HCL Technologies Partners With Microsoft To Launch IoT Incubator
HCL Technologies has partnered with Microsoft to launch an Internet of Things (IoT) Incubation Center in Redmond, Washington, USA. The incubator will be designed to leverage Microsoft Azure IoT Suite...
View ArticleSocial Networking Startup, Affimity, Secures $1.2 Mn Angel Funding
Bangalore and San Francisco-based social networking startup, Affimity, has raised $1.2 Mn in angel funding from Silicon Valley-based angel investors and founders. The raised funds will be utilised to...
View Article5 Free Online Tools You Can Count On To Fastrack The Launch Of Your Ecommerce...
It is a big move for anyone to launch a new venture, given the practical difficulties that come in the way of developing the idea into a concept, and finally into a feasible business model. If you too...
View ArticleJabong’s Largest Warehouse In Gurgaon Gutted In Fire
Update: We reached out to Jabong and got the response stating: We confirm that a fire broke out at one of Jabong’s warehouses in Pataudi in Haryana on late Monday night. According to our information,...
View ArticleHow Startups Are Leveraging Technology To Ensure Quality Logistics &...
The growth of the Indian economy has increased the importance of transport and logistics. In fact, this sector was always crucial to the country’s infrastructural and economic advancement. The Indian...
View ArticleUpdated: Marc Andreessen’s Tweet On Colonization in Defence of Free Basics...
Updated: As per latest updates, Marc Andreessen tweeted an apology for any offence caused by his earlier tweets on India, which had received drawn huge criticism from Indians. I apologize for any...
View ArticleI Invest In The Bus Driver, Not The Bus Or The Destination: Vijay Shekhar...
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is of the most popular Indian entrepreneur. Majority of the people know him as a successful entrepreneur, founder and CEO of mobile commerce platform Paytm and even as an investor....
View ArticleB2B-FMCG-Distribution Platform ShopKirana Raises Funding; Eyes Expansion In...
Indore-based ShopKirana has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Samsung’s Atul Jain and Anil Gelra (Hold-chef founder). Former Senior VP of Mondelez, Jaikumar Nair, and few other FMCG veterans...
View ArticleOnline Aggregator Of Budget Salons, GlamStudios, Raises Seed Funding
Online aggregator of budget salons, GlamStudios, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from former Rategain COO Aqeel Ahmed. The startup was recently launched to offer premium beauty...
View ArticleA Data-Driven Argument On Why Marc Andreessen Is Wrong About Free Basics
TRAI’s recent decision to ban differential net pricing in India evoked a varied set of emotions across the spectrum — from exultation from Net Neutrality supporters to inchoate murmuring from certain...
View ArticleThis Funky New Hike HQ Will Certainly Hike Up Your Spirits
Working in a noisy and crowded office can be really distracting and annoying; thereby hampering your productivity. With a userbase of over 100 mn, India’s only homegrown messaging app, Hike, certainly...
View ArticleMukesh Bansal Quits Flipkart; Will Continue As Flipkart’s Advisor
Mukesh Bansal, founder of Myntra, who was recently appointed as Head of Commerce Platform for Flipkart’s core business, has resigned and will continue with the ecommerce giant until the end of March,...
View ArticleWhy We Decided To Shut Frankly.me Just A Few Weeks After Raising Pre-Series A...
We launched frankly.me a year and a half back with the premise of letting people express themselves through videos or, if put simply, “to be the India’s first video only social network”. From Arvind...
View ArticleHyderabad Based Next Education Acquires InOpen Technologies
Hyderabad-based digital education provider, Next Education, has acquired IIT Bombay-incubated startup InOpen Technologies for its K-12 computer science product Computer Masti, in an all-cash deal....
View ArticleKarnataka Might Ban Surge Pricing Of Ola & Uber
To level the competition between all cab operators in the state, Karnataka has sought to put an end to the collection of surge-price from customers, a practice by cab hailing apps such as Uber and Ola....
View ArticleStaffing Solution Firm, JoulestoWatts, Raises Pre-Series A Funding From Saha...
JoulestoWatts, an Indian platform for talent collaboration, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in its pre-series A round from Saha Fund and Manipal Global Education Services Ltd, reported ET....
View ArticleTop Benefits That Inspire Mobile App Developers To Include Push Notifications
2015 watched the consistently growing popularity of push notifications and it would continue to improve this year. With a striking open rate of up to 80% and push-enabled apps enjoying an impressive...
View ArticleHyderabad-based T-Hub Incubator To Launch Accelerator For Health-Tech Startups
Hyderabad state government backed startup incubator T-Hub will launch its first health-tech accelerator program in May. The incubator also plans to launch other accelerators focused on IoT, Agritech...
View ArticleDon’t Get Trapped By High Valuations: Mahesh Murthy
You always have a choice. This in one line was the crux of Mahesh Murthy’s talk on ‘Money management lessons for startups’ at the E-cell Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 organised at IIT Mumbai recently....
View ArticleToppr Acquires EdTech Startup Manch
Mumbai-based online test preparation platform Toppr has marked its second acquisition in less than a year. After acquiring Jodhpur-based Easyprep, the startup has now acquired – Manch. Manch was...
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