Jabong Gets Acquired  Flipkart has acquired yet another fashion e-tailer, Jabong, from Global Fashion Group for $70 Mn. Flipkart, which had earlier acquired Myntra in 2014, has made a significant mark in consolidating the e-commerce market in India. With this acquisition, Flipkart now stands to attract 15 million combined active

Fighting the Online Retailers!  About the Funding  10i Commerce Services is a Bangalore-based ecommerce startup that has secured handsome amount of funds from Infosys Co-founder, Nandan Nilekani. The startup helps small shops to fight the online and organized retailers. 10i provides a state-of-the-art technology platform, ShopX for small traditional small

Startup values mentorship from investors more than their financial support Lucideus is a New Delhi-based cyber security startup. In recent times, this startup received funding from Flipkart CFO, Mr. Sanjay Baweja. However, the funding amount remains undisclosed. About Lucideus Co-founded in the year 2012 by Mr. Saket Modi, Lucideus provides

Meant to Serve the Indian Army!  Oye Happy: Full of Surprises! This new Hyderabad-based startup is making all of us proud. Oye Happy specializes in providing surprises. One of its services includes personally sending customized letters to the Indian soldiers at the Indo-Pak border on Independence Day by trekking the

Tide rising with the technology! About: Tide, which claims to be the world’s first mobile-first banking service for startups has raised around $2M seed from Passion Capital , LocalGlobe, Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman, William Reeve co-founder from Lovefilm, Greg Marsh, founder from One Fine Stay, Songkick’s co-founder Ian Hogarth, serial

A move to target the untargeted audience! Indian classified advertising platform, Quikr has made another acquisition. Of late, it has acquired a Bengaluru-based startup, Hiree. Started with the name myNoticePeriod.com, this Bengaluru-based startup changed its name to Hiree. Besides, this startup is focused on white collar jobs. In its recent

Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t read the books or haven’t seen the previous seasons or the new season, continue reading at your own risk. There’s an ethos of startups out there in the market today, all of which have decided to be their own boss and are striving to get

Startup-Buzz Weekly Round-Up It’s a Sunday morning; time to do a quick round-up of 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! INTERVIEW- Enjoy Our Interaction with Startup Founders Conversation with Kanika

Keep Playing! After last week’s news on Pokemon Go, here comes another product to keep you busy with Pokemon hunting. Pokédex is a specially designed product that offers more battery life to your gaming experience and while also providing a Pokemon library for users. What is Pokédex? Pokédex is the

Pepper’s Global Adventure Begins Today Meet Pepper Pepper is your friendly robot; just like those you have often seen in sci-fi films. No, we are not referring to the evil Skynet. In fact, Pepper is a far cry from that. It seems kind and intelligent. SoftBank developed Pepper some time