Startups: News
03 Feb 2018
TechnologyUS start-up builds driverless car for home deliveries
US-based start-up Nuro is developing self-driving cars for home deliveries.
02 Feb 2018
DronesAir taxi start-up, Joby Aviation, raises $100 million in funding
Joby Aviation, a US-based air taxi start-up, has announced to have raised $100 million in funding from the venture capital arms of several big firms.
24 Jan 2018
Elon MuskElon Musk has some "audacious" goals, or there's no salary
Tesla has grabbed eyeballs once again, this time with its proposed compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk.
04 Dec 2017
IndiaIndia will have 1L startups by 2025: Mohandas Pai
India will have one lakh startups by 2025 which will create a value of $500bn, says Manipal Global Education Chairman TV Mohandas Pai.
27 Nov 2017
Indian StartupsAfter one-year ban by IITs, companies shun "startup" tag
A year after the IITs barred startups from its campus placements, new companies seem to be ever-wary of being labeled one.
23 Nov 2017
TechnologyWant to build apps but can't write code? No problem!
In 2014, entrepreneur Tara Reed launched Kollecto, an app that recommends personalized art to users, which was a success.
14 Nov 2017
IndiaBengaluru company picked by Facebook for marketing mix modelling partnership
RainMan Consulting, a Bengaluru-based marketing analytics company, has become one of the primary firms in Asia to join hands with Facebook as a marketing mix modelling partner (MMM).
29 Oct 2017
Air Pollution4 wearable gadgets that can help you in everyday life
We live in a world of excesses. Too much pressure, too much pollution, too many things to do, too little time.
19 Oct 2017
LondonMeet Paresh Davdra, who built "billion-pound business" with only £34,000
Today Paresh Davdra is the Co-founder/CEO of London-based RationalFX, which generated over £1bn ($1.3bn) revenue last year.
07 Oct 2017
SnapdealGoJavas sends Rs. 300cr legal notice to Snapdeal
Quickdel Logistics, the parent of GoJavas, has sent a Rs. 300cr legal notice to Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal and Jasper Infotech, the entity than runs Snapdeal.
30 Sep 2017
ZomatoFood tech start-up Yumist shuts down; fails to raise funds
Gurugram-based food tech start-up Yumist, which offered home-cooked meals, is shutting down as it failed to raise the kind of capital required to survive in the competitive market.
20 Sep 2017
Elon MuskBengaluru tech start-up wins $1mn in Elon Musk-backed competition
Chimple Learning, a two-year-old Bengaluru-based technology start-up, has become one of the finalists of "Global Learning XPRIZE" competition, winning a $1mn milestone prize.
10 Sep 2017
San Francisco3D-printer can print whole 'houses' in a day
Pushing the envelope with respect to what technology can accomplish, home buyers may be able to get a whole house 'printed' in less than 24 hours.
07 Sep 2017
Indian StartupsSEBI asks crowdfunding platforms to issue disclaimer
According to reports, angel investor networks and start-up funding platforms are now required to notify every firm and investor via disclaimer that their platforms are not stock exchanges and they don't have SEBI's authorization to solicit investments.
06 Sep 2017
Indian StartupsBengaluru: Start-up that helps civic bodies prepare for natural disasters
Visual computing technology firm VizExperts said municipal agencies in Bengaluru have no system in place to get prepared for natural disasters.
06 Sep 2017
MobikwikZappfresh plans on raising $5 million
According to reports, Gurugram-based DSM Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd run online meat store, Zappfresh is looking to raise $5 million.
04 Sep 2017
IndiaBertelsmann wants to invest $200-250m in Indian start-ups
German media group Bertelsmann plans to deploy $200-250 million in India's start-up ecosystem over the next four years.
03 Sep 2017
LondonDigital mortgage app Habito raises £18.5 million
London-based start-up Habito, which is attempting to digitize the entire mortgage process, has recently raised £18.5 million in its Series B funding round.
31 Aug 2017
IndiaYouths in conflict-ridden Kashmir shine with their own start-up
Abrar Yaseen, Muazzam Khursheed and Haider Parveez could have been mistaken for just any college-going youngsters. Instead, they have managed to stand out by setting up their own start-up in conflict-ridden Kashmir.
23 Aug 2017
BusinessBlue Apron now faces multiple class-action lawsuits
Blue Apron has its hands full these days. Not only is it bearing the brunt of witnessing its share price declining to almost half since its June IPO, but also chances of legal trouble are now looming.
19 Aug 2017
TechnologyThoughtSpot gets $60 million more for its AI technology
Silicon Valley based ThoughtSpot said that it has received another $60 million investment, as an extension of the previous $60 million financing round, led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, making it a $120 million funding round at its end.
13 Aug 2017
SoundCloudSoundCloud survives, emerging voices in music will not be silenced
SoundCloud is not shutting down its shop, just yet.
04 Aug 2017
IrelandStripe: $9.2bn start-up built on seven lines of code
Despite the explosive growth of e-commerce across the world, the technology behind its finance structure is decades old.
03 Aug 2017
IndiaThe start-up funding game: In focus now, Matrix Partners India
When one is talking about Matrix Partners India, the entire article can be summed up with the Wi-Fi password of their office.
27 Jul 2017
IndiaThe start-up funding game, in focus now, SAIF Partners
India has seen its fair share of start-up success and failures stories. A start-up begins with a vision but to make it a reality, it often needs funding. One of the ways to go about it is via venture capitals
25 Jul 2017
AmazonAmazon's Whole Foods deal is facing major flak
It appears that US regulators need more time to okay Amazon's $13.7bn (£10.5b) acquisition of Whole Foods. This delay is due to the anti-trust concerns raised by certain groups.
18 Jul 2017
AmazonAmazon's shadow is enough to make Blue Apron shareholders panic
Competition from Amazon is causing the Blue Apron shares to take a nosedive.
13 Jul 2017
TechnologyFive weird and unusual products made by start-ups
Start-ups are built on the entrepreneurship spirit of finding innovative ways to solve day-to-day problems.
13 Jul 2017
Electric VehiclesSwedish start-up Einride unveils futuristic driverless electric truck
Advancing technology is changing how we drive (or don't drive) our vehicles.
11 Jul 2017
CanadaThe entrepreneur who built a $1billion firm in his basement
It was 2001 when Carl Rodrigues, an experienced IT consultant, decided to resign from his job and retire to his house's basement in Canada's Mississauga.
11 Jul 2017
Donald TrumpTrump's proposal to block 'start-up visas' irks tech firms
Towards the end of his administration, President Barack Obama finalized the International Entrepreneur Rule.
11 Jul 2017
FacebookMRI-tech will make telepathy possible in 8 years, start-up claims
Everybody has heard about telepathy i.e. thinking something inside your head and your thoughts getting transmitted to another person or vice versa.
03 Jul 2017
Sexual HarassmentTaking down the sexist culture of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley's insidious environment isn't really a secret, but this week has been tumultuous.
30 Jun 2017
University of OxfordGroceries at your doorstep, delivered by self-driving cars
UK-based online retailer Ocado Technologies is looking to get driverless vehicles on the road to deliver groceries to their customers, reports said.
21 Jun 2017
IndiaAircrafts aggregator start-up JetSetGo records 700% revenue growth
Founded as an aircraft aggregator for charter jets, Indian start-up JetSetGo has been flying high after recording growth of over 700% in revenues this year.
20 Jun 2017
Indian StartupsHousing.com founders cry foul play on new owner's actions
If someone ever had to tell the story of hubris in Indian start-up space, he would talk about Housing.com.
17 Jun 2017
JapanJapanese start-up makes papers from stones, and not trees
Tablets made of stone were one of the earliest tools used for writing before invention of paper.
16 Jun 2017
AmazonAmazon acquiring Whole Foods in a whopping $13.7bn all-cash deal
Tech giant Amazon is acquiring US supermarket chain Whole Foods Market in a $13.7 billion all cash deal - the biggest transaction ever for the e-commerce player.
16 Apr 2017
UberUber shares financially upward trajectory to cover failures
Uber is a privately held company and is therefore not legally required to share its financial credentials with the public or anyone else for that matter.
