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Startup Cricket League- An IPL for Startups in India

18Jul By AdityaNo Comments

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Startup Cricket League- An IPL for Startups in India

Startup Cricket League, SCL is India's first sporting event which is tailor made for startups to celebrate entrepreneurship and sportsmanship by taking a day off from their everyday problem solving trivium. Everyone loves a good game of cricket. We being Indians are exceptionally crazy about the sport. This craziness when combined with the frenzy and energy of the startup ecosystem gave birth to Startup Cricket League, IPL for Startups in India. The journey of a startup is all about the opportunities. SCL is a platform for Startups to pitch their ideas to the investors and mentors. It is also an expo for Startups to showcase their products to the hot shots of Startup Community and a bigger outreach for your product which it deserves. However, the most interesting highlight of the ev...

Apple Gears Up For Technology Integration With Cisco

14Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Apple Gears Up For Technology Integration With Cisco

Technology giant Apple is working on plans to facilitate integration of Ciscos Spark business collaboration service with iPhones in an effort to offer enterprise customers a better calling experience over Internet. Apple chief Tim Cook has said the company is making iOS devices to work better on Cisco technologies than any other mobile platform. "With iOS 10, we are making it easier to make and receive voice and video calls over IP(Internet Protocol). Now, Cisco Spark will integrate with iPhone for first-class calling experience. Its a seamless integration," Cook said in a video message at the Cisco Live Conference. Last year, Cisco had forged a strategic partnership with Apple, under which it optimised its network for iOS devices and apps, integrating iPhones with its solutions and ...

3 Indian Startups Making Their Way To The Silicon Valley

9Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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3 Indian Startups Making Their Way To The Silicon Valley

Y Combinators(YC) has inducted three of Indian Startups for the summer batch. It is fit the first time that a bunch of Indian startups have made their ways into Silicon Valley's one of most coveted accelerator programmes. The three startups that have been selected by YC are Innov8, a co-working space in CP, New Delhi, JustRide, a self-ride car rental app, and Meesho, an app for sellers on Whatsapp and Facebook. The accelerator will be investing $120,000 in startups for a 7% equity stake across two batches every year, and the programme is based out of its Mountain View headquarters. "Each of the founders from India in the current batch has personal experience with the problems they are solving, which gives them unique insights into the market they operate in. India is now only second...

Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit To Be Held In October

8Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit To Be Held In October

Gujarat government would be organising Vibrant Gujarat Start-Up Summit, a first of its kind event dedicated to the start-ups, on October 21 and 22 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar here, a senior official said. It would be in the run-up to the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to be held in January next year, said Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Mines, Arvind Agarwal. "To focus more on this sector, we have decided to organise a special summit for start-ups. This summit is for everyone who is interested in learning how to build and grow a business from ground up," said Agarwal at a press conference. It would be organised in association with FICCI and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI). The event will see participation of more than 3,500 delegates from across I...

Freecharge Ready To Compete With Paytm In Taxi Fare Payment

8Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Freecharge Ready To Compete With Paytm In Taxi Fare Payment

The taxi industry, with a potential of $7 billion to be reached by 2020( as predicted by SoftBank) has started sheltering e-payment besides cab hailing services. While everyone is familiar how Uber and Ola are striving to gain an upper hand in this sector, theres a silent battle brewing between the wallet and payment service providers Paytm (One97 Communication Pvt. Ltd) and Freecharge(owned by Snapdeal) to make the most of the taxi market. Paytm had already partnered with Uber, as it realized this great potential much before the Freecharge. It's already been accepted in many auto and taxi. Entering this market, Freecharge will enable cashless payments in at least 100,000 taxis by the end of this year. Freecharge claims to have on-boarded about 15,000 taxis already to accept cashless...

Paytm To Launch Its Payments Bank This Diwali

8Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Paytm To Launch Its Payments Bank This Diwali

Online recharge and e-commerce platform Paytm is investing Rs 350 crore in its payments bank arm, which is looking to start operations by Diwali this year, a company executive said. The capital will be primarily utilised to build the platform's technology infrastructure and physical branch presence in rural areas, chief executive of Paytm's payments bank Shinjini Kumar told TOI. "Our plans show this initial capital is adequate for rolling out a payments bank as we are not looking to open too many branches in one go. We have got separate solutions to address urban and rural consumers as both have different sets of challenges," Kumar said. Paytm will be using Infosys' Finacle platform fpr the payments of the bank. The company is right now working on partnerships with financial products suc...

Amazon Invests in 6 New Fulfilment Centres Ahead of Festivals

7Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Amazon Invests in 6 New Fulfilment Centres Ahead of Festivals

E-commerce major Amazon has invested in six new Fulfilment Centres (FCs) to meet growing requirements of its fast-increasing seller base in the country. The new FCs, to be set up in Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai, will bolster the companys presence in India ahead of the festive season, the company said in a statement today. With the launch of these new FCs, Amazon has a total area of 2.5 million square feet with a one-and-a-half times growth in storage capacity at 7.5 million cubic feet. An Amazon fulfilment centre serves as a modern, secure facility equipped with highly automated pick, pack and ship processes to facilitate safe and timely processing of orders. The company says it will keep investing in fulfilment and logistics capability to empower sellers. "It...

7Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

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GoDaddy Bets on Regional Languages For India Growth

US-based web hosting firm GoDaddy today said it will make its services available in three Indian languages -- Hindi, Marathi and Tamil -- to enable over 31 million small businesses (SMBs) to build their online presence. The NYSE-listed firm currently offers internet domain registration and web hosting services in the country in English. "India has 22 official languages and over 1,500 dialects. So, local languages certainly play a significant role," GoDaddy India and Australia Vice President and Managing Director Rajiv Sodhi said. The next wave of growth in internet usage is expected to come from tier II and III towns and with that millions of small businesses will also come online and leverage technology to drive business growth, he added. "Our strategy is led by a vision to develo...

5Jul By PriyankaNo Comments

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ShopClues Added 60 k Sellers in Fashion Segment

New Delhi, July 5: Creating a mammoth in consumer offerings, ShopClues has established itself as the ultimate online destination for fashion. India's first and largest managed marketplace is going the extra mile to grow its existence pan-India. The online aggregator has added 60,000 new sellers on its platform in this segment and will take this number to 1,50,000 by the end of the year. In order to meet the expectations of its shoppers, the marketplace is constantly infusing fresh flavor into the category with new and popular brands such as Wrangler, Puma, American Tourister, Lotto, and Maxima along with 250 others. "At ShopClues, we strive to provide the best products from all corners of the country at the most reasonable prices. We are increasingly looking at bolstering our market...

5Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Now Shop From The Official App Of ADIDAS!

German Multinational corporation, Adidas is planning to launch its official app by December in India. Adidas Group India is planning to drive customer engagement through content and loyalty programmes, and boost online sales. “Our engagement with consumers do not end in incremental sales or how many omni-channel stores are rolled out. Shopping is just a small fraction. For engaging, we are planning an app and a rewards programme for loyal customers to increase their engagement with the brand. Engagement is what we are headed to,” said Abhishek Lal, senior e-commerce director for Adidas Group in India. The company is said to launch separate apps for Adidas and its subsidiary Reebok India. Looking at the current market state, much of which is going online it may be a push towards streng...

Ex-Google, SAP Executives Launch Home Inspection Services ‘HomeInspeKtor’

5Jul By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Ex-Google, SAP Executives Launch Home Inspection Services ‘HomeInspeKtor’

Two former Google and SAP executives have joined hands to launch Home Inspection services in India and plan to expand the platform to North America, the UK, Singapore and the Middle-East. Phi Property Management Services (PPMS), that performs independent third party end-to end pre-delivery checks - inspection services in the Real Estate domain - has launched operations under the brand name "HomeInspeKtor" in Bengaluru with plans for other cities to follow. "Home Inspection service is a limited, non-invasive examination of the condition of a home/apartment/villa in connection with the sale/renting of that property," company's Chairman and COO B R Nagaraj said. As a first step, PPMS has partnered InterNACHI (the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors) in setting up the I...

Bengaluru Metro Will Now Be The Refuge Of Startups!

4Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Bengaluru Metro Will Now Be The Refuge Of Startups!

Finally, a good news for the entrepreneurs of Bengaluru, If you are founding a Tech based startup and are looking for a not too expensive office, Bangalore Metro is just the right place! The Bangalore Metro Rail Authority is inviting emerging businesses to set-up their offices in five of its stations, following the success of 'Rsmakerspace', Workbench Projects, that opened at the Halasuru station in February 2015. "It is not like Workbench Projects, which is renting out space (at the Halasuru metro station) on a monthly basis. These (startup) outlets will be proper offices." BMRCL currently has 31 operating metro stations from Baiyappanahalli to Mysuru Road and from Nagasandra to Sampige Road. Startups can bid for 31 office spaces of 100 sqft to 4,000 sqft at the Byappanahalli, Swam...