Clik here to view.
There’s no reason to be pessimistic about a $14 trillion market- Alpesh...
Alpesh Patel is a deal maker at UKTI and the founding Principal of Praefinium Partners Ltd. UKTI is a key supporter of YourStory’s TechSparks and Alpesh was a part of a panel at the event which is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASSCOM announces Startup-in-residence program, invites applicants
National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM) announced the launch of the second phase of their 10,000 Startups program to boost the entrepreneurial landscape in India. It is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wharton graduate takes the leap in the Indian ed-tech market with blended...
Vishal Chopra holds an MBA in finance from Wharton School, Pennsylvania, and an MS in Computer Architecture from Purdue University. He has worked with IBM, New York, and Sun Microsystems, California,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lessons for Entrepreneurs from Three Charity Brands
I have three favorite charities that also happen to be my favorite nonprofit brands: Feeding America, Teach for America, and Nothing But Nets. The charities share some notable characteristics. They all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ABAF, a forum where angels loved to tread
Asian Business Angels Forum(ABAF) hosted by Mumbai Angels was the big news from Mumbai last week . With over 200 angels from across the world converging to assess opportunities present in Asia and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Ask your VC] Should startups meet with VCs early for feedback?
Can’t wait to chat with a VC? YourStory presents ‘Ask Your VC’– an opportunity for you to connect with a VC virtually, through a forum of questions and answers. You ask the question, we ‘connect’ you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ghana’s FastCashier ready to take on Paypal and Mint in Africa
As mobile and broadband penetration rally upwards at an exponential rate in Africa, personal finance software industry is ripe for disruption by upcoming startups. While most personal finance software...
View ArticleClik here to view.
InOpen raises strategic investment from Japanese education giant
InOpen Technologies, an Indian education company incubated in IIT Bombay, has raised a strategic investment and Series A round of equity capital from Japanese education giant Benesse Holdings. InOpen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Agile Startup: Quick and Dirty Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know
The body of knowledge on startups using the agile and lean methodology now includes the new addition Agile Startup, by Jeff Scheinrock & Matt Richter-Sand. Many challenges a startup can face have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
QuiCli: A clinic management solution that doctors might actually use
Software has found a space in almost every sector imaginable as the function it primarily performs- improving efficiency- is required everywhere. Be it a lawyer or an accountant or a teacher, everyone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lending banks a hand with Aadhaar
With increasing pressure from the government on wide implementation of the Aadhaar card, issued as an identity proof by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), banks have now started...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Addimon.com, the online jeweller that competes on price and variety
Check out Addimon.com, the latest name in the online jewellery market. Started by Sumit Sukhija and his wife Priyanka Hans, Addimon specializes in diamond jewellery and solitaires. While Sumit &...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FLAGMYOFFER: A new player in the location based services market
For some, the best part of shopping online is its convenience and for some, it is the special deals and discounts which online shopping offers. We find innumerable offers floating on the e-commerce...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RapidValue makes a case with its mobile service suite for field workforce...
RapidValue is one of the leaders from India providing end-to-end mobility solutions. It was founded in 2008 by Rajesh Padinjaremadam, Sirish Kosaraju and Rinish K N and has been taking leaps in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing MobileSparks 2013 – Thriving in the Mobile First Economy
The second edition of MobileSparks promises to bring to you all things mobile and more. We at YourStory are thrilled to announce MobileSparks 2013, scheduled to be held on 14 December 2013, at Royal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kano: A computer anyone can assemble, for coding and learning
In January, 2013, I met Yonatan Raz-Fridman, Co-founder and CEO of Kano Computing, in London. During our brief conversation, we discussed many things, but one thing that particularly stayed in my mind...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How three IITians launched Holidify to discover little known places
During their college days at IIT-Bombay, Kovid Kapoor, Rohit Shroff, and Prateek Chauhan were always on the lookout for weekend holiday destinations. Their friends too scouted for little known places...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Techie Tuesdays] Roundup – Techies who inspired us
We feel writing about interesting technologists is one of the best jobs in the world. In the last two months, we have profiled eight brilliant minds, some of whom were quite young, while some did not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hitachi acquires Prizm Payments – one of India’s fast growing payment...
Hitachi, the US$80+ billion Japanese engineering and electronics conglomerate has today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Prizm Payment Services Pvt Ltd., one of India’s fast...
View ArticleQuick Pitch by Anand Chandrasekaran of Mad Street Den at TechSparks 2013
Data optimization plays a big role in startups’ success and failure. Over the past few years we have been witnessing a lot of actions into big data space. Launched in earlier this year – Mad Street Den...
View Article