Burrp February 15, 2008
Posted by Pallav Sharda in : Local Search , 2commentsBurrp! is an Indian local reviews website that came into existence around early 2006. Founded by the now relatively common category of ‘worked-in-SF-then-returned-to-India’ entrepreneurs, Burrp! started getting traction last year (see compete.com data).
These people have good taste- the site has a neat, minimalistic look (with very good, synchronized icons) and I found it easy to navigate. The content is divided per city (they cover 8 major metro areas, with more coming up) and basically consists of reviews and recommendations submitted by users. I did see a nice restaurant list for Delhi there (even the ubiquitous Aggarwal Sweet Corners of various locations are mentioned). The user reviews are few, but not rare. So it’s a good place to get a list of restaurants, bars, lounges and cafe’s at minimum.
The team behind Burrp! seems to be energetic about their mission. Nice additional features are the Blah magazine (online, user-generated lifestyle content), SMS alerts of new reviews in your area. Heck, I even think the tag cloud could be useful. Some good to-do stuff seems to be one their radar too- like the Burrp! TV (online TV guide).
Overall, I’m impressed and excited that such startups are gaining ground in India. I predict that they’ll get a good infusion of VC funding soon (Band of Angels…are you listening? anybody home?). Hope Burrp! team spends it wisely and keeps up the quality work in future.