The ongoing monetary chaos in the nation has confused the public beyond reasonability. The demonetisation has brought forth several debates questioning the same. While many have come forward in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision, a few are against the ban of Rs 500 and Rs 10…
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Healthcare e-Commerce portal Netmeds acquires Pluss
Healthcare e-Commerce portal Netmeds on November 24 said it has acquired Pluss, a mobile app for medicine deliveries in Delhi and Hyderabad, in an all-stock deal. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Pluss users can upload a photo of their prescription and have medicines delivered ho…
Ahead of the first ever Global Summit, TiE announces ‘StartUp Strides’
TiE, the leading network of entrepreneurs and investment professionals, is all set to organize their first ever Global run in India, ‘StartupStrides‘ on December 4, 2016 in Delhi. With an aim to get “million steps for entrepreneurship” StartupStrides is a run organised by …
The Mobile Wallet (TMW) partners with MatchMove to grow in digital payments
The Mobile Wallet (TMW), India’s first and leading payment solution has announced its partnership with MatchMove, Singapore’s fastest growing Fintech company and will be integrating MatchMove’s award-winning Wallet OS into the TMW app. This will allow TMW to further boost its functionality and us…
Currency Switch Impact | Online health services see surge in traffic
Online healthcare consultation platforms have witnessed a “huge jump” in the number of visitors as cash crunch in the wake of demonetisation has diverted many people towards telemedicine. Delhi-based ‘Visit’, an on-demand healthcare service online platform, says, its daily…
Background verification start-up BetterPlace raises fresh capital
BetterPlace Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a Bangalore-based startup that uses data analytics to offer background verification services, has received an undisclosed amount of investment from Venture Highway through VH Capital, according to a press statement. Venture Highway was founded by Samir Sood,…
Currency Switch Impact| Rent-a-Worker start-up makes hay, in the demonetisation chaos
A Delhi-based startup is on a roll after it began renting workers by-the-hour as placeholders to busy professionals in India’s capital to stand in serpentine lines outside banks and ATM machines. Customers are queuing up to exchange old currency or withdraw cash after the government took 86 perc…
Start-ups gear up to raise fresh funds under liberalised ECB regime
Indian start-ups might look at raising funds through the more liberalised external commercial borrowing (ECB) route to spend on marketing, setting up offices in the US and Europe, and expanding their business. This would also give them access to debt money, a crucial factor at a time when they’re…
Rajasthan organises Heritage Week to showcase Khadi
Celebrating the ‘Handmade in Rajasthan’, the second edition of Rajasthan Heritage Week jointly organised by Khadi Board, government of Rajasthan and Prasad Bidapa Associates will begin on November 30 at Hotel Diggi Palace. The five-day fashion extravaganza is a unique endeavor to revi…
Start-ups help HIV patients access affordable healthcare
For 32-year-old Anand Natrajan* the biggest shocker of his life came when he realised he had tested positive for HIV. Since he lived in a village, 32 km from Krishnagiri, every visit to the private hospital was agony. Detection, followed by shame and ostracization was what he feared. Plagued by m…