With an aim to test innovative skills and technical knowledge of fledgling electronic start-ups, city-based Maker Village, one of India’s largest incubators, will team up with Bosch to host an event on October 20. At the event titled ‘Bosch DNA Grand Challenge’, to be held at KI…
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Parenting platform BabyChakra raises Series A funding from RoundGlass
BabyChakra, a social discovery platform for young parents in India, BabyChakra announced that it has raised its Series-A funding from Seattle-based RoundGlass. The funding will help BabyChakra invest in product development, strategic hires and to creating localised content, said the company state…
Freshdesk buys ex-Google execs’ AI-based social chat platform Chatimity
Chennai-based cloud-based customer engagement software provider Freshdesk has acquired Chatimity, a social chat platform that developed artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbot technology. Cost of acquisition was not disclosed. Chatimity was built to enable user interactions and improve engagemen…
eGrocer Satvacart secures third round of funding
At a time when eGrocers, both big and small are shutting shop due to non-availability of funds, extreme cash burns due to deep discounting and flawed business models, eGrocery retailer Satvacart said that it has managed to close third round of angel entrepreneur and investor Nimit Panigrahi joini…
Global network of accelerators look to cash in on India’s fintech goldrush
BENGALURU: Accelerators and incubators specialising on financial technology startups are increasingly coming to India, with 2016 witnessing the launch of several of them, from Startupbootcamp’s local edition and a Swiss Re programme to Zone Startups and Rainmatter. They expect to see global produ…
Eye on start-ups: IIMB has cutting-edge lessons in entrepreneurship for company founders
Rajiv Srivatsa, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of online furniture retailer Urban Ladder, holds an MBA degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Part of the institute’s 2002-2004 batch of approximately 200 students, Srivatsa was awarded the gold medal as the be…
An engineering graduate has been making Khadi jeans long before Baba Ramdev’s ‘Swadeshi jeans’
With Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev recently announcing his plan to launch ‘Swadeshi jeans’ to take on multinational corporations, desi jeans enthusiasts may have to wait at least another year before the product actually hits the shelves. If you are not willing to wait, you can try ‘Desi…
Start-ups Graviky, Chattar Patar secure Rs 1.8crore funding
CHENNAI: Startups Graviky and Chattar Patar secured Rs 1.8 crore in funding from multiple investors on the TV show The Vault. Indore-based Chattar Patar raised Rs 1 crore from Ameera Shah, Managing Director & CEO – Metropolis Healthcare Limited, Rahul Singh, founder & CEO, The Beer …
Health tech start-ups to the aid of speciality clinics for IT
CHENNAI: Hospital chains like the Apollo Group, Manipal, Columbia Asia and Fortis were among the first in India to invest heavily in IT. Joining their ilk are speciality clinics like Vasan Eyecare, Davita, Narayana Health, HCG and Agwaral Eye Clinic, which now taking to the IT highway and upgradi…
Barclays launches fintech accelerator programme with 10 fintech start-ups
MUMBAI: Rise Accelerator, a FinTech- focussed accelerator programme started by Barclays announced its first cohort, comprising 10 FinTech startups. The fintech accelerator will provide the selected startups with access to the bank’s technology, insight and expertise via onsite mentors and a…