Yashwant Suthar

Lootel (Dot Box Conception Pvt. Ltd.)

National Startup Award 2021 (Sanitation Sector)

Sanitation / Social Impact / IoTIndoreFounded 2017

THE FOUNDER & VENTURE

Building with purpose.

Founded 2017 Indore; co-founder Neelam Singh (wife, operations & quality); Yashwant is IIT Delhi M.Des Industrial Designer; resigned from VE Commercial Vehicles dream job; IMC gave demo space → grew to 4 outlets; employs 38 people majority from bottom-of-pyramid; Dot Box Conception Pvt Ltd legal entity; 3R model: Recharge (EV), Refresh (restroom), Refuel (café)

THE JOURNEY

Milestones along the way.

Founded 2017 → IMC demo space → 4 Indore outlets → 278K+ users → National Startup Award 2021 → Govt of India MoU Smart Restrooms multiple cities

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

National Startup Award 2021 (Sanitation Sector); 278K+ users served; 4 outlets in Indore; MoU with Govt of India for Smart Restrooms in multiple cities; incubated at Smart Seed Incubation Centre (CIIE.CO, IIM Ahmedabad); IoT-based smart restrooms with automatic cleaning after every use

RECOGNITION

National Startup Award 2021 – Sanitation Sector; Incubated CIIE.CO (IIM Ahmedabad joint initiative)

GROWTH & FUNDING

Bootstrapped; Upaya Social Ventures Accelerator 2020; demo space from Indore Municipal Corporation

BUSINESS MODEL