Cloud video production platform 90 Seconds today announced it has raised USD 7.5 million in Series A financing led by Sequoia India. The round was supported by SKY TV NZ, Airtree Ventures, Beenext and Fotolia.com (sold to Adobe for USD 860 million) and the founder of the platform Oleg Tscheltzoff, will accelerate 90 Seconds global […]
(ANI): Foreign travelers are very excited to visit India and explore the enriched and diverse cultures. As it is said “Atithi Devo Bhava” India takes care of its guests and their needs and provide them with the affordable transportation to delve into India. India is a soulful, soul-stirring country, overflowing with cultural treasures, spiritual wonder, […]
International Standards Organisation or ISO, established in 1947, is a non-government federation of national standards bodies from around 150 or so different countries. A standard is a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or compliances that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose. Usually, implementing […]
Flamboyant businessman Vijay Mallya will get $75 million (Rs 515 crore) from Diageo as part of an “agreement” for his exit from United Spirits, a company founded by his family and now run by the global liquor giant. Besides, Diageo has agreed that Mallya will have no “personal liability” to the UK-based company in relation […]
I recently caught up with SnapBizz co-founder, Yash Prakash to hear his amazing story of transitioning an idea originating in a corporation to a thriving startup. Act 1: The promising beginning When Qualcomm started its VentureFest intrapreneurship program back in 2006 (now called ImpaQt), it unlocked the floodgates of leadership, creativity, and innovation from […]
Northeast is an emerging destination for new ‘Startups’ from across the country and plans are there to provide ‘venture’ fund for new entrepreneurs, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said. Inaugurating the ‘Youth Connect’ programme organised by Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar College of University of Delhi, Singh said under the ‘Startup India, Standup India’ plan announced by […]
Info Edge Ltd has invested about $1.1 million (Rs 7.4 crore) in mobility-and cloud-based software developer Rare Media Company Pvt Ltd. The investment is expected to support Info Edge’s online realty business 99acres, which already uses Rare Media’s services for its sales staff. Founded in 2012 by Siddhartha Gupta, Delhi-based Rare Media’s field force tracking […]
Nalanda Capital, a Singapore-based public market-focused private equity style investment firm has increased its stakeholding in Mumbai-based Just Dial Ltd. Nalanda Capital has acquired 2.04 percent stake in the company for an estimated Rs 115-120 crore ($18 million) last week. it had also acquired some shares last month. ALSO READ: Big Startups Are Ready to […]
So finally the most awaited Start-Up India Event has ended, leaving a trail behind it to let other young entrepreneurs to walk under its light. Started with several Panels comprising of Secretaries, CEOs and Founders of various well fledged startups, the event was attented by around 1500 entrepreneurs. Organised at Vidhan Bhawan, New Delhi, it […]
Many people feel that they just aren’t smart enough to be an entrepreneur, yet there seems to be no convincing evidence that a high IQ is a prerequisite for this lifestyle. We all know of successful businesses started by first-time entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, and according to many sources, “street smarts” (experience) tends […]
India’s most respected and loved E-commerce site, Flipkart founded by two college friends who studied together at IIT-Delhi and worked together in Amazon. It’s revenue is estimated to be somewhere between $500 million to $1 billion, to create which it has had to pull in around $200 million in venture funding over four rounds till […]
There has been a huge boom in the number of delivery only restaurant model start-ups in the last 6 -12 months. Just to be sure, we know the definition being referred to – a food delivery company is the one who takes the customer order on its system and transfers it to a food production […]