ign8™ is India's finest automotive consulting service established with a vision to help millions of customers with their Car maintenance. ign8™ focuses on making Car maintenance hassle-free, by driving transparency, accountability, and integrity in the end-to-end process.
At ign8™ our dedicated team works on behalf of you and liaises with various service providers of your choice (OEM or Multi-brand), to ensure your Cars’ services are performed optimally ensuring you save time and money. With the expertise of our highly skilled technicians, we oversee the entire service process to ensure that necessary spare parts are replaced while avoiding any unnecessary repairs or replacements. We offer our subject matter expertise to you in return for a subscription.
Startup Description
Carismatic Automotive Services Pvt Ltd has operated under 2 brands in Chennai, since 2018 with good traction
Touch-Up People is India’s first doorstep body shop for premium Cars along with a 3500 SF Service Center.
ign8 (Ignite) is a digital car maintenance platform that is being built to help customers make informed decisions and allow them a digital service advisor on their side to ensure optimal Car maintenance. We provide end-to-end support and this is a single point of contact for all Car needs. ign8 manages the entire Car on behalf of customers for an Annual Membership.
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Business Model
We offer digital service advisors for Car owners/fleet owners and manage end to end maintenance for an annual membership. We also offer services on a pay-per-service model. Both revenue options have already been validated as customers have accepted both options
* Unique and Niche offering - Managed consulting for end-to-end car maintenance. “The digital service advisor.
* Revenue Stage: Serving customers since 2023.
* Door-Step evaluation & Services.
* Pay per service, Subscriptions, Rake %.
* Digital Platform: Aggressive scalability without geographical restrictions.
* Right mix of retail and corporate customers.
Customers
based in
South Asia
Business
Modal Type
Marketplace
Type of
Sales
B2C
Competitors
Wheels Wisdom, GoBumpr, MyTVS Etc.
Teams
Dileep Chandran
Founder
Mahesh Kanoor
Co-Founder
Tell us a bit about how founding team knows
each other.
* Dileep and Mahesh have been friends since their teenage did college together and are from the small town of Palakkad, Kerala.
* 2 Co-Founders in their early 40’s have an average of 18+ years of versatile
experience in their key areas.
Why did you decide to start this
company?
* Hardcore petrolheads, who love and care for a Moped with the same
passion as a Porsche.
* Here is the incident that triggered our journey of building Touch-Up People and ign8.
Are all the founders full-time on this
project?
Yes
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