May 19th, 2016Leading industrialist Ratan Tata has invested in niki.ai , an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot .
The company has also received funding from existing investor Ronnie Screwvala-led Unilazer, it said in a statement.
It, however, did not disclose the details of the funding or the total amount it has raised till date.
The...
May 18th, 2016BHIVE Workspace, one of the well known brands in Bangalore’s startup ecosystem, has raised about $1 million in funding led by Blume Ventures. BHIVE Workspace is the largest co-working space in Bangalore catering to over 150+ ventures.
With this $1 million funding, BHIVE plans to expand strongly in Bangalore while also establishing...
May 18th, 2016Eyeing a larger market share, logistics solutions provider Rivigo is banking on drivers relay system for faster delivery of goods and is looking to take its trucking fleet to 3,000 this fiscal.
The firm, which has a fleet of 800 trucks, claims that based on its innovative drivers relay system, truck loads are delivered to Chennai from...
May 17th, 2016Tata Unistore, a Tata group business venture, today announced that its e-commerce platform, Tata CLiQ, will open to consumers from May 27 across its website, mobile site and mobile apps.
At the launch, Tata CLiQ will offer consumers a new shopping experience in apparel, electronics and footwear categories. Over the next few months,...
May 16th, 2016Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc revealed a more than $1 billion stake in Apple Inc, a rare foray into the technology sector that the billionaire has largely shunned, apart from a poorly performing investment in IBM.
Shares of Apple got a boost from the Berkshire imprimatur, rising more than 3 percent on Monday. Berkshire made...
May 16th, 2016An augmented reality-based education technology startup Smartivity, has raised about Rs 6.6 crore in a pre-Series-A round of funding led by publishing firm S Chand and early-stage investment firm AdvantEdge Partners.
The round also saw participation from Singapore-based fund CFG Offshore Holdings, Silicon Valley-based fund Tandem...
May 16th, 2016In a bid to protect the revenues of traditional telecom companies, Saudi Arabia has now blocked social networking giant Facebook's Messenger service.
Internet calling over WhatsApp and Viber were already blocked in Saudi Arabia but similar apps including Tango and Line are still available in the country.
Although the authorities...
May 15th, 2016With the launch of its internet-based radio station, Radio G, the G.D. Goenka University has given the students an opportunity to get trained in radio journalism.
The first broadcast featured an interview of Dr. Deependra Kumar Jha, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University. Congratulating the School of Communication on the launch, he...
May 14th, 2016This is a story of how a new medical adherence and management, TrackMyStack.com -- designed to help people manage their regimen for their health condition is helping patients quickly learn about alternatives for their treatment and discover other’s going through the exact same thing as them.
About 125,000 deaths occur annually in...
May 14th, 2016Founded in 2015 by three ex-Zoho employees Arvind Parthiban, Naveen Venkat, and Santhosh Kumar, Zarget has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from global venture capital firms Accel Partners and Matrix Partners, and angel investors such as Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshdesk.
The company launched its Zarget platform, a...
May 13th, 2016As per the mint report, Stayzilla has raised $13 million Series C funding from existing investors Matrix Partners and Nexus Ventures, according to documents filed with the Registrar of Companies.
In report the funding round of online aggregator of budget hotels split into three tranches of $8.8 million (Rs.58.5 crore), $1.9 million...