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Teabox raises $6M Series A funding from JAFCO and others
Teabox, the Siliguri based startup that caters to the worldwide tea-lovers market and intends to become the first “Made in India” consumer focused global brand, has raised $6mn in Series A funding led...
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How startups are doing their hiring wrong
I am fastidious when it comes to hiring for AdPushup. Really, really fastidious and there’s a very valid reason — employees are the most important asset of your startup. Gone are the days when an...
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What to sell when your product has many features?
Every entrepreneur goes through this — their product or service seems to have many benefits. Yet, their marketing machinery cannot afford to be vague about why exactly the customer should come to them....
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Five networking mistakes of first-time entrepreneurs
When I failed (miserably) at my first startup, I learned a lot of lessons. The biggest lesson I learned was that entrepreneurship is a team sport. 5 mistakes of my startup life This following African...
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How medical startups became the biggest thing in 2014
The key to disruption in the medical startups space has been the digitization of healthcare and patient records, and the creation of various discovery platforms for doctors and healthcare...
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Parable app – Instagram but for your thoughts
Parable is a social network for creativity. In a nutshell, it’s ‘Instagram for Thoughts.’ With sleek and playful functionality for crafting posts, Parable has a community around everyday creativity,...
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Accelerating startups that help businesses churn data
This article is sponsored by Pitney Bowes Accelerator. Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is a global technology company offering innovative products and solutions that enable commerce in the areas of customer...
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Qualcomm and its huge patent portfolio you should know about
QUALCOMM’s journey in the wireless industry began with a different goal, but reached a bigger destination. They began with a goal to build a commercial product for the wireless telecommunications...
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Platform for budget hotels, Oyo Rooms, raises $25M funding from Lightspeed,...
Ritesh Agarwal led network of branded budget hotels Oyo Rooms has raised $25 million from Lightspeed Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks Capital and DSG Consumer Partners. The company will use funding...
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Facebook’s new launches: ‘On This Day’ to flash back your memories and...
Facebook has crossed 1.39 billion active users monthly, 82.2% of the daily active users coming from outside the US. There are 890 million daily active users on an average, and 100 million Indians are...
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Discover public restrooms near you through GottaGo
GottaGo is a free app that lets users find public restrooms nearby across malls, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, railway stations, and museums etc. The restrooms are displayed on a map or list with...
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‘Aankho dekha haal’– how Sushil Doshi keeps Hindi cricket commentary alive...
“Jin logon ko dil ki bimari hai, woh commentary na sune toh behtar hai, kyonki unke doctor unhe yeh salah de rahe honge ki yeh romaanch jo sar par chadh kar hawi ho raha hai, yeh unke dil ke liye...
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Faida in Jaipur brings the concept of shared economy to India
Internationally, the idea of trade-ins and collaborative consumption isn’t exactly a new one. You give in your old unwanted products in exchange for something you wanted for free. There are several...
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HereNow app by IIT-IIM founders is an interactive notice board for local...
It’s truly a digital world with apps connecting a once unconnected and distant world. Android and iOS-friendly apps for food, safety, apps that monitor pregnancy and now community-centric apps seem to...
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Two real estate startups, one man – Nilesh Jadhav
Nilesh Jadhav was never a run-of-the-mill architect. Yes, he did come from a family of architects but he spent his undergraduate years in London taking courses in ballet dancing, carpentry,...
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Funizen – Reviving Cyber cafes by turning them into gaming stations
Do you remember the days when Internet was limited to the rich and cyber cafes used to charge anywhere between INR 15 – 20/hour? Most cyber cafe operators made money riding on the teenage obsession...
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Binny Bansal backed Roposo raises a $5 million series A funding round from...
Roposo-team Roposo is a Gurgaon based fashion focused social network that was founded in 2013 as a branch of Giveter. Founded by IIT Delhi alumni, Mayank Bhangadia, Avinash Saxena (ex CTO of...
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Teewe raises 11 crores in seed funding from Sequoia Capital and India...
Mango Man Consumer Electronics, makers of Teewe – a HDMI media streaming dongle that converts a normal TV to a smart TV, announced that it has raised USD 1.75 million in seed fund from Sequoia Capital...
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Snapdeal sellers raise over $8M through its financing platform Capital Assist
E-commerce major Snapdeal has announced that it has enabled more than 150 of its sellers to raise over Rs 50 crores through its flagship initiative, ‘Capital Assist’, to accelerate and scale their...
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Housing.com acquires online real estate forum IREF for INR 8 crores
After their recent re-branding and new logo, Housing has acquired Indian Real Estate Forum (IREF) forum for INR 8 crores (source). This move is to improve the availability and accessibility of...
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