Tag: Bengaluru

RentoMojo receives $5 mn funding from Accel, IDG Ventures

Online rental solutions company RentoMojo has raised funds of $5 million in a first strategic round (Series A) from IDG Ventures and Accel Partners. The funds raised will be used to further strengthen the product and data driven structure within the company, it said in a statement here on July 18…

Mumbai Angels and Times Internet fund MintM

Bengaluru-based digital marketing startup MintM, has raised a pre Series-A funding of undisclosed amount led by Mumbai Angels and Times Internet, with participation from a clutch of angel investors, for its cloud based smart signage solution. The product ‘Magnet’ is a cloud-based resp…

With SmartQ & Hate2wait, the nightmare of queues is almost over

After having sold his first company, Tastykhana, to Food Panda in 2014, Shachin Bharadwaj was on the lookout for a new business idea. It was while waiting at a paediatrician’s clinics that he struck upon an idea for a new venture, which he would later name ‘SMINQ’ (see me in no …

New survey to rank states on ease of doing business

States are to be ranked on ease of doing business on the basis of a new survey, Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Amitabh Kant has said. “Unlike the last survey conducted with the World Bank and KPMG (global financial advisory) on 100 points, the new survey is being done by our depa…

CYANOGEN to expand in India, buy start-ups

Cyanogen, which has developed an open-source mobile operating system, plans to expand aggressively in India to tap the opportunities offered by the world’s fastest growing Smartphone market. The US-based company is also evaluating possibilities to invest in or acquire startups to strengthen…