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The Value of Thought
Do you know why Achimedes came up with the ‘Archimedes Principle’ in his bathtub? Not because he experienced it. Its because that was the only place where he could think peacefully! My obsession with...
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Five Indian Startups To Fly To Canada To Test North American Waters
Five Indian tech startups will get the opportunity of leveraging their presence in Ontario’s ( Canada) startup ecosystem as a part of 3rd edition of the Next Big Idea Contest jointly hosted by the...
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Craftsvilla Raises $34 Mn In Series C; Aims To Hit $500 Mn In GMV
Mumbai-based ethnic etailer, Craftsvilla, has raised about $34 Mn in Series C round of funding led by existing investors Sequoia India and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Besides, Nexus Venture Partners,...
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Julia Computing Secures $600K from US-based Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Julia Computing LLC, a startup that provides training, commercial support, and consulting for those who want to use Julia language, has raised $600K from US-based Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation....
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Talwalkars Acquires Majority Stake In Fitness Firm Inshape
Mumbai-based Talwalkars Better Value Fitness has acquired a majority stake in Chennai-based fitness firm, Inshape Health and Fitnez, for an undisclosed amount. Talwalkars has picked up a 51% stake in...
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Fashion And Lifestyle Startup Styletag Raises $7.5 Mn
A whopping $7.5 Mn (INR 50 Cr) has been secured by Bangalore-based online curated fashion and lifestyle startup Styletag.com through angel funding from Jitu Virwani, Chairman & Managing Director...
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Discovery Platform For Premium Products & Services, Smytten, Raises Seed Funding
Smytten, an online discovery platform for premium products & services, has raised $200K in a seed round of funding led by Rimpal Chawla, ex-MD of Credit Suisse Asset Management India and Anuj...
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Tlabs Announces 8 Startups For Its ‘Fall 2015’ Batch
Times Internet’s startup accelerator, TLabs, has announced the list of its 8th batch of startups, which kicked-off August this year, with investment in all of them. The new batch consists of eight...
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Promoted to Failure? – The Baffling Peter Principle
Sometime during early 2000, while scaling up our operations, I found a unique phenomenon affecting our organisation, GRASSIK. People who were proven performers were moved up and given additional...
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ShopKirana Aims To Devour The Kirana Store Woes Like A Piranha
A persistent problem is going unaddressed with no one in the ecosystem trying to solve it. That’s the cue for many an entrepreneur to make their entry with startups which would provide the panacea. In...
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Edutainment Startup, ConveGenius, Raises $300K Via Enablers
Noida and Singapore-based edutainment startup, ConveGenius, has raised about $300K (INR 2 Cr.) in pre-series A round of funding via Enablers. Founded in 2013 by Jairaj Bhattacharya and Shashank Pandey,...
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Flipkart’s Biggest Investor Tiger Global Raises Stake In Rival Amazon
Flipkart‘s largest shareholder Tiger Global Management has significantly increased its stake in the US listed e-tailer and rival Amazon. According to a Business Insider report, citing data from the US...
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Nexus Invests $2.5 Mn In Chat-Based Commerce Platform, Goodbox
Bangalore-based Goodbox, an app that connects businesses to consumers, has raised about $2.5 Mn (INR 16.51 Cr.) in Series A round of funding from Nexus Venture Partners. The company plans to use the...
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Cross-Device Retargeting Company, SilverPush, Faces Allegations Of Privacy...
San Francisco and Gurgaon-based SilverPush, a cross-device retargeting company, is raising concerns in the US over allegations of privacy breach over its technology. The company uses a technology which...
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Liquidity Preference 101: All You Want To Know About Liquidity Preference In...
Liquidity Preference is one of the few terms in a VC term sheet (other than drag along/vesting and management rights) that really evoke strong reactions from either side. While Majority (or rather 100%...
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Crowdfunding: The New Lifeline For Startups
Crowdfunding is proving to be a serious source of capital for entrepreneurs looking to raise funds from a large pool of individuals who are believe in their ideas and above all, consider them as an...
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Logistics Startup Hipship Raises Funding From Rishi Khiani & Inara Capital
Bangalore-based express delivery service platform, Hipship, has raised an undisclosed amount from Inara Capital and Scootsy founder Rishi Khiani led consortium. The startup plans to use the funds to...
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ScoopWhoop Scoops Up $4 Mn From Kalaari Capital
Delhi-based Internet media and news startup, ScoopWhoop Media, has raised $4 Mn (about INR 26.5 Cr.), in a funding round, from Kalaari Capital. Founded in 2013 by Suparn Pandey, Rishi Pratim Mukherjee,...
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On Demand Courier Service Pigen Rebrands As “GoPigeon”
Bangalore based on-demand first mile and courier service startup, Pigen, has now rebranded itself as GoPigeon. The website and the logo have also been accordingly upgraded in line with the company’s...
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Ola With Boats & Oyo With Its Rooms, Come To The Rescue Of The Citizens Of...
As Chennai gets battered by heavy rainfall and the government scrambles to expedite relief to stranded people in waterlogged areas, some startups have joined in to provide succour to hapless citizens....
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