Global IT majors including Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are lending a helping hand to the beleaguered Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in Uttar Pradesh to sharpen their competitive edge. These marquee brands are offering their domain expertise to prepare the MSMEs compete at th…
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Icertis raises Rs 100 crore in series-b funding
ERP solutions firm Icertis has raised Rs 100 cr in Series B Funding led by Ignition Partners. Existing investors Greycroft Partners and Fidelity Growth Partners India also participated in this round. Following this, John Connors, managing partner at Ingition Partners will join the Icertis board o…
LoveCycles start-up gets funding, unveils app in hindi for women
LoveCycles, a start-up which enables women to keep a track of their menstrual and physiological health via a mobile app, has raised Rs.5 crore from seed-stage venture capital firm Prime Venture Partners. The funding round also marks the official unveiling of the app in India. The firm will use th…
NASSCOM conference on cloud for business growth
Cloud technology is by any measure the fastest emerging segment of the information technology industry. It has fundamentally changed the way businesses are consuming IT services. The ease of access is one of the many reasons why cloud computing has been embraced by SMEs and large enterprises. How…
Leveraging technology to encourage children to play
MadRat Games, a gaming startup backed by the founders of Flipkart and Snapdeal, has developed an interactive suit designed to encourage children to venture out and play even within the restrictive confines of housing complexes. The SuperSuit, which will be launched at the Consumer Electronics Sho…
MSME Year-ender for UP
The economic slowdown over the last few years cast a shadow over the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Uttar Pradesh during 2015. In terms of sick units, Uttar Pradesh brought the curtain down on year just ended with 84,063 such units as per RBI data cited in Parliament by Minister o…
Start ups offering competitive packages for placement at IIIT-H
The ongoing placement process at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), is marked by the increased presence of start-ups, which are willing to offer competitive packages as compared to big recruiters. This comes on the heels of a growing interest in campus plac…
Microsoft to woo 20,000 MSME in UP with ‘Cloud’
Global IT Major Microsoft has set its eyes on the large Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) base in Uttar Pradesh and targeting to cover 20,000 units under its Cloud technology. UP is home to over 3 million MSMEs across verticals, including product and region specific industrial clusters s…
Start-ups push up salary packages in BITs Hyderabad
Start-ups and e-commerce firms are driving a massive increase in salary packages for students in campus placements, going by the first round of placements in the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS). As per available data, companies visiting BITS upwardly revised compensation package…