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August 8, 2016 Myntra acquires content aggregation start-up Cubeit
For the year ended 31 March 2015, Myntra’s revenue grew 77% to Rs.758 crore from Rs.427.26 crore the previous year. Photo: Bloomberg Bengaluru: Online fashion store Myntra Designs Pvt. Ltd has acquired Bangalore-based Cubeit, a start-up that facilitates content aggregation on mobile devices, to gain access to its employees, the company said in a statement […]
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April 1, 2016 Delivery start-ups explore additional income streams
Hyperlocal delivery start-ups, including food-tech and logistics companies, together garnered $270 million in funding in 2015, but the sector has also seen a massive correction in the form of closure. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint With investors turning increasingly cautious, hyperlocal delivery start-ups are exploring additional revenue streams such as advertisements and promotions to try and mitigate […]
ALL DEALS April 1, 2016 Start-up deals of the day
True Balance is a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account. Photo: Softbank Ventures Korea invests in True Balance New Delhi: SoftBank Ventures Korea, the venture capital arm of Japan’s SoftBank, has invested an undisclosed amount in True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, […]
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March 26, 2016 Tendulkar makes his first tech start-up investment
ALSO READ Tendulkar bats for Oxigen walletGlobal mobile subscriptions growing around 5 per cent y-o-yGovt to launch Rs 10,000-cr fund for domestic electronic firmsInvestment in an Indian start-up every 8 hoursZebpay raises nearly $1 mn in series ‘A’ funding Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar made his first investment in a technology start-up, a firm that makes […]
NEWS March 25, 2016 Ex-Flipkart duo to launch healthcare start-up, Uber-Ola battle goes to court
Photo: iStock What to watch out for Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori to launch healthcare start-up The duo who left Flipkart earlier this month are teaming up and pooling $5 million to launch a start-up in the area of healthcare and sports and fitness. Uber-Ola battle goes from the streets to court Uber has alleged that […]
NEWS March 25, 2016 Robotics start-up Endless Robotics raises $100,000 in seed funding
Endless Robotics provides a service that uses robotics to make paint spray technology effective and bring greater efficiency to construction and real estate projects. Endless Robotics Pvt. Ltd, a start-up that makes products for automating painting in the construction and real estate industries, on Wednesday said it raised $100,000 in pre-series funding from angel investors […]
NEWS March 23, 2016 Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori to launch healthcare start-up
Mukesh Bansal quit Flipkart this month. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori, who left Flipkart this month, are teaming up and pooling $5 million to launch a start-up in the area of healthcare and sports and fitness. The two will register the company over the next month and have started the process […]
ALL DEALS March 16, 2016 Yuvraj Singh invests in Rahul Yadav’s start-up Intelligent Interfaces
Rahul Yadav has been working on his new venture after the Housing.com’s directors fired him on account of his objectionable behaviour towards investors and the media in July. Mumbai: Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has made an undisclosed amount of investment in former Housing.com’s chief executive officer and co-founder Rahul Yadav’s start-up Intelligent Interfaces. “Proud to […]
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March 16, 2016 Uber’s Travis Kalanick among big names to attend Modi’s Start-up India event
A file photo of Uber’s founder Travis Kalanick. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: Investment firm SoftBank’s founder Masayoshi Son, taxi-hailing service Uber’s founder Travis Kalanick and collaborative workspace provider WeWork’s founder Adam Neumann will attend the government’s Start-up India event next week, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil an action plan to assist early-stage companies. […]
HOME & GARDEN March 16, 2016 Home services start-up Gapoon raises angel funds
Bengaluru-based Gapoon, founded in 2015, earlier raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding in July. Bengaluru: Home services start-up Gapoon Online Consumer Services Pvt. Ltd on Tuesday said it has raisedRs.1.2 crore in angel funding. Bengaluru-based Gapoon, founded in 2015, earlier raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding in July. It operates an on-demand as […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 Education start-up FlipClass raises $1 million from S. Chand and Blume Ventures
The Bengaluru-based firm had in 2014 raised about $250,000 in funding from LetsVenture, an online fund-raising platform. Bangalore: FlipClass (run by Gyankosh Solutions Pvt Ltd), an education start-up that operates a marketplace for home tutors, on Monday said it has raised $1 million in funding from S. Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd, a publisher of […]
ALL DEALS March 14, 2016 ShopClues set to buy mobile payments start-up Momoe
Radhika Aggarwal and Sanjay Sethi, founders of ShopClues. Photo: Mint Online shopping platform ShopClues.com is in advanced talks to buy mobile payments firm Momoe Technologies, as it looks to add a payment service to its platform, according to three people aware of the discussions. The all-stock deal, likely to be announced in the next 45 […]
