Keep Calm And Let Nikesh Carry On
The news reached epidemic proportions a few hours earlier today with journalists calling to ask if I (and many others) now thought that Indian entrepreneurship was dealt a terrible blow with Nikesh...
View ArticleOnline Lingerie Startup Prettysecrets Raises $6 Mn From RB Investments: Report
Prettysecrets, a Mumbai-based online lingerie platform, has raised $6 Mn (INR 40 Crore) from RB investments. Existing investor Orios Venture Partners also participated in the round. The raised funds...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi’s Startup India To Go For A Revamp To Improve Participation
PM Narendra Modi’s Startup India initiative has hit them hard. The project is now waiting for a revamp due to a recently held review by the government, wherein a few startups applied for recognition...
View ArticleHow To Build Marketing Strategies For Recruiting At Startups
We all agree to the fact that candidates are now in the driver’s seat, changing the process of job seeking and recruitment forever. We are way past the days where recruiters and candidates met at the...
View Article3 Challenges That Growth Stage Startups Face
Today I want to talk about the 3 biggest challenges which I face. Team If you have reached where you are (growth stage with a proper business model and few years of balance sheet), you now know why...
View ArticleTLabs Partners With Stripe Atlas Network To Provide Indian Entrepreneurs...
Times Internet’s startup accelerator, TLabs, has joined the Stripe Atlas Network to provide a global reach to Indian entrepreneurs. Atlas is a service by Stripe that gives entrepreneurs access to some...
View ArticleE-Invoicing Startup SpiderG Raises Seed Funding
Pune-based Gladiris Technologies that launched its free e-invoicing app SpiderG, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from a group of investors. Rahul Kirloskar, chairman at Kirloskar...
View ArticleOla Obtains License In Karnataka, Uber Awaits Court Decision
Ola has obtained a licence under the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules 2016 as per recent reports. The Bangalore-based aggregator obtained its licence by registering and...
View ArticleFreshdesk Launches Freshsales, CRM For Sales Teams To Negate The Need For...
Cloud-based customer engagement software provider Freshdesk has launched Freshsales, a customer relationship management (CRM) solution and sales system designed for sales representatives working in...
View ArticleOnline Grocery Startup SatvaCart Raises Angel Funding
SatvaCart, a Gurgaon-based online grocery retailer, has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding from Abhijit Avasthi (Sideways), Karan Chellani (Partner, Grace Capital Ventures) and SP Vijay...
View ArticlePublic Transport App Ridlr Raises $6 Mn From Times Internet And Others
Ridlr, a Mumbai-based public transport app, has raised $6 Mn in Series B round of funding. The investment was led by Times Internet and Innoven Capital. Existing investors Matrix Partners India and...
View ArticleShopClues Acquires Mobile Payments Startup Momoe Technologies
Gurgaon-based online managed marketplace, ShopClues,, has acquired Bangalore-based mobile payments startup Momoe Technologies. The rumour of the deal was earlier reported in March this year. As part of...
View ArticleAmazon Expedites Growth, Opens Largest Fulfilment Centre Near Delhi
Amazon India inaugurated its largest Fulfilment Centre (FC) in Sonipat near New Delhi on Thursday. The centre is spread over 200,000 square feet with more than 800,000 cubic feet of storage space....
View ArticleHow To Politely Tell Your Coworkers to Shut The F*ck up
For more humor, sign up for my free bi-weekly email. [Sarah Cooper is a writer, comedian and creator of TheCooperReview.com. Her first book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings comes out October...
View ArticleThe X Factor – Personal Branding
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and even SnapChat are social media giants being used by individuals to connect with others, network and create their own image, ultimately, develop their own brand. Going...
View ArticleIntranet Portal WorkApps Raises $1 Mn Seed Funding From SRI Capital
Intranet portal, WorkApps has raised $1 Mn (INR 6.7 Cr) in seed round of funding from SaaS investor, Sashi Reddi led SRI Capital. Founded in 2015, WorkApps offers one-view to all the task requirements...
View Article7 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Movie – Sultan
On a Wednesday evening, realising I needed a break, I took myself out for a movie with a bunch of friends. Little had I known that Salman Khan’s or rather Bhai as we affectionately call him, embodiment...
View ArticleAll That Ecommerce Startups Should Know About Analytics
One of the most common pitfalls that all startups, including those in the e-commerce space, are advised these days to avoid is ‘not measuring analytics’. What Are Analytics? In simple terms, analytics...
View ArticleOYO Ties Up With UK-based Travel Portal Travelport
Gurgaon-based online hotel aggregator OYO Rooms has tied up with NYSE-listed travel platform Travelport. The deal will help Travelport’s users book hotels from the 6,000 hotel properties of OYO....
View ArticleDCM Ventures Raises $770 Mn Funds For Tech Startups
US-based DCM Ventures, venture capital firm has raised $770 Mn for its various investment funds. Of this amount, $500 Mn will be used for DCM’s eighth flagship global investment fund, $100 Mn (A-fund)...
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