startups

Startup Indigo Aims to Give Rise to Magic Seeds
Indigo, a Cambridge-Massachusetts based startup is claiming that the communities of bacteria living in healthy plants might be the solution to heighten crop yields. Indigo, which was initially known by the name Symbiota has announced that it is currently focusing on developing microbe-based treatments of plants which involves the study

IBM Embarks Upon Acquisition of Truven Health Analytics
International Business Machines or IBM recently announced that it plans on the acquisition of Truven health analytics, which is a healthcare data and analytics provider. The acquisition is planned for $ 2.6 billion. Truven is about to complete its fourth year the in healthcare sector in 2016. IBM, nicknamed as Big Blue, owing

Payleven, The Mobile Payments Startup Raises More Funds
Payleven, a mobile payments startup which came to life in 2012 at Berlin Rocket Internet has certainly come a long way. Today, the company is about to announce a Series D round. The hot news is that Payleven has managed to raise $10 million growth round from a handful of

Legistify, an Online Legal Services Startup Raises Funds
The online legal services startup Legistify, which is led by the MD RanjitSingh has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The company aims to channel the fund towards team expansion and promoting their products and services in the market. Product development too, is high on the list. The firm was

Startups To Partner With Wall Street Firms Rather Instead Of Crushing Them
A revolution has taken over the financial technology or fintech industry and it is certainly grabbing the attention of big banks. Though it is the usual practice of fintech industries like financial planning startups and robo-advisors to crush their traditional counterparts, that trend has apparently changed. This is because of

Asian Startups That Are Actually Making A Huge Difference
Startups– startups are everywhere, but how many do actually click? Well, these are the startups whose million dollar idea has made that huge impact. SpiderG SpiderG, a Pune based startup is an e-invoicing app, and acts a s a platform for businesses by enabling electronic transaction with vendors, suppliers and

Up Close With K Srikrishna—Serial Entrepreneur
In an interview with K Srikrishna, a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor, he spoke about the various aspects of entrepreneurship. According to him, while tax breaks and money help the entrepreneurs so much, finding the appropriate customers or the target audience is the most difficult part. The first questions

Startups Promising Cash For Weddings Depend On Crowdfunding Platform, Angers Couples
In December, the news went under fire as a startup in Seattle would provide the wedding couples loans for their weddings, where some of the couples received $ 10,000 reward for their wedding expenses with no agreement to pay it back for the time period the couple stays together. And

Five Startup Presumptions-Budget 2016
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will open the budget for this year in about two weeks. The prediction is real in the startup community, as it comes close to the Startup India action plan announcement. If the startup India action plan set the way on what government should do and should

Startup Plan Could Trigger Employment Generation
In the search for expansion, our economy has gained the doubtful distinction of having the highest number of unemployment, inspite of the fact that it is the fastest growing in the world. India is facing one of the biggest challenge in creating and providing employment opportunities to the young and