In relation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s start-up India initiative, the Maharashtra government has freed the State Innovation Council from its control, with a aim of creating it an independent body with the foremost objective to make Mumbai and Maharshtra the capital of startups. In this regard, the state cabinet

Salesfloor, a software-as-a-service(Saas) platform that permits consumers to shop online with their local store and associate, has closed a $ 3 million seed funding round led by BDC Capital It Venture Fund and London based angels Jamie True and Jon Claydon. “We call it People Powered Ecommerce,” said Salesfloor CEO

What are the worst possible scenarios while you are travelling in a cab? Rash driving, accidents, poor maintenance of the vehicle and the list goes on. What happens when all these travel issues get solved under one umbrella? Yes, we are talking about Zendrive, a startup that makes smartphone sensors

As a part of its agenda to turn some in-house startups into independent companies, Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of Mahindra Group is encouraging two of its in-house startups to raise external funds by the end of this year. According to the Economic Times, CP Gurnani, the CEO of Tech

Every other day, the papers and the web brings to me stories that glorify the wonder of start-ups. Start up culture seems to be like the sparkly celebration drinks that we all enjoy and taste off but are never really too sure of making a sustained favorite. Have you ever

We are all familiar with the conventional story lines where there is a plot, characters, and narration in a linear style. Our psyches are so conditioned that way that we have fixed ideas of how a story should be. But do stories always need to be close ended? Can there

Many education based startups are trying to come up with better learning strategies and delivery methods for more effective learning. KnowledgeXP is one among them, that is committed to making learning easier and more engaging for school students. Varun Kumar, former journalist of CNN IBN, and a graduate from Indian

Ratan Tata said his investments in start-ups are directed at providing goods and services to reach a large section of the population. The Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd acknowledged that these companies have higher valuations.”There are tremendous opportunities in reaching this population and the tasks are being undertaken by

Who said you need professional expertise or degrees to start your own business. The whole idea of a startup is identifying and understanding a lack, and build a product that overcomes that lack. This is exactly what two kids Abhijit Premji  (10) and Amarjit Premji (12) did when they started

Indian start ups have woken up to fresh funding. This roundup focuses on seed funding activity and comprises winners of the Ten Minute Million event which was hosted by the Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Bombay. Some of the firms that received funding at the Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 are: Ekart: Flipkart has