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Startup Investment Firm K2 Global to Invest More in Paytm, Saavn

9Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Startup Investment Firm K2 Global to Invest More in Paytm, Saavn

Start-up investment firm K2 Global, backed by Indian and Asian billionaires, is looking to increase its stake in online mobile applications Paytm and Saavn, which are among start-ups with strong growth market strategies in India. "We are looking to invest more in Paytm and Saavn," said the Singapore-based investor Ozi Amanant, who leads K2 Global backed by Indian and Asian billionaires, institutional investors and family wealth management offices. K2 Global, which has built up stakes in Paytm and Saavn over in about two years, is raising another round of 284 million Singapore dollars, following on to the recently closed 257 million Singapore dollars . "We have a target to raise 1 billion Singapore dollars in the next two years for investments," Amanat said. K2 Global has pledge...

Google Acquires Data Science Startup Kaggle in a Boost to Data Play

9Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Google Acquires Data Science Startup Kaggle in a Boost to Data Play

Technology giant Google has announced the acquisition of Kaggle, a start-up that hosts a number of data scientists, for an undisclosed amount at the Cloud Next 2017 conference. "Kaggle is going to maintain independent brand for a while... what Kaggle has contributed to the community is democratisation of data, developer community... partnership with Kaggle is going to be very positive for us," said Chief Scientist Google Cloud (artificial intelligence and machine learning) Fei Fei Li here. Founded in 2010, Kaggle is home to the worlds largest community of data scientists and machine-learning enthusiasts.More than 8 lakh data experts use Kaggle to explore, analyse and understand the latest updates in machine learning and data analytics. "We are providing them best technology to tak...

Google India Announces Launch of SMB Heroes Programme

8Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Google India Announces Launch of SMB Heroes Programme

After launching Digital Unlocked, a training programme to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) go digital, Google India today announced the launch of SMB Heroes, a nation-wide programme designed to recognise SMBs that have embraced digital platform to grow their business. A nation-wide programme SMB Heroes will comprise three categories -- Business Innovation through Digital, Impacting Change through Digital and Woman Business Leader, Kevin OKane, Managing Director, Google Marketing Solutions- Asia Pacific, told reporters here. Google today launched Digital Unlocked programme here. Since its launch in January this year, Google has hosted Digital Unlocked workshops in five cities across the country and trained over 4,000 businesses across the offline and online training. Startin...

When Life is as Busy as a Bee, Two Boys From Aligarh Bring The Taste at Your Doorstep

6Mar By NitishNo Comments

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When Life is as Busy as a Bee, Two Boys From Aligarh Bring The Taste at Your Doorstep

Bringing to you something that holds equal stature in Agra as Taj Mahal In the government-led contest “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat”, a winner had suggested the idea of uniting India by the virtue of exchanging cultural knowledge between different states. A nation where food is considered as a reflection of the culture, one cannot agree more that exchanging food delicacies is one of the efficacious manners of bridging our differences. On similar lines, one can find the real essence of our platform Dilocious.com which sources sweets, savouries, dry fruits, tea and coffee from across the country and deliver them to its clientele. With the continuum of field research, we present an immense diversity of items, ranging from taste budding Sund Panjeeri of Kashmir to crisp Banana Chips of Kany...

Alibaba, SAIF Partners to Invest $200 Million in Paytm E-commerce Platform

3Mar By AnkitaNo Comments

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Alibaba, SAIF Partners to Invest $200 Million in Paytm E-commerce Platform

Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba, along with investment firm SAIF Partners, will pump in USD 200 million in Paytm's online marketplace unit. Alibaba Singapore E-Commerce Pvt Ltd will invest USD 177 million in Paytm E-Commerce Pvt Ltd, the demerged unit of digital payments company, One 97 Communications that operates under Paytm brand. The remaining amount will come from SAIF, an early investor in One 97, according to a filing with the Registrar of Companies. Post the investment, Alibaba Singapore E-Commerce will have a shareholding of 36.31 percent, while SAIF Partners India will own 4.66 percent in Paytm E-Commerce. Paytm declined to comment on the matter. This deal is expected to pave the way for the much-awaited entry of Alibaba into India, where the Chinese firm will go head-to-h...

2Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Soon, Aadhaar Will Be Mandatory For Booking Indian Train Tickets Online

The Railways will soon move towards Aadhaar-based online ticketing system to prevent touts from blocking a bulk of tickets, end fraudulent bookings and curb cases of impersonation. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train tickets from April 1. A three-month trial run for this is going on. As per the new business plan 2017-18, unveiled by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today, besides the Aadhaar-based ticketing system, the Railways will move towards cashless ticketing system by installing 6,000 point-of-sale machines and 1,000 automatic ticket vending machines across the country. An integrated ticketing app will also be launched by May to promote cashless transaction. "Aadhaar number will be required for one-time registration at the I...

28Feb By PriyankaNo Comments

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Hiring Platform Belong Raises $10 Million in a Series B Funding By Sequoia India

Predictive outbound hiring platform provider Belong today announced it has raised USD 10 million in a Series B funding (second strategic round) led by Sequoia Capital India. Existing investor Matrix Partners India also participated in the round and the company said it will use the funds to accelerate product development, expand sales and support operations, and hire new talent across engineering, data science, enterprise sales and customer success. Gautam Mago, Managing Director at Sequoia Capital India Advisors, has joined the Belong Board of Directors, which includes Tarun Davda, Managing Director at Matrix Partners India, and Raju Reddy, Founder and ex-CEO of Sierra Atlantic. Founded in 2014, Belong provides outbound hiring Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to industry leaders...

GETMYUNI- A Platform For Students to Find Right Path of Career

28Feb By NitishNo Comments

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GETMYUNI- A Platform For Students to Find Right Path of Career

Choosing a career path (or changing one) is very important, but for most of us it had become confusing and anxiety-riddled experience. Choosing a career can be difficult, you may be unsure of what is truly right for you. Maybe you question whether you're passionate about your career choice, or whether your passion is career-worthy. It is important to consider what education you already have or will have as you begin pursuing a career. Choosing a college is one of the most important decision you will ever make. GETMYUNI a platform which is helping students to find right college, help students in making the right decisions and also helps them to carry out that decision effectively. Students can review colleges, courses and universities and also study on the same site. It is an online ...

28Feb By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

Couponhaat Receives Pre-Series A Funding From a Private European Investor

New Delhi, February 28, 2016: Couponhaat, a Delhi based start-up and India's leading e-commerce company which provides best coupons and deals for online shoppers receives funding from a private European Investor. The undisclosed amount of funding is Couponhaat’s first Pre-Series A funding. Axel Wawrina, an investor based out of Europe has invested in the company. The fund-raising drive is in sync with its expansion plans and increasing the team size with an aim to achieve more milestones. Since the time of its very inception in the month of April 2015, Couponhaat has managed to cater to the growing demands of its huge consumer-base for best discounted coupons and deals by being self-funded so far. Couponhaat has raised its graph tremendously and attracted over 1 million hits on the websi...

2017 to Be a Better Year For Indian Startups: Qualcomm Ventures

27Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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2017 to Be a Better Year For Indian Startups: Qualcomm Ventures

Qualcomm Ventures, the venture investment arm of US-based chip maker Qualcomm Inc which has a USD 150 million India-focused fund, expects 2017 to be a better year for the startup ecosystem, especially early stage companies. "2016 was the hardest year, and that is behind us. 2017 will be a better year. There was a crunch in investment dollars, especially Series C and Series D investments," Varsha Tagare, senior director, Qualcomm Ventures India told Pixr8. "Funding in early stage is not gone down, but there is more selective funding. What is needed is more well-defined companies after the early stage," she said. The USD 150 million fund will be our only funding vehicle for the venture firm, she said. She pointed out that the ecosystem in India is quite mature, as there are several ...

Reliance Clarifies No plans to Launch App Based Taxi Service

25Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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Reliance Clarifies No plans to Launch App Based Taxi Service

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has no plans to launch an app-based taxi service as the company sees no logic in diversifying into unrelated sectors. It has been speculated for months that Reliance Jio, the company's telecom venture that has created ripples by signing up 100 million customers in just 170 days of launch, will soon launch a taxi service. The company had not commented on the speculations so far but took to the Twitter to deny the foray after an online publication stated that Jio has ordered some 600 cars to "kickstart" the service. A Reliance spokesperson tweeted that the report is "WRONG and DENIED". The company has no plans to get into unrelated diversification , another official explained. Reliance Jio had earlier this week announced a strategic ...

4 Proven Tips to Consider for Your Content Marketing Strategy

24Feb By No Comments

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4 Proven Tips to Consider for Your Content Marketing Strategy

Do you know that at least 70 percent of B2B marketers will create more content in 2017 compared to 2016? And now in 2020, 84 percent of B2B marketers will outsource their content creation. While more marketers than ever are embracing content marketing, a much smaller number of them are seeing tangible results research shows that just 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful. Creating more content is usually always a good thing, but successful content marketers know that it takes more than just creating more content to get results from content marketing. Below are four tips guaranteed to make your content marketing much more effective: Publish A LOT MORE Content One of the factors you need to consider when working on your content strat...