Startup Grind Pune hosts SagarPatil, cofounder of Ressy.
Ressy’s merchant-facing app helps restaurant owners provide real time discounts and offers to potential customers in their vicinity. A merchant can define how much discount he would like to give during weekdays or weekends, or for breakfast, lunch, or dinner using Ressy’s discount templates. Merchants are allowed to edit or stall open deals, change the maximum number of discount coupons visible to customers, and even plan deals in advance.
Withing a year of its launch Ressy has around 50,000+ installs on its Android and iOS platform. Ressy also raised an angel round of $400K from notable investors in the ecosystem, including Mohandas Pai.
Ressy is Sagar's second startup. The first being Masterworks that was acquired by Multia in 2013. On a day to day basis, Sagar manages the engineering/design team, product development, user acquisition, online marketing and tech hiring.