India

Student Deal Startup, BigDeal, Secures Investment From EVC Ventures
With an eye on Student Spending In its Pre-Series A round of funding, student deal startup, BigDeal, has raised around $100,000 from EVC Ventures. Anil Jain, Managing Partner associated with EVC, led the round. The Delhi-based startup is now looking at expanding their operations. So What’s The BigDeal? In 2015,

Amazon Starts Prime Service For Delivery In India
Making Amazon Fans Happy! Recently, the popular startup in the E-commerce business, Amazon launches its Prime membership program in India. Advantages of Prime With Prime, Indian customers in over 100 cities are sure to get benefit. They can now enjoy the unlimited free one-day and two-day delivery on lakhs of

Babajob Announces an Opening for ‘Pokemon Catcher’
Playing Games can make you Mint Money! What is PokemonGo? For you, it must have all started with playing a game. However, had you ever thought that you can turn into a professional Pokemon Hunter? PokemonGo is an augmented reality game that can be played on smartphones with players obsessively

First Myntra, Now Jabong- Flipkart Takes Them All
Jabong Gets Acquired Flipkart has acquired yet another fashion e-tailer, Jabong, from Global Fashion Group for $70 Mn. Flipkart, which had earlier acquired Myntra in 2014, has made a significant mark in consolidating the e-commerce market in India. With this acquisition, Flipkart now stands to attract 15 million combined active

Oye Happy: Startup Specializes in Sending Letters to the Indian Army
Meant to Serve the Indian Army! Oye Happy: Full of Surprises! This new Hyderabad-based startup is making all of us proud. Oye Happy specializes in providing surprises. One of its services includes personally sending customized letters to the Indian soldiers at the Indo-Pak border on Independence Day by trekking the

Conversation with Kanika Subbiah, Founder, Wedding Wishlist
No More Irrelevant, passed-on Marriage Gifts Chennai-based Wedding Wishlist is a first-of-its kind wedding gift registry service where the bride and groom can make a wishlist of what gifts they would like, and they can also select a price range for those gifts. This ensures that the guests don’t end

Tinder Launches “Tinder Social” To Let People Date in Groups
Going far beyond its typical Dating tool Popular dating platform, Tinder, has created a unique way to hang out with new people beside friends. In the past, this platform introduced as a revolutionary approach for dating. Tinder recently launched its very new feature, i.e. Tinder Social. Why use “Tinder Social”?

Bengaluru-based Treebo Hotels Raise $16.7 Mn in Funding
Providing affordable rooms! Treebo Hotels is a Bengaluru-based startup that has raised about $16.7 Mn in its Series B funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments (BII). It was also joined in funding by its existing investors- SAIF Partners and Matrix Partners India. About Treebo Sidharth Gupta, Rahul Chaudhary, and

Wiwigo Brings Inter-City Taxi Service; Raises Funds
Tapping Into The Untapped Market Delhi-based inter-city taxi service, Wiwigo, has raised INR 4 crore in its latest round of funding from Indian Angel Network and two HNIs. The round was led by Priyank Shankar Garg and Harsh Chitale, two IAN investors. Garg is also set to join the company’s

Bengaluru-based Dog Food Startup, Dogsee Chew, Takes To Angel Funding
Dog Lovers Invest In The Startup Bengaluru-based dog food startup, Dogsee Chew, has raised an angel funding of INR 2 crore. The funding round was led by Delhi-based Renu Balyan, an angel investor and an avid dog lover. Jyotsna Bapat, the associate Professor at IIIT Bangalore, has also invested in