Zone Startups, the India arm of the Toronto-based tech accelerator has roped in Microsoft, Department of Science and Technology, Tata Trust’s Social Alpha, Cherie Blaire Foundation, ICICI Bank and Amazon to promote women entrepreneurs building technology-enabled ventures…
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आईआईटी दिल्ली ने बनाया महिलाओं का पहला स्टार्टअप क्लब
देश के आईआईटी ने कई सीईओ और सीएमडी क्लब पैदा किए हैं पर स्टार्टअप के जमाने में आईआईटी दिल्ली के साथ मिलकर वी फाउंडेशन (WEE- वीमेन एंत्रेप्रेन्यूरशिप एंड एम्पावरमेंट) ने एक नई जिम्मेदारी ली है, महिला स्टार्टअप क्लब बनाने की. पांच बेहतरीन स्टार्टअप को भारत सरकार पांच-पांच लाख रुपये की ग्रांट भी दे…
ZoloStays raises Rs 26 cr funding led by Nexus Venture Partners
Marquee venture capital investor Nexus Venture Partners has led a Rs 26-crore round of funding in Bengaluru-based ZoloStays Property Solutions, which owns and operates managed accommodation platform Zolo. The series-A round also includes a venture debt component of Rs 4.5 crore, extended by ventu…
Online stock broking start-up TradingBells raises seed funding
Indore-based discount broking startup TradingBells, has raised $294,000 (Rs 2 crore) from Mumbai-based stock broking firm Swastika Investmart Ltd, it said in a statement. TradingBells, run by TradeBells Broking Pvt. Ltd, will use the funds for hiring talent, expanding office infrastructure, upgra…
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 …
Bizongo raises $3 mn from IDG Ventures, Accel Partners
Bengaluru: Bizongo, run by Smartpaddle Technology Pvt. Ltd, a marketplace where businesses can procure packaging materials, on November 4th said it raised $3 million in a Series A round of funding from venture capital firms IDG Ventures and Accel Partners, an existing investor. The Mumbai-based f…
Start-up mantra: Network to succeed
Moving from London to Delhi to launch their start-up Cash-Karo.com — with virtually no contacts or network to speak of — wasn’t easy for Rohan and Swati Bhargava. From there, they’ve come a long way to receiving Series A funding from VC fund Kalaari Capital by 2015 end and having Ratan Tata come …
IIT-Delhi to mentor 45 women entrepreneurs from across the country
Having come up with a quirky name for her enterprise, Bee Positive ++, Kanupriya Saigal plans to create a cooperative of beekeepers at Karnal to produce and sell honey. The novice entrepreneur will be chaperoned through the initiation process by Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi under its thre…
Local logistics companies gain popularity in smaller cities
Intra-city logistics solutions providers are a growing tribe in tier II and III cities as traffic problems force the, municipality to oppose entry of heavy vehicles. Additionally, burgeoning e-commerce deliveries and a demand-supply lapse in the unorganised ‘tempo’ segment is helping …
Online renting platform RentSher secures $300K seed funding
Online rental marketplace RentSher has raised more than $300K in seed funding. The round was led by Dubai based ex-McKinsey investor Vaibhav Doshi along with a clutch of other well known entrepreneurs turned investors including Abhay Singhal, Co-founder of In Mobi, Vibhu Garg, Co-founder and COO …