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Amazon India’s Cloudtail To Stop Sale Of Mobile Phones, Complies With FDI Norms
Amazon India’s biggest merchant Cloudtail, has reportedly stopped the sale of mobile phones via the online ecommerce platform. Cloudtail is a joint venture between Amazon Asia and Infosys founder NR...
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Indian Startup Funding Report August 2016: EdTech On The Rise
Despite prevalent uncertainties, Indian startups have started heaving a sigh of relief when it comes to raising capital for further growth. This is so as $642 Mn worth of funding has flowed into the...
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Why Auto-rickshaws Should Embrace Auto Aggregators Instead Of Fearing Them
Auto-rickshaws are one of the most common sights on Indian roads. We need them; we hate them. While some of us might be able to guess that there are more than 50 Lakh auto-rickshaws on Indian roads,...
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The Cloud Will Connect Us All: How Shivku Is Building Exotel To Be The Lego...
What you seek is seeking you – Rumi. When Shiva Kumar Ganeshan or Shivku (as he is known to everyone) graduated in Computer Science from BITS Pilani in 2004, it wasn’t yet cool to be an entrepreneur....
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While Gearing Up For Its Launch In India, IKEA Plans To Set Up Online Trade
With plans underway to open its first store in India by 2017, Swedish furniture retail giant IKEA is now also planning to add online commerce to its mode of business. IKEA has plans to open 25 stores...
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UP Government Becomes First State To Roll Out Twitter Seva, Police Department...
Uttar Pradesh’s State Government yesterday became the first Indian state to launch ‘Twitter Seva’. The government had launched this initiative in April 2016 all over the country as a helpline for...
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Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Etailer Freshboxx Raises Undisclosed Angel Funding
Karnataka-based fresh fruits and vegetables etailer Freshboxx has secured an undisclosed amount of angel funding from entrepreneur and angel investor, Ravi Linganuri. The raised funds will be deployed...
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SEBI Issues Warning Against Crowdfunding Platforms In India; Calls Them...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which regulates market capital in India, has reportedly issued an investor warning notice to equity crowdfunding platforms that aid startups. The...
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News Roundup: 7 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [5 September...
A month after Future Group announced plans to shut down its B2C online retail venture Big Bazaar Direct, founder Kishore Biyani stated that most startups miss the bigger picture and work with a...
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Movers And Shakers Of The Week [5 September – 10 September]
Let’s take a look at the important movers and shakers of the week. Nish Bhutani Joins Vuclip Video-on-demand service provider Vuclip has appointed Nish Bhutani as its Global Product Head. Nish will...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [5 September – 10 September]
The Bihar Government launched the state’s startup policy. The policy includes a startup venture capital fund with a value of $750 Mn formed as part of CM Nitish Kumar’s ‘seven resolves’. It will be...
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Why We Learn More From Our Failures Than Our Successes
Most people would imagine that their life would be perfect if they went from success to success – from one peak to another, without any valleys. However, the irony is that you would find this boring,...
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The Difference Between Making Millions and Failure Is To Pivot
I had to stop trying to get ahead. There are 8 million people in New York City. And 7 billion in the world. That’s 875 New York Cities. You can’t get ahead. Information is compounding. Technology is...
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Social Networking Based Healthtech Startup Cureinstant Raises $150K Seed Funding
Cureinstant, a social health networking website, has raised $150K (INR 1 Cr) in Seed funding from Dr. Rameshwar Kumar. The funding will be used to enhance and develop the website’s network of...
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Health & Wellness Startup Poshtick Raises $450K From Noida Based HNI
Noida-based Poshtick, a health & wellness startup, has raised $450K funding from two HNIs, Bhavya Sharma and Amit Nagar. Founded in 2016 by Pranav Sharma and Kritik Thakur, Poshtick offers a...
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Build The Right Product And Sell It: ProductNation Announces PNcamp2 For...
ProductNation has announced a day-long comprehensive boot camp, PNcamp2, for early stage startups. The event will feature interactive sessions in small groups focussing on marketing and development...
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P2P Social Learning Platform KarmaCircles Secures Seed Funding
Peer-to-peer social learning platform, KarmaCircles has raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding at a valuation of $3 Mn (INR 20 Cr) Seed funding from Angel investors. Investors who participated in...
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Fashion Startup Purple Style Labs Raises Seed Funding Via LetsVenture &...
Mumbai-based personal styling startup, Purple Style Labs, has raised about $448K (INR 3 Cr) seed funding via LetsVenture. The round was led by Augment Ventures and Rahul Kayan (Calcutta Angels...
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4 Life Lessons To Learn From “The Duke” John Wayne
He’s as popular as he ever was. Born with the name Marion Mitchell Morrison, actor John Wayne (nicknamed “The Duke”) was a legend. Known for his westerns and war movies, Wayne didn’t let life get him...
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Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Angel Investing Dilemmas
Being an angel investor brings up all kinds of interesting dilemmas and it’s hard for me to know what to do, especially because so much of this is so new to me, and there don’t seem to be any accepted...
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