launched sportzvillage to convert empty plots into playgrounds when that proved an uphill task he steered towards hosting sports programmes for companies his then moved to approach schools in the form of edusports which now boasts of partnerships with 500 schools and aims to double that in 3 years ritesh agarwal oyo rooms agarwal was 18 when he founded oravel stays his version of homesharing platform airbnb shortly after he realised that the big problem for such platforms was not discovery but standardisation which led to oyo an aggregator of budget hotel rooms the 22yearold was the first indian to be chosen for the thiel fellowship amarendra sahu jitendra jagadev smruti ranjan parida nestaway the batchmates from nit surathkal are all secondtime entrepreneurs nestaway is growing at 40 every month and has secured funds from russian billionaire yuri milnerbacked fund apoletto asia tiger global and idg ventures india it has raised over 43 million in two years et bureau published on aug 8 2016 at 0741 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app google startups kunal shah alok goel snapdeal airbnb paytm freecharge oyo droom et startup awards 2016 market homenewset startup awards 2016 freecharges kunal shah scripts one of the greatest comeback stories