A Max India arm and some existing investors have pumped in close to Rs 22 crore into online beauty destination Nykaa.com taking its total funding this year to over Rs 104 crore, the ex-i-banker-turned entrepreneur Falguni Nayar Founded startup said. Falguni, who is married to the leading private …
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HR analytics start-up inFeedo raises $200k in angel round
HR analytics platform inFeedo has raised $200,000 from a clutch of investors led by Dheeraj Jain, Managing Partner, Redcliffe Capital and Anupam Mittal, CEO of Shaadi.com. Ameera Shah, CEO of Metropolis; Vivek Bhargava, Group CEO of DAN Performance; Rahul Singh, CEO of Beer Cafe and Ambarish Gupt…
Juices start-up Fresh Food Concepts raises $2 mn from Angel investors
The Delhi – based, cold – pressed juices startup, Fresh Food Concepts has secured US $ 2 million in pre series A round of funding from the Angel Investors, Siddhartha Gupta and Ashwin Chadha. This funding comes in the wake of the startup planning to expand the presence of its famous fruit juice b…
These 5 global giants want Indian SMEs to become bigger
Since decades Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been backed by governments across the world. Seldom do we see brands or industry stalwarts interested in this segment of business owners. However, an optimistic change has been observed in the last five years with giants like Google and Faceb…
Six Indian fintech start-ups to help you get started with investing online
Everyone who earns wants to save money. There are various ways to do this but parking funds in a savings account is not the best idea. This is because you get low interest rates and don’t save taxes either. There are several ways to invest money in such a way that you earn higher returns, […
Tough time for Indian start-ups
As 2016 draws to a close, Flipkart, the country’s most valuable internet start-up, is courting the dividing line between success and failure. It once commanded an eye-popping $15 billion valuation, but repeated markdowns threaten to push it down. Marquee investors like Morgan Stanley and Vanguard…
The 5 commandments of cyber security for start-ups
Cyber Security bounced to the top ten issues in 2016. All large enterprises are currently drastically expanding their investments in cyber security because of the prominent attacks this previous year. The hackers know this and are now adding small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to their attacks as…
It’s never been better, say fintech start-ups
Mumbai: One month of demonetisation has brought about an unprecedented surge in business volume for startups connecting customers with vendors cashlessly via a mobile wallet or simply a payment gateway. Since November 8, when the Central government demonetised Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, Mumbai-…
Start-up Inc split over Sachin Bansal, Bhavish Aggarwal’s call for ‘protectionist’ policies
US-based Amazon and Uber kept a conspicuous silence on Thursday after the poster boys of Indian Internet entrepreneurship — Flipkart Chairman Sachin Bansal and Ola Chief Executive Officer Bhavish Aggarwal — joined forces to make a strong pitch for policies that will favour homegrown companies. So…
Have a start-up idea? Kickstart it in just 3 weeks with ClearTax
To help new businesses get off the blocks, online tax filing portal ClearTax has launched a new platform for start-ups that promises to make these companies operational in three weeks. Under the ‘ClearTax Start-up Platform’, the portal would assist new businesses by providing advisory…