Story of Mark Cuban Mark Cuban was born on July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father spent nearly half a century working at a car upholstery shop. His grandfather emigrated from Russia and fed his family by selling merchandise out of the back of a truck. As a kid

Story of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon Limited. She was born on 23rd March in the year 1953 in Bangalore, India. She attended Bangalore’s Bishop Cotton Girl’s High School and graduated in 1968. She wanted to attend medical school but couldn’t since she didn’t obtain

What more do the founders have in mind with this round of funding? Mad Street Den is an India-US startup; registered in the U.S. but principally located in Chennai, India, with offices in London and San Francisco. In recent news, the startup has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from

Canvera, Revolutionizing Photography ! Raising Funds Founded in 2007 by Peeyush Rai and Dhiraj Kacker, Bengaluru-based online digital photography startup Canvera Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd. raises $3 million (INR 20 crore) in a recently conducted funding round, which was led by existing investor Info Edge (India), after it became one

Professionals in for some credit! FinTech startup LoanTap’s Series A funding was primarily led by HNIs Abhishek Pandey and Jaysukh Sapra. About LoanTap Founded by Satyam Kumar and Vikas Kumar in 2016, LoanTap is a lending platform for salaried individuals. The startup provides EMI-free loans up to an amount of

Is the long wait for entrepreneurs to step overseas finally over? The startup world has had a dramatic awakening with recent news of the Obama administration proposing a new rule to allow foreign startup founders to come to the United States! Provided they have raised money from American investors, these

Looks like Crownit’s got a few new crowns of its own! After recent investment in health startup Pianta, Freecharge founders Kunal Shah and Sandeep Tandon have once again made a move of charging Cashback app Crownit with an undisclosed amount of funding. Other participators in this round include Freshdesk Co-founder

Uber is on the move once again! International cab aggregator Uber has announced that drivers in several cities will be offered retirement plans through an automated investment service, Betterment. Uber and Betterment Betterment is an online investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission based in New York. In works

Easing the lives of lawyers in the legal world ! What is the news all about? Logikcull is a cloud-based e-discovery automation platform used in the legal industry to make the professional lives of lawyers easier. The company calls are known as “cloud-based legal intelligence”, but in simple words, it

Pro Athlete turned venture capitalist! Athlete turned VC Kobe Bryant makes in the news once again after his announcement of retiring post 2015-16 NBA season. Former American professional basketball player is all set to launch a $100mn investment fund along with investor Jeff Stibel. According to the Wall Street Journal,