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“Narcos” Probably Had the Best Route Optimisation Without Any Technology
It’s so irritating yet irresistible when you open your Facebook, come across the “Narcos” commercial sponsored by Netflix, watch the first episode and then end up watching the entire season on a lazy...
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Amidst Funding Slowdown, There Is Definitely A Lot Of Cash, Investment Pace...
Early stage technology investor, Blume Ventures has marked the final close of its second fund at $60 Mn. The Mumbai-based firm had initially planned to raise $50 Mn when it was announced in early 2014...
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Products And Deals Discovery App Scandid Acquires Local Ecommerce Platform...
Pune-based mobile-first savings discovery platform Scandid has acquired hyperlocal startup Snabar for an undisclosed deal amount. Post-acquisition, Snabar CEO Onkar Bhagwat will join Scandid as a...
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MPOWER Financing Secures $6 Mn From Zephyr Peacock; Plans To Set Up Base In...
Fintech company that provides lending solutions to international students pursuing higher education in the US, MPOWER Financing has received $6 Mn in a funding round led by PE fund Zephyr Peacock....
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OrangeTwig Raises $1 Mn In Seed Funding; Aims To Enable Small Ecommerce...
San Francisco and Delhi based social media marketing startup OrangeTwig has raised a Seed round of $1 Mn funding from an undisclosed Silicon Valley investor. An additional $75K has been added from a...
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Ecommerce Marketplace Zopper Enters Retail Fintech Segment With EasyPOS – A...
Zopper, a Delhi-based hyperlocal marketplace has made its foray into the retail fintech industry with its EasyPOS platform. It is a meta-aggregator financing platform that offers retailers information...
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IT Giant L&T Infotech Acquires Analytics Startup AugmentIQ
Global IT services and solutions provider L&T Infotech (LTI) is all set to acquire Pune-based AugmentIQ Data Sciences Pvt. Ltd, a startup offering IP-based, big data and analytics solutions that...
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The 12 Founders Of Housing: Where Are They Now?
They came, they coded, they left. The 12 co-founders of real estate portal Housing were young IIT Bombay students when they set up one of the spoken about startups in real estate and the ecosystem...
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Why Startups Definitely Need In-House HR
Automation or outsourcing is required where you have volume and one has to just replicate standard procedures but while building startups, the slightest of things need personal attention. Extra Edge...
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How To Leverage The Power Of Mobile App Marketing
There are all kinds of apps in the app store. Startups are coming up with apps compatible with smart devices across all major platforms to reach a larger audience and their quest for traction and user...
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How Can Having A Trademark Protect Our Business From ‘Copycats?’
How do we as consumers differentiate between two brands? Isn’t it that small logo etched in every single product of that brand? Many of us can easily relate that big yellow funky M, to our very own...
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How To Attain Collateral Free Loans For Your Startup?
In an earlier article on Inc42, I had spoken about how under the Ministry of MSME (micro, small & medium enterprises), the Government of India is equipping micro, small and medium businesses with...
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Inspiring Your Employees: Bringing Your Team To Greater Heights
Inspiration doesn’t always come naturally. But that certainly doesn’t mean that you can’t help stoke the flames, or so to speak. Inspiring your employees goes beyond offering them a solid paycheck and...
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Healofy Gets Accepted To FbStart Programme; Secures Benefits Worth $40K
Peer-to-peer platform of moms and moms-to-be Healofy has been selected for FbStart, the early stage, mobile-focussed startup programme of Facebook. The app was selected for “its impressive development...
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Fashion Discovery App Wooplr Raises Funding From Astarc Ventures
Bengaluru-based fashion discovery app, Wooplr has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Astarc Ventures. Wooplr was founded in 2013 by Praveen Rajaretnam, Arjun Zacharia, Soumen Sarkar, and...
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Healthtech Startup Idea Bubbles Raises Funding From Crowdfunding Ecosystem...
Bengaluru-based healthtech startup Idea Bubbles has secured $700K (INR 4.5 Cr) in equity financing from 1Crowd, a crowdfunding ecosystem for startups, Eureka Forbes Ltd, and Shapoorji Pallonji &...
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Flipkart’s CFO Sanjay Baweja Quits Company After Two Years
In a recent development, online marketplace Flipkart’s Chief Financial Officer Sanjay Baweja has quit the company after two years in his role. This news comes at a time when there is talk of the...
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India To Become Breeding Ground For 10,500 Tech Startups By 2020:...
The Indian startup ecosystem is poised to grow by 2.2X to reach over 10,500 startups by the year 2020, according to a report released by NASSCOM in collaboration with Bengaluru-based consulting firm...
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Meet The Top 50 Emerging Indian Startups From Nasscom Emerge 50 2016 Awards
Nasscom, during the Nasscom Product Conclave 2016 today in Bengaluru, announced the list of startups that made it to the Emerge 50. Started in 2009, the NASSCOM EMERGE 50 Awards – is a marathon search...
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Why Integrity, Ethics, Principles, Values, & Honesty Are Necessary In A Startup
Laying the foundation of an honest organisation built with strong integrity and ethics is important to set the culture, direction, principles, and priorities for any new company. The lead has to be...
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