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Uber Raises $1 Bn From Microsoft, Times Internet; Valuation Reaches $51 Bn
San Francisco-based online taxi-hailing startup Uber has raised $1 bn in a new funding round from Microsoft and Indian media conglomerate Bennett Coleman & Co.; Uber has reached the valuation of...
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I Have Sold My Startup; My Experience & Learning!
I had started InBoundio in Jan 2013. After doing lot of freelancing, services and building casual hobby products, this was my first serious attempt in building a web product and business. This also...
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The One Thing All Entrepreneurs Have In Common
If we walked into a room full of entrepreneurially minded people and asked how many had suffered in their careers, I bet almost all would raise their hands. It’s a common phenomenon for those who are...
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Snapdeal Raises $500 Mn From Alibaba, Foxconn & Softbank
Looks like it’s raining money again in the Indian ecommerce space! Or at least for the older players. Alibaba, after a few investments in Indian companies, has now invested $500 Mn in the ecommerce...
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The Process Of Pitching To Investors
Often first-time entrepreneurs underestimate the time it may take to raise funds for their startup. Unless you get seriously lucky or have easy access to a number of investors, it is prudent to...
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Snapdeal’s New Instant Service Promises 1-Hour Delivery, To Start In Mumbai,...
Snapdeal seems to be on a roll as it has introduced a new service called “Snapdeal Instant” after successfully raising $500-Mn from Alibaba, Softbank and Foxconn. Snapdeal was the last in line to...
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Oyo Rooms Closes $100 Mn From SoftBank & Existing Investors
Budget-hotels marketplace OYO rooms has closed a $100Mn funding round led by SoftBank Corp, and its existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital India and Greenoaks Capital. We have...
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Edutech Startup Cue Learn Secures Funds From Former Canaan Partners’ MD, Alok...
Delhi-based, edutech startup, Cue Learn has raised an undisclosed amount from former Managing Director of Canaan Partners, Alok Mittal. The startup is a portfolio company of Unitus Seed Fund, which...
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Aditya Birla Group On A Look Out To Invest In Startups; Launching Dedicated...
The Aditya Birla Group is planning to launch a dedicated fund for investing in innovative ideas in the sectors across financial services, healthcare and retail. The fund will be investing somewhere...
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Northgate Capital Invests In YourNest Fund
Investment firm specializing in fund of funds investments and direct investments, Northgate Capital has invested and co-sponsored Gurgaon-based early-stage venture capital firm, YourNest Angel Fund....
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Laundrywala Wants To Disrupt The Laundry Industry With On Demand Service
Frenetic weekdays and lazy weekends. The life goes around like this for most of the working professionals, or bachelors living away from their homes. And in this hustle bustle, one has to do laundry,...
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Online Aggregator For Rental Cars, JustRide Raises Angel Funding
JustRide, car rental startup has raised an undisclosed amount of angel investment from industry veterans like Alok Mittal – Angel India Network, Zishaan Hayath CEO Toppr.com, Niraj Singh– Co-founder...
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WizRocket Raises $8 Mn From Sequoia & Accel
WizRocket, the in-app solution startup that offers an evolved customer experience has raised $8M and $1.6M in new funding from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. The new funding follows an initial...
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Orios Ventures Bets On Hyperlocal Delivery Startup Pickingo; Invests $1.3 Mn
Gurgaon-based on demand B2B hyperlocal logistics startup, Pickingo has raised $1.3 Mn in a funding round led by Orios Venture Partners along with angel investor Zishaan Hayath also participating. With...
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Kris Gopalakrishnan Gets Appointed As Non Executive Chairman For Axilor...
Axilor Ventures today announced Kris Gopalakrishnan as Non-Executive Chairman of the organization. It was founded in November 2014 by Infosys, co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan & S D Shibulal,...
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GHV Accelerator Drops Anchor At FoodPort: Office-Delivered Gourmet Food At...
The opportunity in the food-tech segment is huge; with professional chefs and fast delivery options – companies are creating new brands of Fast Food Chains. And, the industry is attracting a lot of...
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Assessment Conduct & Reporting Platform, Learning Outcomes Acquired By Liga...
Bangalore-based assessment conduct and reporting platform Learning Outcomes has been acquired by Liga Edutech for an undisclosed amount. Learning Outcomes was cofounded by Rishi Kar (IIT-Madras) and...
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Update: Government Revokes The “Accidental” Ban On Non Pornographic Websites
Update In a recent development, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has announced that the government is lifting ban from porn websites except those serving child porn. “A new notification will be...
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Mobile Ad Tech Platform Tyroo Introduces Product Listing Ads To Redefine...
New Delhi-based mobile ad tech platform Tyroo Technologies, has introduced its Product Listing ads (PLA) which will be open to all App publishers and will compete with Google and Facebook’s PLA. The...
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Last mile tech-logistics startup, LetsTransport raises $1.3Mn led by Rebright...
Bangalore-based tech-logistics startup, LetsTransport has raised $1.3Mn in a seed round of funding led by Singapore-based Japanese venture capital firm Rebright Partners. Serial Entrepreneurs Ankush...
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