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India has third largest startup base, expected to grow 2.2x times by 2020: Nasscom
The last couple of years witnessed how India has become a breeding ground for startups, but most recent reports have all been hinting at a slowdown, of sort.
Google acquires Eyefluence, a startup that integrates eye tracking into AR and VR applications
Eyefluence, an startup that focuses on using eye tracking for augmented reality and virtual reality applications has announced that it is joining Google.
Slack's rapid growth is starting to slow down
Slack has 4 million daily active users, 5.8 million weekly active users, more than 1.25 million paid users, and 33,000 paid teams.
Uber now has 40 million monthly riders across the globe
At the Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick revealed some global stats and also spoke about the future of the taxi-booking service.
Startup Series: Do you need a fancy job title?
In the early days of a startup, founders do everything from washing cups to taking and making calls to filing papers to paying bills.
IBM collaborates with Indian Angel Network to boost tech innovation in the startup ecosystem
US-based technology company IBM and Indian Angel Network (IAN) on Wednesday announced a partnership to accelerate technology innovations in the start-up and entrepreneurial ecosystem in India.
Get My Parking aims to assist in government's Smart Cities initiative
The startup did some fine work at the overcrowded Kumbh Mela, and also received appreciation from PM Modi.
8 Secret techniques you can use to find your dream startup team
Over the last two years, I am proud to say that we have been able to put together an amazing team of such mavericks. I am sharing some of those methods!
Kirt McMaster steps down as CEO with Cyanogen moving to modular
The last couple of months haven't been great for Cyanogen, just like for many startups struggling keep up to the promises.
Monish Karam of Jobsenz received $40,000 from Facebook; he talks to us about his startup journey
Last week, Facebook identified Jobsenz as the product to fund under its startup programme 'FbStart.' As a result, Jobsenz received $40,000 from Facebook in credit that could be used for business promotion on Facebook.
Indian youth's startup JobSenz to get $40,000 under Facebook's FbStart program
Facebook has selected "JobSenz" to fund under its startup programme known as "FbStart." Facebook launched the programme in 2015 with the aim of attracting good startups.
Travel tech: Bangalore-based startup HolidayIQ offers geofencing and video reviews
HolidayIQ is one such startup headquartered in Bangalore, and according to the company, it's the way it works and nifty app features that distinguish it from the rest.
Ratan Tata invests in fitness startup GOQii
Adding one more to his startup funding list, leading industrialist and serial investor Ratan Tata has invested in virtual fitness coaching platform, GOQii.
Startup Series: Assessing a co-founder and the search is analogous to dating
The search for a co-founder is analogous to dating. There is an ideal checklist of attributes — skills, qualities and more as you will see — and then there is the ineffable chemistry check.
C.VOX is a wearables startup adding tech to sports apparels
Just about when smartphones and mobile devices reached the plateau of innovation, wearables came about and proved to be the next frontier for invasive and intimate technology.
Indian bitcoin company raises $1.5 million from US, Indian investors
Unocoin, a Bangalore-based bitcoin startup, has raised $1.5 million in funding from a mix of Indian and U.S. investors, the company announced on Thursday.
Indonesia's Go-Jek acquires Pianta, a Bangalore-based healthcare startup
After Bangalore-based C42 Engineering and Delhi-based CodeIgnition, Pianta becomes the third Indian company to be snapped by Go-Jek. The financial terms remain undisclosed.
Chinese investors bullish about Indian startups; jointly provide $50 mn of funding
A dozen Chinese investors offered at a technology summit here on Sunday to jointly provide funding of about $50 million (Rs 334 crore) for Indian start-ups.
Home services startups UrbanClap, Housejoy gear up with Diwali deals
Home services are slowly yet steadily picking pace in the Indian consumer market with some of the prominent names like UrbanClap and Housejoy.
Apple buys Tuplejump, a Hyderabad-based machine learning startup
Apple has said it will be buying Tuplejump, which is said to be a India/US based machine learning startup. The startup builds software that specialises in processing and analysing big sets of data quickly.
Facebook buys Nascent Objects, a modular hardware startup
In an interesting move, Facebook has gone ahead and acquired a 'modular electronics platform' that can be used to build gadgets - Nascent Objects.
US Congress is working on legislations to defend your right to leave bad reviews
Legislation in Congress would ensure that customers who want to post negative reviews on websites like Yelp or TripAdvisor can do so without legal repercussions.
Facebook hires Anand Chandrasekaran for its Messenger app
Facebook has roped him to give its Messenger a push in India.
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises $15 million in fourth round of funding
Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy today said it has raised USD 15 million in a fourth strategic round of funding (Series D) from Bessemer Venture Partners, with existing investors also participating.
The Practo Story: Building full-stack end-to-end online health solution for India
Shashank ND, the founder and CEO of Practo describes it as a hyperloop - full-stack health solution.
Startup Series: Do I need a co-founder?
Those who read my last column may have noted my ambivalence towards the “previously successful business model applied to a different market” line of thinking.
3D-printing startup from Silicon Valley gets $81 million in fresh funding
Carbon, a Silicon Valley startup that is developing 3D printers to produce medical devices and car parts on demand, said on Thursday it had closed on $81 million in funding that brought the total it has raised to $222 million.
UberSHAAN initiative aims to skill 1 million by 2018
Uber has announced its new initiative that aims at creating opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs in India by 2018 dubbed UberSHAAN.
The Headphone Zone Story – India’s first exclusive online store for all things audiophile
Raghav Somani is the reason behind Headphone Zone - the enthusiast headphones, earphones and personal audio devices space which offers personalised advice to one’s audio needs. Here he is in a free-wheeling chat with tech2
5 Things that worked for fitness startup GOQii
A lot has been written about GOQii in the recent past. But, what has not been captured as yet is the GOQii Journey over the last two years and how we did everything contrary to establishing the business.