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How MeriCAR.com is creating entrepreneurs in 1000 cities across India
Car servicing industry in India is highly fragmented and to an extent inconvenient from the consumer point of view. NCR-based marketplace of car workshops and auto repair shops, MeriCAR.com is...
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5 online tools that will help make your business startup a success
Starting a new business can be an exciting and often terrifying venture. With the advent of technology and the rise of the digital age, more and more people have been starting businesses online with...
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How Synechron built a $200 million company without any funding
When we think of IT bigwigs of our country, the names that come to mind are Infosys, TCS, and Wipro etc. There is no denying that these companies have made us proud. However, working away quietly in...
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The twitter for news, NewsDeck120 brings you news in 120 words
Harsha Mudumby and his friend Venkata Dinesh came together to start NewsDeck120 after they realized the value of curated news — a concept which saves time while browsing the internet. Talking about the...
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Veteran bankers back BankerBay, a deal origination tool for PE firms and...
Amlan Mandal (Chief Technology Officer), Ash Narain (Founder, CEO & Head of Product) Ash Narain is a lawyer by education who went on to advise companies on their legal and capital raising...
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Exclusive: Jabong achieves positive gross margin with every transaction,...
Rocket Internet had followed the ‘spray and pray’ approach when they entered India. However, the incubator led by Samwer brothers, has been betting big on Jabong — an online fashion and lifestyle...
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First Agro taking control of the greens on your plate with ‘zero pesticide’
As a kid I was always told, “Sabji/daal kha lo pehle, phir chicken khaana,” which would roughly translate to “eat your greens before you eat your chicken.” I believe it’s a deal every parent makes with...
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Pune-based Rolocule wins an award for its motion gaming technology at the...
Rolocule Games is a Pune-based mobile entertainment software company that was founded by Rohit Gupta and Anuj Tandon in 2011. The company rose to fame when their first three games — ‘Touch Squash’,...
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This techie has built a microcosm of the world in his living room
In John Seemon’s apartment on the fourth floor of a modest building across the swanky DLF layout in Bangalore, there is a room he calls “man-cave”. It could well be an anarchist’s laboratory. A large...
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Ahead of Amazon, Flipkart introduces subscription-based premier service...
As the e-commerce battle hots up in India, Flipkart has launched Flipkart First, a subscription-based service that provides its members a host of exclusive benefits along with priority service...
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China’s Alibaba just filed for its IPO and it could be worth 100 Flipkarts
At the age of 12, a Chinese boy would religiously listen to ‘Voice of America’ broadcasts every day. He wanted to learn English, but the options in China were limited. He would speak to visitors from...
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HBS alumni startup Hopscotch acquires online school supplies retailer, SkoolShop
Hopscotch is an online shop that stocks international brands of products for kids that was founded in October, 2012 by Harvard Business School alumni, Rahul Anand and Lisa Kennedy. The duo also worked...
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ZooJoo.be capturing the 300 cr health market using gamification
On October 21, 2009, Ranjan Das, MD and CEO of SAP, India, died of a cardiac arrest. His death came as a shock to everyone. It also led to a startling revelation of the stress levels of employees at...
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How innovative are we? Revealing the truth about India
Startups have emerged as the torch bearers for innovation, and true to our perception, many of them have changed things in a positive way. However, this is not to say that big players are no longer...
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A Nayi Disha of gesture in education
Who needs buttons and onscreen menus when our hands and feet lay idle? Switching channels is a tiring problem; imagine how Smart TV could change this. As users, we have explored gestures along with...
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Why have investors poured over INR 600 crores into the taxi market?
The radio taxi market has seen a lot of traction over the past couple of years. TaxiForSure recently raised $10 million with a focus on expansion to tier 2 and 3 cities. Uber has been aggressively...
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Zostel, a backpacker hostel chain raises an INR 5 crore angel round
Founded by a bunch of IIT-IIM and MDI alumni, Zostel is a backpacker hostel chain currently operational in Jaipur and Jodhpur. The company has just announced an angel round of INR 5 crores from a...
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“27% of our companies have secured Series A” – a quick recap on Microsoft...
This article is brought to you in association with Microsoft Ventures in India 27% accelerated companies are now funded. India team may soon do equity investments. Increasing applications from women...
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‘Entrepreneurship then and now is not too different, just more glamourised,’...
India is a land of opportunities and if Upendra Kachru’s book is to be believed then we are a ‘Land of billion entrepreneurs’. Much before the present buzz around entrepreneurship, there were families...
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Gigstart offers platform for artists, entertainers & performers to get...
Atit Jain and Madhulika Pandey met for the first time while working for The Weekend Consultant (TWC), a community for reviewing eateries, movies and getaways. The duo was struggling to define the...
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