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On Demand Hyperlocal Delivery Startup Street Jumper Gets Acquired
Mumbai-based entrepreneur Sandiip Modi has acquired Jaipur-based on-demand hyperlocal delivery service startup, Street Jumper, for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal. Founded in 2014 by Tarin...
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Fintech startup ClearTax which facilitates users to file taxes and returns online has raised $1.3 Mn (INR 8.6 Cr) in seed funding from a group of prominent Silicon Valley investors including PayPal...
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Tiger Global Backed Roposo Raises $5 Mn From Bertelsmann India Investments
Gurgaon-based fashion discovery site, Roposo.com, has raised $5 Mn in Series B funding from Bertelsmann India Investments (BII). Bertelsmann will offer guidance on how to scale Roposo to its next level...
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The Pain Of Fundraising
Over the course of last 4 years, I have had the opportunity to interact with 1000+ entrepreneurs in India and US via face to face meetings. In most of these meetings, one thing that remained consistent...
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Snapdeal Developing A New Plug And Play Platform To Improve Logistics
Snapdeal, in an attempt to automate and get better control over logistics process, has made it mandatory for its logistics partners to integrate with its logistic platform. The company is working on...
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Airtel Focuses On Efficient Customer Service; Integrates All Mobile Wallets...
Working in line with its ‘Customer First’ philosophy, Bharti Airtel has decided to offer a unified recharge interface by integrating all mobile wallets on My Airtel App. At present, Airtel customers...
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vCommission Invest In LetReach And Online Gambling Startup Spinsvilla
vCommission, a Gurgaon based affiliate marketing network, today announced its investment in two new ventures, viz. LetReach and Spinsvilla. Going forward, both companies operations will be looked by...
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TiE Themes #iDay2016 As “Emerging From the Froth”; To Focus On Building &...
iDay is offering 10% Discount For Inc42 Readers Use Code “inc42” To Avail Discount. Apply Here. TiE Delhi – NCR has announced the fifth edition of India Internet Day (iDay2016), one of the most...
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Monster India To Use Its Database To Crowdsource Funds For Startups
Monster India, a Hyderabad-based online job portal, has launched #MakeIndiaWork initiative in order to use its database as a ready pool for startups to source crowd funding for their ventures. It will...
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Micro-Delivery Startup Milkbasket Rakes In $500K Pre-Series A From EVC...
Gurgaon-based micro delivery startup Milkbasket has raised $500K in Pre Series A round of funding led by EVC and a group of Chinese investors. Zhu Dao Investments, Peter Zou, Partner Beam Capital VC...
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Reliance To Invest In 20 Indian Gaming Startups This Year
Reliance Entertainment has announced its plans to invest in over 20 Indian gaming startups this year. The corpus of the investment fund remains undisclosed for now. Also, a part of Reliance...
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Virat Kohli: Always In Startup Mode
Starting out as Tendulkar’s successor, Virat Kohli has accomplished so much in his short career that he doesn’t need to be compared to the greats. He has earned a place among them already. He’s done...
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Co-Branded Pharmacy Chain CareOnGo Raises Pre Series A Funding On LetsVenture
An app-based co-branded pharmacy chain, CareOnGo, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in pre-series A round. The round was raised on LetsVenture, led by Farooq Oomerbhoy of FAO Ventures. The...
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The Road To Series A – The New (Old) Normal?
Over the past few quarters, we have been digesting commentary, or, in case of founders, dealing with the uphill task of fund-raising and wallowing in a ton of advice from various sources on how to deal...
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What Do Successful People Like Ben Horowitz Do Differently!
I am currently reading a book named ‘The hard things about hard thing’. It’s a book by Ben Horowitz on the things he learned in his career starting as a software engineer to building his startup,...
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Housefull International Sends Legal Notice To MebelKart; Accuses It Of...
Mumbai-based online furniture store Housefull International has sent a legal notice to AskMe Group backed online furniture marketplace MebelKart for allegedly selling defaulting on payments and selling...
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QSR Chain Hello Curry Acquires The First Meal To Draw A Sustainable Revenue...
Hyderabad-based, quick service restaurant chain (QSR), Hello Curry, has acquired The First Meal, a food and delivery startup which takes pre-orders for customised health food. The deal is a cash and...
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OneDirect organised the Second Edition of Quest – India’s largest Customer...
In today’s highly competitive and connected business world, customer experience has become a cornerstone for sustainable differentiation. Competing in the world’s third largest economy, brands in India...
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Emergency Response App MUrgency Raises Funding From Axilor
San Francisco-based MUrgency Inc., an emergency response app, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Axilor Ventures. Founded in 2014 by Shaffi Mather and Sweta Mangal, MUrgency is a mobile...
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US-Based BIOWORLD Merchandising Acquires Licensing & Merchandising Startup...
US-based apparel and accessory design and distribution company of licensed and private label merchandise, BIOWORLD Merchandising, Inc., has acquired India-based licensing and merchandising startup...
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