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Appknox, a leading mobile app security solution HQ in Singapore & Bangalore was founded by Harshit Agarwal and Subho Halder.

Since its inception, Appknox has become one of the go-to security solutions with the most powerful plug-and-play security platform, enabling security researchers, developers, and enterprises to build safe and secure mobile ecosystems using a system-plus human approach.

Appknox offers VA+PT solutions ( Vulnerability Assessment + Penetration Testing ) that provide end-to-end mobile application security and testing strategies to Fortune 500, SMB and Large Enterprises Globally helping businesses and mobile developers make their mobile apps more secure, thus not only enhancing protection for their customers but also for their own brand. 

During the course of 9 years, Appknox has scaled up to work with some major brands in India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, Japan, and the US and has also successfully enabled some of the top government agencies with its On-Premise deployments & compliance testing. Appknox helps 500+ Enterprises which includes 20+ Fortune 1000 and ministries/regulators across 10+ countries and some of the top banks across 20+ countries.

A champion of Value SaaS, with its customer and security-first approach Appknox has won many awards and recognitions from G2, and Gartner and is one of the top mobile app security vendors in its 2021 Application security Hype Cycle report. 

Our forward-leaning, pioneering spirit is backed by SeedPlus, JFDI Asia, Microsoft Ventures, and Cisco Launchpad and a legacy of expertise that began at the dawn of 2014.

Ctruh is building the world’s first AI-powered Unified XR Commerce Studio, enabling brands to create immersive digital commerce experiences directly in the browser. The platform combines artificial intelligence with real-time 3D technology to transform how products are discovered, experienced, and purchased online.

Ctruh’s technology allows companies to instantly create virtual stores, AR try-ons, interactive 3D product pages, and mixed-reality marketing experiences without writing code or requiring specialized hardware. These experiences launch directly through a simple URL and work across web, mobile, and XR devices.

👥 About the Team

Ctruh is a deep-tech startup headquartered in Bengaluru and founded by Vinay Agastya. The team combines expertise across AI, XR, graphics engineering, and enterprise SaaS to build scalable infrastructure for immersive commerce.

Their mission is to democratize XR technology, making immersive digital experiences as easy to create as building a website.

🏆 Milestones

• Founded in 2022
• Built a no-code/low-code web-based 3D engine for XR experiences
• Platform powered by VersaAI, enabling instant text-to-3D asset creation
• Team of ~40+ employees globally
• Achieved approximately $5M revenue in 2025
• Growing community of 39K+ LinkedIn followers

Founded in 2015, Phi Commerce has created PayPhi, a ground-breaking omni-channel payment processing platform which processes digital payments at doorstep, online & in-store across variety of form factors such as cards, net-banking, UPI, Aadhaar, BharatQR, wallets, NEFT, RTGS, and NACH. The company was established with the objective to digitize white spaces in payments & go beyond routine payment processing.

Phi Commerce’s PayPhi Digital Enablement suite has been developed with the mission of empowering very large untapped blue-ocean sectors dominated by offline payment modes such as cash & cheque to accept digital payments.

Custom built enablers around PayPhi, help businesses create, present and process digital payments. Our solutions take into consideration legacy systems and complex workflows of businesses, use case, stakeholders in payment ecosystem such as merchants, consumers, banks, networks and ancillary players etc. This uniquely positions us to eliminate friction in first & last mile of payments and create a sustainable digital payment ecosystem.

Shopflo is an enterprise technology company providing a specialized checkout infrastructure platform designed to boost conversion rates for direct-to-consumer (D2C) e-commerce brands. Founded in 2021, it focuses on enhancing the online buying experience through fast, customizable, and secure checkout pages that reduce cart abandonment. 

We aim to supercharge conversions for e-commerce websites at checkout by improving user experience, helping build stronger intent and trust during the purchase

Problem statement -

(1) There is ~70% drop off at checkout for most independent e-commerce retailer (outside of large marketplaces)

(2) E-commerce cart platforms allow minimal flexibility on checkout, with their experience still same as the last decade

(3) Whereas user experiences are defined by new consumer platforms such as Swiggy, Amazon, etc.

There is a fundamental unbundling of monolith shopping cart platforms globally for mid-market and enterprise customers, who are moving towards headless (read modular) architecture.

Shopflo aims to be the global default for checkout experiences.