New Delhi: CouponClue is a new Gujarati start-up that has recently emerged as one of the leading coupons site in India. India’s online coupons market is one of the most competitive niches in the country’s ecommerce sector. Like other companies in this space, CouponClue competes for th…
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Social fitness app Fitso raises $200K from former Flipkart exec, others
Gurgaon-based Jogo Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs health and fitness app Fitso, has raised $200,000 (Rs 1.3 crore) in angel funding from a clutch of investors including former president – operations at Flipkart Sujeet Kumar, Intelenet Global Services CEO Bhupender Singh and PolicyBazaar CEO Ya…
All women branches finding favour with fin institutions
Chennai: Just as the police force found “All women’s police stations” fulfilling a unique need, financial institutions such as banks, MFIs and insurance companies are coming up with all women sourcing networks. At Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co, their all women branches are …
CashKaro | Cashing you for more e-shopping
If shopping is your favourite hobby then discounts and coupons are definitely your favourite words. CashKaro.com, a one stop savings destination for all online shopping, is here to help you compare prices and earn cashbacks for the shopaholic in you. “CashKaro is enabling our members to compare p…
SMEs churning more revenues from exports through social media, technology: Report
Mumbai: Exporting revenue accounts for the majority of the total revenue for SMEs, a study by logistics and supply chain management giant, FedEx, revealed. In a study titled, “Global Trade in the Digital economy: Opportunities for Small Businesses”, FedEx states that 69% of Small and …
Digital start-ups get together to engage better with policymakers
Bengaluru: A handful of bitcoin startups, led by Zebpay’s Saurabh Agrawal, had been talking for a while about reviving their defunct industry group. It finally took a Central bank warning notice that resurfaced in February after four years to kick them into action. The Digital Asset and Blockchai…
Indian start-ups should focus on sustainability, stop chasing Unicorn tag
The next company that is being greenlighted to enter the prestigious Unicorn club of startups is Oyo Rooms, a SoftBank-backed budget hotel aggregator. Founded by 21-year-old Ritesh Agarwal in 2015, the company is reportedly in talks with the Japanese SoftBank to raise about US $300-500 million. I…
Ratan Tata, Hrithik Roshan in talks to fund health start-up, CureFit
Bengaluru: Ratan Tata and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan are in talks to invest in CureFit, a healthcare startup founded by former Flipkart executives. The year-old entity started by Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori has so far raised about $20 million and counts venture capital firms Kalaari Capita…
GST: Why TCS on e-tailers doesn’t make sense
Amidst fierce rivalries, lobbying about a “level playing field”, arguments on the dumping of foreign capital, and the Indian versus multinational debate, it was fun to watch the chiefs of India’s top three e-tailing companies come together for another level-playing field talk. A…
Flipkart, Amazon & Snapdeal join hands, flag concerns over GST
In a rare sight, top bosses of country’s major e-commerce players – Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal shared dais to raise their concerns over the draft Model GST Law. The draft proposes a clause called ‘Tax Collection at Source’ (TCS – Section 56). Under this, e-commerce marketplaces will have to de…