How RipenApps Grew From Four Founders to a $1.8M/Year App Development Agency

Who built it, and what they built

Ishan Gupta is the CEO of RipenApps Technologies, a mobile app development company based in Noida. The business builds digital products for SMEs and individual entrepreneurs, aiming to improve how those clients operate and grow their revenue.

The company was founded in 2017 with little investment. It reports a USD 1.5M turnover, a workspace that grew from 400 square feet to a three-story building, and a team that expanded from 4 people to more than 169.

Where the idea came from

Gupta grew up in a business family; his father runs a bicycle business in Aligarh that is close to a century old. He chose a technical path instead, earning a computer science degree at RBS College in Agra and later a master's degree from the Institute of Technology & Science in the NCR region.

He spent about a decade in well-regarded IT firms before deciding that digitalization represented the future. Rather than keep a salaried position, he wanted to help businesses of all sizes adopt mobile apps, web solutions, IT consultancy, and IoT products.

He left his job and teamed up with three friends who became his co-founders. The four brought complementary backgrounds spanning business consulting, IT and sales, chartered accountancy, and programming, and they spent many nights planning before establishing RipenApps in 2017.