available: 1,200 Rs 7000/- person per desk from Amazon Web giants like NEC, NDTV presence in all the major Current co-workers:729 Service, Google Credits, and Neogrowth but cities in India. Current Occupancy rate: 80% IMB Blumemix, ClearTax,

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@WORKS @Works conducts impromptu table-tennis tournaments among different teams. It hosts meet up nights for its members to get to know one another from across its spaces. It also hosts social meetups outside of the workplace. It set up a space with a cafe and a kindergarten to focus on parents of young children and build a local community feel in a residential area, with the added benefit of a place to work from. With seven work spaces operational it plans to add the eighth one planned to open in December 2016, and corporate teams to help COOL two more planned for Q1 of INNOV8 Mondays are bliss when develop an ecosystem QUOTIENT Himanshu Bindal, 2017 in . you have a great work of idea pollination. The Location: Connaught Place Founder, One Internet ambience with cool space is pretty much (Delhi) & City Emporium COOL QUOTIENT Mall () Segways, fooseball open for all, except of Location: Chennai (7 centres) those who don’t like the Operational Since: 2015 start-ups associated COOL QUOTIENT tables, golfing zones, nap Total area: 42,500 sq ft Operational Since: June 2014 shared space culture. with One Internet is Locations: CP, NSP, Gurgaon Total area (in sq.ft.): 18,000 sq. ft. rooms, terrace gardens, No. of Seats available: 250 Facilities offered include & Upcoming Bangalore No. of Seats available: 275 music chambers, Current co-workers: 250 positively impacted. beverages, vending Operational Since: 2015 Current co-workers: 230 3D printers, oculus, Current Occupancy rate: Apart from these, it machines, innovation Total area (in sq.ft.): CP: Current Occupancy rate: 80% mashinga etc. Innov8 is 100% 4000sq feet, NSP: 2000sq zone, recreation zone, also collaborates with No. of Co-working Companies and famous for its thought No. of Co-working feet; Gurgaon: 6000 sq feet, investors and mentors Members: 55 leadership events 24*7 access, storage, Companies: 48 Bangalore: 25000 sq feet and No. of Events hosted: 20 conducted biweekly meeting rooms, online No. of Events hosted: 109 inviting them to meet the Mumbai: 10000sq feet Seating cost: Starts from Seating cost: 10,000/ month for skill development community, merchandise One Internet members. Facilities offered: Rs. 4,500 to Rs. 9,500 etc. With two centres 24 Hour Access, Air and network building. Work at One Internet Conditioning, Furnished Innov8 ensures operational in Delhi is punctuated with Offices, Kitchen Facility, brownian movements & Chandigarh, it is launching the third one in copious fun activities. Reception, Printing/Scan between startups, Equipment, Conference Bangalore soon. It hosts movie nights, freelancers, SMEs, Space, Meeting Rooms, games, poker evenings Serviced Offices, Free tea and ONE INTERNET etc. to keep the spirits coffee, High-speed Internet COWORKYARD panel of partners COOL Ending the Grind No. of Seats available: CP: that focus exclusively of its members high. Going by its tagline# QUOTIENT One Internet has 100, NSP: 30, Gurgaon: 130 Location: Delhi, Gurgaon, Occasionally, it throws cubiclesareboring on the members. Current co-workers: 150 Noida, Chandigarh, collaborated with Current Occupancy Coworkyard Spaces Coworkyard kitchen- parties where the sole , Mumbai, plethora of partners rate: 100% bar spaces are fun aim is mixing with each are meant for creative Bengaluru and Hyderabad No. of Co-working to work. It organizes such as web service nerds, fun startups, Operational Since: 2016 other. It also celebrates Companies: 100 various events at hosting providers, legal young professionals No. of Seats available: the birthday of each No. of Events hosted: 70 and freelancers. Coworkyard spaces 1200+ services providers, Current co-workers: Early and every co-worker. Coworkyard enables directly and through market place for legal its partners, which stage and established With three locations in multi-city workplace service providers, its members and the Startups, Freelancers Delhi-NCR and one each requirements No. of Events hosted: 8 restaurants, money overall coworking in Bangalore and Mumbai seamlessly as it is Seating cost: Rs. 2999 wallets, call management a network of 90+ community attend. It onwards it hosts an interesting providers, etc. to make spaces in eight cities carries screening of mix of professional and each member while sure bottom line of across India. It has a creative people. collaborative mentor, having a no-refusal investor, technology, policy for start-ups hiring, legal and and freelancers. marketing network through Coworkyard’s

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ZEN in client meetings COOL COWORKS and acquisitions, QUOTIENT The experience accounting and Location: Defence Colony, Delhi at Zen CoWorks legal compliances, or more advance Operational is a professional Since: 2015 collaboration accelerator guidance. It has Total area environment set (in sq.ft.): 2200 been selective in within world class No. of Co-working facilities. The making sure that Companies and high energy levels its members are Members: 75 of its members overly committed to Current creates an electric their business and Co-workers: 200 No. of Events atmosphere that they want to be part of a larger hosted: 12 that encourages Monthly cost: productivity and community and family. With one Services range unites its growing from Rs 2500 – 55000 location in Delhi, community. per month Startups are it is planning for supported from multiple locations a pure business within NCR in the perspective, next year. whether it be help

COWORKIN MINISTRY OF by creating several book collaborators in their mornings and drinks COOL Collaborative environment at NEW installations around the journey to getting to the or poetry readings in QUOTIENT CoworkIn helps in productivity Diversity in the space. For the rest, you next level. Whether that the evenings. During Location: of community, from large Fort, Mumbai workplace is largely the will see a lot of clean, means being introduced the day, you will see Operational Since: 2016 teams to part time freelancers. message sent out from functional European to a potential investor, people having meetings, CoworkIn has an extended design mixed with local getting connected to the silently reflecting in the Total area (in sq.ft.): 8,000 Ministry of New. No. of Seats available: 150 network of partners like Bombay touches and PR network or helping courtyard, having a chat With both founders Seating cost: Start at Rs home coziness. Because members to host their on the wooden swing Amazon web services, Startup being Dutch, Ministry 5,500 per month India, Google cloud partners, of New placed a of the founders’ own branded events, or even taking a short Fox my box, Legal Spell and lot of emphasis on backgrounds they it does everything to power nap on one of the many others. Its value partners maintaining the heritage have an international support and grow the ever-so-comfy sofas. also include legal counselors, of Kitab Mahal in Fort, network which they community. At Ministry use as a platform to of New, you will have accelerators etc. that help the even paying respect to help members and yoga space in the community to grow and build the name of the place their startup successfully. Fun activities like beer and bowling, team lunches etc. are planned exclusively for the co- workers so that the community COWRKS forming alliances strengthen by 15,000 IPLEX risk free. As members it stays well connected. With looks for growth companies CoWrks, prides itself with SaaS products, members across 10 iPlex provides integrated four centers across Delhi who are differentiators on being India’s only taxi aggregators, centers in - Bangalore, solutions for companies to CoworkIn plans to add a new in their domains. With six large format coworking food ordering apps, Mumbai, Delhi–NCR, graduate from co-working center every 45 days. It would centres operational right Orate also ensures that the COOL QUOTIENT facility. The mammoth hyper-local delivery Chennai, Hyderabad to a much bigger play by CO.LAB.ORATE be at 10 locations by February now, it is planning to open members go out of their way Location: Hyderabad (3 centres) community at CoWrks service providers, and Pune. offering capital, sales At Co.Lab.Orate, it is all 2017 and 20 centres across and a global footprint. up to 20 by the end of 2017. by engaging the members on Operational Since: 2014 includes freelancers, cloud hosting, code about the right kind of Total area: 6000 sq.ft India by the end of 2017. COOL It has collaborated with a continuous basis through independent repositories, to people and the interactions No. of Seats available: 120 QUOTIENT incubators around the COOL QUOTIENT work-life balancing events consultants, startups, name a few, CoWrks between them. It enables Current co-workers: Limetray, COOL QUOTIENT Locations: Bangalore, world, its sister company, Locations: Mumbai, and workshops. It also small scale enterprises, members access a startups by providing them Motofix, Manhattan Home Design, Location: Lajpat Nagar, Greater Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi Cross Border Angels Bangalore, Pune(2), has activity zones where wide host of free and with mentors, legal help, Artists Affiliated, PeopleDock Kailash 2, Nehru Place & CP, large corporations Operational Since: 2016 supports them through its & Baroda and others discounted services. market research, intellectual members can play board opening shortly in Patel Nagar, and Fortune 500 Total area: 1,92,500 sq.ft network in more than 60 Operational Since: 2014 Current Occupancy rate: 95% & Bangalore Its calendar spans No. of Seats: 3200 property design, etc. from a games or access the best companies. CoWrks locations. iPlex also has an Total area (in sq.ft.): No. of Co-working Companies Operational Since: 2011 as across educational, Current co-workers: books. When it receives draws influence annual event Start Up India 2,00,000 professional perspective. It and Members: 30 Companies Moonlighting and 2013 as CoworkIn Boeing, State Street Global an inquiry, it talks to the from pop and local recreational and Current Occupancy also offers preferred rates averaging at 3 members Total area (in sq.ft.): Advisors, General Electric, rocks which culminates networking events, rate: 80 % on lifestyle services like founder about his startup, per company 12000 sq ft (Present) culture that fuels Enstoa, Innoflexion after city based events in where entrepreneurs, No. of Co-working food, health and wellness, his vision and the industry No. of Events hosted: 130 Facilities offered: Unlimited tea/ inspiration. CoWrks Technology, Visteon, more than 20 cities. Its Seating cost: Ranges artists and visionaries Companies: around 50 etc. Fun firstly arises out of he’s operating in. It also looks coffee, internet, printer/copier/ has partnered with Keystride, Fast Apps co-working spaces are not between Rs. 3600 to Rs.5600 scanner, meeting room/conference share brand stories. No. of Events hosted: 25 No. of Events hosted: how the space is designed. at the ability of a potential accelerator programs just space but a Business member’s contribution to the room, discounts on events that provide startups From two centers in Seating Cost: 10,499 Per Solution to help start ups 5 every quarter Its spaces are dynamic No. of Seats available: 270 overall community. with resources. By Bangalore, the CoWrks Desk per Month penetrate a new market and interactive. Co.Lab. (across all spaces) community will

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INDIQUBE in recruitment, finance & Indiqube’s partnership accounting, Legal, Digital media & PR, enabling The centres have with the start-ups HATCH 101 economies of scale. good indoor games nurtures when they To set up the Its VC partners and such as Pool, grow. It helps them ecosystem Hatch mentors help startups Carrom and Chess. seamlessly transit to 101 got many nurture and grow their While selecting their own dedicated affiliate partners business to the next members the basic office which can be on board, such level. Indiqube has objective is to create customized as per as startups into seven Centers at present a workspace with their needs. Driven by Legal Advisory, and three in different highly motivated, technology platform, Public Relations, phases of development. passionate and it offers a complete Graphic Designers, It is looking to explore creative members. smart space solution, by Recruitment the markets in other Highly successful providing professionally Agencies. Some cities like Mumbai, Delhi, startups such as managed space- post Friday events and COOL examples of its Ahmadabad & Pune UP IN THE AIR Grofers, Curofy, infrastructure, employee goes out as a team. The QUOTIENT collaborations soon. Up In The Air is an facilities and partnered founders prefer long- are: Vakilsearch, Shipsy, Advantage open format, natural Locations: Kalaghoda, spaces. Its platform term partnerships and Fort, Mumbai they provide online Club started from lighting space that enables the Indiqubens COOL most of its members Operational Since: 2016 legal services and Hatch101. Currently, hand picks the it has two locations to order/track food QUOTIENT tend to stay around for Total area: consultancy on companies that would 1000 sq. ft. of Hatch101 - Delhi online, book partner’s Location: Seven centres 4 to 6 months. In fact very key decisions like to be a part of its No. of Co-working spaces (Meeting, across Bangalore it hardly has weekly such as what kind and Gurgaon. It membership and space. Companies: 8 member conference & Training Operational Since: 2014 requirements. The of entity should the is looking to open It connects start-ups companies room) and transport etc. Current co-workers: founder personally startup register as, another center in to its panel of suitable Current co-workers: 23 Its technology driven 3000 plus meets the founders tax registration, Noida as well as accounting firms, No. of Events hosted: 4 so platform (MiQube- Current Occupancy of the company that services and many perfect combination. trademark and a bigger space in design consultant, far – another 4 planned by VATIKA Networking platform rate: 80% wants to be a part of December end more to support Currently, it has copyright etc. Gurgaon. legal advisors, digital CO-WORKING helps the companies No. of Co-working the space. With one Monthly/weekly cost: the rapid growth of 15 centres at eight Another affiliate marketing agencies, SPACES connect, collaborate Companies: 60 plus centre operational, it Rs. 15000 per month startups. The centre locations in India and of Hatch101 is COOL etc. On weekends, At Vatika, the roomy and grow. It helps No. of Events hosted: 7 plans to open centres in heads/managers keep plans to open more DoneThing, a QUOTIENT the space is available space gives people a startups connect with its Seating cost: 6500 Mumbai, Gurgaon, Delhi organizing various locations including personal assistant Location: two centres for hosting events. sense of privacy even in Delhi NCR partners for their needs -13000 INR and Bangalore in the engagement activities international locations. service. Additionally Occasionally it has though they are sharing Operational Since: 2014 near future. it has had several it with others. It offers and events such as Total area: 15,000 Sqft COOL VC firms and Angel the network to grow business education, No. of Seats QUOTIENT Networks come to available: 220 businesses in a young, taxation, funding, Here's to the Future of Work! marketing, stress Locations: Chennai, its centre to meet No. of Co-working warm, energising and and exchange Companies and management sessions, Mumbai, , Name Location Operational Total No. of Current No. of No. of Seating cost peppy environment. It Bengaluru, Hyderabad, ideas. The founders Members: 30+ health check-up Since area Seats co-workers Co-working Events has collaborated with Gurgaon, Pune, Noida have also started a No. of Events hosted: camps, and a lot Companies hosted several services such Operational Since: 2004 mentorship program Several more. Vatika is open as legal assistance, Total area: Around wherein they Seating cost: Coworking for all entrepreneurs, 3.5 Lakh sq. ft. seats start at Rs 5,500 2499 Office Rajouri Garden, Delhi 2015 5000 sq ft 132 117 34 None 3000 per Month finance, taxation, help the startups, startups, while trying Monthly/weekly cost: and Private Cabins start A Little Anarky’s Hauz Khas Village, Delhi 2013 2200 sq.ft. 20 7 3 3 a month company formation, Varies from Rs. 12,000 to SMEs as well as at Rs 6,500 per seat to limit one client Adited , MP 2015 1600 sq ft 35 23 13 3 Rs 3499/month recruitment & staffing, Rs. 16,000 per month freelancers working movers & packers, from one field to avoid out of Hatch101 Centre A Kochi, Kerala 2014 30,000 Sq Ft 350 300 60 Rs. 2500 onwards concierge services, competition and have to connect with Cercles Hauz Khas Village, Delhi 2014 4500 sq ft 10 INR 7000 pm + taxes all verticals for a equipment hire, cab relevant mentors. Collab House Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 2014 4000 Sq.Ft 40 32 12 300 + Rs. 5800/- onwards CoKarma Himayatnagar, Hyderabad 2014 2000 sq ft 40 35 7 Over 15 Rs 5,000 per month Delhi Co. Shahpur Jat, Delhi 2014 5,500 sq.ft. 80 80 12 8 INR 5,000 per month Doers Alley Gurgaon & Kalkaji, Delhi NCR 2012 20,000 Sqft 30 25 8 50 Rs 4500 EasyDaftar Salt Lake, Kolkata 2016 3000 sq ft 80 60 25 5 INR 3600 onwards CO-WORKING Bank, angel investors completely functional Flipmotion Technologies, Forge Factory Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 2016 10,000 sq.ft 100 90 15 30 Rs 3000 + taxes CUBE and venture capitalists at present in Cochin, it Increation, Lamp Media, GreenBubbles HSR Layout Sector 6, Bangalore 2015 6000 sq.ft. 100 90 20 100+ 10000 per month to nurture the ecosystem is planning to have five Bytes Interactive, Marg iKeva Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderbad 2013 50000 sqft 950 600 180 Rs 6000/month onwards C3 works in collaboration Hospitality. CBL Kerala with firms handling legal of start-ups in Kerala. more by July 2017. Royals, Summersoft Incuspaze Hazratganj, Lucknow 2016 1200 sq. ft 30 10 2 Rs. 4000/- Per Month service, financial services, It chose an open design Technologies, Artodart MHS Collective GK1, Delhi 2013 450 10 Rs 5000 COOL QUOTIENT media services, which concept where there are Design Studio OF 10 Hiranandani Powai, Mumbai 2016 6,000 sq ft 75 15 40+ Location: Girinagar, Current Occupancy rate: 60% can be availed by the no inhibitions among Rent a Desk Hyderabad 2014 23,000 499 350 per day onwards the co-workers, which Chembumukku and 2 spaces No. of Co-working Companies co-workers. It has been at Kakkanad (kochi-kerala) SproutBox Gurgaon, DLF Phase 1 2015 3000 Sq. Ft 72 58 Rs. 2,999 + Taxes made the interaction and and Members: 8 companies in touch with companies Operational Since: 2015 and 20 freelancers Starthub Nation Mohali, Punjab 2014 4000 sq ft. 140 80 35 20 Rs.4000/month work exchange among Total area: 6000 sq.ft and organizations like No. of Events hosted: 14 The Playce Mulund W, Mumbai 2013 4000 Sq.Ft 100 70 30 150 Rs.6500 Kerala Start up mission, them possible. With No. of Seats available: 100 Seating cost: 3500 per seat : Unboxed Noida, Uttar Pradesh 2015 12000 sq.ft. 125 25 Rs. 6250 NASSCOM, Federal four spaces which are Current co-workers Wotta Workspace Mohali, Punjab 2015 8000 sq.ft. 100 85 22 20 Rs 2500 onwards

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