How is E-commerce in Sri Lanka different? Learn from Reeza Zarook, Founder,...
Anything.lk is a 25 months old e-commerce venture based out of Colombo. Just as the name suggests, they aim to be the online destination for everything under the sun. Currently, the site has done over...
View ArticleMaking videos for the startup world, Laputa Media
As we become a very picture and video world, we have increased need for pictures and videos. The mobile phone camera was the most liberating piece of equipment made, that helped everyone on street to...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] Mayur Pipaliya – from cracker to hacker
The best police officer should have once been a thief. It would give him or her an inside understanding of how a thief thinks, thereby giving the police and edge over the thief. Similarly, if you’re in...
View ArticleGurgaon based TheShoppingPro raises angel round from a group of serial...
Gurgaon based Intelligent Shoppro Pvt Ltd, which creates innovative shopping solutions under the brand TheShoppingPro.com, has raised INR 22 Lakh in angel investment from serial entrepreneurs Gaurav...
View ArticleHow helping out his girlfriend led Nibhrant Shah to startup Themis
Themis was started to help companies focus on their core business by managing all their back end functions. It helps companies set up their system and processes so that they can perform efficiently...
View ArticleAn outlet for a girl’s desire to flaunt: Chai and Cheese
Chai and Cheese is an interesting portal which brings together two very basic human instincts- showing off and curiosity. Some might call it a bit shallow but since when has internet become partial?...
View ArticleEnabling smooth Doctor – Patient connect in Singapore, DocDoc
Singapore based DocDoc is an online platform that enables patients to search and book doctor appointments, at no cost. We caught up with Co-founder Grace Park on starting up the company, its challenges...
View ArticleMumbai based LocalBanya raises investment from BCCL’s Springboard fund
LocalBanya.com, Mumbai’s online grocery supermarket, has raised an undisclosed investment as part of BCCL’S Springboard fund. LocalBanya was founded in the later half of 2012 by Karan Mehrotra, Amit...
View ArticleThree stories of getting customers – an experience report
The first year of a start-up life is funny. Especially to those who look back from its third year. I am in that position right now and I have some stories to share with you. In the first year, there is...
View Article[Update] Power2SME Raises USD 6 Million in Series B Funding
Founded by R. Narayan in 2011, Power2SME is a group buying site targeted at small and medium enterprises. The company today announced that it has raised USD 6 million in Series B funding from their...
View ArticleDravida Productions, a production house that makes short films through crowd...
Creative people have been entrepreneurs in their own way, by pursing their creative dream and taking efforts to make their dream a reality. One reason is because you don’t find many pure play creative...
View Article‘What after ecommerce?’– the Giftxoxo story
Despite the number of players in the gifting space, I think it is safe to say that Gifting as a vertical is still in its early days. You would first need a mature ecommerce industry and that would...
View ArticleTo be at the centre of the creative process
Hilton’s grand ballroom is full, and Srihari is on the stage, with a colourful backdrop of Adobe. “We are here in Chennai to brief creative professionals in the city on Adobe’s latest offering – Adobe...
View ArticleIntroducing TechSparks Chennai 2013 speaker: Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder,...
TechSparks is the flagship event of YourStory that is a recognition platform for technology product startups in India. In its 4th edition now, TechSparks is a multi city event which is now coming to...
View ArticleNo matter which way the wind blows, if you want to sail, try Aquasail
Starting up is an experiment for some, a habit — for the serial entrepreneur types and for some it’s a passion. All the stories that we have written over the years, have documented the various reasons...
View ArticleEduStars – The Platform to Recognize and Showcase Education Startups in India...
Education industry is one of the fastest developing sector worldwide. The global education industry is the 2nd largest after healthcare. Indian education market is predicted to be $110 billion by FY15....
View ArticleTata Elxsi incub@TE program enrolls its first startup
Later last year, Tata Elxsi, an Indian design company planned to incubate 4-5 startups. In an announcement today, it has signed on “Big V Telecom” for incub@TE. Big V is an emerging tech start-up that...
View ArticleHouse hunt made easy by HouseinCity
Few years back most of the stories we wrote was eCommerce ventures and now we see a similar trend happening with real estate. There are already many in the market like CommonFloor, Housing.co.in and...
View ArticleBlue Bus Tees raises capital from Deesan Group
Pranav Kapur and Abhir Khanna and founded Blue Bus Tees back in 2009 with a focus on tee shirts having witty slogans. The firm has been chugging along and in an announcement today, they have raised...
View ArticleIn pursuit of ‘productizing’ the Big Data space, Affine Analytics
Big Data comes to the top of the mind whenever anyone mentions of the buzz words in the startup space. There’s no doubt that the sector has received a lot of hype it is also justified to an extent. The...
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