Tag: Zomato

Planning a New Year party? These start-ups will help you out

New Year is around the corner and to add more cheers this time it’s falling on a weekend. While most of the people love to go out for a party, many love the idea of planning a house party as it’s more comfortable and pocket-friendly too. Given today’s fast moving life and busy schedules, people […

Internet economy: Reality check at start-ups

For Indian Internet start-ups, this year turned 2015 on its head. Valuation markdowns, executive departures, job cuts, market share losses (to American rivals) and a lack of big-ticket fund raises dominated the headlines in 2016. It was a total departure from the previous year, when start-ups tou…

Former Zomato VP develops tech discovery platform for SMEs

A recent study by management consulting firm Zinnov says that digital enablement is going to present a $25.8 billion opportunity for tech vendors by 2020. India is home to over 51 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs). While only 40% are influenced by technology today, that figure is expect…

How India’s top start-ups are expected to perform in 2017

2016 was a year of rationalisation for Indian startup sector as most big investors spent cautiously unlike in 2014 and 2015 when it saw a new high in terms of irrational investments. In 2016, companies in sectors such as food-tech and hyperlocal logistics who were sustaining operations on externa…

Start-up funding declines, but no let up in deals

India’s start-up ecosystem may have seen a fall in funding this year, but there’s been almost no let-up in the number of deals, highlighting that investor appetite is still strong. Start-ups have attracted roughly $4 billion in funds so far this year, down from a heady $7.55 billion in 2015, whic…

Know how a start-up should expand?

The speed of scaling up is one among the myriad challenges startups face today. Every now and then they are posed with the question of whether to launch in multiple cities at high speed to attain market leadership or to take a slow and steady pace of city-by-city launch to establish a strong base…

Foodpanda raises close to Rs 10 cr from parent Jade Gmbh

Food ordering startup Foodpanda has raised close to Rs 10 crore from Berlin-based parent Jade Gmbh and Co, according to documents available with the registrar of companies. The development comes at a time when the company is looking to raise funds from external investors and has also hired an inv…

Start-up Wow! Momo plans to raise Rs 50 cr

Start-up venture Wow! Momo is in talks with investors to raise Rs.50 crore for scaling up its operations. Its plans for the future include expansion to newer cities, Co-Founder and CEO Sagar Daryani said. “We plan to raise Rs.50 crore between by March 2017, and we have already begun talks with in…