Saras Agarwal’s main agenda at a networking event early this year was to meet Zishaan Hayath, cofounder and chief executive of education technology startup Toppr. The associate vice-president at VenturEast, among India’s oldest venture capital firms, wasn’t looking to invest in Toppr but discuss startups Hayath had put his money into. “It was a general […]
Ratan Tata has joined the advisory board of venture capital firm IDG Ventures India as a senior advisor, third such move by Tata Sons’ chairman emeritus this year. IDG Ventures, which holds stakes in e-tailer Flipkart and online travel portal Yatra, has offices in Delhi and Bengaluru. Tata will be advising IDG Ventures India and […]
Munna – a simple man with a common name but worth emulating. Coming from humble origins and against all odds, Munna runs his Khwab Foundation with a lot of zest and enthusiasm an infectious ‘must-do’ attitude to uplift the status of the rural youth. We heard his speech in an event and thought why not […]
If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. – Rita Mae Brown App Launch Day It’s 10 o’clock in the morning of 13th august, 2015. The weather is surprisingly cool for Delhi. The Holidify App Launch is scheduled for noon, but the tech team is yet to arrive. Launching the app […]
I remember sitting in a tacky cafe in Chennai. It was February 2014 and I was meeting Akshat, one of my brother’s best friends since he was in town for the day. With a glint of excitement in his eyes, he leaned forward and said “I’ve been reading about this organization in South Africa using […]
US-based cab service provider Uber is planning to come up with its own mobile payment wallet in India, according to sources. It is planning to apply to RBI for the licence. At present, consumers can pay for Uber trips via Paytm wallet. It recently tied up with Airtel Money to facilitate payments via the latter’s […]
ixigo, India’s leading mobile travel search marketplace has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Square Hoot Hikes Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Rutogo, an inter-city cabs aggregator, for an undisclosed amount. As part of the deal, the Rutogo team will be joining ixigo to scale its fast-growing cabs app by building a […]
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E-commerce major Snapdeal has appointed former TaxiForSure CTO Amitava Ghosh as Vice President Engineering.
Ola cabs, led by Bhavesh Agarwal, which acquired TaxiForSure five months ago has come with a move to shut TaxiForSure as an independent brand in as many as 22 cities.
When we talk about science, the foremost thing that strikes our mind is its application towards the betterment of human life, (perhaps that’s what we have been brought up hearing) a life free of diseases, eradicate it from the roots, we have achieved enough and there’s still to achieve more. Ceragem, a Korea-based company, which […]
IndiGo, on Monday, shared on micro-blogging site Twitter, an excerpt of Mr Pantawane’s exceptional story which features in their in-house magazine for the month. Make sure you catch the inspirational story of Shrikant Pantawane,auto driver turned pilot, in this month’s Hello 6E! pic.twitter.com/09nirwwa0D — IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) June 15, 2015 Born and raised in Nagpur, Mr […]