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Online test preparation portal Toppr acquires Jodhpur-based EasyPrep
Online test preparation platform Toppr has acquired EasyPrep – an online platform to help students prepare for entrance exams. This acquisition is aimed at democratizing education by making it more...
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Backed by Snapdeal founders and others, UrbanClap builds m-commerce for services
Batchmates from IIT Kanpur Varun Khaitan and Abhiraj Bhal have known each other for a decade now. After spending a few years at The Boston Consulting Group, both started discussions on what and how to...
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Food delivery segment entices food ordering platform foodpanda, starts with 5...
Enabling delivery seems to be a fair deal in Indian startup ecosystem for all and sundry. Over the past one year we see a slew of startups emerging in so called not sexy segment – delivery. While we...
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Doormint, on-demand professional consumer service platform, raises angel...
Launched in January 2015, Doormint has a vision to become a one-stop solution for hyper local consumer services. Inspired by real life experiences, it was started by three ex IITians, Naman Lahoty...
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Water and energy conservation in distribution of water using the Internet of...
This article is part of the Smart Water Solution series. Before explaining the solution let me give a view of how water flows into the taps in your houses. Cities usually source water from rivers,...
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Just after its seed round, logistics focused marketplace The porter to raise...
Marketplace for logistics – The Porter- which connects customers with commercial vehicles for quick and effortless goods transportation, has raised INR 3 crore funding from Kae capital. The startup...
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How peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms could fuel India’s growth
India has had a long tradition of community-based financing and lending in the forms of chit funds, thrift societies, community associations, and co-operative societies extending credit to its members...
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Udupi-based Robosoft Technologies secures Series B funding from Ascent Capital
Robosoft Technologies, a leading mobile solutions provider has secured its second round of funding from Ascent Capital, with participation from the existing investor, Kalaari Capital. They had earlier...
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Entering the booming tea market with premium leaves: The Tea Shelf story
Atulit Chokhani and Srinidhi Chokhani, Founder and Co-founder respectively, of the tea brand The Tea Shelf, come from a family with a 150-year-old history in the tea business, including tea...
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A virtual peek into the fashion world – Coitor
Earlier this month, Union Minister Smriti Irani spotted a hidden camera in a changing room in a Fabindia store in Goa. Last month, it was the turn of a 23-year-old MNC executive to find a mobile phone...
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[App Fridays] ‘Ring A Bell’ aims to make scheduling meetings and tasks more...
Many busy souls find it difficult to co-ordinate arrangements with friends and family – they are late, or simply forget. We are so used to those all-prevalent reminders that without them we are lost....
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For Dummies: Starting up is not only about raising funds
In the last two months, we have got phone calls from many entrepreneurs asking about starting their own business, and eight out of every 10 queries are regarding which type of business entity they...
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eCommerce companies are quickly closing websites, where is the mobile web...
7 million+ installs. Install app. Upgrade to the Urban Ladder app. Download now in less than a minute. Now get better and faster Flipkart experience on your phone through app only. These and many other...
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10 autobiographies everyone should read at least once
Image credit “Shutterstock“ Some sociologists and psychologists have noted that an autobiography offers the author the ability to recreate history. Here are 10 of the best autobiographies, in no...
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What pushed Indians to embrace the startup culture like never before?
India is changing and so are the aspirations of its 1.2 billion people. Our country, once regarded as a third-world economy, is today the hub of billion-dollar firms and a hot investment destination....
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WhatsApp crosses 800 million monthly active users, 50% bigger than global SMS
WhatsApp’s journey has been nothing short of a series of astonishing milestones. Founded in 2009 by Jan Koum and Brian Acton, the messaging app has just hit another big milestone- 800 million monthly...
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Two startups that deliver snacks to satisfy those unruly hunger pangs
When you get the munchies and have nothing to munch on, things can get out of hand. And if the urge strikes in the middle of a work day, you will dash across to the nearest bakery and wolf down a few...
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‘Let’s go build our own India success story’ – 40 quotes from Indian startup...
From mobile India to Make in India, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable...
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The Mean Startup: The Startup Grave
To share your experiences while navigating through the tricky world of startups, mail them at themeanstartup@gmail.com or tweet to @TheMeanStartup and we’ll try to comicify them!
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Vacancy unlimited in the talent hiring space, TalentPad joins the race
TalentPad is a New Delhi-based online recruitment platform that connects talent with employers in the technology/internet/analytics space. TalentPad was co-founded in 2014 by IIT and IIM alumnus,...
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