At Best Startup India we track over 400,000 Indian startups and over 1,800,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 52 Publishing companies in Chennai. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Publishing Companies & Startups (Chennai)
Notion Press
Notion Press eBook, print book and book reviews free self publishing platform – Also, check the Notion Press Reviews at notionpress.com
Founder(s): Bhargava Adepalley, Janarthanan Chidambaram, Naveen Valsakumar
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Printing, Publishing
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Funizen
Funizen is the leading massively multiplayer online game publisher in India.
Founder(s): Joomin (Chris) Lee
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Gaming, Internet, Publishing
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Dinamalar
Dinamalar is a tamil daily newspaper and the third largest tamil daily in India by circulation.
Founder(s): T. V. Ramasubbaiyer
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Events, News, Publishing, Social Media
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NewGen KnowledgeWorks Private
An India-based provider of publishing and technical services for publishers.
Founder(s): Prabhakar Ram
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing
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The Hindu
The Hindu, a national newspaper of India, was started in 1878 and caters to a readership of about 22.58 hundred thousand across India.
Founder(s): Ganapathy Dikshitar Subramania Iyer
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: News, Publishing
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Medindia
Medindia.net is a health and medical website.
Founder(s): Arun Shroff, Sanjay Shroff, Sunil Shroff
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Digital Media, Health Care, Internet, Medical, mHealth, Online Portals, Publishing, Wellness
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Vikatan
Vikatan is a media production company providing magazines, enlightening books, television content, and a website.
Founder(s): Subramaniam Srinivasan
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Advertising, Content, EBooks, Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing, Subscription Service, TV
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Scope e Knowledge Center Pvt Ltd
Scope e-Knowledge Center, a provider of specialized knowledge services for publishers and information providers.
Founder(s): Chandu Nair
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Web Browsers
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TNQ Technologies
TNQ Technologies is a Chennai-based publishing technology and services company.
Founder(s): Vijay Karunakaran
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Publishing
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Frontline
Frontline offers in-depth reporting and analysis of issues and events at the regional, national, and international levels.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing
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E Hacking News
E Hacking News is an online information security news portal that covers a wide range of categories related to the industry.
Founder(s): Sabari Selvan
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Information Technology, News, Publishing
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iSolve Technologies
iSolve Technologies offers businesses with business process management, media monitoring, publishing, and 3D design and printing services.
Founder(s): Chitra Parthasarathy, Rangarajan Parthasarathy
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Consulting, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Publishing, Social Media
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MOBIpicker
Mobipicker. Stay updated with all latest Smartphones news, reviews, specs and much more.
Founder(s): Navdeep Yadav
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Information Technology, iOS, News, Publishing
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Westland
Trent Limited subsidiary and one of the publishing houses in India
Founder(s): Gautam Padmanabhan
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Industrial, Publishing, Retail
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Techzone 56060
TechZone is one of the largest Aggregators, Developers, Publishers and Distributors of Entertainment content in the world.
Founder(s): Naveen Bhandari
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Publishing
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Ninestars
Ninestars is the worlds leading digital transformation solutions company.
Founder(s): Gokul Krishnan, Gopal Krishnan
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Data Visualization, Publishing
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The Hindu Business Line
The Hindu Business Line is a leading Indian English-language business newspaper.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing
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Exemplarr Worldwide Ltd
E-Publishing & E-Learning Company
Founder(s): V.P.Rajini Reddy
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Learning, Education, Publishing
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Kumudam
Kumudam is a primal digital magazine publishing company.
Founder(s): Varadarajan Partha
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Information Services, News, Publishing
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Raising iBrows Management Services Pvt Ltd
Raising iBrows is a digital agency and audience engagement specialist located in Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Milan and London.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Advertising, Digital Media, E-Commerce, Local, Mobile, Publishing, Search Engine, Social Media Marketing, Web Design, Web Development
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Leadsense Media
Leadsense Media is a marketing and advertising firm.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Marketing, Publishing
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Daily Thanthi
Daily Thanthi is a newspaper that provides coverage of the latest news, weather, politics, and sports in the Tamil language.
Founder(s): Amar C.P. Dinathandi
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Information Services, Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
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The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express is an online and offline publication that features news and articles related to several categories.
Founder(s): P Varadarajulu Naidu
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing
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Dial for Books
Dial for Books is an online marketplace for books.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Publishing, Retail
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Swiftprosys
Swift ProSys offers content digitization services, including e-book and e-newspaper production, mobile application development, and more.
Founder(s): Mohan Thas Shanmugam
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Software
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Tara Books
Tara Books is a publisher of predominantly visual books based in Chennai.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Publishing, Small and Medium Businesses
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Kolly Buzz
Kolly Buzz is a South Indian entertainment portal providing latest news, photos, reviews, videos and more.
Founder(s): Venkatesh Balaji, Venkatesh Balaji V
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Internet, News, Publishing, Social Media
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Tillid Software Solutions
Tillid Software Solutions is a Seattle-based IT Services Company founded by a former Technologist from Microsoft Corporation.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: CRM, Information Technology, Publishing, Service Industry, Software
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S4Carlisle
S4Carlisle provides publishing and technology services.
Founder(s): Srinaath Krishnamachari
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing
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Global Language Solutions
Global Language Solutions offers training, e-publishing, cross-cultural programs, materials & translation services in various languages.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Language Learning, Publishing, Training, Translation Service
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Perungalathur Times
The Perungalathur times news paper is circulated in the following areas every Saturdays to 42,000 Households
Founder(s): logesh publisher
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
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Kannadhasan Pathipagam
Kannadhasan Pathippagam was started in the year 1977 under the name “Geetha Samajam” by Kavingar Kannadhasan to promote Tamil books
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing, Social Media
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Volt.Tech
Find the latest industry news – indian industry news, industries news, industry analysis, indian industries, industry trends
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: News, Publishing
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BUUKS
BUUKS is a vibrant team of seasoned publishing professionals with over a decade of experience in servicing international authors.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: EBooks, Publishing
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Ascent Technosystems
Ascent Technosystems is in Software publishing, consultancy and supply software, operating systems software.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Enterprise Software, Publishing, Software, Technical Support
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Startups Meet
Startupsmeet is India’s leading media platform for Startups – serving and supporting the Startups’ entrepreneurial network in India.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Internet, News, Publishing
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BL On Campus
From the Hindu BusinessLine comes a new web portal bloncampus.com designed exclusively for B-schoolers and MBA aspirants.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing
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Chennai News Wire
Chennai News Wire covers local news and current affairs from the Chennai City.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Local, News, Publishing
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Logicsoft
Logicsoft is software for book distributors and book publishers, Publish and trade books in online.
Founder(s): Dave Pasterneck
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Education, Publishing, Social Media
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T Nagar Times
T Nagar Times Local Newspaper Circulated every week to the residents of T Nagar at free of cost
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Local Advertising, Local Business, News, Publishing, Social Media
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PreMedia Global
PreMedia Global is completely cleared Under the professional management team of the company with international standards.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Professional Services, Publishing
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Technoarete Group
Technoarete Group focuses on research and development, skill development programs, and certifications in science and technology.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Education, Information Services, Non Profit, Product Research, Publishing, Training
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Dr.Mani’s Heart Book Store
A bookstore with a heart. Buy a Book, Save a Child’s Life. A part of proceeds goes to help fund a child’s lifesaving heart operation
Founder(s): Dr Mani
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Publishing, Social Bookmarking
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Blaft Publications
A small publishing house based in Chennai, India.
Founder(s): Rashmi Ruth Devadasan
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Events, Publishing
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Newel Data Solutions
Newel Data Solutions provides end to end digital content solutions.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Information Technology, Publishing
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Rajeswari Infrastructure
Rajeswari Infrastructure is engaged in printing of all kinds of materials including Books, Magazines, Leaflets, and packaging materials
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Packaging Services, Printing, Publishing
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Techliveinfo
Techlive Info are an online news portal, covering various cutting edge intersections of technology and technological products.
Founder(s): Shine Joseph
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, News, Publishing
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Techrolet
TechRolet is a place, where you can find high-quality content like articles, software & mobile app tutorials, and how-to guides.
Founder(s): Dinesh R.
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Content, Digital Marketing, Internet of Things, Mobile Apps, News, Publishing, Social Media
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Chrompet Times
Chrompet Times, a weekly newspaper, is printed and circulated in Chennai at free of cost to residents of Chrompet.
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: News, Printing, Publishing
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IOSRD
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Biotechnology, Education, Information Technology, Publishing, Social Media
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ViralBae
End the blog era with social posts platform
Founder(s): George Mathew
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Publishing, Social Media
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Cheap Top SEO
The Lowest rates guarantee for SEO
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: Advertising, Internet, Marketing, News, Publishing, Social Media
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