Tag: Zomato

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…

Scotland keen to attract Indian SMEs | Scottish Development International

In efforts to attract Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from India, Scotland is firming up a focussed programme. Discussions have been initiated with the concerned, says the Scottish Development International (SDI). Scotland has a strong culture of innovation, academic excellence and a conduc…

ZOMATO now sees gravy in the clouds

In a bid to boost revenues through new business verticals, Zomato is getting into sales of a cloud-based point-of-sale product for restaurants called Zomato Base. While the company had been working with a few restaurants to pilot the product, including food trucks or mobile food vans in Gurgaon, …

TripHobo partners Asia Pac Startup community Amadeus Next

Online travel planning platform TripHobo has partnered with Asia Pacific startup community Amadeus Next to develop and pilot an end-to-end travel planner. “Amadeus Next is a dynamic startup community and Amadeus is a leading venture capitalist in the travel technology space. “With Ama…

Zomato to stop charging from restaurants

A week after breaking even in six markets across the globe, online restaurant search, rating and food ordering company Zomato wants to stop charging commission from restaurants covered by it, Co-Founder Pankaj Chaddah has said. This would apply to orders generated from the platform as well as for…

Net Neutrality: TRAI order gives start-ups premium relief

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s ruling on differential pricing has come as a relief for start-ups, especially the smaller ones. Many had feared paying a premium to stay relevant if the regulator had not put to rest the controversy of differential pricing by imposing a heavy pen…

AskMe Grocery looks to expand operations to 70 cities

Although the food tech sector is grappling with slowing sales and high attrition, hyperlocal AskMe Grocery is looking to scale up. Ankit Jain, founder, AskMe said that the firm proposes to expand operations from 35 cities to 70 cities by March, 2016. “Expanding the business in tier II and tier II…

Nine startups join hands for an open net

Nine startup founders, including Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal, Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Mouthshut.com’s Faisal Farooqui and GoQii’s Vishal Gondal on Tuesday made a submission to the telecom regulator on the ongoing differential pricing paper consultation, urging it to pre…