A growing number of coworking spaces in tier-II cities like Indore, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kota, Surat, Pune and other cities has boosted the startup ecosystem. Startups who seek an ecosystem are able to create cocoon communities within this coworking spaces.
“Mushrooming of coworking spaces in smaller cities is due to the rise of startup aspiration and a sign of healthy and growing ecosystem,” says Jatin Chaudhry , founder, eChai, an Ahmedabadbased startup community that has presence in 40 Indian cities, with major presence in smaller cities.
Currently, more than 10 coworking spaces like LiveSpaces, Project Café, DoubleO, 5B Colab, Working Company , Daftar, Felxi Business Hub, Venture Café, Uncubate, Open Xcell Technology Centre, 1947, Cohere and CIIE’s Ideapad are operational in Ahmedabad. While one Glocal Coworking Space is operational in Rajkot and another, Spaceplexx, recently started in Surat.
Read more: Economic Times