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Mahindra Holidays Gains 12% Stakes in Giftxoxo & Frogo
Mahindra Holidays to expand its reach! The new acquisition Nreach Online Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading activities, experiences and rewards platform has announced that it has confirmed its investment agreement with Mahindra Holidays, one of India’s largest leisure hospitality providers. The strategy behind this 12 per cent stakeacquisition is to

Hamwells’ e-Shower: World’s First Water Recycling Shower
Shower of the Future Just as you had thought, with the current global water crisis, this reality was never too far. A Netherlands-based startup, Hamwells, has come up with world’s first e-shower that flows recycled water from its faucet. Rob Chömpff led company was part of the Startup Battlefield at

Assam’s Oil India Ltd. Announces INR 50 crorefund to boost Startups That Don’t Even Exist
Whose Benefitting At All? A couple of days ago, we wrote about how Modi’s Startup India campaign has nothing to show for even after nearly 2 years of its announcement. Now comes a curious case about Assam’s state-run Oil India Ltd. The company has announced a Rs. 50-crore fund to

INDIA’S FIRST BREAK THROUGH CROSS OVER ELECTRIC BIKE
huge step by VOLTA towards the futuristic developments in e-vehicles VOLTA motors is a Chennai based start-up focused completely on electric vehicle manufacturing for the Indian and global industry. They have designed and developed India’s first cross-over electric bike completely in India, boldly representing the MAKE IN INDIA strategy. India

Fuze’s iPhone case Brings Audio Jack Back to iPhone 7
Who’s Apple to Kill Audio Jacks? iPhone 7 killed the 3.5 mm headphone jack but is the world ready to dispense with it just yet? We don’t think so, especially in the wake of so much hue and cry after Apple’s decision came in. But worry not! Austin, U.S.A. based

Startup-Buzz Weekly Round-Up
Get updated with the posts published on Startup-buzz media last week. If you were offline for any reason, this is a great way to catch up with the entire buzz! FUNDING – Checkout which startups raised funds. SAP Going to Invest 2 Billion Euros in Internet of Things (IOT) by

Autopilot Shouldn’t Be Blamed For Bus Crash In Germany, Says Tesla
Bus veered into car’s lane? Yet Another Accident for Tesla Self-Driving Cars An Autopilot Tesla Motors car crashed with a bus in Northern Germany. The company claims that the crash was inevitable as the bus swerved into the car’s lane. The accident happened in the town of Ratzeburg on Wednesday, claimed

Flipkart Rolls Out Employee Stock Options
Expressing Employee Value? India’s leading e-commerce platform, Flipkart, has rolled out Employe Stock Options (ESOP) to a third of its employee force. This is being seen as a milestone move by many in the industry for the company led by Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal. What is an ESOP? An

Meet Blink: India’s very own Smart Wearable from Witworks
A first for IoT firm, Witworks Witworks, an Indian consumer IoT firm, has just launched its first smart wearable called Blink, which is powered by Marvin OS, their own voice-based OS. Blink is now available for pre-order and starts at a price tag of INR 12,999/-. It comes with a

Story Of Vijay Shekhar Sharma
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Story Of Vijay Shekhar Sharma Vijay Shekhar Sharma, one of the youngest renowned entrepreneurs of coming ages. Here is the short summary of his life journey. Vijay Sharma was born on July 08, 1978 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India; Being born in a lower middle-class family. His father was