Business E-commerce News Startups Alibaba, with a significant stake in Paytm, now looks to acquire Shopclues The Chinese eCommerce giant — Alibaba, which is planning to enter the Indian eCommerce… Jeet SutharAugust 18, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups Snapdeal has shut down luxury products marketplace Exclusively.com Exclusively.com, the online marketplace for people who have a lot of money… Jeet SutharAugust 18, 2016No comments3 minute read
Amazon launches “Featured on Product Hunt” as part of its Launchpad store If you’re an avid online shopper, you’ll have noticed a new bar… Mir Juned HussainAugust 17, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Singapore Start-ups outside India Sequoia India invests in Series A round of Singapore-based Funding Societies Sequoia India, has invested in a $10 Million round for Singapore-based P2B… Jeet SutharAugust 17, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups Ola shuts down TaxiForSure operations, close to 1000 employees shown the door Roughly a year and a half after acquiring local ride-hailing rival TaxiForSure, Ola… August 17, 2016No comments5 minute read
IT & Web-tech Mobile News Startups Snapchat to acquire mobile search app Vurb for $110M+ Snapchat is acquiring mobile search app Vurb for more that $110 million. Vurb… Mir Juned HussainAugust 16, 2016No comments2 minute read
Business IT & Web-tech News Startups Dropbox meets with advisers to discuss a possible IPO early next year Last year, we saw Dropbox Chief Executive Officer Drew Houston say that the… Mir Juned HussainAugust 16, 2016No comments2 minute read
Business News Startups Even non-smartphone users can book an Uber in India, via a new web-app Uber v/s Ola isn’t a new phenomena in India. That has in… Jeet SutharAugust 16, 2016One comment2 minute read
News Startups eCommerce platform for regional goods Salebhai.com raises $1.5 Million from Brand Capital Salebhai.com, an e-commerce platform for regional goods from across India, has today announced… Jeet SutharAugust 16, 2016One comment2 minute read
News Startups Online jewellery marketplace Joolz secures $500K in seed from ah! Ventures and others Got a necklace to gift to someone because you missed your anniversary… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 16, 2016One comment3 minute read
Startups Hike Messenger nabs $175Mn in Series D from WeChat parent Tencent, & Foxconn to continue to rival Whatsapp in India Indian messaging client and striving-to-be-a-WhatsApp rival Hike, has today confirmed the rumors… August 16, 2016One comment4 minute read
News Productivity Start-ups outside India Uncategorized Chinese search engine Baidu is using Qlik Sense to improve its cloud services platform Visual analytics firm Qlik announced that Baidu, world’s largest Chinese search engine… Kajal JoshiAugust 16, 2016No comments2 minute read
Business News Startups Oyo gulps in $61.8 million from SoftBank, other existing investors however, are a no show At a time when growth-stage investments for startups have been extremely scarce,… Jeet SutharAugust 16, 2016No comments3 minute read
News Space Start-ups outside India With the launch of Japanese satellite JSCAT-16 into orbit, SpaceX completes sixth successful Falcon 9 landing Ever since the failure of the first couple test flights, have you… August 15, 2016No comments3 minute read
News Start-ups outside India Transportation After China exit, Uber bolsters Indian top-level management with three new hires As one could have easily guessed, the ride-hailing competition in India is… August 15, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups IITs will blacklist 20 startups from campus placements this year Startups in India have recently been struck with a wave of consolidation… August 15, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups Mega entrepreneurship convention ‘Entrepreneur India 2016’ returns for its sixth edition on August 23-24 The seeds of entrepreneurship in India were sown with the establishment and… August 13, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Research Startups Elon Musk-inspired hyperloop tech startup HTT eyes India as one of its first target markets Hyperloop Transportation Technologies(HTT), an American startup working on the revolutionary idea to speedily shoot passengers… August 13, 20162 comments3 minute read
News Startups Co-working chain 91springboard secures undisclosed investment to help enhance operational efficiency, & tech capabilities The idea of coworking spaces revolves around the concept of leasing office… Kajal JoshiAugust 11, 2016No comments2 minute read
News Startups Online gift cards provider Qwikcilver adds former RBI exec G. Padmanabhan to its board as Strategic Advisor After adding a fresh $10 million to its war chest just weeks… August 11, 2016No comments2 minute read
Cloud Computing News Startups Big data startup Innovaccer secures a whopping $15.6Mn in Series A to build a full-stack healthcare solution To expand the reach of its cutting-edge big data technologies and lower… August 11, 2016No comments2 minute read
