News Corp-backed realty portal PropTiger.com is likely to sell about 3,500 housing units worth Rs 2,100 crore during the fiscal, up 17 per cent from the last year, helped by its entry into secondary property market through the acquisition of Makaan.com. The company had sold about 3,000 units wort…
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Craftsvilla expands services to Middle East, New Zealand and Australia
Craftsvilla, an online marketplace for ethnic products, has expanded its services to cover the Middle East, New Zealand and Australia. The company aims to touch Rs 100 crore in revenue in 2016-17, said Manoj Gupta, founder of Mumbai-based Craftsvilla.com. “We have seen a lot of demand from …
Refurbished furniture marketplace GoZefo expands to Delhi-NCR
GoZefo.com has launched its services in Delhi NCR, six months after starting and aggressively expanding in Bangalore. The city launch comes in at a time when the Bengaluru based startup has fulfilled orders for more than 5000 customers, delivering 8000 pieces of furniture and helping customers sa…
Food tech company Burrp to launch CRM programme for restaurants
India’s oldest food tech company, Burrp.com, is expanding its offerings into customer relationship management (CRM) and loyalty solutions for restaurants which. Pradeep Prabhu, co-business head, said, “This would be a white label offering which will be powered by Burrp and can be cust…
OyeHelp launches mobile app for doctors, clinics and hospitals
Digital health technology company OyeHelp has come up with a smartphone app, which will act as a virtual interface, for doctors, clinics and hospitals. “The personal m-clinic app is patient-facing and available on android platform. It virtually replicates the experience of doctors, a clinic…
Uber resumes bike taxi pilot UberMoto in Bengaluru
Uber has resumed its bike taxi pilot UberMOTO in Bengaluru after giving the service a different coat of paint —’bikepooling’ — and promising not to charge the rider any commission till regulations for the service are framed by transport authorities. The ride-hailing app is trying to p…
Paytm targets seller base of 5 lakh by FY17-end
Mobile payments firm Paytm said it will increase seller base on its online marketplace multi-fold to 500,000 by the end of next financial year. The company has 100,000 sellers on its marketplace that offers a host of buying options to consumers. “Our target is to increase our seller base fr…
Suzlon bags 81.90 MW Turnkey orders
Suzlon said it has won orders for a combined capacity of 81.90 MW across various segments including textile, chemical, food and agro in the domestic market. “The orders have been received from an assortment of customers representing SMEs across diverse industry segments including food and a…
3D printing makes rapid strides in India
An aspiring engineer gifted with an entrepreneur’s instinct, Manish Amin, was drawn towards 3D printing after reading about Stratasys and MakerBot, two companies setting benchmarks in the red-hot business back in early 2012. For India, it was a farm-fresh patch and Manish, along with three …
Mytaxiindia.com join hands with Paytm for digital payments
Mytaxiindia.com, an outstation taxi service startup has entered into a collaboration with Paytm to enable digital payments for its app. Till now, commuters using the app could pay through Payumoney, Cash, Netbanking, Debit Card, Credit Card and EMIs. “The partnership with Paytm is in line w…