Award-winning hyperlocal community platform

Awards & Accolades

From a personal challenge to a global vision, Featured in The Inner Review as one of the Top Pioneers to Watch!

IamHere gets into the “Best Companies to Watch in 2024” list of Business Era Magazine

Thank You, Forbes India for giving us a mention among the “Emerging Companies in India 2025”.

IamHere gets into CIO Tech Outlook “Top 10 Most Promising Collaborative Technology Solution Providers 2024”

IamHere wins a double award at the National Achievers Recognition Forum 2023 for “Entrepreneur” and “Emerging Company” of the Year

IamHere wins the “Govt of India Aatmanirbhar App” Special Category Award in 2020

IamHere finishes in the Top 3 at the annual “Aegis Graham Bell” Innovation Awards 2022

Our CEO Naren Kumar’s recognition in the “Top 10 Leaders in Bangalore Startups 2023” gets a cover page from CEO Insights

IamHere wins The Best Hyperlocal Marketing Platform 2023 award at “Business Connect” Global Business Summit

IamHere wins at the annual “Times Business Awards” 2023 for Technology Innovation in Hyperlocal Communities“

IamHere wins the “AsiaOne” Pride of Asia Awards 2020 held at Bangkok, Thailand

IamHere wins the “Economic Times” Emerging Tech Startup Award in 2019

IamHere wins the “Govt of Karnataka Elevate” grants for technology innovation in 2019

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis launches IamHere in Maharashtra in 2019

IamHere gets featured in “Financial Express” as the Top 6 Startups to watch out in 2019

Media Articles

Business Era Media, 28 February 2024

IamHere gets into the “Best Companies to Watch in 2024” in the list of Business Era Media.

“IamHere is not just a social network; it’s a location-first community platform designed to enhance social collaboration and local commerce. The platform aims to connect people across streets, addressing the often-overlooked need for local connections.”

CEO Insights, 03 August 2023

Our CEO Naren Kumar’s recognition in the “Top 10 Leaders in Bangalore Startups 2023” gets a cover page from CEO Insights

“IAMHERE’s hyperlocal community platform is designed to break down barriers and bring people together in neighbourhoods and communities such as clubs, associations, societies, workplaces and colleges.”

India.com, 23 June 2023

IamHere Is Winning For Its Innovation In Disrupting Hyperlocal

“In recognition of its consistent delivery of marketing campaigns for local businesses, IamHere won the Best Hyperlocal Marketing Platform 2023 at the annual Global Business Summit organized by Business Connect.”

Mid Day, 30 March 2022

Community and commerce platform IamHere gets recognized for its Innovation

“By allowing communities to interact within sub-groups, by offering location-based discovery of members, and by providing a channel for commerce, IamHere is able to offer to communities something unique, something they have always wanted.”

DNA India, 18 February 2022

Global Communities And Local Commerce, The Frontier That Home-Grown IamHere is Aiming at

“While a local store on IamHere can use the neighbourhood community to promote its goods and services, a brand can host its own community, connecting with its consumer base across geographies while still being able to promote, interact and view data points through a hyperlocal lens.”

The Week, 06 January 2022

How IamHere is redefining India’s local business ecosystem through social commerce

“Through a digital store that can pick up orders, IamHere is bringing neighbourhood businesses on the consumer’s mobile. Through a captive audience, they are able to connect the supply with the demand. Through a community network, they are creating trusted influencers.”

Outlook India, 14 September 2021

Between Discovery And Collaboration, ‘IamHere’ Bridges The Gap Between The Digital And Physical World

“IamHere is making neighbourhoods thrive again. With discovery, collaboration and commerce taken care of, IamHere has got you covered even for safety and privacy.”

Business World, 08 July 2021

From Interactions To Transactions, How Nasscom-Incubated Iamhere Is Enabling Social Commerce In Neighbourhood

“IamHere is certainly digitizing neighbourhoods and communities. While alternatives exist today, IamHere is clearly looking to disrupt the social commerce space through a hyperlocal community platform.”

The Hindu, 04 June 2021

Community and hyper-local social platforms can help bridge the gap between formal education and informal learning

“No matter what their stream of study, students are constantly on the lookout for projects and internships. What if they could find and connect with project partners nearby?”

Prittle Prattle News, 20 May 2021

IamHere, a new app to help you discover your neighbourhood with a click and creation of an Avatar

“Cheers to the App for making me find another douchebag, but I have explored some homeopathy trusted doctors and once a yoga trainer too, so I do vouch for IamHere, as being definitely a useful one for me.”

The Bridge Chronicle, 03 May 2021

Power of local: Is hyperlocal the next big thing?

“Even if we were to stick to Google statistics, Two thirds of smartphone users look for local info every week, one-fourth look for local information every day. Sixty per cent of searches that are happening on the local businesses end up in physical visit, thirty per cent of that gets a conversion. That is the power of the local community.”

Thought Habitat, 28 April 2021

IamHere – The New Age Hyperlocal Social Networking Site

“On IamHere, you can know who is nearby and what is happening nearby. The “who” could be a person, a business, even an NGO. The “what” could be an event, a sale, a business promotion, a social campaign, even a class.”

TechiExpert, 23 February 2021

How Covid Changed Hyperlocal Market Dynamics

“People are wanting to directly buy organic produce from local farmers near them. Consumers are looking for doorstep repair services. Small businesses are looking to expand their sales by hiring people locally who would not only know the locality but will also come at a cheaper cost.”

Startup Success Stories, 17 February 2020

Indian startup IamHere wins at the annual AsiaOne Awards

“Startups like IamHere are addressing generic global problems through technology with India as a pilot geography. They are not only solving an India problem, but are creating pathways for the Indian start up ecosystem to command global market share in the times to come.”

Financial Express, 07 January 2019

6 startups that early-stage investors are betting on to break out in 2019

“IamHere offers both B2B and B2C services as it helps businesses with discoverability among users and connects with them through chat or call.”

Business Standard, 25 September 2018

Connect with people having similar interests using IamHere

“IamHere provides location as a platform for you to connect with those having similar interests or to connect with businesses and professionals in your locality.”

YourStory, 25 September 2018

Here and Now: Hyperlocal discovery platform for business, interests and hobbies brings people together

“IamHere unifies different hyperlocal discovery needs on to a single platform. Their biggest USP is their user experience – anyone can create his or her profile in less than a minute on the app, and could get a ping in the second minute from somebody like-minded nearby.”

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