A group of youths from Kerala, through their start-up venture, have joined hands with a Delhi-based NGO to raise resources for better implementation of Right to Education Act. The start-up titled ‘azadi.in’ provides an online platform to raise resources for legal fees through crowd fu…
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ONGC launches Rs 100 crore start-up fund to ignite new ideas
ONGC has launched a Rs 100 crore start-up fund on its Diamond Jubilee year to foster, nurture and incubate new ideas related to oil and gas sector. The initiative, christened as ‘ONGC Start-up’, is in line with the government’s initiative ‘Start-up India’. As part of…
Kotak Mahindra Bank starts Innovation Lab, open to investing in startups
Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank has started an ‘Innovation Lab’ in Bengaluru to tap into the best technology that impacts its operations, and is open to investing in startups, a senior company official has said. “We started an ‘Innovation Lab’ recently whic…
PropTiger acquires virtual reality startup 3DPhy
Online real estate advisor PropTiger has acquired Gurgaon-based virtual and augmented reality & 3D visualisations startup 3DPhy. “With this acquisition, PropTiger aims to advance its technological platform to further enhance its hi-tech marketing solutions for developers,” the com…
Ex Shopclues VP Devesh Rai launches B2B marketplace Wydr
Devesh Rai, a founding member and corporate VP of the startup Shopclues, has set up a B2B marketplace Wydr, which deals in wholesale. Rai said it was while dealing with several brands and wholesalers in his past stints with companies that he identified several gaps and pain points in the business…
Tea retail chain startup Chai Point set to introduce IoT-enabled tea dispensing machines
Tea retail chain startup Chai Point is set to introduce IoT-enabled tea dispensing machines to corporate offices as the next step towards serving its product to office employees. “The company already has about 1000 semi-automatic dispensers across 100 companies, and the new product, called boxC, …
UrDoorstep raises bridge round of Rs 3 crore from CP Murali
Jupiter Capital-backed online hypermarket UrDoorstep.com has raised a bridge round of Rs 3 crore from CP Murali, former President and Chief Operating Officer of telecom software-maker Aricent Technologies. The company incorporated in October, 2015, plans to cover 92 pincodes for Bengaluru city ov…
Startup brings next generation of job interviews to India
The future of job interviews is here and it looks influenced by on-demand ride service Uber. The model, created by startup Monjin Interviews, is built around a video database and a platform where candidates meet interviewers purely on the basis of their skills. This is how it works: A candidate j…
Coca-Cola’s former head of marketing Shripad Nadkarni sets up food startup
Shripad Nadkarni, a former marketing head at Coca-Cola India, has teamed up with three other former executives of major consumer goods firms to set up food startup Fingerlix which will sell fresh, ready-to-cook foods such as curries, batter and mixes. “The ready-to-cook sector is a white sp…
RentoMojo receives $5 mn funding from Accel, IDG Ventures
Online rental solutions company RentoMojo has raised funds of $5 million in a first strategic round (Series A) from IDG Ventures and Accel Partners. The funds raised will be used to further strengthen the product and data driven structure within the company, it said in a statement here on July 18…