An NRI techie, who’s come back from the US, promises to remove inefficiencies in the ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxi system in Mumbai and similar services in other top cities in the country. It has signed 1,600 cab drivers to join the network. Fresh with a licence from the Maharashtra government to run a cab …
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97% Start-Ups to go on a hiring spree this year | Report
Over 90 per cent of start-ups will go on a hiring spree this year, with 28 per cent of the jobs being allocated to strengthening their technology teams, a report released by InnoVen Capital said. “More than 5,000 jobs are expected to be created by 130 start-ups in the next 12 months,”…
‘Silicon Valley Spirit’ guides policy-makers, Start-Ups look for a deal
Start-ups have little doubt that this Union Budget will deliver. But they are keeping their fingers crossed for much more; they hope their freedom is not curtailed by reams of policy. Setting the tone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had decisively looked at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at Vigyan B…
Startup India and Viacom18 join hands
Viacom18, the television media house that owns and runs channels Colors and MTV, has signed an agreement with the Union government’s department of industrial policy and promotion’s Start-Up India project. It will launch a year-long ‘outreach programme’ for entrepreneurs, c…
WASME to pilot StartUp India Cell
World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) is going to pilot a StartUp India Cell on February 22. Keeping in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s StartUp India campaign, the cell will do skill mapping to facilitate training in accordance with the requirement of a particular re…
Start-Ups to offer record salary increase in 2016 , Survey
Even though there is a fear of consolidation in the start-up ecosystem, the salary increase in this sector has been projected to be the highest among all sectors for 2016. Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions’ business of Aon plc, has projected a 15.6 per cent pay …
Aasaanjobs raises $5 million in Series-A funding
Aasaanjobs.com, a Mumbai-based online marketplace for recruitment, has raised $5 million (nearly Rs 34 crore) in a Series-A round of funding led by Aspada Advisors, with participation from existing investors IDG Ventures and Inventus Capital. The fresh funding which the company plans to utilise t…
Online renting platform RentSher secures $300K seed funding
Online rental marketplace RentSher has raised more than $300K in seed funding. The round was led by Dubai based ex-McKinsey investor Vaibhav Doshi along with a clutch of other well known entrepreneurs turned investors including Abhay Singhal, Co-founder of In Mobi, Vibhu Garg, Co-founder and COO …
Ratan tata invests in retail-tech startup SnapBizz
Bangalore based retail-tech startup SnapBizz today announced that it has raised funding from Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons. In January 2016, SnapBizz had announced a Series A funding of $7.2 million led by Jungle Ventures, Taurus Value creation, Konly Venture and Blume Ventures. With t…
Woffr app to empower e-Commerce experience
Shopping experience is all set to get better with Woffr, an O2O (offline to online) solution on mobile, ready to empower users with relevant information regarding offers and deals on brands, nearby stores and users’ payment cards at the time of need. The app is an initiative of MyWolet Services P…