Business
Anand Mahindra Funds SheThePeople
Congratulations to Shaili Chopra! Founded in the year 2014 by Shaili Chopra, SheThePeople is an online platform for sharing success stories of women entrepreneurs, authors, game-changers, sportswomen, corporate players and so on through videos. Currently, this woman-centric portal offers information in English and Hindi. Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra Group
TinyOwl Reportedly Shuts Down
Goodbye, TinyOwl! Mumbai-based food delivery startup TinyOwl calls off in 10 cities of India, except Mumbai, being the 11th city, as per the reports. TinyOwl is a food ordering smartphone app that had raised more than $27 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners. The app had
Sydney Startup Raises $10.5 million in Series A
Well done Data Republic! Data Republic is a Sydney startup that offers a bank-level secured platform for companies and government to share users’ data. With a governance framework built by law firm Allens, the startup gives users a full control over their own data and the legal right to protection
Low funds pushed Thync Startup on the verge of failing
Sayonara Thync Startup! Founded by Isy Goldwasser & Jamie Tyler in the year 2011, Thync Startup has a unique module that confronts brain activity using a wearable device. It has raised overall $13 Million in two rounds. Thync performed well during initial stage, but later lack of funds pushed the
Metadata raises $2 million in seed funding
Metadata is an ad-targeting and data enriching startup which automates demand generation for B2B companies. In order to develop its operations, it has seeked funds worth $2 million. Founded in the year of 2015 by Gil Allouche, Yan Manevich and Asaf Shilat, Metadata has raised $2million in the seed funding
Tim Cook MeetsTech- Startup Founders in India
What are proud moment for these startup founders! Top tech-startup founders received not only a handshake, but a formal conversation for about an hour to discuss the tech-startup ecosystem in India. On his first trip to India, Apple CEO Tim Cook takes interest in meeting the founders of four tech-startups
Ratan Tata Invests in an AI Startup, Niki.ai
Till date, Mr. Ratan Tata has invested in over 25 startups, with the most recent being medical emergency startup MUrgency. Congratulations to Mr. Tata for making his first investment in the AI industry! Founded in April 2015 by four IIT Kharagpur alumni, Niki.ai is an artificial intelligence-based chatbot. Ratan Tata,
Google Announces to set up startup incubator within its premises
‘A great decision by Sundar Pichai!’ In order to stop Google employees to quit their jobs and begin their own companies, Indian-born CEO of Google Inc., Sundar Picha decides to set up an in-house startup incubator within the company premises. The incubator will be known as ‘Area 120’. In these
TaxiVaxi Secures Seed Funding of $500k
Aggregator of Aggregator – Congratulations TaxiVaxi! Founded in December 2014 by Neeraj Tayal, Ankit Gupta and Vinod Kumar, Delhi-based startup, TaxiVaxi is a cab aggregator providing radio taxis, tour taxis, carpooling or rent a car for self-driving across 20 cities in India via its app. TaxiVaxi raises a seed funding
Parentlane Raises an Undisclosed Amount of Angel Funding
A tech-startup meant for Parents “Parentlane” allows parents to share their baby’s pictures within their social circle of friends and family. Founded in December 2015, Bengaluru-based social networking app for parents, Parentlane raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding led by Sujeet Kumar, former President of Operations, Flipkart. Aprameya Radhakrishna,