- If You’re Interested In Open Source Development, Wingify’s Paras Chopra Is Ready To Fund Your Projects After leading Wingify to success, founder Paras Chopra has been constantly tweeting about his interest in open source and his willingness to support open source development in India. We recently caught up with Paras Chopra during Inc42’s Facebook Live AMA to understand his plans for open source developers in India. But before we tell you […]
- Here Is Fynd’s Pitch Deck That Made Google Invest In It “We are techies and selling doesn’t come naturally to us. We believe that data and our work should speak for itself. Unfortunately everything cannot be built overnight and as founders we need to articulate what the future holds to the world before it has happened. This is why it is called a pitch.” Farooq Adam, […]
- Google Leads Series C Funding In O2O Fashion Ecommerce Startup Fynd Reaffirming its commitment to the Indian startup ecosystem, global search giant Google has led Series C funding in O2O fashion ecommerce platform, Fynd. Others who participated in the round include Fynd’s existing investors: Kae Capital, IIFL, Singularity Ventures, GrowX, Tracxn Labs, Venture Catalyst, Patni family office and HongKong based Axis Capital among other angel investors. […]
- Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Funding Galore 19-24 June] We bring to you the new edition Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding of the week. This week 13 Indian startups raised $74 Mn in funding altogether and 4 startup acquisitions took place in the Indian startup ecosystem. (Startup funding calculations are based on the startups that disclosed their funding amounts). This week, Indian startup MobiKwik […]
- O2O Fashion Ecommerce Platform Fynd Raises $2.4 Mn From IIFL, Others Mumbai-based O2O fashion ecommerce platform Fynd has raised $2.4 Mn in a funding round led by IIFL Seed Ventures. The round was an extension of the Series A round and also saw participation from Kae Capital, FJ Labs, Singularity Ventures, GrowX, Tracxn Labs, and Hong Kong-based Axis Capital. The current funding leads to the close of Series […]
- Is Uber Planning To Roll Out In-Car Entertainment Similar To Ola Play? Taking a cue from rival Ola’s latest offering Ola Play, Uber has quietly piloted an in-car entertainment — the connected car platform that brings advanced car controls, choice of personalised content and a fully-connected interactive experience for users on the move, reports Factor Daily. As per the report, Uber’s in-car entertainment pilot began a few months ago […]
- Funding Galore: Indian Startup Fundings Of The Week [15 May – 20 May] Paytm raised $1.4 Bn funding from SoftBank Group, the Japanese Internet and telecom major. The investment was done in Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications. With this move, SoftBank has joined Alibaba Group as a major shareholder and will take a seat on the Paytm board. Also, Sixth Sense Ventures founder and CEO of Nikhil Vora […]
- Fynd Secures $500K In Follow On Series A Funding From Rocketship Mumbai-based ecommerce fashion platform Fynd has raised $500K in a follow-on Series A funding round from Silicon Valley-based Rocketship. Rocketship is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies using models built through data science. The firm’s founders, Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, previously co-founded Kosmix, a social search and data startup that was acquired […]
- Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [27 March – 1 April] This week 18 startups raised about $84 Mn in funding altogether and 3 acquisitions took place. Startup Fundings Of The Week BigBasket: Bengaluru-based online grocer BigBasket raised about $6.9 Mn (INR 45 Cr) venture debt from Trifecta Capital. The funds will be used to meet the CapEx requirements of the company, including setting up new […]
- How Ola Aims To Play On Personalisation Of The Ride Experience To Engage And Retain Customers Cab hailing app Ola today added Hyderabad to the list of cities where it will be offering its connected car platform for ride-sharing called ‘Ola Play.’ This makes Hyderabad the fourth city after Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru where riders would get a chance to experience the Ola Play platform. The platform brings advance car controls, […]
- Venture Catalysts Back Ecommerce Fashion Portal Fynd With $500K Funding Ecommerce-based fashion platform Fynd has secured $500K in its Series A round of funding from Venture Catalysts, a Mumbai-based Seed fund and innovation platform. Investors including Anand Chandrasekaran, Global Director, Platform/Partnerships at Facebook, Rajiv Mehta (CEO of Arvind Sports Lifestyle Limited), and Ramakant Sharma (co-founder of Livspace) have also participated in this round. The startup […]
- Fashion Startups In India: Top Trends Witnessed In 2016 Five years ago, one couldn’t have imagined renting a heavily-embroidered Sabyasachi lehenga or an Anarkali set by Anita Dongre online. Getting curated, personalised and updated fashion doses daily for free, seemed next to impossible and a 3D virtual room to try out clothes purchased online looked like a distant dream. However, fashion startups are dabbling […]