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Women Entrepreneur®

This Woman Is Leading a Pay-Later Service Company, And How

Simpl's co-founder and chief operating officer, Chaitra Chidanand, has taken the reins of her firm in her hands

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] After-Sales Service Provider Onsitego Raises $19 Mln In Series B Funding

The Mumbai-based company said the new funds would be used for consolidating its market position in the device protection market, and expanding into annual maintenance contracts, home protection and on-demand services.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Agritech Start-Up Clover Raises $5.5 Million Series A Round

The round saw the participation of Omnivore as well as existing investors Accel and Mayfield. The Bengaluru-based start-up said it would use the new funds to grow its farm network, enter new cities, and diversify fresh produce offerings.

News and Trends

Nestaway Technologies Acquires ApnaComplex to Offer High-Value Home Services To Its Users

With this deal, Nestaway will expand its range of home services including painting, pest control or deep cleaning to apartment residents

News and Trends

MMT Founder Deep Kalra Steps Down as Group CEO to Take up Chairman Responsibilities

After Kalra, co-founder Rajesh Magow will take over as the MakeMyTrip Group CEO

Entrepreneurs

Want To Eat Jackfruit Mock-Meat? Here's Who Can Offer

Food start-up Better is all set to launch the product in March which tastes exactly like meat

Technology

Building For Digital Bharat: This Start-Up Wants To Help the Next 400 Mln Users Transact Online

Mall91 offers a social commerce platform that combines live videos, social gaming, social content, voice, and messaging to help users outside of big cities reap the benefits of e-commerce.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Vernacular Audio Platform Raises Series A Round

Founded in 2018, Mumbai-based Kuku FM houses a wide range of content and has managed to garner a library of over 5,000 hours of content. With the fresh funds, it plans to increase the number of languages on its platform and enhance the production and marketing support to its creator base.

Entrepreneurs

Functional Foods With an Ayurvedic Touch: The Story Behind Kapiva

Founded in 2016 by Ameve Sharma and Shrey Badhani, the company currently has about 80 different products ranging from juices to ghee.

Entrepreneurs

This Start-up Is Making Screen Time More Productive For Children

Bengaluru-based PlayShifu is reimagining toys through the fusion of physical and digital worlds of games

News and Trends

Making of the Fastest Unicorn, Udaan

When the three co-founders left Flipkart, they had no 'concrete idea' but the resolve to work together

Entrepreneurs

This Bike Taxi Start-up Aims To Make Transportation Accessible to Next 200 million Users This Year

Bengaluru-based bike taxi provider, Rapido is working towards making commuting easier and affordable by allowing users to book a two-wheeler ride through its mobile app

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Y Combinator-backed Agritech Start-Up Raises Funding

Founded in 2016 by the father-son duo of Sanjay Agarwalla and Aditya Agarwalla, the company connects marginal farmers, who constitute a large part of the entire population, directly to businesses anywhere in the country for the sale of their produce.

Growth Strategies

[Funding Alert] This B2B Online Marketplace For Manufacturers Is Ramping Up Efforts To Widen Supplier Base

Bengaluru-based Zetwerk raised of INR 16 crore from InnoVen Capital

Entrepreneurs

We Want To Become the Google Of the Cybersecurity Space, Says This Ethical Hacker And Entrepreneur

TAC Security, founded by Trishneet Arora, helps organizations secure their platforms from fraudulent attacks