At the Connecting Ideas With Money session at Lounge47 that took place on the 7th of January 2022, founder Kumar Subramani pitched Bangalore-based Zylu – a startup that offers a mobile App
-based tech platform for salon, spa’s and wellness centers that helps them run their day-to-day operations and connect their users. The Startup is at the seed stage.
The Startup aims to help users find a salon close by, an ability to book appointments online and to get a predictable outcome of the services availed.
website: https://zylu.co
App: https://zylu.co/zyluapp?ref=lounge47
The platform hosts a set of curated salons, spas and wellness centers – customers get to choose while services providers have the ability to manage their day-to-day operations more efficiently.
“Covid-19 forced digital adoption across the industries, but the most affected small and medium sized beauty and wellness centers did not have any digital tools to manage their day-to-day operations. They were forced to use pen, paper and excel files to manage the appointments during Covid-19,” says Kumar. “Having spent over 10 years in the US, I could clearly see gaps and frustrations of working professionals taking beauty services all the way from booking appointments to getting the service done. We saw many stores being closed permanently, and people going out of jobs, struggling to make ends meet in the US. We were assisting each other at these desperate times. This triggered us about how the people in India managed their livelihoods during lockdown…..talking to my nephew about his beauty service experience over the phone triggered the thought that it was time to start a company that was postponed for a long time.”
Founders:
The founders are a married couple that both strongly believe in helping women entrepreneurs excel in the beauty and wellness centers.
Kumar Subramani
BE in Computer Science, Madras University, 17 years of Technological experience
Pavithra Soundarrajan
MBA Human Resources, 14 years experience, Training & Quality assurance
