Selling recyclable garbage in Kharagpur town is now as easy as ordering a pizza over phone, thanks to a social entrepreneurial initiative of a group of IITians. A group of IIT Kharagpur students are successfully running a ‘Kabaadi on Call’ service which allows people living inside and…
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Medical Services platform seeDoc launches video consultation platform
On-demand medical services platform seeDoc has launched its video consultation platform. Founded by owner of people search engine Spock, Jaideep Singh and Vivek Bansal of Plus Ventures, seeDoc combines consultation, on-demand delivery of medicines and diagnostics and digital health records on a c…
Seed funding for startups to be in thick of action in 2016 | VCCircle survey
A majority of venture capital funds believe that the seed stage of funding for start-ups will see maximum activity during the year while the average deal size will be between $1 million and $5 million, a survey says. According to a survey by News Corp-owned VCCircle Network, the year will not be …
Tech Mahindra to spin-off three internal startups in the next 18 months
Tech Mahindra expects to spin-off three of its internal startups in the next 18 months, a move that will shine a much-needed light on the value IT companies derive from investments in employee ideas. For over the last five years, TechM has been building companies internally. Now, three of them ar…
LoveCycles start-up gets funding, unveils app in hindi for women
LoveCycles, a start-up which enables women to keep a track of their menstrual and physiological health via a mobile app, has raised Rs.5 crore from seed-stage venture capital firm Prime Venture Partners. The funding round also marks the official unveiling of the app in India. The firm will use th…
Start-up world is finally seeing more women at the top
Amidst the euphoria over Start-up India, one fact stands out: only 9 per cent of the country’s 4,200-odd new-age start-ups are led by women. But the good news is that more women are jumping onto the bandwagon. According to Nasscom, there was a 50 per cent increase in women joining the start-up ec…
House wife who digitally connects Lucknowi ‘pehnava’ to the South
If you have a perception that most women use Facebook for killing time and uploading self attested selfie images, please ignore reading this story. Reshma Manoj, a mother of two is successfully running her e-boutique through Facebook. For any woman, her initial changes post-marriage. However, for…
Democratize Sponsorship Industry says a first time lady entrepreneur
Name any event in Bengaluru, be it a large-scale or small scale, Shatomita S. Ghosh, Founder of Sponsor Source will be in the receipt of the same. A typical Calcutta girl, Shatomita landed up in Bengaluru to explore her career in the media and entertainment industry. After serving for various bra…
Dr Reddy’s to invest in startups
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) will be investing in startups besides partnering with external entities for research and innovation. “You cannot expect people to focus on increasing market share, growth, and driving the business while also disrupting the world. So for the disrupt part, …
Investor queue gets longer outside micro loan startups
Startups helping college students and young adults get small loans, typically below Rs 1 lakh, are seeing early interest from investors as fin-tech, or financial technology, emerges as one of the hottest sectoral themes for this year. Finomena, a Bengaluru-based lending platform for students, rec…