This article will take you through how a young startup with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product went about finding the right mentor for it
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Flush with funds, Flipkart sets aside $1.25 b for buyouts, investments
Homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has bumped up the reserves earmarked for financing investments, making acquisitions and extending inter-corporate loans to Rs 8,000 crore ($1.25 billion), show its recent filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. In a board meeting on 29 August, the compa…
Enterprise communication start-up Noticeboard bags $1.2 m from Stellaris Venture Partners
Enterprise communication platform for front-line teams in companies, Noticeboard has raised $1.2 million from Stellaris Venture Partners. Started by three former executives of Myntra, the company is going to use fresh funds to hire for key positions in technology and strengthen its product. Visha…
Trend Tracking: Small fashion e-Tailers stitch together new categories
Several second-rung online fashion retailers are introducing categories not core to their businesses expecting to seize a little more of the market not captured by Flipkart and its units or Amazon. But analysts say they might be merely grasping at straws. Flipkart, along with its fashion units My…
IoT, 3D printing, AI motivating India to change core business practices
Dassault Systèmes, the 3D Experience company, provides businesses and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world-leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Samson Khaou, MD, Dassault Systèmes dwells on the future of the ap…
Flipkart to invest in new businesses
Flipkart had recently raised $1.4 billion in its biggest fundraising round with investors including Tencent Holdings, Microsoft Corp and eBay Inc After latest fundraising round, the e-commerce firm will now be valued at $11.6 billion Homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart announced on April 12 that …
India’s start-ups see a huge marketing opportunity in the 2017 Indian Premier League
The tenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will kick off on April 5, is expected to be a sporting extravaganza for cricket aficionados. Just like previous seasons, this year, sensing an opportunity to the grab attention of IPL viewership, startups are in the list of the 14 major s…
India’s start-up ecosystem in a correction mode: Trifecta Capital
Venture debt firm Trifecta Capital plans to invest across 15-20 startups during the current year with the deal size ranging from Rs 5 to 45 crore according to a top executive of the company. “We have made 18 investments in the last 15 months. Of the 18, we have committed about Rs 275 crore.…
Venture Catalysts invests $500K series A funding in fashion e-Commerce portal Fynd
Identifying promising business ventures and providing them with the right opportunity has become the trademark of investors at Venture Catalysts, Indian seed investment and innovation platform. The platform has now participated in Series A funding round of Fynd, the fashion e-commerce portal with…
Gujarat-based CouponClue.com emerges as India’s top coupons site
New Delhi: CouponClue is a new Gujarati start-up that has recently emerged as one of the leading coupons site in India. India’s online coupons market is one of the most competitive niches in the country’s ecommerce sector. Like other companies in this space, CouponClue competes for th…