When Ankit Agarwal founded his start-up, HelpUsGreen, in Kanpur in 2015 to recycle temple waste that otherwise would be dumped in the Ganges, many in his home town mocked him. Not anymore. Lately, the young entrepreneur has been busy meeting several local wealthy individuals keen on investing in …
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Tech start-up MobMe launches customer feedback analytics tool
Tech start-up MobME has launched Geckolyst, a product that analyses customer feedback to provide comprehensible information to enterprises. Geckolyst allows an organisation to integrate customer feedback from any source, including call-centre data, survey responses, social media, customer emails,…
Why big companies should fear start-ups?
I’m in Gurgaon early noon. The dusty road is completely clogged with cars. The other side a road is being constructed and the ground is freshly dug. Braving the traffic, dust and pollution, I manage to reach a non-descript building which has no billboards. A few small trucks are bringing sacks of…
Wassup looks at acquiring stressed start-ups in on-demand laundry segment
On-demand laundry and dry cleaning start-up Wassup is in the process of beefing up its operations by acquiring stressed on-demand laundry start-ups in various major cities in the country. At a time when many of the online laundry start-ups are shutting shop, the company has already acquired three…
Smart start-up VCs ally with global peers for faster exits
That a grim market scenario has venture capital firms locking up their purses in 2016 is a fact unmatched. But venture capital firms have turned their eye towards a global solution to return capital to their investors and deliver the best possible return they can, in times of distress. As many VC…
Don’t stress, these start-ups will sort your worries online
A year ago, Nayamat, a senior psychologist at ePsyClinic, an online counselling platform, started to see Amit (name changed) who used to be an investment banker abroad. Amit had a well-paying job, no financial or family troubles, but he wasn’t happy. Thinking it was his job, he decided to t…
Start-up India: Transformation in the entrepreneurial mindset
Chairman of entrepreneur network The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Global Venktesh Shukla is looking forward to hosting a summit in Delhi later this year (2016). Based in Silicon Valley , the graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management runs early stage fund Monta Vista Capital. Shukla, who was born in…
Want to grow your start-up’s revenue? Here’s how
Revenue is the economic engine for any business. If you have no revenue, you can’t cut a profit, much less stay viable in the long run. A strong revenue stream gives business partners, employees and other stakeholders the assurance and confidence to support your company. Target the right KPI KPIs…
Ganesh Natarajan backs Studio Coppre in a boost to copper artisans
IT industry veteran Ganesh Natarajan, who has donned an investor’s hat post his retirement from Zensar, has recently backed Studio Coppre, a Pune-based all-women’s start-up which is working towards the cause of copper artisans in Maharashtra and other parts of the country. Natarajan told that the…
Kalaari Capital offers $100k each to 3 hardware start-ups
Remember the hoverboard from the movie Back to the Future, the teleporter from Star Trek, or the landspeeder from Star Wars? How about a multi-touch table out of a James Bond film? Talk about hardware technology innovation, these are some of the images that rush to the mind of India’s top venture…