Bengaluru: Values and perseverance, ambition and vision are attributes that entrepreneurs must possess in plenty, according to a galaxy of stalwarts who gathered to celebrate the spirit of enterprise at India’s de facto startup summit in Bengaluru on August 18. Even as they lauded the role …
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Encouraging signs of more domestic capital in the start-up ecosystem: Nandan Nilekani
Bengaluru: At a time when foreign capital primarily continues to fund India’s startup ecosystem, Nandan Nilekani, former chief executive of Infosys Technologies, pointed out that there were signs that domestic investors were beginning to weigh in as well. The architect of Aad…
Marching towards growth: InMobi becomes second Indian Unicorn to turn profitable
Bengaluru-based mobile adtech firm InMobi claims that it has turned profitable in the last quarter of 2016. This makes InMobi the second Indian unicorn after data analytics firm Mu Sigma to become profitable. As per the company, it has been generating cash every quarter starting April-June in the…
The process of evolution in start-ups from T-20 to One-day to Test format
In a talk at Techsparks 2016, Naveen Tewari, Founder and CEO, InMobi, provided us a deep insight into the evolution of start-ups. “There are a lot of similarities between cricket and start-ups in the evolution process. While the transition process of cricket is from Test format to T-20, the latte…
US-based online home-design startup Houzz sets up India ops
Online home-design startup Houzz has become the latest US-based internet major to set up India operations by appointing Sanjay Nadkarni as country head. Nadkarni, whose online babycare ecommerce startup Babyoye was acquired by diversified conglomerate Mahindra Group, joined Houzz few days ago. Ho…
Ratan tata invests in home rental network NestAway
Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in NestAway Technologies Ltd, the leading home rental network firm said on February 28. “As a pioneer in home rental network, NestAway promotes furnished and managed apartments and provides them at affordable prices t…