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Converting An Idea Into A Business
I often get asked this question: I have an idea. But I just don’t know what to do next. How do I start implementing it? It is not unusual to get stuck with the idea without knowing how to take it...
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Platform For Broker Free Rented Accommodations, Zocalo Raises Angel Funding
New Delhi-based online marketplace for broker-free rented accommodation, Zocalo.in, has raised funding from a clutch of prominent investors. The round saw the participation from MakeMyTrip &...
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Battle Is On: After Oyo, Now Zo Rooms Reportedly Pulls $30 Mn From Tiger...
Delhi-based budget hotel marketplace ZO Rooms has raised $30 Mn (INR 192 Cr.) in a funding round led by its existing investors, Tiger Global Management and Orios Venture Partners. This round for Zo...
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Home Services Platform Doormint Raises $3 Mn Series A Funding From Helion &...
Mumbai based home services platform Doormint has raised $3 Mn as a part of the series A funding led by Helion Venture partners along with Kalaari Capital. The fresh round of funding comes after the...
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TaxiForSure Shuts Down Operations In 22 Cities; Migrates To Ola
Five months after getting acquired by Ola, TaxiForSure has announced that they are now migrating to Ola. The company in its blogpost said that they are pulling out of from 22 Indian cities, and...
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Last Minute Hotel Booking App, Nightstay Raises $500K From BedRock Ventures &...
Noida-based last minute hotel booking App, NightStay, has raised around $500K in a pre-seed round from BedRock Ventures and angel investors Rajesh Sawhney of GSF and Shailesh Vickram Singh, partner at...
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The Cost Of Uber Vs Car Ownership In India
Based on my tweet earlier, I got a lot of feedback on this topic. My rough calculation concluded that it was much cheaper to use Uber/Ola than owning a car. To corroborate, I decided to polish my rough...
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Raju Vanapala On How Way2Online Plans To Harness The Regional News Sector...
Way2Online has launched a new news App called Way2News. This App will focus on offering news in local languages. It will beam news in a nutshell in local languages and the App will have a magazine...
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Snapdeal Launches FindMyStyle To Bridge The Gap Between Online & Offline...
In offline shopping, customers have an access to expert salesmen who understands the customer’s need and help them to find the right product but this expertise and fine understanding of customer’s need...
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Co-Founders, How Many & How Do You Choose Them?
It is said that, “Success has many fathers”. Similarly, innovation often requires input from more than one individual. A founder has a vision — to bring something new to the market; but this vision...
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NDTV Raises Funding For Its New Ecommerce Portals At A Combined Valuation Of...
NDTV has raised an undisclosed amount in funding at a combined valuation close to $80 Mn for its new ecommerce ventures in Gadgets and Car & Bike led by a group of investors. The exact amount of...
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Mobile Security Startup Wegilant Secures $500K In Pre Series A Round From...
Mumbai-based mobile security startup Wegilant Net Solutions, that helps developers find security faults in their Android applications raised $500K in a pre-series A round of funding; and had raised...
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Real Estate Solution Provider, Sunday Realty Solutions Raises Above $780K
Mumbai-based, mobile-enabled real estate solutions provider, Sunday Realty Solutions has raised more than $780K (INR 5 Cr) in early-stage funding from a group of investors including Ramesh Jogani and...
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Tencent, Sofina & Others Leads $90 Mn Series C In Practo
Bangalore-based healthcare platform, Practo, has raised $90M in Series C round funding led by Tencent, with participation from marquee institutional investors including Sofina, Sequoia India, Google...
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Apparel Rental Startup Klozee Grabs Funding From TracxnLabs & Others
Bangalore-based, Klozee, which allows customers to access apparels on rent, has raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding led by Tracxn Labs with few other angels participating. Started just a month...
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“Investor First Product”– The Latest Fad In The Startup Industry
In the last one year, the Indian startup ecosystem has taken off and continues its upward flight – fueled majorly by a huge influx of money and more VCs willing to offer startups an early stage...
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The Indian Home Services Startups Are Killing It – Decoding The $100 Bn...
There could not have been a better time for me to write an article on the home services startups. Not because it is the hottest sector where technology is causing disruptions in a highly unorganized...
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With Transactions Worth Over $1 Mn Per Day Being Processed Through Its...
Bangalore-based mobile payments startup Ezetap Mobile Solutions has raised about $23.53 Mn (INR 150 Cr.) in a fresh round of funding led by Social+Capital, Helion Advisors. Berggruen Holdings alongwith...
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KartRocket Launches C2C Mobile Marketplace: Kraftly
KartRocket has launched Kraftly – India’s first C2C mobile marketplace for unique and hand crafted products, which so far have been available largely offline. These items cover a wide range, including...
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Why Some Apps & Websites Have Never Changed Their User Interface?
The Google search “user interface” has been the same for over 17 years now. The simple text search box with a button for Google search and “I’m feeling lucky”. That’s it. Nothing has changed at all....
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