START-UP OPPORTUNITY COOL IDEAS COWORKING COUPLES IN BUSINESS

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

40 COOLEST CO-WORKING itself. It provides investor

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

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

Paytm etc. Each of its also have companies

BHIVE 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 COOL QUOTIENT No. of Co-working Companies
For member selection a focus towards property
is one of the full time Location: Five in Bengaluru and Members: 175 (approx.)
basic screening is done owners and investors
mentors at BHive. It Operational Since: 2014 No. of Events hosted:
to understand the team BHive has launched a More than 400
offers members special Total area (in sq.ft.): More
size and the nature of one of its kind franchise than 1, 00,000 Seating cost: Average
partnership benefits
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, Current Occupancy rate: 80%
and Neogrowth but cities in India.
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
two more planned for Q1 of INNOV8 corporate teams to help COOL
Mondays are bliss when develop an ecosystem QUOTIENT Himanshu Bindal,
2017 in Chennai. of idea pollination. The Location: Connaught Place Founder, One Internet
you have a great work
ambience with cool space is pretty much (Delhi) & City Emporium
COOL QUOTIENT open for all, except of Mall (Chandigarh)
Segways, fooseball
Location: Chennai (7 centres) those who don’t like the Operational Since: 2015 start-ups associated COOL QUOTIENT
Operational Since: June 2014 tables, golfing zones, nap Total area: 42,500 sq ft
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. Operational Since: 2015
Current co-workers: 230 3D printers, oculus, beverages, vending Current Occupancy rate: Apart from these, it Total area (in sq.ft.): CP:
Current Occupancy rate: 80% mashinga etc. Innov8 is machines, innovation 100%
also collaborates with 4000sq feet, NSP: 2000sq
No. of Co-working Companies and famous for its thought zone, recreation zone, No. of Co-working feet; Gurgaon: 6000 sq feet,
Members: 55 24*7 access, storage, Companies: 48 investors and mentors
leadership events 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 community, merchandise Seating cost: 10,000/ month Facilities offered:
for skill development One Internet members.
Rs. 4,500 to Rs. 9,500 etc. With two centres 24 Hour Access, Air
and network building. Work at One Internet
operational in Delhi Conditioning, Furnished
Innov8 ensures is punctuated with
& Chandigarh, it is Offices, Kitchen Facility,
brownian movements Reception, Printing/Scan
launching the third one in copious fun activities.
between startups, Equipment, Conference
freelancers, SMEs, Bangalore soon. It hosts movie nights, 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 QUOTIENT of its members high. 100, NSP: 30, Gurgaon: 130
Going by its tagline# One Internet has
cubiclesareboring on the members. Location: Delhi, Gurgaon, Occasionally, it throws Current co-workers: 150
Noida, Chandigarh, collaborated with
Coworkyard Spaces Coworkyard kitchen- parties where the sole Current Occupancy
bar spaces are fun Kolkata, Mumbai, plethora of partners rate: 100%
are meant for creative Bengaluru and Hyderabad aim is mixing with each No. of Co-working
to work. It organizes such as web service
nerds, fun startups, Operational Since: 2016 other. It also celebrates Companies: 100
young professionals various events at No. of Seats available: hosting providers, legal No. of Events hosted: 70
the birthday of each
and freelancers. Coworkyard spaces 1200+ services providers,
directly and through Current co-workers: Early and every co-worker.
Coworkyard enables market place for legal
its partners, which stage and established With three locations in
multi-city workplace Startups, Freelancers service providers,
requirements its members and the Delhi-NCR and one each
No. of Events hosted: 8 restaurants, money
seamlessly as it is overall coworking in Bangalore and Mumbai
Seating cost: Rs. 2999
community attend. It wallets, call management
a network of 90+ onwards it hosts an interesting
carries screening of providers, etc. to make
spaces in eight cities mix of professional and
across India. It has a each member while sure bottom line of
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
at Zen CoWorks legal compliances, Colony, Delhi
or more advance Operational
is a professional Since: 2015
collaboration accelerator
Total area
environment set guidance. It has
(in sq.ft.): 2200
within world class been selective in
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
atmosphere that they want to No. of Events
be part of a larger hosted: 12
that encourages Monthly cost:
productivity and community and
Services range
unites its growing family. With one
from Rs 2500 – 55000
community. location in Delhi,
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

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

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VATIKA
CO-WORKING
SPACES
At Vatika, the roomy
space gives people a
sense of privacy even
though they are sharing
it with others. It offers
the network to grow
businesses in a young,
warm, energising and
peppy environment. It
has collaborated with
several services such
as legal assistance,
finance, taxation,
company formation,
recruitment & staffing,
movers & packers,
concierge services,
equipment hire, cab
CO-WORKING
CUBE
C3 works in collaboration
with firms handling legal
service, financial services,
media services, which
can be availed by the
co-workers. It has been
in touch with companies
and organizations like
Kerala Start up mission,
NASSCOM, Federal
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INDIQUBE in recruitment, finance &
Indiqube’s partnership accounting, Legal, Digital
with the start-ups media & PR, enabling
HATCH 101 The centres have
nurtures when they economies of scale.
To set up the good indoor games
grow. It helps them Its VC partners and
ecosystem Hatch such as Pool,
seamlessly transit to mentors help startups
101 got many Carrom and Chess.
their own dedicated nurture and grow their
affiliate partners While selecting
office which can be business to the next
on board, such members the basic
customized as per level. Indiqube has
as startups into objective is to create
their needs. Driven by seven Centers at present
Legal Advisory, a workspace with
technology platform, and three in different
Public Relations, highly motivated,
it offers a complete phases of development.
Graphic Designers, passionate and
smart space solution, by It is looking to explore
Recruitment creative members.
providing professionally the markets in other
Agencies. Some Highly successful
managed space- cities like Mumbai, Delhi,
examples of its startups such as
Ahmadabad & Pune UP IN THE AIR post Friday events and COOL
Grofers, Curofy, infrastructure, employee goes out as a team. The QUOTIENT
collaborations soon. Up In The Air is an
Shipsy, Advantage facilities and partnered founders prefer long- Locations: Kalaghoda,
are: Vakilsearch, open format, natural
Club started from spaces. Its platform term partnerships and Fort, Mumbai
they provide online COOL lighting space that
Hatch101. Currently, enables the Indiqubens most of its members Operational Since: 2016
legal services and 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
and Gurgaon. It spaces (Meeting, across Bangalore it hardly has weekly
such as what kind membership and space. Companies: 8 member
is looking to open conference & Training Operational Since: 2014 requirements. The
of entity should the It connects start-ups companies
another center in room) and transport etc. Current co-workers: founder personally
startup register as, to its panel of suitable Current co-workers: 23
Noida as well as Its technology driven 3000 plus meets the founders No. of Events hosted: 4 so
tax registration, accounting firms,
a bigger space in platform (MiQube- Current Occupancy of the company that far – another 4 planned by
services and many perfect combination. trademark and design consultant,
Gurgaon. Networking platform rate: 80% wants to be a part of December end
more to support Currently, it has copyright etc. legal advisors, digital
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,
COOL connect, collaborate Companies: 60 plus centre operational, it Rs. 15000 per month
startups. The centre locations in India and of Hatch101 is etc. On weekends,
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
Location: two centres startups connect with its Seating cost: 6500 Mumbai, Gurgaon, Delhi
organizing various locations including personal assistant for hosting events.
in Delhi NCR partners for their needs -13000 INR and Bangalore in the
engagement activities international locations. service. Additionally Occasionally it has
Operational Since: 2014 near future.
and events such as it has had several
Total area: 15,000 Sqft
business education, COOL VC firms and Angel No. of Seats
taxation, funding,
marketing, stress
QUOTIENT
Locations: Chennai,
Networks come to
its centre to meet
available: 220
No. of Co-working
Here's to the Future of Work!
Mumbai, New Delhi, and exchange Companies and
management sessions, Name Location Operational Total No. of Current No. of No. of Seating cost
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, ideas. The founders Members: 30+
health check-up Since area Seats co-workers Co-working Events
Gurgaon, Pune, Noida have also started a No. of Events hosted:
camps, and a lot Operational Since: 2004 Several Companies hosted
mentorship program
more. Vatika is open Total area: Around Seating cost: Coworking
wherein they
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
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
Varies from Rs. 12,000 to SMEs as well as at Rs 6,500 per seat
to limit one client freelancers working Adited Indore, MP 2015 1600 sq ft 35 23 13 3 Rs 3499/month
Rs. 16,000 per month
from one field to avoid out of Hatch101 Centre A Kochi, Kerala 2014 30,000 Sq Ft 350 300 60 Rs. 2500 onwards
competition and have to connect with Cercles Hauz Khas Village, Delhi 2014 4500 sq ft 10 INR 7000 pm + taxes
all verticals for a 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
Bank, angel investors completely functional Forge Factory Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 2016 10,000 sq.ft 100 90 15 30 Rs 3000 + taxes
Flipmotion Technologies,
Increation, Lamp Media,
and venture capitalists at present in Cochin, it GreenBubbles HSR Layout Sector 6, Bangalore 2015 6000 sq.ft. 100 90 20 100+ 10000 per month
Bytes Interactive, Marg
to nurture the ecosystem is planning to have five iKeva Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderbad 2013 50000 sqft 950 600 180 Rs 6000/month onwards
Hospitality. CBL Kerala
of start-ups in Kerala. more by July 2017. Incuspaze Hazratganj, Lucknow 2016 1200 sq. ft 30 10 2 Rs. 4000/- Per Month
Royals, Summersoft
It chose an open design Technologies, Artodart MHS Collective GK1, Delhi 2013 450 10 Rs 5000
concept where there are COOL QUOTIENT Design Studio OF 10 Hiranandani Powai, Mumbai 2016 6,000 sq ft 75 15 40+
no inhibitions among Location: Girinagar, Current Occupancy rate: 60%
Chembumukku and 2 spaces Rent a Desk Hyderabad 2014 23,000 499 350 per day onwards
the co-workers, which No. of Co-working Companies
at Kakkanad (kochi-kerala) and Members: 8 companies SproutBox Gurgaon, DLF Phase 1 2015 3000 Sq. Ft 72 58 Rs. 2,999 + Taxes
made the interaction and
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 No. of Events hosted: 14
them possible. With The Playce Mulund W, Mumbai 2013 4000 Sq.Ft 100 70 30 150 Rs.6500
No. of Seats available: 100 Seating cost: 3500 per seat
four spaces which are Current co-workers: Unboxed Noida, Uttar Pradesh 2015 12000 sq.ft. 125 25 Rs. 6250
Wotta Workspace Mohali, Punjab 2015 8000 sq.ft. 100 85 22 20 Rs 2500 onwards
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