Startup Name:-Guruji.com
Founder-Anurag Dod (IIT Delhi) and Gaurav Mishra (IIT Delhi)
Industries-Computer Software
Type of Work- crawler-based search engine
Target Clint- B2C Indian user
Founded Date- 2006
Closed Date- 2012
Company size- 51-200 employees
Location-Bangalore, Karnataka
Funding- $15 million
Total Funding Round- Two
Investors -Sequoia Capital and Sandstone Capital
Business Status- Fail in 2012
Reason of Failure- Legal issue
According to media reports, this unique Indian search engine faced trouble when its CEO Anurag Dod was arrested on charges of copyright infringement. Guruji.com’s music search, which enabled the users to play music from different websites including the ones which had copyright-infringed musical works owned by T-Series, lead to its downfall.
After fail pivot-
The Team Now Run Mobile advertising optimization platform and are running AdIQuity currently.
(After 2015 it owns by flipkart.com).
Note-
Don't do unethical practices or illegal activity in your business while when you in a startup stage.