All that glitters is not gold. It may be silver. That is where Ahilya Jewels sought growth and with the intention to change the jewellery norms, it brought sterling silver into lime light. Ahilya designs draw inspiration from the rich Indian Jewellery heritage. Every region has distinctive design…
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Kalaari seed programme backs three companies
Kstart, a seed-stage programme launched by venture fund Kalaari Capital in February 2016, has invested in three startups in its first batch. Affordplan, a fintech platform aimed at affordable healthcare; Indee, a secure platform for web video streaming; and Active.ai, an AI engagement firm for fi…
New-gen startups paints corporate with a new brush
Companies looking for the cachet that comes from having art in their offices can make sure that their post-moderns don’t clash with their faux impressionists. Startups are here to help with artwork trials, customisation and ringing periodic changes. While selling art online is now old hat, …
7 Indian startups valued over $1 billion
Flipkart Flipkart as a startup 9 years ago was a company with ambitions in the e-Commerce domain. The company started as an online platform for selling books in 2007 by Sachin Bansal is now valued at $ 15 billion offering a huge range of products categories. Snapdeal Snapdeal the e-commerce compa…
Sport merchandise start-up Zeven to open brand stores
Home-grown, multi-sport, footwear and apparel start-up Zeven, which went live with its e-commerce site Zevenworld.com in January, is preparing to open four exclusive brand stores this year. Targeted at the 16-80 age group, Zeven is adopting an omni-channel approach to reach its customers. The fir…
‘Make In India’ resonates with Chinese corporates
As India and China squabble over Beijing squashing Delhi’s move at the UN to ban Azhar Mazoor, the alleged mastermind behind northern India terrorist attacks, and New Delhi retaliates by threatening to stonewall the entry of Chinese companies into the country, the ground reality paints a far less…
Large companies, not varsities are new startup garages| Anand Mahindra
Large corporations, and not necessarily reputed tech schools like IITs or MIT, are the new startup garages as big businesses race to stay relevant, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has said. “The new garage is not necessarily in the MIT or Stanford or the IITs. It is in fact, back in …
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…
Tech startups, e-commerce companies cut down on joining bonuses
With the funding frenzy cooling down and concerns of a valuation bubble rising, India’s tech startups and e-commerce companies are cutting back on plum joining bonuses. “Joining bonuses, used to lure quality talent fast, are being offered to about 10% of the staff now from 30%-40% a y…
Start-ups milk the IPL cash cow again
Whether you like the Indian Premier League or don’t, there is no escaping the din and crackle surrounding the event this year. And that is exactly what start-ups, paying anywhere between Rs 5 and 5.75 lakh for a 10-second spot on television during the matches, are betting on. The rates, alm…