--- title: India data platforms date: 2026-01-25T11:39:28+05:30 --- - **I Paid a Bribe (2010)** - **Founded by**: **Janaagraha** (co-founded by **Swati Ramanathan** & **Ramesh Ramanathan**) ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/data-for-india/__t94O8G_-NfNcckvz6GiZVl3YNM5HshD93dQ17Q_HDQ0 "Data For India - 2025 Company Profile, Team & Competitors")) - **Status**: Ongoing as a Janaagraha initiative (current activity of the specific site varies by city/campaign; Janaagraha remains active) ([janaagraha.org](https://www.janaagraha.org/about/annual-reports/ "Annual Reports")) - **Offering**: Civic reporting + advocacy platform; sustained via **donations/grants** through Janaagraha ([janaagraha.org](https://www.janaagraha.org/about/annual-reports/ "Annual Reports")) - **Financials**: Janaagraha’s audited statement shows **total income ₹243.46M (₹24.35 cr) for FY ending Mar 31, 2024** ([janaagraha.org](https://www.janaagraha.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/JCCD_Financials_FY-2023-24.pdf "RAMESH RAMANATHA N Sathya Pramod Koushik")); FCRA statement shows **donation income ₹174.38M** (FY ending Mar 31, 2024) ([janaagraha.org](https://www.janaagraha.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FY-23-24-FCRA.pdf "RAMESH RAMANATH AN")) _(org-level, not IPaB-only)_ - **DataMeet (2011)** - **Founded by**: **Thejesh GN** and **S Anand** ([Data{Meet}](https://datameet.org/about/ "About")) - **Status**: Active community (volunteer-led) ([Data{Meet}](https://datameet.org/about/ "About")) - **Offering**: Community meetups, open-data projects; typically volunteer / partner-supported ([Data{Meet}](https://datameet.org/about/ "About")) - **Financials**: No standardized public financial reporting (community initiative) ([Data{Meet}](https://datameet.org/about/ "About")) - **IndiaSpend / Spending & Policy Research Foundation (2011)** - **Founded by**: **Govindraj Ethiraj** (managing trustee; SPRF set up with an initial ₹10,000 investment per Oxford Academic chapter) ([OUP Academic](https://academic.oup.com/book/46830/chapter/413489619 "IndiaSpend: The Data Journalism Expert - Oxford Academic")) - **Status**: Active data journalism org ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/trustees-patrons "Trustees & Patrons")) - **Offering**: Non-profit model: donations/grants; acknowledges philanthropic support (e.g., IPSMF support noted) ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/trustees-patrons "Trustees & Patrons")) - **Financials**: Public _exact_ revenues aren’t consistently published on a single page; verified datapoint: **started with ₹10,000 investment** ([OUP Academic](https://academic.oup.com/book/46830/chapter/413489619 "IndiaSpend: The Data Journalism Expert - Oxford Academic")) - [SocialCops](https://socialcops.com/) (2012) - **Founded by**: Prukalpa Sankar and Varun Banka. ([Forbes India](https://www.forbesindia.com/article/startups/atlan-putting-data-to-work/55003/1 "Atlan: Putting data to work")) - **Status**: No longer operating as the original “projects” startup; continued as a “data for social good community” while the team shifted focus to Atlan. ([Forbes India](https://www.forbesindia.com/article/startups/atlan-putting-data-to-work/55003/1 "Atlan: Putting data to work")) - **Offering**: Earlier: data-intelligence projects + internal tools; later opened up tools for data teams and pointed users to Atlan. ([Forbes India](https://www.forbesindia.com/article/startups/atlan-putting-data-to-work/55003/1 "Atlan: Putting data to work")) - **Financials**: Tracxn lists total funding of **$320K (seed, Jul 30, 2014)**. ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/socialcops/__zgrL6LvfkAORC900ADahsPTx2FrO1vRraWce3AJ5N2I/funding-and-investors "2025 Funding Rounds & List of Investors - SocialCops")) - **FactChecker.in (2014)** _(product under IndiaSpend)_ - **Founded by**: IndiaSpend/SPRF initiative ([PRS Legislative Research](https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/ministry-of-consumer-affairs-launches-national-transparency-portal-on-pds?page=2&per-page=1 "Ministry of Consumer Affairs launches National ...")) - **Status**: Active (as a fact-checking initiative associated with IndiaSpend) ([PRS Legislative Research](https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/ministry-of-consumer-affairs-launches-national-transparency-portal-on-pds?page=2&per-page=1 "Ministry of Consumer Affairs launches National ...")) - **Offering**: Sustained via IndiaSpend’s non-profit funding base ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/trustees-patrons "Trustees & Patrons")) - **Financials**: No separate public financials (bundled into parent org) ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/trustees-patrons "Trustees & Patrons")) - [How India Lives](https://howindialives.com/) (2014) - **Founded by**: Avinash Singh, N S Ramnath, John Samuel Raja Duraipandy (Tracxn profile); HIL’s own team page also lists Avinash Singh + Avinash Celestine as “Co-founder”. ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/how-india-lives/__zrqFXpqyV8_BlisojRmBKw6cJFaFw3_3C6IszZPrzfA "How India Lives - 2025 Company Profile & Team")) - **Status**: Active (site is live; products like “Gram” and “Sales Pulse” are being offered). ([howindialives.com](https://howindialives.com/gram/ "HIL || Home")) - **Offering**: Public-data products (e.g., Gram, Sales Pulse) + consulting/services around identifying/extracting/analyzing/visualising public data. ([howindialives.com](https://howindialives.com/gram/aboutus.php "HIL || Products & Services")) - **Financials**: Tracxn lists annual revenue of **₹1.92 Cr (as on Mar 31, 2022)**; Sales Pulse lists pricing at **₹35,400/quarter** and **₹1,18,000/year** (incl. taxes). ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/how-india-lives/__zrqFXpqyV8_BlisojRmBKw6cJFaFw3_3C6IszZPrzfA "How India Lives - 2025 Company Profile & Team")) - **Data.gov.in / OGD Platform India (launched 2012)** - **Founded by**: Government of India (built/hosted by **NIC, MeitY**) ([Data.gov.in](https://www.data.gov.in/Godl "Government Open Data License - India")) - **Status**: Active ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data.gov.in "Data.gov.in")) - **Offering**: Public digital infrastructure (tax-funded) ([Data.gov.in](https://www.data.gov.in/Godl "Government Open Data License - India")) - **Financials**: Not a commercial venture; budgeted via government programmes (no single “revenue” number) ([Data.gov.in](https://www.data.gov.in/Godl "Government Open Data License - India")) - **CMIE – Consumer Pyramids Household Survey (CPHS) (running since 2014)** - **Founded by**: **CMIE** ([The India Forum](https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/cmies-consumer-pyramids-household-surveys-assessment "CMIE's Consumer Pyramids Household Surveys")) - **Status**: Active dataset used widely in research ([The India Forum](https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/cmies-consumer-pyramids-household-surveys-assessment "CMIE's Consumer Pyramids Household Surveys")) - **Offering**: Subscription access to microdata for institutions/researchers ([The India Forum](https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/cmies-consumer-pyramids-household-surveys-assessment "CMIE's Consumer Pyramids Household Surveys")) - **Financials**: One public datapoint on pricing: “membership subscription fee … **$25,000 for one year**” (example cited) ([The India Forum](https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/cmies-consumer-pyramids-household-surveys-assessment "CMIE's Consumer Pyramids Household Surveys")) _(CMIE’s own full financials may not be openly published like listed companies)_ - [Thurro](https://thurro.com/about-us/) (2016) - **Founded by**: Karthik Ranganathan, Mrinalini Rao, Akhilesh Tilotia. ([Thurro](https://thurro.com/about-us/ "About Us")) - **Status**: Active. ([Thurro](https://thurro.com/about-us/ "About Us")) - **Offering**: Data/alternative-data driven “financial intelligence” (research, notebooks/analyses, data products). ([Thurro](https://thurro.com/about-us/ "About Us")) - **Financials**: Tracxn lists annual revenue of **₹95.7L (as on Mar 31, 2024)** and **$0 funding**. ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/thurro/__IohcH86Qg9gK62LNdNzVd1FXVK3Kzyrm0uA0dMjz9Yg "Thurro - 2026 Company Profile & Team")) - [Alt News](https://www.altnews.in/) (Feb 2017) - **Founded by**: Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_News "Alt News")) - **Status**: Active. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_News "Alt News")) - **Offering**: Non-profit fact-checking; runs under Pravda Media Foundation (Section 8 company); funded via donations + grants. ([Alt News](https://www.altnews.in/transparency-of-funding/ "Transparency of funding - Alt News")) - **Financials**: Alt News discloses at least **₹3,00,000 received in FY2017–18 from Zindabad Trust**; Tracxn lists **Pravda Media Foundation revenue ~₹2.18 Cr (FY ending Mar 31, 2025)** (entity operating Alt News). ([Alt News](https://www.altnews.in/transparency-of-funding/ "Transparency of funding - Alt News")) - [OpenCity](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471) (2017) - **Founded by**: A programme of the **Oorvani Foundation**, in collaboration with **DataMeet**. ([re3data.org](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471 "OpenCity-Urban Data Portal | re3data.org")) - **Status**: Active (Urban Data Portal continues to host datasets). ([re3data.org](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471 "OpenCity-Urban Data Portal | re3data.org")) - **Offering**: Open urban data portal consolidating city datasets for planners/researchers/citizens; civic-tech transparency + evidence-based governance use. ([re3data.org](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471 "OpenCity-Urban Data Portal | re3data.org")) - **Financials**: No venture-level financials publicly stated in the repository description; best understood as a nonprofit programme/civic-tech initiative. ([re3data.org](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471 "OpenCity-Urban Data Portal | re3data.org")) - [SatSure](https://satsure.co/) (Sep 2017) - **Founded by**: Prateep Basu, Rashmit Singh Sukhmani, Abhishek Raju (core team/founders listed in profile coverage). ([YourStory.com](https://yourstory.com/companies/satsure "SatSure Company Profile Funding & Investors")) - **Status**: Active. ([YourStory.com](https://yourstory.com/companies/satsure "SatSure Company Profile Funding & Investors")) - **Offering**: Geospatial / satellite-data analytics for agriculture, infrastructure, climate-risk and decisioning. ([YourStory.com](https://yourstory.com/companies/satsure "SatSure Company Profile Funding & Investors")) - **Financials**: Tracxn lists **$27.7M total funding** and (for the Indian legal entity) **₹9.65 Cr revenue (FY ending Mar 31, 2024)**. ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/satsure/__VwEdVJFx8Cug7LbM_A9eS2RoSqaCCx4VQxzm6i69hdo "SatSure - 2025 Company Profile & Team")) - [Data Sutram](https://datasutram.com/) (2018) - **Founded by**: Rajit Bhattacharya, Aisik Paul, Ankit Das. ([datasutram.com](https://datasutram.com/blog?categories=35%2C53%2C48%2C39%2C33%2C43%2C52%2C47%2C38%2C22%2C9\&page=4 "30 Startups To Watch")) - **Status**: Active. ([YourStory.com](https://yourstory.com/2025/05/data-sutram-9m-series-a-funding-b-capital-lightspeed "Data Sutram bags $9M series A funding led by B Capital, ...")) - **Offering**: AI-driven external-data intelligence for fraud/risk/compliance (RegTech), used by banks/NBFCs/fintechs. ([YourStory.com](https://yourstory.com/2025/05/data-sutram-9m-series-a-funding-b-capital-lightspeed "Data Sutram bags $9M series A funding led by B Capital, ...")) - **Financials**: Raised **$9M Series A (May 22, 2025)** (mix of primary/secondary). Valuation is not disclosed publicly (some outlets report an estimated range, but the company hasn’t confirmed it). ([YourStory.com](https://yourstory.com/2025/05/data-sutram-9m-series-a-funding-b-capital-lightspeed "Data Sutram bags $9M series A funding led by B Capital, ...")) - [health-check.in](https://www.health-check.in/) (Apr 2019) - **Founded by**: Launched by **IndiaSpend** (as a dedicated public-health reporting resource). ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/about-us "About Us")) - **Status**: Active. ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/about-us "About Us")) - **Offering**: Health data journalism + analysis on public health, nutrition, lifestyle diseases, health finance & governance. ([HealthCheck](https://www.health-check.in/ "HealthCheck: Data journalism, analysis on health, nutrition ...")) - **Financials**: No separate public financials for the vertical; it’s sustained as part of IndiaSpend’s broader newsroom model. ([Indiaspend](https://www.indiaspend.com/about-us "About Us")) - **National Data & Analytics Platform – NDAP (launched May 13, 2022)** - **Founded by**: **NITI Aayog** ([Press Information Bureau](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1825145 "NITI Aayog Launches the National Data & Analytics Platform")) - **Status**: Active ([National Data and Analytics Platform](https://ndap.niti.gov.in/ "NDAP - NITI Aayog")) - **Offering**: Public data access + analytics/visualization tools (tax-funded) ([Press Information Bureau](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1825145 "NITI Aayog Launches the National Data & Analytics Platform")) - **Financials**: Not a commercial venture; no revenue (government platform) ([Press Information Bureau](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1825145 "NITI Aayog Launches the National Data & Analytics Platform")) - **Factly (2014–2016)** - **Founded by**: Founded/led by **Rakesh Dubbudu** (origin story: started as a blog in 2014; later became Factly; fact-checking arm recognised as launched in early 2016) ([factlylabs.com](https://factlylabs.com/about/ "About - Factly Labs")) - **Status**: Active fact-checking + data stories ([ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org](https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/factly-media-research/661a8b07ba7689d48141f2c3 "factly media & research - IFCN Code of Principles - Poynter")) - **Offering**: Mix of **fact-checking**, data journalism, and partnerships; IFCN listing describes the organisation and its work ([ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org](https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/application/public/factly-media-research/661a8b07ba7689d48141f2c3 "factly media & research - IFCN Code of Principles - Poynter")) - **Financials**: Precise revenues aren’t reliably public in one canonical place; third-party “revenue estimate” sites are inconsistent, so I’m not treating them as verified financials ([FACTLY](https://factly.in/pslv-the-rocket-that-launches-nearly-every-second-isro-satellite/ "PSLV: The Rocket That Launches Nearly Every Second ...")) - **BOOM (BoomLive) (2014; current avatar since 2016)** - **Founded by**: Operated by **Outcue Media Pvt Ltd**; BOOM describes itself as India’s first fact-checking initiative (current avatar since Nov 2016) ([BOOM](https://www.boomlive.in/about-us "About BOOM | India's Trusted Digital Fact-Checking Leader")) - **Status**: Active ([BOOM](https://www.boomlive.in/about-us "About BOOM | India's Trusted Digital Fact-Checking Leader")) - **Offering**: BOOM says income is from **social platforms**, contract work, and training; also focuses on fact-checking & media literacy ([BOOM](https://www.boomlive.in/about-us "About BOOM | India's Trusted Digital Fact-Checking Leader")) - **Financials**: Tracxn reports **Outcue Media revenue ₹12.2Cr for FY ending Mar 31, 2024** ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/india/outcue-media-private-limited/__DKWxnosaXhYiMSo2BFbuptqpzrGjjUYXqTXUzjLWXzE "OUTCUE MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Company Profile")) _(company-level)_ - **Alt News (Pravda Media Foundation, 2017)** - **Founded by**: Directors include **Pratik Sinha** and **Mohammed Zubair** (Pravda Media Foundation) ([Tofler](https://www.tofler.in/pravda-media-foundation/company/U93030GJ2017NPL099435 "Pravda Media Foundation Financials | Company Details")) - **Status**: Active ([Tofler](https://www.tofler.in/pravda-media-foundation/company/U93030GJ2017NPL099435 "Pravda Media Foundation Financials | Company Details")) - **Offering**: Donation-funded non-profit (Moneycontrol describes it as funded primarily by donations) ([Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/row-over-alt-news-donor-data-personally-identifiable-info-of-donors-not-shared-by-razorpay-say-sources-8786901.html "Row over Alt News donor data: Personally identifiable info ...")) - **Financials**: Financials vary by source: Tofler lists operating revenue “**under ₹1 cr**” for FY ending Mar 31, 2023 ([Tofler](https://www.tofler.in/pravda-media-foundation/company/U93030GJ2017NPL099435 "Pravda Media Foundation Financials | Company Details")); Tracxn reports **₹2.18Cr revenue for FY ending Mar 31, 2025** ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/india/pravda-media-foundation/__LZFZXOipjSQOTX1pEummV6RNBjh4zphkRW6CjFPpb6s "PRAVDA MEDIA FOUNDATION - Company Profile")) - **CivicDataLab (2018)** - **Founded by**: Co-founders **Gaurav Godhwani** and **Deepthi Chand Alagandula** ([civicdatalab.in](https://civicdatalab.in/team/gaurav/ "Gaurav Godhwani")) - **Status**: Active (company status shown as active in corporate registries) ([ZaubaCorp](https://www.zaubacorp.com/CIVICDATALAB-PRIVATE-LIMITED-U74999MP2018PTC045991 "CIVICDATALAB PRIVATE LIMITED")) - **Offering**: Public-good data/tech/design work; typically sustained via grants, partnerships, and contracted projects ([data.org](https://data.org/news/pathways-to-impact-gaurav-godhwani/ "Pathways to Impact: Gaurav Godhwani")) - **Financials**: Tracxn reports **revenue ~₹3.9Cr for FY ending Mar 31, 2025** ([Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/india/civicdatalab-private-limited/__WYGhN-kiKTKX-HZKJWfn9Z2zwykjGcf4WpkpRxd7pJs "CIVICDATALAB PRIVATE LIMITED - Company Profile")) _(company-level)_ - [FactIQ](https://factiq.com/) (2024). Focus on US economy but has "honorary membership" on this list - **Founded by**: [Rishabh Srivastava](https://linkedin.com/in/rishsriv) and [Medha Basu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/medha-basu/) - **Status**: Active ([FactIQ](https://factiq.com/)) YC-backed startup - **Offering**: B2B data product (US “facts / signals” for teams; details vary by pitch) - **Financials**: No public revenue disclosed. [YC profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/factiq) - [Data For India](https://www.dataforindia.com/introducing-data-for-india/) (Apr 2024) - **Founded by**: [Rukmini S](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rukmini-s-553483b9/) - **Status**: Active - **Offering**: Free public data + insights + charts; sustainability model not clearly specified on the launch post - **Financials**: No public financials disclosed on the launch post/site pages referenced * [How India Lives](https://howindialives.com/) (2014) * **Founded by**: Avinash Singh, N S Ramnath, John Samuel Raja Duraipandy (Tracxn profile); HIL’s own team page also lists Avinash Singh + Avinash Celestine as “Co-founder”. ([Tracxn][1]) * **Status**: Active (site is live; products like “Gram” and “Sales Pulse” are being offered). ([howindialives.com][2]) * **Offering**: Public-data products (e.g., Gram, Sales Pulse) + consulting/services around identifying/extracting/analyzing/visualising public data. ([howindialives.com][3]) * **Financials**: Tracxn lists annual revenue of **₹1.92 Cr (as on Mar 31, 2022)**; Sales Pulse lists pricing at **₹35,400/quarter** and **₹1,18,000/year** (incl. taxes). ([Tracxn][1]) * [Thurro](https://thurro.com/about-us/) (2016) * **Founded by**: Karthik Ranganathan, Mrinalini Rao, Akhilesh Tilotia. ([Thurro][4]) * **Status**: Active. ([Thurro][4]) * **Offering**: Data/alternative-data driven “financial intelligence” (research, notebooks/analyses, data products). ([Thurro][4]) * **Financials**: Tracxn lists annual revenue of **₹95.7L (as on Mar 31, 2024)** and **$0 funding**. ([Tracxn][5]) * [SocialCops](https://socialcops.com/) (2012) * **Founded by**: Prukalpa Sankar and Varun Banka. ([Forbes India][6]) * **Status**: No longer operating as the original “projects” startup; continued as a “data for social good community” while the team shifted focus to Atlan. ([Forbes India][6]) * **Offering**: Earlier: data-intelligence projects + internal tools; later opened up tools for data teams and pointed users to Atlan. ([Forbes India][6]) * **Financials**: Tracxn lists total funding of **$320K (seed, Jul 30, 2014)**. ([Tracxn][7]) * [Alt News](https://www.altnews.in/) (Feb 2017) * **Founded by**: Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair. ([Wikipedia][8]) * **Status**: Active. ([Wikipedia][8]) * **Offering**: Non-profit fact-checking; runs under Pravda Media Foundation (Section 8 company); funded via donations + grants. ([Alt News][9]) * **Financials**: Alt News discloses at least **₹3,00,000 received in FY2017–18 from Zindabad Trust**; Tracxn lists **Pravda Media Foundation revenue ~₹2.18 Cr (FY ending Mar 31, 2025)** (entity operating Alt News). ([Alt News][9]) * [OpenCity](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471) (2017) * **Founded by**: A programme of the **Oorvani Foundation**, in collaboration with **DataMeet**. ([re3data.org][10]) * **Status**: Active (Urban Data Portal continues to host datasets). ([re3data.org][10]) * **Offering**: Open urban data portal consolidating city datasets for planners/researchers/citizens; civic-tech transparency + evidence-based governance use. ([re3data.org][10]) * **Financials**: No venture-level financials publicly stated in the repository description; best understood as a nonprofit programme/civic-tech initiative. ([re3data.org][10]) * [SatSure](https://satsure.co/) (Sep 2017) * **Founded by**: Prateep Basu, Rashmit Singh Sukhmani, Abhishek Raju (core team/founders listed in profile coverage). ([YourStory.com][11]) * **Status**: Active. ([YourStory.com][11]) * **Offering**: Geospatial / satellite-data analytics for agriculture, infrastructure, climate-risk and decisioning. ([YourStory.com][11]) * **Financials**: Tracxn lists **$27.7M total funding** and (for the Indian legal entity) **₹9.65 Cr revenue (FY ending Mar 31, 2024)**. ([Tracxn][12]) * [Data Sutram](https://datasutram.com/) (2018) * **Founded by**: Rajit Bhattacharya, Aisik Paul, Ankit Das. ([datasutram.com][13]) * **Status**: Active. ([YourStory.com][14]) * **Offering**: AI-driven external-data intelligence for fraud/risk/compliance (RegTech), used by banks/NBFCs/fintechs. ([YourStory.com][14]) * **Financials**: Raised **$9M Series A (May 22, 2025)** (mix of primary/secondary). Valuation is not disclosed publicly (some outlets report an estimated range, but the company hasn’t confirmed it). ([YourStory.com][14]) * [health-check.in](https://www.health-check.in/) (Apr 2019) * **Founded by**: Launched by **IndiaSpend** (as a dedicated public-health reporting resource). ([Indiaspend][15]) * **Status**: Active. ([Indiaspend][15]) * **Offering**: Health data journalism + analysis on public health, nutrition, lifestyle diseases, health finance & governance. ([HealthCheck][16]) * **Financials**: No separate public financials for the vertical; it’s sustained as part of IndiaSpend’s broader newsroom model. ([Indiaspend][15]) [1]: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/how-india-lives/__zrqFXpqyV8_BlisojRmBKw6cJFaFw3_3C6IszZPrzfA "How India Lives - 2025 Company Profile & Team" [2]: https://howindialives.com/gram/ "HIL || Home" [3]: https://howindialives.com/gram/aboutus.php "HIL || Products & Services" [4]: https://thurro.com/about-us/ "About Us" [5]: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/thurro/__IohcH86Qg9gK62LNdNzVd1FXVK3Kzyrm0uA0dMjz9Yg "Thurro - 2026 Company Profile & Team" [6]: https://www.forbesindia.com/article/startups/atlan-putting-data-to-work/55003/1 "Atlan: Putting data to work" [7]: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/socialcops/__zgrL6LvfkAORC900ADahsPTx2FrO1vRraWce3AJ5N2I/funding-and-investors "2025 Funding Rounds & List of Investors - SocialCops" [8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_News "Alt News" [9]: https://www.altnews.in/transparency-of-funding/ "Transparency of funding - Alt News" [10]: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100014471 "OpenCity-Urban Data Portal | re3data.org" [11]: https://yourstory.com/companies/satsure "SatSure Company Profile Funding & Investors" [12]: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/satsure/__VwEdVJFx8Cug7LbM_A9eS2RoSqaCCx4VQxzm6i69hdo "SatSure - 2025 Company Profile & Team" [13]: https://datasutram.com/blog?categories=35%2C53%2C48%2C39%2C33%2C43%2C52%2C47%2C38%2C22%2C9&page=4 "30 Startups To Watch" [14]: https://yourstory.com/2025/05/data-sutram-9m-series-a-funding-b-capital-lightspeed "Data Sutram bags $9M series A funding led by B Capital, ..." [15]: https://www.indiaspend.com/about-us "About Us" [16]: https://www.health-check.in/ "HealthCheck: Data journalism, analysis on health, nutrition ..."