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Xiaomi To Launch Crowdfunding Platform In India For Consumer Electronics Sector
Chinese smartphone and internet company, Xiaomi reportedly plans to bring its crowdfunding platform to India in the near future. The platform will be available to local startups to raise funds in the...
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App Maker Hashtaag Raises $1 Mn Angel Funding
Bengaluru-based Hashtaag, a mobile consultancy, design and development firm has secured $1 Mn in angel funding. The startup will use the funding to hire better talent, build better products and expand...
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Dear Employee: You’re Not Giving Me My Money’s Worth Of Work
At the risk of receiving an onslaught of critical comments – I dare to say, as your boss, that you, my employee, are not giving me eight hours worth of work, even though that’s what I am paying you...
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Digital Payment Gateway Razorpay Launches Unified Payment Interface
Bengaluru-based payment gateway Razorpay has launched Unified Payment Interface (UPI). It claims to be India’s first payment gateway to do so. The new payment option will allow Razorpay’s users to...
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Mu Sigma CEO Ambiga Subramanian May Launch Own Venture After Divesting Stake...
Days after reports trickled out that Mu Sigma founder Dhiraj Rajaram is planning to acquire controlling stake in the firm, it is being speculated that Ambiga Subramanian, CEO of the data analytics...
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Why Angel Investors Shouldn’t Worry About Exit Strategies
One of the big concerns about investing in a startup is the lack of liquidity, which means once you put in money, you’re pretty much locked in until a “liquidity event” occurs. Most angels want an...
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Ex-Ola Driver Reveals How He Cheated System To Earn Big Money
If you ever get in a conversation with your Ola and Uber drivers, they’ll tell you that they have stopped earning profits like they used to a few months ago. The reason cited is the modified incentive...
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Parenting Focussed Social Networking Startup Parentlane Raises Funding
Tech-based startup focussed on child development, Parentlane has secured funding from Capier Investments, the personal investment firm of Rohit MA, co-founder of Cloudnine Hospitals. The amount of...
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Apple Acquires Hyderabad Based Machine Learning Startup Tuplejump
Machine learning startup Tuplejump has been acquired by Apple. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed yet. According to Techcrunch, which reported the development, the move on Apple’s part is to...
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Earn Before You Burn: Why Unit Metrics Should Matter For Startups
Relevant and meaningful business data is imperative to the success of any startup. It helps entrepreneurs to take well-informed decisions to scale up their businesses. And, metrics is a tool which...
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Indus Net Technologies Launches Digital Acceleration Lab In Kolkata
Kolkata-based internet consulting company Indus Net Technologies has launched a digital acceleration lab, by the name of Indus Net Labs in Kolkata. According to an official statement, the 1,000 sq.ft....
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Enterprise Startup Cloudcherry Secures Funding From Vertex Ventures, Others
SaaS-based real-time customer sentiment mapping and experience analytics startup, Cloudcherry has reportedly raised $6 Mn (INR 40 Cr) from Vertex Ventures, IDG ventures and Cisco Ventures. These...
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GE Healthcare Launches First Accelerator Five.eight To Improve Healthcare In...
Global healthcare service provider GE Healthcare has announced the launch of its first healthcare accelerator, five.eight. The idea behind this accelerator is to improve healthcare in developing...
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Online Lingerie Retailer Zivame Pivots To Private Label Business
Bengaluru-based online lingerie retailer Zivame has pivoted to a private label business in a bid to improve its margins and thereby boost its revenues. Zivame was founded in 2011 by Richa Kar as an...
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PosterGully Founder Bharat Sethi Launches New Venture, iDecorama
Bharat Sethi, founder and CEO of PosterGully, has launched iDecorama, a technology-enabled online platform that offers interior designing. iDecorama aims to eliminate the barriers that exist between...
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News Roundup: 11 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [19...
Flipkart claims to have crossed the 100 Mn registered customers mark and claims to be the first ecommerce company in India to do so. It also claims to offer more than 40 Mn products across 80+...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [19 September – 24 September]
Online food delivery startup Swiggy raised $15 Mn led by US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners in Series D round of funding. Existing investors including Accel India, SAIF Partners,...
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What Step Of The Startup Ladder Are You On?
“I’ve got it covered.” As a new entrepreneur starts a business, he/she may wear many hats. The new founder may serve as the strategist, product developer, business developer, and the CFO in the...
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The Dangers Of A Bored Customer
If we define a promoter as someone who is willing to go to great lengths to recommend or personally endorse a product or service, how many companies would you call yourself a promoter of? My guess is...
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Movers and Shakers Of The Week [19 September – 24 September]
Flipkart-owned fashion e-tailer Myntra has moved Jabong’s research and development team in Bengaluru to its own facility, less than two months after it acquired the lifestyle and apparel shopping...
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