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White Unicorn Ventures debuts in Co-working space
All the best White Unicorn Ventures! Mumbai gets a brand new incubation co-working space called ‘Unicorn Growth Centre’ launched by White Unicorn Ventures, a fresh investment firm. Located at Santacruz, the Centre is just not limited to rental space for startups, but also provides supporting services such as online marketing,

Whill raises $17.5M in Series B
Giving a new look to wheelchairs! US-based startup, Whill unveiled high-tech motorized wheelchairs that can move on rough surface. It is a next generation personal mobility device. There are various models including the state-of-the-art Model M. Recently, it raised $17.5 million in Series B round of funding. With the help

Sirin Labs launches a Smartphone of $14K
Is the world waiting to explore what’s in this expensive smartphone? British-Israeli startup Sirin Labs comes up with ‘Solarin’, a smartphone heavily priced at $14,000. The startup claims that its device is the world’s most secured smartphone since it integrates a military-grade encryption and physical security switch that activates a

Ed-Tech Startup Zaya transforms classrooms in India
Keep Going Zaya! Neil D’Souza, the founder and investor of Ed-tech startup Zaya, realized the inabilities of the school system in India after he moved to North Carolina, US, in 2003 to study engineering. He realized the problem wasn’t limited to the country and something should be done about it.

Sandeep Goyal Raises $15 Million
Changing the scenario of digital startups! The Chairman of Mogae Media, Sandeep Goyal has raised approximately $15 Million to fund digital startups that focuses on analytics, mobile ad serving platforms and mobile-based programmatic buying. Mogae Media also focuses on the same. Digital startups encounter lot of problems to raise funds.

Startup lets users to bid for seats for flights
Get Set, Go! Sydney-based startup, Seatfrog debuts in booking-to-gate platform that allows passengers to bid for seat upgrades in your flight. You can bid for the vacant seats available in business or first class until you reach the departure gate with the help of real time updates on ticket bookings.

No EMI charges on Flipkart purchase
No more EMI cost! Flipkart, leading online eCommerce portal today announced a new feature on costly products. It eliminates the cost on EMI. Buyers only have to pay incurred bank interest starting from 12% to 15% depending on different banks. Top banks that are offering EMI service on the portal

Hong-Kong based Startup Factwire to become the new face of Journalism
Path to discover Unbiased News! Factwire is a Hong-Kong based Startup, aspire to convey unbiased news. Journalism in the country is facing challenges as information is not delivered accurately. After cooperates owned leading news paper, the news legitimacy is challenged. The growth of China, is also contributing factors that suppress

Delhi Startup Raises Seed Funding
Making your chai-time memorable! Launched in the year 2013, a Delhi-based food-tech startup, T’pot Café focuses on making you chai-time memorable. Recently, it raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. The investment round was led by Ashish Gupta, Founder and Trustee of Ashoka University and Co-founder of Evalueserve. Robin Jha,

Spendwallet – Digitalize your payment
Forget Swiping! Swiping Debit or Credit card is a common way me do payment. Digital transaction helps consumers to pay without worrying about cash. People who are using multiple cards face a lot of problem, in managing it, as there is no platform that can provide a single channel to