Chirag Gupta, 23, co-founder of Deyor, a budget hotel and campsite aggregator, works from cafes and restaurants mostly. Gupta uses the services of Qdesq, an online aggregator of workspace, and finds it much cheaper than renting out a specific facility. “We work in the marketplace model and book s…
T-Hub incubated health start-up raises $150,000
Life Circle Health Services, a Hyderabad-based home nursing and professional care services provider, has raised $150,000 from European healthcare services provider Groupe SOS. “The funds will help us further penetrate in the Hyderabad market and expand our services to New Delhi,” said Life Circle…
ICICI bank launches contactless credit card with jet airways for SMEs
ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, today announced the launch of the country’s first contact less business credit card in association with Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their employees. Christened ‘Jet Airways ICIC…
HDFC ERGO launches “community”, an interactive forum to uncomplicate queries related to health, motor, travel & home insurance
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, one of India’s leading private sector general insurance companies, has announced the launch of a one of its kind “community” platform for public. This community portal https://community.hdfcergo.com/–aims to provide a peer-to-peer channel where users can get a…
AskmeBazaar announces the launch of Automobile Category
Noida, India, May 11, 2016 –AskmeBazaar.com, India’s fastest growing online marketplace, today announced the launch of the automobile category on its portal.The company has ventured into two-wheelers (scooters and motorbikes) and will be offering 2-wheelers from 4 renowned brands namely Honda, Pi…
Zarget raises $1.5 million in seed funding
Zarget, a Chennai-based SaaS startup, has raised $1.5 million (about Rs 10 crore) in seed funding. Global venture capital firms Accel Partners and Matrix Partners and CEO of Freshdesk Girish Mathrubootham participated in the round along with some other investors. “Consider the slow advances…
Fractal Analytics raises $100 million from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund
Data analytics company Fractal Analytics, founded in 2000, has raised $100 million (Rs 667 crore) from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah in one of the largest investments in the technology ecosystem in 2016. The investment will value the US and India-based company at close to $300 million …
Chetan Maini joins board of Lithium Urban Technologies
India’s electric car pioneer Chetan Maini has joined the board of Lithium Urban Technologies and will play a pivotal role in enhancing the technology offering of the electric car fleet startup. Ashwin Mahesh, cofounder of Lithium and an urban expert feels that Chetan’s technology expe…
JM financial acquires 9.84% in p2p lending startup Fairassets
Close on the heels of Reserve Bank of India’s move to bring the nascent peer-to-peer (P2P) lending under regulation, financial services firm JM Financial has acquired 9.84% stake in P2P lending start-up Fairassets Technologies through one of its subsidiaries. All five existing investors of …
Delhi-born Dilshad Hothi is a rising star of the British business world
Entrepreneurs Dilshad and Barinder Hothi are on a mission to become “the Amazon” of the education world. The Hothi’s story is a true tale of entrepreneurial-ism – with Dilshad arriving in the UK from India in 1999 at the tender age of 21, determined to make his fortune, Ba…