Month: August 2019
Why Big Dairy Companies Struggle In India ?
India is the world’s top producer and consumer of dairy — in 2018 alone, the country’s 75 million dairy farmers produced 410 billion pounds of milk, about 22% of global production. With this and its dairy-heavy diet of curries and yogurt drinks, the giant French … Read more
Bhopal-based HealthQik raises $250,000 in seed funding
Bhopal-based electronic health record (EHR) startup HealthQik has raised seed funding of $250,000 (₹1.7 crore) from two angel investors. The angel investors are Virendra Prakash Sharma (from Indonesia) and Gagan Lamba (from the US). Founded in 2016 by Abhinav Sehgal, Manish Pandey and Ishita Rastogi, … Read more
Dineout announces its 4th acquisition, buys Delhi’s Binge Digital
Noida-based dining out and table reservation platform Dineout announced the acquisition of Delhi-based foodtech platform Binge Digital, marking its fourth acquisition. The platform had earlier acquired inResto, Gourmet Passport and Torqus. Founded in the year 2012 by Ankit Mehrotra, Vivek Kapoor, Sahil Jain and Nikhil … Read more
Do your emotions make you LOSE OUT ?
DO YOUR EMOTIONS MAKE YOU LOSE OUT ? Equity investment offers you the best way to beat inflation but it can also be rather tricky. And when you bring your emotions into your investing, things can get even more difficult. DON’T LET YOUR EMOTIONS INFLUENCE … Read more
Edtech startup Vedantu may raise $30 mn led by Tiger Global
Bengaluru-based edtech startup Vedantu is reportedly finalising a $30 million funding round led by American hedge fund Tiger Global Management. Founded by IIT alumni Vamsi Krishna, Anand Prakash and Pulkit Jain, Vedantu is an online portal offering coaching classes to students either in groups or … Read more
Bounce may raise $200 million from Accel US, others
Bengaluru-based bike-sharing startup Bounce is reportedly raising $200 million, with the majority of the funding slated to come from Accel US and Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s investment firm B Capital. Existing investors Flipkart Co-founder Sachin Bansal-led BACQ, Sequoia India, Qualcomm and others may also participate. … Read more
IIM-Indore to convert its incubation center into company
Young entrepreneurs? Budding start-ups? Looking for funding? IIM – I have a GOOD NEWS for you! IIM Indore is converting its Incubation Center to a company, to help you bring in money and provide seed money!
Rooter raises ₹3.5 cr from leAD Sports Accelerator Program
Delhi-based live sports engagement app Rooter has raised ₹3.5 crore from ‘leAD Sports Accelerator Program’. Rooter was the only Indian startup among the 10 startups chosen for the 2018 accelerator program last year. Founded in 2016 by Piyush Kumar and Akshat Goel, Rooter offers live … Read more