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Tech startups love millennials. Tasty, tasty millennials who get underpaid, overworked, churned up and turned into nourishment for venture capitalists. Millennials are the Soylent Green of the tech...
View ArticleTech Based Relocation Service Provider Pikkol Raises Funding From Indian...
Bengaluru-based relocation service provider Pikkol has raised an undisclosed amount in a funding round led by Indian Angel Network. The investors who participated in the round include Revathy Ashok and...
View ArticleEcommerce Solutions Provider Iksula Acquires US Based Software Company...
Integrated commerce solution provider Iksula has acquired US-based Blisstering Solutions, a software development company. Commenting on the development, Iksula’s co-founder & CEO Samarjeet Singh...
View ArticlePosterGully Gets A New Canvas, Gets Acquired By Promoters Of ABEC
Sumit Gandhi and Manish Gandhi, promoters of Asian Business Exhibitions and Conferences (ABEC), have acquired online art marketplace PosterGully for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2013 by Bharat...
View Article10 Things I Learnt in The Last 10 Months of Starting Up
Startups. The word brings to mind bean bags (or sleeping bags), lots of laptops going tap-tap and words like ‘growth hacking’ and scaling up being thrown around by a bunch of sleep-deprived, caffeine...
View Article5 Ways Bots Have Revolutionised The Way You Do Business
Over the past year, bots seem to have gained immense popularity amongst big tech companies. Google, Facebook, Microsoft and most recently Apple have all released their plans for a bot-filled future....
View ArticleSnapdeal To Shut Down Exclusively.com
More than a year and a half after acquiring Exclusively, a marketplace for premium branded fashion and lifestyle products, Delhi-based ecommerce marketplace Snapdeal is now planning to shut down...
View ArticleFrom A Small IT Venture in Jaipur To A Multi-Billion Dollar Company By 2021:...
“An investment portal. A celeb tweet aggregator. An e-jewellery store. An astrology website. All failed ideas. All coming from the same company that launched CarDekho.com – first mover in the online...
View ArticleExclusive: Scale Ventures Takes Over The Portfolio Of Delhi Based Guerrilla...
Delhi-based Scale Ventures has acquired the portfolio of Delhi-based Guerrilla Ventures. Guerrilla Ventures was founded by Ritesh Malik. Malik is also the founder of YCombinator-backed coworking space,...
View ArticleBanking Solutions Company Sesame Software Raises Funding From US Based...
US-based IT company Speridian Technologies has provided funding to Sesame Software, a financial technology solutions provider. The funding would make Speridian Technologies a majority stakeholder in...
View ArticleWith $375K Funding Digio Signs Up With Online Discount Platform Zerodha
Online discount firm Zerodha has invested $375K (INR 2.5 Cr) in tech-based digital signature-enabling platform Digio. The investment was made through Zerodha’s in-house incubator and fund Rainmatter....
View ArticleAlibaba Eyes Acquisition Of Ecommerce Platform ShopClues; Plans To Merge It...
Chinese ecommerce giant, Alibaba has reportedly held discussions to acquire online marketplace ShopClues. In January 2016, ShopClues raised Series E funding, and said that its valuation stands at more...
View ArticleHousejoy Goes Hyperlocal, Launches Geo-Targetted App
Bangalore-based Housejoy, an on-demand service provider, has now introduced a hyperlocal model. It has launched Geo-Targetted technology in all eight cities it operates in. This feature will enable a...
View Article5 Issues Women Entrepreneurs Face In India
Before the start of the 21st century, women would operate businesses as a way to supplement income. They were considered as home makers with little to do with economy or commerce. The word...
View ArticleStartup India Jumps 16 Spots Up On Global Innovation Index; Retains Number 1...
India’s innovation currency took a giant leap forward, with the leap in the Global Innovation Index rankings to number 66 this year from 81, last year. India also continues to maintain pole position in...
View ArticleStartup Sector Meets Real Estate: Publicis Drugstore launches Meet The Makers
A French advertising company’s incubator Publicis Drugstore India, recently organised a startup meet called Meet The Makers. Startups from the FinTech and logistics sector met real-estate companies in...
View ArticleICICI Bank Launches SmartKeys To Make Transactions As Easy As Texting
ICICI Bank –whose mobile app was launched way back in 2008 before m-banking became a market favourite – has rolled out a new feature, iMobile SmartKeys. The primary purpose of SmartKeys is to enable...
View ArticleExclusive: Game-Based Learning Platform For Professional Skills Training...
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel – Socrates For most graduates in India, however, the yearning for professional learning comes to an end after college education. One...
View ArticleAskMe Shuts Down, Leaves Employees In Distress
Gurgaon-based consumer Internet search platform AskMe has shut down its operations and has laid off its remaining staff. AskMe’s ecommerce website is live at the moment but it is not accepting any new...
View ArticlePi Ventures Raises $29 Mn To Launch Its First Fund
Early stage venture fund Pi Ventures has raised $29 Mn (INR 195 Cr) to launch its first fund. Both domestic and international investors have been approached to participate in the fund. It plans to...
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