Bengaluru-based online furniture and home decor startup Urban Ladder has revised its maternity benefits policy, in line with industry trends and in an effort to prevent women at mid to senior levels dropping out of the workforce when they become mothers. “We enjoy a healthy diversity ratio …
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Google confirms area 120 incubator that allows employees build their own startups
Google is setting up an in-house startup incubator called ‘Area 120’ to help retain its entrepreneurial talent and give them an avenue to explore new ideas, CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed to Forbes. These plans were first reported by The Information last month. “We’ve alw…
MyTradeBox, India’s first assisted bulk-buying hybrid e-commerce start-up
MyTradeBox, India’s first assisted bulk buying hybrid e-commerce start-up, will soon have a physical presence in local markets to give an ease of accessibility to local retailers as well as local buyers. With a brand motto of -‘Happy sellers, Happy buyers’, it will give the e-co…
Shopmatic ties up with Aramex
Shopmatic, a homegrown e-commerce SaaS (Software as a Service) company, on May 19 announced a strategic partnership with Aramex, a provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions. The partnership will allow online merchants to deliver their products efficiently and securely, ther…
Blume Ventures and other angel investors put Rs 6.6 crore in BHIVE Technologies
Early-stage investment firm Blume Ventures and other angel investors have invested about Rs 6.6 crore ($1 million) in co-working space BHIVE Technologies , which plans to grow its presence in Bengaluru and expand to Mumbai and Delhi. “Part of the money will be utilised to attract top talent…
Cab aggregation platform TaxiVaxi raises $500,000 in seed funding
BAI Infosolutions , which owns and operates online cab aggregation platform TaxiVaxi , has raised its second round of seed funding , led by a clutch of high net worth individuals. The New Delhi-based startup has raised $500,000 (about Rs 3.3 crore) in the latest round, and will use the proceeds t…
India introduces cheaper & faster patent registration for startups
Startups from the world over will now be able to register patents in India faster and at much lower costs under a ‘tatkal (instant)’ option offered under the latest amended patent rules. These benefits will also be available to entities that file their first application in India. Indi…
Apple to work closely with Indian startups
Apple is likely to announce an accelerator program for Indian startups as part of its CEO Tim Cook’s visit to India this week. The sources, who declined to be quoted, said while Tim Cook’s key push with Indian government officials will be the sale of refurbished Apple phones here, its…
ShopClues & GoDaddy forges strategic partnership to enable merchants go online
GoDaddy and ShopClues have forged a partnership to help merchants conduct business online. Online marketplace ShopClues will assist and maintain the websites for the merchants while web hosting company GoDaddy will provide them with domain names. Merchants will get a choice to pick out their webs…
Education technology startup Smartivity gets Rs 6.6 crore for future learning
Smartivity, an augmented reality-based education technology startup, has raised $1 million (about Rs 6.6 crore) in a pre-Series-A round of funding led by publishing firm S Chand and early-stage investment firm AdvantEdge Partners. The round also saw participation from Singapore-based fund CFG Off…