JFDI.Asia startup Tribehired raises US $ 560k in a funding round led by TNF...
Tribehired.com, a Malaysian social recruitment website founded by Devan Singaram, announced that it has closed around $ 560K of seed funding. This round was led by TNF Ventures (TNF) through the...
View ArticleYourStory announces Startup Jobs Fair, come to find your dream job, 27th...
In your professional career, you are always presented with two choices – one, is to take the safe route, join a big company and climb the ranks of the company, picking up more qualifications along the...
View Article[Pune Startup Pulse] Marketing lessons from a community initiative
This article is a part of The Pune Startup Pulse. Please take the survey to contribute. Nilesh Bhojani and Unmana Datta are the founders of Markitty, an online marketing company. Involving himself in...
View ArticleHusband-wife duo startup Yaasna, a silver jewellery e-store
eCommerce companies are trying every trick in the book to set themselves apart from the crowd. It maybe name for some, for some it’s faster delivery, some have a better user-interface, while others...
View Article“Indian e-commerce industry is for the bravehearted,” Vani Kola on the sector...
As MD of Kalaari Capital, a venture fund which has investments like Myntra, Zivame, Snapdeal and Urban Ladder it its portfolio, Vani Kola reveals a not so rosy picture about the state of funding of...
View ArticleEchoes of Entrepreneurship Ring Loud at CII’s Conference
Last Saturday, the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), Southern region organized a conference on ‘Entrepreneurs – catalysts of Growth’, as a part the annual regional meeting. Union Minister Dr. D...
View ArticleColimetrics launches KeyMails- a tool that claims to sort out the email mess
In this age of email deluge, you’ll hardly find anyone who doesn’t complain about managing eMails. We forget replying to mails, prioritizing is an issue and many a times, there’s not just enough...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] Simple Living, High Thinking – Sathyajith Bhat
To be fair, most people we have profiled on Techie Tuesdays in the past have been gifted individuals. Most had access to a computer and have been coding since a very young age. Their level of...
View ArticleDesigning For Power Users (Part 2)
Last week, I wrote about the tradeoffs that are needed when products “grow up”. Basically, after your product has gather its initial set of (hopefully loyal) users, you will have a choice of whether to...
View Articlemydala.com Partners Vodafone in its My Delights Programme
Online deals website, mydala.com today announced its partnership with leading telecom operator Vodafone. Established in the year 2009, mydala offers deals and discounts on stuff to do, see, eat and buy...
View ArticleYourStory’s Inaugural Bootcamp Shakes Up Delhi NCR Startup Ecosystem
Soumitra Sharma talking at YourStory VC Bootcamp YourStory’s inaugural Bootcamp was held in IIT Delhi last Saturday and it reaffirmed our belief in the Delhi NCR startup ecosystem. A rocking affair,...
View ArticleHave you read the BoxMyTalk “Social Quotient of ecommerce brands” report yet?
BoxMyTalk a social media SaaS product in private beta has recently launched the “Social Quotient of e-commerce brands” report. This report has been created on the social interaction data of around 100...
View ArticleWipro and IAMAI release report, Predict MVAS Market in India to Grow to US...
Wipro Technologies and The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), in a joint research report predict that the Indian MVAS market will grow at a CAGR of 25% between 2012 and 2015 to reach US...
View Article[YS Learn] LBS building blocks: Global Positioning System (GPS)
Decoding location based services. Image courtesy: enormlabs This is part of an educational series on the location based services domain. Through this series, we will explore features of Maps and...
View ArticleNews Syndication Tool Qrius to Distribute Blog Content
As reading habits move from print to online in India, news syndication tools will become popular. And the increasingly prevalence of social networks makes them an important avenue to consume news....
View ArticlePE Activity for the Week ended 24 March, 2013
During the week ended 24 March, 2013, there were nine PE/VC deals worth $231.9mn compared to five deals worth $40.7mn in the previous week. The year 2013 has so far aggregated $830.3mn of PE...
View ArticleChauka, a Cricinfo for amateur cricket; Even ‘galli cricketers’ can have a...
Manoj Iragavarapu Cricket is the national sport of India… Err… or perhaps hockey, but cricket is beyond the status of a sport in India. As they call it, it’s a religion. And it was surprising in a way...
View Article7 Metrics to track to attain App Nirvana
Mobile is huge and apps are the talk of the town. With debates galore, everyone seems to have an opinion about what works with apps. Here, we hear from the horse’s mouth- Sarang Lakare’s IntouchApp is...
View ArticleOfficeYes – The Stationery Shop Near You
Put two Malayalees in a room and they will discuss politics and football very passionately. But put two Marwadis in a room and all they will talk about is business. While natives of Kerala are...
View ArticleCould Rainmaker’s traction spur e-learning businesses in India?
Education is touted as one of those sectors that will garner a large number of profitable startups in India. Just out of the sheer number of the target audience out there, acquiring even a small...
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