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Delhi’s Connaught Place is World’s 7th Costliest Office Destination

15Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Delhi’s Connaught Place is World’s 7th Costliest Office Destination

Delhi's Connaught Place has slipped one notch to become the world's seventh most costliest office destination, according to property consultant CBRE. Mumbai's BandraKurla Complex (BKC) is at the 19th position and Nariman Point at 34th, according to CBRE Research Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs bi-annual survey. "With annual occupancy cost of USD 149.71 per sq ft, New Delhi's Central Business District (CBD) of Connaught Place ranks as the seventh most expensive prime office market in the world," CBRE said in a statement. Hong Kong (Central) became the highest-priced office market with an overall prime occupancy cost of USD 290 per sq ft per annum, followed by London-Central (West End) with an annual occupancy cost of USD 262.29. Beijing (Finance Street), Beijing (Central Busines...

Mumbai Based OrderZapp Goes Eco-Friendly; Starts Electric Bikes Delivery

5Jun By PriyankaNo Comments

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Mumbai Based OrderZapp Goes Eco-Friendly; Starts Electric Bikes Delivery

OrderZapp, a recently launched app which offers traditional snacks across Mumbai is taking multiple initiatives to support environmental causes and concerns. The company will initiate its delivering via electric bikes across Mumbai. The idea behind using electric bikes is not limited to support only the environment, but it also helps the start-up manage its operational costs. By taking this step, the company will provide vehicles to the delivery boys, who will now not have to use their own bikes. Along with this, OrderZapp also kick starts tree plantations drive in the drought struck areas of Maharashtra. The drive which begins from Sunday will go on across the months of monsoons. "We are very glad to implement these environment friendly initiatives in our organization. These ...

What Happens When Your AC Breaks Down in This Scorching Heat? You Call Them

2May By NitishNo Comments

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What Happens When Your AC Breaks Down in This Scorching Heat? You Call Them

The sun is blazing outside and the heat is unbearable. What happens when your AC decides to ditch you and breakdown in this scorching heat? What do you do in this situation? Scrambling for local directories to find AC repair services near your home is an obvious choice. But then, how reliable are the services or how trustworthy will the professionals turn out to be? Or, how soon will they come to your doorstep for the repair? These are some of the common questions that surface when we need professionals to manage our everyday household requirements. Enter ProHandz – Home Services. It is a 360-degree solution that offers 60+ professional services that include but are not limited to – Home Interiors, Home Exteriors, Home Maintenance, Celebrations, Training, Gadget maintenance, Automobile...

Online Furniture Company ‘Furlenco’ Starts Operations in Pune

5Apr By AnkitaNo Comments

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Online Furniture Company ‘Furlenco’ Starts Operations in Pune

Furlenco, India's first online furniture rental company has partnered with Uber to introduce UberPLAY in Pune. Under the move, Furlenco will be furnishing a premium range of Uber cars on the city roads with LED screens, recliners, and your very own drinks cooler so that the customers can catch all the action while on-the-move.! After beautifying 5000+ homes in Bangalore and Mumbai, the company has rolled out its range of awe-inspiring furniture packages to transform the living experiences of Pune residents. The customers can now get their hands on premium home furniture without having to invest heavily on buying it. They can place their orders online at Furlenco and get free doorstep delivery and installations within a week itself. Commenting on the launch, Founder and CEO Furlenc...

26Feb By Sonia MotwaniNo Comments

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From Bootstrapping to Generating 100cr in Revenue, The Story of Mirraw

Shailesh Jain was in the US for his first job when he wanted to buy a saree, but it was not available there. He bumped into his friend Anup Nair and started to discuss the concern with him. And at the end of the conversation, they found a problem to solve! “I and Anup always had the entrepreneurial bug, and after realizing the potential in the market, we decided to come to back to the country and start-up,” says the Computer Technology engineer from VJIT. Our culture is deeply rooted with our parents. And Mirraw is looking to bring all that to you. With over 3 lac listed products, 3 million and counting customers worldwide, their mission is to bring world's best ethnic designs to your doorstep. Based out of Fort, Mumbai, Mirraw brings handpicked designs in ethnic jewellery, apparels, and...

With 10,000 Orders Per day, TaskBob Raised $4 million From Ivy Cap Ventures

22Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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With 10,000 Orders Per day, TaskBob Raised $4 million From Ivy Cap Ventures

February 22, 2016: TaskBob, a Mumbai-based Home services provider startup has raised Rs28 crore ($4 million) from Ivy Cap Ventures and existing investors Orios and Mayfield, according to a report in The Economic Times. Taskbob will use this fund to expand into other cities and boost growth. This is the first investment in the home services space by IvyCap Ventures’. “What we have done in Mumbai is to understand the backend and creating a playbook. The idea is to replicate this playbook across top four-five cities in one and a half years and reach 10,000 orders per day,” said Aseem Khare, CEO of Taskbob. “In Mumbai we want to be profitable at the unit level in the next one and a half years,” he added. Taskbob, which provides pre-screened service persons across a range of home se...

5nance Solving Money Problems of 98% Indians

12Feb By Sonia MotwaniNo Comments

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5nance Solving Money Problems of 98% Indians

Less than 2% of the Indians know where to invest, and the rest need guidance and advisory support to plan their financials. While Dinesh Rohira was working at Microsoft, he had conceptualized and delivered an online platform for distribution of all investment products. “This triggered the idea of financial planning to be provided via a technology platform that can address the masses (the 98%) who don’t know much about investments,” says the founder Dinesh. He started up 5nance.com with Ajay Arjit Singh to solve the problem of money management. All our personal experiences and financial decisions are taken basis an excel sheet. It becomes the most enabling factor towards all our personal finances. The same was experienced by the founders which made them start a Proactive Money Management ...

Mumbai Based Startup Truce Raises $370,000 From Inmobi and Snapdeal Founders

28Jan By No Comments

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Mumbai Based Startup Truce Raises $370,000 From Inmobi and Snapdeal Founders

Mumbai based Startup Truce, which runs a fresh farm vegetables and fruits supply chain venture has raised 2.5 Crores ($370,000) angel funding from the founders of Inmobi and Snapdeal. Truce co-founder Saurabh Jain confirmed that the firm has raised funding but did not talk on about the details. The founders who invested are Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal, co-founders), Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com, founder), Amit Gupta (InMobi, co-founder), Utsav Somani and Neeraj Goenka of Mumbai Angels besides Farooq Adam Mukadam of Shopsense Retail Technologies were among the group of investors. Truce was launched last year by Kedar Gokhale and Jain. Gokhale, an alumnus of IIT Bombay. Truce procures fruits and vegetables from farmers across Maharashtra and sells them to mid-large sized restau...

Parth Patel – An IITian behind birth of Carpooling idea in Mumbai

3Jan By sharadNo Comments

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Parth Patel – An IITian behind birth of Carpooling idea in Mumbai

About Parth Patel and the reason behind this idea? Hi, I'm Parth Patel, co-founder of Zupp - an intra-city carpooling mobile app for daily office commute. In 2011, after graduating from IIT Delhi, I joined EY in Mumbai. Since I was accustomed to a hassle-free campus life, the menace of daily commute in Mumbai caught me unawares. At first, my good landlord allowed me to use his car for daily office commute, as his kids were all settled abroad and the car was just catching dust. I drove to office for first couple of days, but found it harder each day to find a parking spot. Eventually I was forced to shun the idea of taking my own car and instead started hailing taxis. I traveled daily from my home in Bandra West to the EY office in Dadar West. I had to wait for at least 15 mins before ...

Sab Kuch Aasaan Hai For People Living in Andheri Region of Mumbai

16Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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Sab Kuch Aasaan Hai For People Living in Andheri Region of Mumbai

AASAAN, is a mobile-based chat platform, where the user sends in their enquiry about anything they may require in the form of a chat message. He then receives a response within 90 seconds about the possible delivery options, and the price quote of the service and product they desire. Once the user confirms the order, the team places the order with their affiliated vendor’s and use their logistic team to collect the order and deliver the product at the user’s doorstep. The company acts like the middle men between the user and the vendor. What makes it different from its competitor is the fact that it does not impose any delivery charges on any order (even if the order is just for a éclair). This is because the company’s desire is just to serve its customer and target the masses. Another ...