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O2O Fashion Store Discovery App Fashalot Raises Funding From Capillary...
Gurugram-based Fashalot, a location-based O2O fashion discovery platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by Capillary Technologies and saw participation...
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Govt. To Support Agritech Startups For Agricultural Development: Radha Mohan...
Pointing out the role of agriculture in the economy, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Radha Mohan Singh has said that the government is planning to support agritech startups. He further...
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Delhi High Court Cancels Warrant Against Sanjiv Gupta, Ex-MD Of AskMe
The Delhi High Court has reportedly cancelled the bailable warrant against Sanjiv Gupta, former Managing Director of defunct online retailer AskMe.com. The warrant was issued earlier this month. On...
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MobiKwik Loses Over $3 Mn From Its Bank Due To Glitch In Digital Wallet
Gurugram-based digital wallet MobiKwik has lost over $3 Mn (INR 19.61 Cr) due to a technical glitch. A company official said the money was deducted from MobiKwik’s corporate account during online...
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Chinese Bicycle Sharing Unicorn Ofo Set To Enter India By H1 2018
Beijing-based bicycle sharing startup, Ofo, has reportedly announced plans to enter the Indian market by the first half of 2018. Valued at $2 Bn, the unicorn recently launched operations in Adelaide....
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Zefo Raises $9 Mn Funding To Bring Used Goods Ecommerce To The Forefront
Bengaluru-based ecommerce portal for used goods, Zefo, has raised $9.2 Mn (INR 60 Cr) in Series B funding. The round was led by existing investors Sequoia India, Helion Venture Partners and...
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Oracle Selects Five Startups For The First Startup Cloud Accelerator Cohort...
Enterprise software company Oracle has announced the first batch of startups for its Startup Cloud Accelerator programme in Delhi. The company has selected five startups for the first cohort. The...
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After BSNL, MobiKwik Partners With Bajaj Finance To Launch Bajaj Finserv...
Less than two months after MobiKwik developed a wallet for state-owned telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the Gurugram-based digital payments company has announced a similar...
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App-Based Transport Services Ola, Uber Need To Be Regulated To Ensure Women’s...
The Supreme Court stated today that app-based transport service providers like Uber, Ola, redBus needed to be regulated to ensure safety of women commuters. The apex court has asked the centre to...
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Global Tech Giant Apple Eager To Enter The Indian Digital Payments Segment...
Following the footsteps of Amazon, Flipkart, WhatsApp, Hike and others, US-headquartered technology company Apple is also looking to enter the booming digital payments space in India with Apple Pay. To...
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From Withdrawn Termsheet To 12 Mn Monthly Active Users – Aloke Bajpai Bares...
12 Mn monthly active users, over 40 Mn app downloads, $25 Mn in funding and more than 300,000 monthly transactions. Looking at these numbers, it is easy to forget the struggles and adversities that...
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UPI Transactions Jump By 38% To 105 Mn In November: NPCI
After clocking 76.8 Mn transactions in October, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) hit a record high of 105 Mn transactions last month. According to data released by NPCI (National Payments...
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Times Internet Acquires Spiritual Content Startup House Of God
Gurugram-headquartered media and entertainment conglomerate Times Internet has acquired mobile spiritual content provider House of God for an undisclosed amount. Incubated at Delhi-based EROS Labs, a...
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WhatsApp Receives Legal Notice Over Offensive Middle Finger Emoji
Instant messaging platform WhatsApp has been sent a legal notice for its offensive “middle finger” emoji. In the legal notice, Delhi-based advocate Gurmeet Singh has asked the company to remove the...
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Dailyhunt Launches News-In-Brief App Newzly In 9 Languages
Bengaluru-based news and ebooks mobile app DailyHunt has now launched its news-in-brief app, Newzly, for android users. Newzly presents a summary of stories in a simple minimalistic design, in the form...
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ICICI Lombard Looks To Tap OPD Health Insurance Industry With Practo
ICICI Lombard General Insurance has launched a health insurance app — ‘IL TakeCare’ in collaboration with healthtech startup Practo. The app aims to meet the key customer requirements with respect to...
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How HealthTech Startup HappyDNA Looks To Tap The Preventive Healthcare Space...
In October 2017, the Indian Union government in its National Health Policy (NHP) draft indicated the concerns around the increasing burden of NCDs (non-communicable diseases) in the country. These...
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Google Owned Digital Payments App Tez Now Allows Utility Bill Payments
To bolster the offerings of its UPI-enabled digital payments app Tez, Google India today announced the launch of a new feature that is designed to help users pay their bills within seconds without any...
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Why Are Application Developers Turning Towards Reward Advertisements
About 10 years ago in 2008 Google and Apple launched their app stores which lead to the widespread proliferation of applications that became available to the masses. It is about at this point that...
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No Surge Pricing, Lower Commission: 3,000 Drivers To Launch Cab Service In...
As many as 3,000 drivers have joined hands to start a local cab service in Chennai to take on deep-pocketed players like Uber and Ola. Slated for launch this March, the service will be operated by...
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