Fruits & Vegetable Supply Chain Startup Lemon Leaf Raises Funding From Angel...
Delhi-based fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain startup Lemon Leaf has raised $133K (INR 90 lakhs) in first external round of funding. The investment was secured from angel investors, Saurabh Sahni...
View ArticleHow ‘Me-Too’ Startups Have Spammed The FoodTech Market In India
When industry veterans in the year 2015 debated on whether ‘hyperlocal’ will be able to replace ‘ecommerce’ in India, one segment that grabbed maximum investor attention was the FoodTech. The reasons...
View ArticleHealthtech Startup Tiyo Raises $120K In Seed Funding
Kolkata-based healthtech startup, Tiyo, run by Labsense Technology Services, has raised $120K in angel funding from veteran entrepreneurs from Middle East including Anish K & Ajith Nair, CEO...
View ArticleStartup Hiring: How A Pokémon Got Us A Great Hire!
Hiring in a startup is hard. It is hard because: Startups are fragile, thus not providing the job security that many people strive for; Startups are frugal, thus unable to offer the cash that one might...
View ArticleCan Roder’s Algorithm Help It In Cracking The $9 Bn Opportunity In Intercity...
‘Don’t just start a business, solve a problem.’ This is one of the chief tenets of entrepreneurship. For three students of IIT Kharagpur, they faced their ‘problem’ a couple of years ago. Whenever...
View ArticleNeuron raises $200K In Angel Funding Round
Neuron, a New Delhi-based machine learning platform for text analysis has raised an angel funding of $200K. The round was led by Harvinder Singh Bhatia, CFO Netmagic & Founder of Radiowala. Along...
View ArticleHow to Be Big Time Silicon Valley Tech Guy
So you want to be big time Silicon Valley Tech Guy? Sure, we all do. Well, turns out it’s not that hard. People might say you need money, some knowledge of the tech industry, investments, and a home in...
View ArticleHow The Hunt For A Printout Inspired Sunil Patro To Create A Startup Which...
Inspiration to create something of your own can strike anywhere. Even when you have just interviewed to work for someone else’s startup and are taking a vacation after that interview in Mexico! That’s...
View ArticleUpdated: Flipkart Will Let Go Over 1000 Underperforming Employees
Flipkart in a bid to have a leaner organisation structure, and make better utilisation of its cash resources has now started with mass layoffs based on employee performance decided to let go...
View ArticleAmazon Bullish On Expansion In India; Announced Q2, 2016 Results
Amazon has gained $30.4 Bn in revenue and earnings of $1.78 per share in Q2, 2016, thereby beating the analysts expectations of $29.54 Bn in revenue and earnings of $1.11 per share. As said, it is the...
View ArticleAmazon India Boosts Its FMCG Business With Amazon Pantry
Amazon India has launched Amazon Pantry, a service that will offer grocery and household essentials. It will also deliver the orders in a day. Amazon Pantry will be accessible to all customers in...
View ArticleVenture Catalysts Invests $150K Seed Investment In Business Communication...
Mumbai-based seed investment and innovation platform, Venture Catalysts (VCats), has invested $150K in AppSay, a business communications platform. The investment was led by VCats angels Shreyans Shah...
View ArticleGoCoop Raises Series A Funding From Kris Gopalakrishnan, Saha Fund & Others
Bangalore-based GoCoop Solutions and Services, an ecommerce enabler for rural producers and co-operatives, has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding. The investment was secured from Infosys...
View ArticleSwings In Flipkart’s Valuation Continue: Fidelity Marks Up By 3%, T Rowe...
After being in the news this week for buying Jabong for $70 Mn, Flipkart is back again with more news on its valuation front. So while Mutual fund investor Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II fund has...
View ArticleB2B Ecommerce Portal MaxWholesale Raises Seed Fund Of $150K From Maple Cap &...
Delhi-based B2B ecommerce supply portal MaxWholesale has raised $150K (INR 1 Cr) in a seed round of funding. The investment was led by investment bank Maple Capital Advisors, Abhinav Grover (director...
View ArticleMovers & Shakers Of The week [25 July – 30 July]
Stripe Makes 1st India Hire Payments startup Stripe, valued at $5 Bn, has hired its first India employee as it looks to kick-start operations in Mumbai. Anand Balaji, an ex-Amazon executive, has come...
View ArticleNews Roundup: 12 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [25 July –...
In a bid to have a leaner organisation structure, and make better utilisation of its cash resources, Flipkart will let go number of its employees based on performance. The company has given 700-1000...
View ArticleFunding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The week [25 July – 30 July]
After being in news for acquisition offers from biggies, Jabong got finally acquired by homegrown ecommerce biggie from its Myntra unit. The acquisition was revealed through a tweet from Flipkart...
View ArticleKejriwal’s Parody Twitter Handle Asked Ola For Help; What Happened Next Will...
Arvind Kejriwal has been in controversies ever since he entered the mainstream politics and became the CM of Delhi. However, when in a recent video he claimed that PM Narendra Modi might get him...
View ArticleUpdated: Road Ministry Asks Uber-Ola To Use Taxi Meters To Calculate Fares,...
Being earlier wrapped up by the Delhi Government on surge pricing issues, Ola and Uber are now framed by Indian Road Ministry on the ways fares are calculated. Both the companies have been asked to...
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