The startup hub that was once in contention to be India’s Silicon Valley is battling persistent stormsThose were high-spirited days for India’s startup ecosystem. Global investors parachuted in with bags of money to give to potential entrepr...
Mumbai startups see 44% decline in funding in one yearMumbai struggled as its startup epicenter Powai saw many shutdowns last year, including the likes of TinyOwl, taking away the sheen from th...
Home services startup Taskbob shuts shopThe company, which had raised its last round of funding in February 2016, competed with the likes of UrbanClap and HouseJoy. It claims to h...
How online startups are reshaping the informal jobs sector in IndiaBabajob data from across India (made available exclusively to ET Magazine) throw up several insights, some predictable, others not as much.
Startups like Flipkart, Snapdeal try to conserve money by reducing 'cash burn rate''Cash burn rate’ is a measure of negative cash flow that was being used as a weapon by startups to outgun their rivals to win market share ...
Home services startup Taskbob raises Rs 28 crore in Series A fundingTaskbob is a Mumbai-based startup which provides pre-screened servicemen across a range of home services like cleaning, handymen services a...
Taskbob acquirese Zepper Services to expand into Bengaluru marketTaskbob has acquired Zepper Services Pvt Ltd. The deal would help Taskbob expand into the Bengaluru market for house cleaning, drivers and ...
Quikr has launched QuikrServices that currently lists home-services providers in 11 categoriesQuikr has launched QuikrServices, a separate vertical for local-services. The platform currently lists home-services providers in 11 catego...
Hiring mantra for TaskBob's Aseem Khare : It's time to rope in the familyTaskBob's Aseem Khare found out that sometimes for hiring an employee, you have to convince the parents of the employee as well.
Grofers, PepperTap, TinyOwl want to prove hyperlocal isn't only hypeDespite various headaches, investors have fuelled millions of dollars into these startups and the ventures themselves are riding a growth r...
Now find reliable electrician or plumber with home service aggregatorsThe next time he needed a plumber, Sarath logged onto online home services aggregator Housejoy .
- VCs rush to local and home services mobile marketplaces
Risk investors are rushing to fund a clutch of early-stage mobile marketplaces in the local and home services space.
Surge in services startups raising scope for investorsAn increasing number of services startups are aggregating handymen together in a highly fragmented but huge market mostly on mobile-only pl...