Experimented by IITians Samar Singla (CEO) and Chinmay Agarwal (CTO), Chandigarh-based Jugnoo began as India’s first auto-rickshaw aggregator in November 2014 with the objective of making daily commute easy and reliable.
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Paytm backs AI & Big Data driven healthtech start-up QorQL
Noida-based online healthcare startup QorQL has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from ecommerce and payments platform Paytm. Commenting on the investment, Sudhanshu Gupta, Vice President, Paytm said, “There is a need in the country for quality care at affordable costs and the sector large…
IIT-Indore & IIM-Indore to host i5 Summit to foster entrepreneurship
Start-ups, entrepreneurs, students, investors and others experts to congregate at i5 Summit, an event hosted by IIT-Indore and IIM-Indore to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country and support young entrepreneurs by connecting them with investors and mentors to take their ideas to th…
Jugnoo looks to turn net-independent, starts offline booking
In a bid to become internet-independent, Chandigarh-based autorickshaw-hailing platform Jugnoo has introduced autorickshaw booking on the app in the offline mode. The company also filed for a patent last week with the Patent Authority of India, New Delhi. All other players, including its competit…
Paytm plans to invest in three-four start-ups in India
Paytm, mobile wallet and e-commerce marketplace, is expected to close three-four start-up funding deals this month as part of its investment programme from a corpus of $150-200 million fund which the company had started in 2015, Kiran Vasireddy, Senior Vice President at Paytm told. “Most of the s…
Jugnoo launches auto-rickshaw ride pooling service
NEW DELHI: SoCoMo Technologies, which owns and operates auto rickshaw aggregator platform Jugnoo, has launched its rickshaw ride pooling service, Jugnoo Pool, the Chandigarh-headquartered company announced on 3rd June 2016. The announcement came on the same day as ride-hailing app Uber , also the…
Jugnoo acquires on-demand groceries venture SabKuchFresh; plans to enhance its delivery services business
SoCoMo Technologies, which owns and operates auto-hailing app Jugnoo, has acquired on-demand grocery venture SabKuchFresh, the Chandigarh-based company announced on June 2, 2016. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but in a company-issued statement, Jugnoo said the acquisition was ma…
Jugnoo re-enters hyperlocal delivery business by launching ‘Fatafat’
Jugnoo the Chandigarh-based on-demand auto-rickshaw aggregator has said to resume its hyper local delivery by launching the ‘Fatafat’ service. Learning from the failures of hyper local delivery model of other brands, the company has decided to restrict to deliver only fruits and vegetables to its…
ixigo launches 1-Tap Cab Booking, that books cabs even without internet or GPS
ixigo, India’s leading travel search app has announced the launch of “1-Tap Cab Booking” on the ixigo cabs app – an innovative feature that allows booking the nearest available cab in one tap of a button on the user’s home screen. Currently available for Android, 1-Tap Cab Booking will wor…
Paytm leads $10-million funding
Online mobile wallet major Paytm has led the Series-B round of funding for on-demand auto-rickshaw aggregator, Jugnoo, for $10 million (Rs 66.65 crore). Last October, Chandigarh-based Jugnoo had received funding of $10 million from the Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led company. This is the Series-B2 round…