While much has been written about the difficulties faced by women entrepreneurs, the Startup Outlook Report by InnoVen Capital, a venture lending platform providing debt capital to high growth ventures, has presented a different but progressive scenario of the Indian startup ecosystem. According …
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Facebook invests $40k in Edtech start-up EduRev under the FBstart program
Social media giant Facebook has selected the fast growing Edtech startup Edurev for its much sought after FB Start program. EduRev will receive credits up to $40,000 and free tools and services from Facebook and its more than 30 partners including Amazon, UserTesting, Dropbox, and MailChimp. Besi…
Fintech valley Vizag launches fintech start-up challenge in India
In a bid to make the city of Visakhapatnam the fintech hub for the country and the world, Andhra Pradesh’s Fintech Valley Vizag has launched the first Fintech innovation challenge for India’s leading broking firm, Angel Broking. As financial services companies are adapting to the transition of In…
Budget 2017: Internet companies ask for removal of ‘Google tax’
India’s internet companies are raising their voice against the equalization levy also termed ‘Google tax’ that was imposed in last budget even as the finance minister is expected to widen the tax net for such a levy. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) which has members s…
Indian SMEs confident of growth, more hiring in future: Study
Small businesses in the country maintain a positive outlook for the future in terms of business confidence and employment growth, a joint report by Facebook, OECD and World Bank said on 18 January. Amongst the businesses surveyed, 48 per cent of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are positiv…
भारत के छोटे उद्योग कर रहे हैं बेहतर प्रदर्शन, भविष्य में और बढ़ायेंगे रोजगार: सर्वे
वर्ल्ड बैंक, फेस बुक और ओईसीड़ी द्वारा जारी की गयी एक संयुक्त रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि भारत के छोटे उद्योग, व्यापार और रोजगार के क्षेत्र में बेहतर प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं और वो भविष्य में भी इस सकारात्मक द्रष्टिकोण (पॉजिटिव आउटलुक) को बरकरार रखेगें। इस व्यापारिक सर्वे की गणना के अनुसार लगभग 48 [&hel…
Fashion e-Commerce portal Fynd raises funding from investors
Fashion e-commerce portal Fynd has clinched an undisclosed amount of funding from Facebook executive Anand Chandrasekaran, Arvind Sports Lifestyle CEO Rajiv Mehta and Livspace Co-Founder Ramakant Sharma. Fynd optimises delivery time for online shoppers by sourcing products from the outlets neares…
Kakcho | Pulling it off fashionista style
The daily headache of what to wear and how to pull off has come to an end. Kakcho, a Fashion Styling App, styles users from the clothes that they own in their wardrobe and helps make better buying decisions on the basis of body stats. “We help our users save time in picking up clothes […]<…
Baked Beauty | Frosting cakes to customers’ taste
Life is full of questions, to which cake is a lip-smacking answer. Making life a little sweeter is Baked Beauty, an eventual destination for connoisseurs of all varieties of cakes customised to suit personal savor. “We customize baked products or desserts according to the needs and wants of the c…
Facebook shortlists ed-tech start-up XPrep for FbStart programme
Tutor enablement platform XPrep, run by Epsilon Eduventures Pvt. Ltd, has been selected by Facebook Inc. for its FbStart programme. The programme, aimed at developers, is designed to help early-stage mobile-focused startups build and grow their apps. Under the programme, the company will receive …