- Tech Mahindra To Partner With 30 Tech Startups From India, US, UK, Israel IT Services arm of Mahindra Group, Tech Mahindra has announced its plans to rope in 20 to 30 startups a year as its partners under its programme called TechM Next. The startups will primarily lie in the sectors such as networking, communication technology and virtual reality. The company will keep an eye on startups from […]
- Aditya Birla Group’s Online Fashion Venture abof.com Heading For A Shutdown abof.com (aka – all about fashion), an online fashion platform for apparel, footwear and accessories and a subsidiary of Fortune 500 company Aditya Birla Group is reportedly planning a shutdown. An Inc42 source on condition of anonymity told us that employees were informed in a townhall meeting that the company is planning to wind up its […]
- Indian Startup News That You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [News Roundup] We bring to you the weekly dose of important Indian startup news of the week. One of the major highlights of the Indian startup ecosystem for the week was Amitabh Kant, CEO at NITI Aayog claiming that the government has scrapped around 1,200 complex laws and procedures for Indian startups. The statement by the NITI […]
- Mahindra Group Launches Agricultural Equipment Rental Startup Trringo Mumbai-based automobile giant, Mahindra & Mahindra has announced the launch of its agricultural equipment rental services arm called Trringo. Trringo will provide tractors and farm equipment on a rental basis to the farmers. It claims to bring in digital technology to the tractor rental business and will help in connecting farmers through an app or […]
- LocalCircles Gets Funding From Puneet Dalmia Online citizen engagement platform, LocalCircles, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director of Dalmia Group. The raised capital will be used to expand LocalCircles’ services to more causes and citizens. Also, Dalmia will join company’s existing investors and advisors, Anand Mahindra (Mahindra Group Chairman), Nadir Godrej (M.D. Godrej Industries) and […]
- Tech Mahindra To Invest In Automation & IoT Startups In a bid to power expansion Tech Mahindra, an IT services company, plans to invest in startups. The company has decided to invest in startups working under the domain of automation, internet-of-things and artificial intelligence. It will raise external funding from its internal units and partner with technology providers in order to support the startup […]
- Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra Invests In Online Citizen Engagement platform LocalCircles New Delhi-based online citizen engagement platform, LocalCircles, has raised an undisclosed amount from Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra. With this, Anand will also join Godrej Industries MD, Nadir Godrej and Maruti Chairman, RC Bhargava, on the LocalCircles. Launched in 2013, LocalCircles is an online citizen engagement platform that enables citizens to connect with causes that […]
- News Roundup: 11 Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [19 October-24 October] Violating Supreme Court’s order of stating that ‘Aadhaar’ can be used voluntarily for a few social welfare schemes’, Modi government made it mandatory for budding entrepreneurs to submit their Aadhaar number in order to register their business. Let’s have a look at the important developments of the week: Companies Are Delaying IPOs As Private Investors […]
- Mahindra Launches Digital Marketplace SmartShift For Intra City Movement Of Cargo After launching its ecommerce venture M2ALL.com last month, the Mahindra group has entered the logistics marketplace with the launch of SmartShift, a digital marketplace for intra-city logistics of cargo. SmartShift will act as an exchange platform for cargo owners and transporters, enabling them to work with each other. Launched by Dr Pawan Goenka, Executive Director, […]
- Mahindra Treads The Ecommerce Road; Launches M2ALL As the world witnesses the ecommerce boom and the market realizes its potential, even big corporate houses are making a move to tap its potential. The most recent example being the Mahindra Group that has ventured into the ecommerce space by launching M2ALL.com – a portal that sells Mahindra products. The website currently offers products […]
- News Roundup: 9 Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [3August – 8August] Just few days after imposing ban on more than 800 pornographic websites, the Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that the government is lifting ban from porn websites except those serving child porn. Lets have a look at the important developments of the week Snapdeal’s New Instant Service Promises 1-Hour Delivery Snapdeal will starting up with […]
- Mahindra Group Appoints Jaspreet Bindra As Senior Vice President To Craft Firm’s Ecommerce Strategy Former CEO of Askme.com, Jaspreet Bindra, has been hired by Mahindra Group as a Senior Vice President for Digital Innovation and Ecommerce, to initiate a digital and commerce strategy for the group. Bindra had joined the group in mid-July and will be reporting to Group Strategy Officer Anish Shah. He will be working to drive automation […]