Startups!! Get To Know About AIM Smart City Accelerator
With the spirit of bringing together an interdisciplinary perspective to find solutions for Smart Cities, Ashoka University and Indian School of Business (ISB) came together to create AIM Smart City...
View ArticleIndian Startup IoTfy Gets Selected For 9Mile Labs Accelerator; Raises Seed...
IoTfy, Inc. a startup that offers a self-serve IoT cloud platform, has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed round of funding led by US-based B2B accelerator 9Mile Labs. IoTfy was selected for the...
View ArticleRocket Internet Backed Jabong Gets A $20 Mn Runway For Another Year
Global Fashion Group (GFG) has infused an additional $20 Mn into fashion ecommerce company Jabong, to keep it afloat for one more year, reported ET. GFG was formed in 2011 by Swedish investment...
View ArticleSocial Discovery App Shouut Raises 500K Angel Funding
Delhi-based social discovery app, Shouut, has raised $500K in an angel round of funding from an undisclosed high-net-worth individual in India, reported Livemint. Founded in 2015 by Praveer Kochhar,...
View ArticleMeet The 30 FinTech Startups Shortlisted By HDFC Bank For Digital Innovation...
In order to create a platform for encouraging innovation in the FinTech space, HDFC is organising a Digital Innovation Summit on March 3-4, 2016. About 30 Fintech startups have been shortlisted to...
View ArticleFlipkart Makes A Revenue Push, Launches Ad Platform For Brands
Ecommerce giant Flipkart has launched an advertising platform, Brand Story Ads, on the mobile app. The platform has over 50 leading brands on board including Yes Bank, L’Oréal, Micromax, Intel,...
View ArticleBe Like Deadpool: Invaluable Startup Lessons From The Superhero
Can an entrepreneur just watch a movie without thinking of startups? Probably not! Deadpool is a total laugh riot and its garrulous humour is meant to and bound to entertain – but if you watch it with...
View ArticleE-learning Portal Imarticus Raises $1 Mn From A Cluster Of Investors
Mumbai-based Imarticus Learning, a portal that offers certified industry-endorsed courses in financial services, business analysis, business analytics & wealth management, has raised $1 Mn in a...
View ArticleFTCash Raises $ 148K In Pre-Series A Funding Through IvyCamp Platform
Mumbai-based mobile payments platform for micro merchants, FTCash, has raised around $148K (INR 1 Cr) in pre-series A round of funding from the IvyCamp platform. Founded in 2014 by Sanjeev Chandak,...
View ArticleWith Bike Taxis On road, Ola Gets Down To A Bitter Street Fight With Uber
Global taxi major Uber’s Indian rival Ola announced the launch of bike taxis in Bangalore, hours after the former introduced the service on Ola’s home ground. The two companies announced the launch of...
View ArticleFacebook Engages 2 Mn Indian SMBs On Its Advertising Platform
Social media networking platform, Facebook, has announced that it has garnered around 2 Mn small businesses actively advertising on its platform in India. Globally, it managed to engage over 3 Mn...
View ArticleExclusive: Bike Taxi Startup Baxi Hits A Roadbump; Drivers Stop Working As...
The “Buddies” of Gurgaon-based bike-as-a-taxi service provider, Baxi, have turned foes of the company after the terms on which they were onboarded were abruptly changed. Recent moves made by the...
View ArticleTimes Internet Acquires US-Based Willow TV
Times of India Group’s digital wing, Times Internet, has acquired Willow TV International, a cricket broadcaster in the US. The acquisition comes at a time when Cricbuzz, a division of Times Internet,...
View ArticleUS-Based VC Firm Artiman Ventures Invests $4Mn in Healthcare Startup MedECUBE
Gurgaon-based healthcare startup medECUBE has raised about $4 Mn (INR 25 Crore) in series A funding from Artiman Ventures. medECUBE is an ‘asset-less’ care coordination service venture by Dr. Dilpreet...
View ArticleUX – The New Age Mantra for Marketing
Sitting in a corner, wondering where you went wrong with your recent marketing Campaign? You crunched all the number and did all the research but still the performance isn’t like you hoped it would be....
View ArticleBabyCenter Founder Matt Glickman Invests In Parenting Social Network Tinystep
Bangalore-based parenting-focused social network, Tinystep, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Matt Glickman. With this, Glickman will be stepping...
View ArticleBihar Entrepreneurs Association To Organise Third Entrepreneurship Summit
To foster entrepreneurship in Bihar, Bihar Entrepreneurs Association (BEA) is organising its third Bihar Entrepreneurship Summit (BES) in association with Department of Industries, Govt. of Bihar,...
View ArticleWhy Being An Angel Investor Can Be So Gratifying!
Angel investing has become hot. Lots of people feel that it’s attractive because it can give you outsize returns. You can always hope to identify the next Google and become a multi-millionaire, because...
View ArticleOnline Office Products Store Aahaa.in Raises $1 Mn From Investor Group Led By...
Chennai-based aahaa stores, an end-to-end online office supplies superstore specialising in indirect purchases, has raised about $1 Mn funding in pre-series A round from a group of investors led by...
View ArticleZopper Acquires PoS Software Company EasyPOS For $5 Mn
Tiger Global backed hyperlocal mobile marketplace, Zopper, has acquired point of sale (PoS) software company EasyPOS for $5 Mn (INR 33 Cr) in a mixed cash and equity deal, reports ET. Started in 2009,...
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