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VioletStreet secures Rs. 2 crore funding in angel round led by Venkat...
Fashion social network VioletStreet.com has raised Rs. 2 crore in an angel round led by Venkat Vallabhaneni with participation from Srinivasa Rao Paturi. The company will utilize the funds to scale the...
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Does the INR 15,000 per month minimum wage in India make a difference?
It’s a ‘bravo’ move from the Modi Government. Better late than never considering the Government understood the importance of the bigger issue of our country — Minimum Wage. Being in the recruitment...
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Pocket Science aims to help CBSE students learn science through anagrams and...
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” ― C.S. Lewis Over the last decade, companies in the education sector have made inroads online and reached out to...
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YourStory concludes first series of the YS Quiz
After seven weeks of non-stop quizzing, YourStory has concluded the first series of the YS quiz. Here’s a list of the winners of the seven quizzes and the answers: Nov 15 Rabi Sankar Saha Nov 22...
View ArticleHow is mobile disrupting adjacent markets?
Mobile, mobile, mobile. Mobile is everywhere and we’ve stressed enough on that. But how does this rise of mobile affect adjacent markets? This is what Karthee Madasamy, MD, Qualcomm Ventures talked...
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[Photo Sparks] How poetry meets painting – creative synergy at Galerie...
In the earlier 30 posts of PhotoSparks, we brought you creative photographs from an art fair, music festival, telecom expo, art museum, mobile showcase, math museum, social hackathon, bookstore,...
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The Fight against Airtel’s VOIP charges, net neutrality and what it means for...
The year 2014 was a great year for the startup world. Thanks to SoftBank’s sudden love for India, milestones were achieved by companies, investor sentiment was upbeat, and stories like ‘30 million is...
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‘2015 will be the launching point for India’s technology revolution’ – 30...
From fashion and education to net neutrality and crowdfunding, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory,...
View ArticleAway from the spotlight, Pine Labs is handling more than INR 4k crore per...
Payments is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome in this fast evolving space. There are many players in the field who’re trying to solve the problem across the spectrum but Pine Labs is one name...
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Over $5 billion were invested in Indian startups in 2014 across 300+ deals
For a startup, funding is like rocket fuel. It is not a prerequisite for a startup to grow but it helps to make the journey easier and quicker. The Indian ecosystem is growing by leaps and bounds and...
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How Kolkata-based Avshesh is solving India’s mounting problem of e-waste
India generates 13, 00,000 tones of e-waste annually, which is increasing at 26% on a yearly basis. Most of the e-waste ends up in the informal sector leading to environmental hazards. To ward off this...
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Does your company use spam emails for marketing? Watch out!
Last week, while I was working on my previous writeup about Airtel and the net neutrality mess in India, I came across an intriguing thought – what about marketing for startups? Gradually, I started...
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‘Hey dude, I also resigned’– Sumit Jain, Commonfloor CEO & Co-founder, on...
Happy New Year to you, and if you are not firmly on the path to happiness, I suggest you read this article. Here I bring to you the first story of the year from the series, ‘Startup stories for the...
View ArticleHow do VCs evaluate mobile opportunities in India?
Mobile has been on every entrepreneur’s mind for a couple of years now. Being the first screen for the millions of users now coming online, building for mobile makes a lot of sense, especially in the...
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Design and visualize your dream home with Ghar360
Building a dream house is a priority for almost all of us, yet there is no tangible route to view how that dream compares with reality. We try a lot of designs and plan our dream house accordingly, but...
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Lookup raises $382K in seed funding, plans to expand to Mumbai next
Lookup, a messaging app connecting local merchants with customers, has raised Seed A funding from three investors for a total of $382,000. The app, by Innoz Founder Deepak Ravindran, had started off...
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Domesticity: Handsets, applications, equipment, and software
Disclaimer: YourStory is the media partner for Mobile India. While the “Make in India” campaign is at its feverish pitch, the mobile ecosystem is looking for winds of change. With the increased...
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Powered by mega bets on eCommerce, 2014 was the second biggest year for PE...
After plunging to a four year low in 2013, Private Equity (PE) investments in India bounced back by 47.3% during 2014 to touch $10.9 billion (across 436 deals) – the second highest figure ever, behind...
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10 crucial questions about social media and content marketing for startups
“Creativity comes from constraints” – Biz Stone, Co-Founder, Twitter Startups are always constrained on bandwidth, time and money. But that is not an excuse for not doing social media and marketing....
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How Imran Rashid is helping schools across Varanasi and Gorakhpur with his...
Imran Rashid Entrepreneurship is not taught, it bursts out of a person because of the shear urge to make a difference. And Imran Rashid’s journey proves this point. Only 25, Imran’s tryst with...
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