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4 UI Design Lessons We Can Learn From The World’s Most Beautiful Guitars
[Proto.io is a leading mobile app prototyping tool used by entrepreneurs and startups to create fully-interactive realistic prototypes that look and feel like real apps.] Ever since Lester William...
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Zone Startups Raises $28 Mn Fund; Looks To Invest In 15-20 Startups In One Year
Zone Startups, a venture fund and accelerator housed at the BSE, has raised about $28 Mn (INR 190 Cr.) registered with SEBI. With the raised fund, the firm is looking to invest in over 50-60 startups....
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MagicTiger Acquires Instano, A Chat Based On Demand Service Delivery Startup
Bangalore-based on-demand delivery service startup, MagicTiger, has acquired Instano, a B2C ecommerce app offering on-demand delivery of services over chat. As the part of deal, core team of Instano...
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Being Pitch Perfect: You Know My Name Not My Story
It’s D-Day! Your deck is ready, the meetings have been set up and you’re all ready to go pitch for your next billion dollar idea. Great! Hey, remember when you were going on the first date with that...
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“Jack Ma Can Inspire People And Make Them Do Magic.” – Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm, yesterday did an AMA on Reddit, and was flooded with questions about Paytm, startups, Jack Ma, and entrepreneurs. Here is a snippet of some of the interesting...
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Uber Launches ‘Ride Request’ Button For Third Party Apps
Staying true to its ‘Tap a button, get a ride’ principle, Uber has announced a new feature for third party developers – the ‘Ride Request’ button, for free. By adding the button next to every address...
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How Startups Are Doing Their Bit To Push Relief Operations For #ChennaiFloods
Chennai is deluged with torrential rain and its denizens are in distress. The rainfall has broken a 100-year record with one day’s downpour covering a month’s average. Many areas in Chennai and Tamil...
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Flipkart Acquires Minority Stake In MapmyIndia
Ecommerce marketplace, Flipkart, has acquired a minority stake in the digital mapping company, MapmyIndia. MapmyIndia will continue to independently serve all its consumers and enterprises across all...
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Paytm Ties Up With ICICI Bank; Launches Virtual Prepaid Card For Users
Paytm, the mobile payment and ecommerce platform, has tied up with ICICI Bank to launch a co-branded virtual prepaid card. The card will be linked to a user’s Paytm wallet allowing them to pay to a...
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Quikr Acquires Realtycompass, A Real Estate Analytics Platform
Tiger Global-funded online classifieds platform Quikr, has acquired Realtycompass, a real-estate analytics platform. The startup will be part of Quikr’s flagship product QuikrHomes. Realtycompass,...
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Food Delivery Startup EasyKhaana Raises $100K
Delhi-based food delivery startup, EasyKhaana, has raised $100K in its angel round of funding from a private investor. EasyKhaana will use the secured funds to expand its delivery regions and further...
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5 Essential Web Tools For The Singular Entrepreneur
Converting an idea into a business is a monumental task, and if you are going at it alone, well – then your bucket just got even bigger. Take a freelancer for example – each is an entrepreneur in his...
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Chat Based Health & Fitness App, FitCircle, Raises Pre-Series A Round
Mumbai-based chat-based health and fitness platform, FitCircle, has raised an undisclosed amount in Pre-Series A round of funding from Webaroo co-founder Beerud Sheth and Ravi Mantha an ex-President of...
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Winning the Online Marketplace – Part I ‘Importance of the Supply Side’
Over the last 4 years as a venture investor, some of the most exciting moments include interactions with entrepreneurs hustling to launch & scale disruptive marketplace businesses. Each of these...
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HeyNeighbor App Wants To Become The Peer-to-Peer Support System For...
In recounting the paradoxes of our age, His Holiness the Dalai Lama states, “We’ve been all the way to the moon and back. But we have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour. We built...
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Facebook Announces first SME India Council in Asia-Pacific To Boost...
In its endeavor towards helping businesses grow locally and regionally across India and better connect with the people they care about, Facebook has announced the first SME India Council in...
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Wingify Launches PushCrew To Enable Push Notifications From Any Browser or...
New Delhi-based website performance testing startup, Wingify, has announced the launch of PushCrew , a product that will enable websites to send push notifications to their visitors, helping them build...
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Famed Khan Academy Launches Hindi Portal For India
Khan Academy, an US-based non-profit educational organization, has launched a Hindi portal for students in India. In the initial stage, the portal will cover syllabus of National Council of Education...
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GHV Accelerator Accelerates Applop And CaRPM With $100K Funding Each
Gurgaon-based GHV Accelerator has onboarded Applop, a mobile app that lets users make their own app, and CaRPM, an app that connects car owners to their cars, in the accelerator. By including these two...
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HDFC Chairman’s Son Ventures Into Private Equity; Launches $200 Mn Paragon...
A $200 Mn private equity fund, Paragon Partners, has been launched by Siddharth Parekh, son of Deepak Parekh, the chairman of mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd (HDFC), and his...
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