US-based data storage and management company NetApp has announced the launch of its first startup accelerator in Bangalore. The programme, called NetApp Excellerator, is open to startups with solutions in Internet of Things, cloud, Big Data and analytics, machine learning, virtualisation, data se…
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Look forward to become anchor for several fintech start-ups: Barclays India COO Ram Gopal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation push has suddenly thrown the spotlight on India’s growing fintech sector and startups in that space including Paytm. Barclays Bank has created ‘Rise Accelerator‘ in Mumbai to focus on the sector and solve their problems. Excerp…
Snapchat files for one of the biggest tech IPOs: Report
Photo messaging service Snapchat confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), sometime before Donald J Trump was declared President-elect of the United States, according to a Reuters report, citing unnamed sources. While the Internet compa…
Barclays launches fintech accelerator programme with 10 fintech start-ups
MUMBAI: Rise Accelerator, a FinTech- focussed accelerator programme started by Barclays announced its first cohort, comprising 10 FinTech startups. The fintech accelerator will provide the selected startups with access to the bank’s technology, insight and expertise via onsite mentors and a…
Start-ups in India set to get a Barclays boost
British banking and financial services major Barclays on June 15 launched Rise, an innovative hub for fintech start-ups, in collaboration with 91 spring board in Mumbai. The new hub located in Lower Parel will provide a co-working location and a physical location for such start ups to use event s…
Delhi-born Dilshad Hothi is a rising star of the British business world
Entrepreneurs Dilshad and Barinder Hothi are on a mission to become “the Amazon” of the education world. The Hothi’s story is a true tale of entrepreneurial-ism – with Dilshad arriving in the UK from India in 1999 at the tender age of 21, determined to make his fortune, Ba…