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PayU To Acquire Rival Citrus Pay In An All Cash Deal, Might Close Between...
Naspers-backed PayU, a Gurgaon-based payment service provider, is in talks to acquire FinTech company Citrus Pay. The deal is expected to be somewhere between $149 Mn (INR 1000 Cr) to $179 Mn (INR...
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Why Startup Founders Ought To Be Global Citizens
For a truly modern business, it has become imperative that it is run by “global citizens”. Globalisation is shaking up the way the world is run, thanks to leaps in modern communication and...
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7 Common Habits of Highly Successful Bootstrapped Entrepreneurs
So you have a brand-new yet unheard of idea and you are sure you can translate it into mega bucks. Great! And you’ve already started a small self-financed outfit to translate your idea into practical...
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Startups Here’s Your Chance To Win $1 Mn At World Startup Expo In November
Bengaluru is going to be the home to a three day startup extravaganza, World Startup Expo. Startups will be able to pitch their ideas in front of investors, early stage adopters, mentors, potential...
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Intel, SINE And DST Collaborate To Launch Hardware Startup Incubator ‘PlugIn’
In order to boost the hardware startup ecosystem in the country, the Indian arm of global tech company Intel will launch a hardware incubator program called Plugin. It has also made tie-ups with IIT...
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DST Launches $15 Mn Programme For Startups Under New Initiative –‘NIDHI’
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has launched a $15 Mn (INR 100 Cr) programme to support startups in India. National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an...
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RupeePower Founder Gets Company’s Control In Buyback From Snapdeal
In a recent buyback, Tejasvi Mohanram, founder of the online consumer and SME credit platform RupeePower took back the reins of the company from online marketplace Snapdeal. The terms of the...
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Randstad Takes Over Job Portal Monster For $429 Mn
Randstad Holding nv a leading HR services provider is acquiring job portal Monster Worldwide for purchase price of approximately $429 Mn. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Randstad will pay...
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In The Fourth Industrial Age Robots Are Out To Steal Your Jobs, Humans!
Digital technology is galvanising a colossal change, influencing every aspect of our personal and professional lives. There is a global buzz about the beginning of a fourth industrial revolution with...
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Startup Closures, Tightening Investments: Where Is Your Idea Headed?
2015 saw more than $8 billion being invested by venture capitalists in Indian startups. You cannot deny the fact that most of these half-baked, copycat rental models of business are the beneficiaries...
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A Push Notification A Day, Brings Your Customers Closer Everyday
Consider these statistics. This year, Gurgaon-based tech startup Horntell’s early partners integrated their service with its Actionable Cards to run a campaign where they would send a Card that...
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Niramaya Path Labs Acquires Online Diagnostics Platform Labstreet
NCR-based Niramaya Path Labs has acquired online diagnostics platform Labstreet in a cash and stock deal. Post acquisition Labstreet will function as an independent unit. With this move about 50% of...
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Now Google Search Will Allow Users To Place Orders From Zomato, Swiggy
Google India, in its recent blog post, has announced that users can now place food orders on their phone directly via Google search. When anyone will search for a nearby restaurant, if it’s listed with...
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Two Women Led Startups From India To Get A Chance To Be Part Of Start Tel...
In a bid to boost women entrepreneurship in India, the Embassy of Israel in cooperation with TiE Delhi-NCR will be hosting the “Start Tel Aviv” (Start TLV) challenge on Friday this week. The finalists...
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The Meeting That Showed Me The Truth About VCs And How They Don’t Make Money
I had a meeting with a well-known startup investor yesterday. The talk somehow pivoted from my seed-seeking startup into talking about the macro view of venture capital and how it doesn’t actually make...
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Indian Angel Network To Raise $22 Mn Early Stage Fund
Indian Angel Network (IAN) is planning to raise an early stage fund of $22 Mn (INR 150 Cr). It has already registered a fund with the Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI), as shared by a...
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CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad Invests In Two HealthTech Startups: Zeolr And MobiDent
IIM Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) has invested an undisclosed amount in two healthtech startups. The two startups are a dental care startup MobiDent (owned...
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Bengaluru Based Printo Launches Mobile App Print Instantly
Bengaluru-based printing retail company Printo has launched their first mobile driven platform called Print Instantly or Pi. Pi will let consumers access home delivered printouts through their app....
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Online Bus Booking Portal Travelyaari Raises $7 Mn in Series B
Just two months after raising $3 Mn in Series A funding, online bus booking platform Travelyaari, has closed its Series B funding round worth $7 Mn. The investment was led by Gujarat Venture Finance...
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Vebbler Captures 16 Investors’ Attention For $500K Funding With Its Social...
Vebbler, a photo sharing platform has raised $500K (INR 3.34 Cr) in a new round of funding. It was led by a group of 16 angel investors from different countries including India, Singapore, Hong Kong...
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