Startup News - Page 9
SMS inbox management app Ubox now available on Google Play Store
Ubox, the app which helps users reduce their SMS inbox clutter and help control their inbox, is now available for download at the Google Play Store.
Industrybuying: A B2B online procurement platform
Industrybuying.com is a leading business e-commerce platform selling a wide range of business and industrial products to SMEs as well as large businesses.
Lifestyle products discovery platform Smytten receives funding from Google’s Rajan Anandan
Smytten, an online discovery platform for lifestyle products and services, has raised an undisclosed amount as funding from Rajan Anandan, prolific angel investor, and Vice President and Managing Director of Google, South-East Asia and India.
Electric motorcycle company Tork Motorcycles raises angel funding from Ola founders, among others
Tork Motorcycles, the company claiming to develop India’s first electric motorcycle, has raised angel funding from a host of marquee investors including Ola founders Bhavish Agarwal, Ankit Bhati and a group of angels led by Harpreet Grover, CoCubes Co-Founder & CEO.
2-in-1s selling like hotcakes, sales have grown 5x times: Snapdeal VP, Category Management
Rahul Taneja, Snapdeal VP, Category Management tells us that the sales of 2-in-1s or what we also known as hybrids have grown 5x times compared to 2014.
Haywards 5000 announces launch of the new season of its startup reality program
Haywards 5000 Hauslay Ki Udaan’ is India’s first startup reality program that aims to support the entrepreneurial spirit of Indians.
Startup Series: What economies of scale really mean for your startup
Phrases like "economies of scale" are easy to bandy about. What do they really mean for a startup? How do you safely scale up your business?
Without money, struggled for food, had hard time finding a job: Paytm founder
Vijay Shanker Sharma, founder of mobile wallet brand Paytm, said that after getting an engineering degree, he had a hard time finding a job and struggled for food due to lack of money.
OLX India announces new senior leadership appointments
New additions have been made to the Indian leadership team with Suresh Krishnan, former Executive Director and VP Finance at Accor Hotels coming on board as the CFO, OLX India, and Joyeeta Chatterjee, former Director, HR at Sun Pharmaceutical, joining as the Chief HR Officer.
Urban Ladder appoints Sanjay Gupta as Chief Marketing Officer
Urban Ladder, the online furniture and home décor company, has announced the appointment of Sanjay Gupta as its Chief Marketing Officer.
GrabHouse, a full fledged rental startup for an end-to-end service
In the past one and half year, the company has helped 11 lakh people find houses and currently claims 4.5 million monthly traffic.
Lookup appoints Narayan Babu as Chief Technology Officer
Former Director of Engineering at Quixey & co-founder at Dexetra comes on board to strengthen Lookup’s technology & enhance customer experience
Nine short questions to ask yourself before venturing out
The top nine questions that would be of relevance to anyone looking to venture out on their own
The food-tech sector has seen ups and downs, but still promises to grow
Food is over half of the consumption basket and demographics are bringing a change in consumer tastes and behaviour. Why wouldn’t an investor see an opportunity?
Entrepreneurship is an addiction; it is all about creating value
Entrepreneurship is an addiction. It goes far beyond the desire to ‘Be One’s Own Boss.’
Government must nudge RBI to lend support to start-up ecosystem
India’s start-up sector is still at the budding stage. But like all other sectors, as soon as a new sector comes on the horizon, its gets populated very quickly.
Provide seed money to boost entrepreneurship in health, environment, agri
The entrepreneurs in our country are always willing to share their knowledge or extend their wisdom to others who might be taking their first steps into the sector.
Entrepreneurs must focus on what they do the best - ideate, innovate, accelerate
My formative and early professional education happened in an India where entrepreneurship - or the more popular “own business” - was near-anathema in urban middle-class.
Govt should provide greater impetus through policy
In recent years, the Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem has come alive and is thriving – driven by a burgeoning domestic market, global funds and breakthrough technology.
Time ripe for govt to cash in on the change of attitude towards entrepreneurs
In the last couple of years, India has been getting a great amount of capital that is funding start-ups.
Scarcity of proper talent a major issue
In the last five years the economy has witnessed significant rise in the number of start-up companies, which is still growing.
The tsunami of knowledge to boost young Indian entrepreneurs
As you may not know, on the 16th of January, the Indian PM is organizing a massive “Entrepreneur Ka Kumbh Mela” with the who’s who of the world attending.
UrbanClap's focus on local services benefitting both customers and service professionals
Roommates at IIT, Varun Khaitan and Abhiraj Bhal, had always wanted to solve a really big consumer problem in India by leveraging mobile technology.
Solve regulatory hurdles to give a leg-up to small start-ups, says Practo's Shashank
We do not only have success stories in the Silicon Valley but there are many such in the country itself. In the evolving scenario, there are more Indians now willing to stay back in India and contribute to the local start up industry.