Tag: Urban Ladder

Ratan Tata to resume investing in start-ups

Tata Sons interim chairman Ratan Tata has said he would go back to investing in startups this month after handing over the reins of the Tata group to N Chandrasekaran, Managing Director and chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), who will formally take over on 23 February. After retir…

US-based Houzz bets on local content for success in India

US-based home design firm Houzz Inc. which opened its India website is hoping to capture the market with local content and communities, the company’s Co-Founder said. Houzz is an online scrapbook that allows designers and home service professionals display their work. This is its thirteenth launc…

e-Commerce cos grow revenues, but losses skyrocket

Even without the curbs imposed on them, e-retailers don’t seem to have made too much money in FY16. While for some companies, the losses doubled, for others, it trebled, indicating many of them are simply buying revenues. In other words, they are driving sales by offering customers big discounts …

Ratan Tata invests in wearables maker GOQii

New Delhi: Adding one more to his start-up funding list, leading industrialist and serial investor Ratan Tata has invested in virtual fitness coaching platform GOQii. The size of the funding was, however, not disclosed. The company, which is a leading player in the Indian wearables market, is bac…

Start ups in furniture sector finds momentum; study predicts 49% growth

Economic recession of 2008 and dynamic conditions of market have hit the furniture industry strongly in the past. It negatively impacted the power of Indian consumers to spend money on furniture but after few years from the year 2011, start-up environment started gaining momentum in the industry …

Pepperfry ups ante with furniture at cost of pizza

Online furniture and home décor marketplace Pepperfry, which hit the 3-million shipment milestone last month, is widening its net to lure a new set of customers who choose to rent furniture instead of buying it. After studying the operating model of furniture rental firms such as Furlenco, RentoM…