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Men’s grooming brand Beardo secures $500k seed funding from Venture Catalysts

Today, women are not the only ones who’re extremely cautious about their…

Cloud data protection service Druva bags a whopping $51 Mn in Series E, led by Sequoia India

In today’s cloud-focused internet frenzy, cyber security plays an important role in…

National Summit for SME’s and startups to provide them a platform to collaborate and grow together

National Summit for SME’s and startups is a one day event that…

Community of designers, Canvs.in gets backed by former Housing.com CMO Pratik Seal

Canvs.in, a community of designers and artists in India, has today announced…

Elon Musk’s SolarCity accused of intellectual property theft by Cogenra Solar and Khosla Ventures

SolarCity Corp., soon-to-be Tesla-owned solar panel company, which had already been facing…

Webit.India invites some of the brightest digital innovators to address challenges faced by the complex digital world

The challenges of the new complex digital world are driving the business…
paytm

Paytm acqui-hires e-learning marketplace Edukart for an undisclosed amount

Edukart, an edu-tech startup that had previously been backed by cricketer Yuvraj Singh and…

Post dual co-founder exit, Nearbuy(formerly Groupon) lays-off about 10 percent of its workforce

Sequoia Capital-backed Nearbuy, formerly known as Groupon India, is currently going through…

Indonesian ride-hailing giant GO-JEK acquires Bengaluru-based online healthcare marketplace Pianta

GO-JEK, the Indonesian ride-hailing giant, after (probably!?) reaching a peak in motorbike…

To take on Amazon in India, Walmart is looking for an equity partnership with Flipkart: Report

Continuing to be what is already a lucrative market for global companies,…

Fashion re-sale marketplace Refash secures $294K in seed from Tri5 Ventures and others

Singapore-based fashion re-sale marketplace Refash, which operates as a hybrid retail platform…
zomato one million orders

Zomato acquires logistics-tech startup Sparse Labs, to provide restaurants and users with real-time tracking info

We’ve all gone through that phase of helplessness where we’re extremely hungry and…

Jann Wenner sells a 49 percent stake of his magazine Rolling Stone to BandLab Technologies

Jann Wenner is planning to sell Rolling Stone to Singapore-based BandLab Technologies,…

Jio partners with ShopClues to offer ‘Jio Welcome Offer’ to customers buying a 4G-enabled smartphone

Since its launch a couple weeks ago, Jio has been high on…

Global procurement solutions provider Xeeva acquires Gurgaon-based e sourcing tool Procurepack

Adding to the list of Indian startups getting acquired by global industry…
Uber

Uber India’s business development head Mahesh Bhalla quits, four months after joining

Uber India’s head of business development, Mahesh Bhalla has called it quits…

Cybersecurity accelerator: an effort by the UK government, WYRA and GCHQ

In a bid to protect the country from cyber attacks, the UK…

GE Healthcare sets up ‘five.eight’ accelerator to invest around $50 Mn in global health startups

Healthcare startups have been receiving a lot of investor interest of lately. And…
spectacles, snap, snapchat

Snapchat rebrands to Snap Inc., unveils its first $130 hardware product ‘Spectacles’

Snapchat is today not only expanding its scope beyond the ephemeral video…