Dubai hospitality gets a nine-day breather during Eid al-Adha holidaysIn anticipation of the Eid al-Adha holidays, hotels across Dubai and Abu Dhabi are seeing a notable spike in reservations, a promising sign...
23 May, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
Huge export opportunities for food, beverages in Singapore mkt: TPCIOver 100 Indian companies are showcasing products at the FHA fair, aiming to increase India's low 2.6% share of Singapore's F&B imports. Th...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
The Hosteller raises Rs 150 crore led by PROMAFT Partners in Series B fundingThe Hosteller has raised ₹150 crore in a Series B funding round led by PROMAFT Partners and V3 Ventures, with participation from ITI Growth...
16 Apr, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
West Asia war: India’s $334-billion F&B industry simmers on a low flameThe West Asia conflict is posing significant challenges for India’s F&B industry, with LPG shortages and supply disruptions pushing many sm...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
UAE slows down from Gulf war stress; raises remittance concerns for India amid layoffs, pay cutsThe United Arab Emirates economy faces early stress as the Gulf war continues. Sectors like hospitality, travel, and food & beverage are se...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
BabyonBoard raises undisclosed round of seed fundingSet up in October 2016 by Aditya Kulkarni and Rakesh Shivran, BabyOnBoard is a milestones and memories platform for families.
23 Mar, 2017, 02.26 PM IST
Facebook, TLabs join hands to support mobile-based startups in IndiaAs part of the partnership, they will co-host events for solving issues around user experience, analytics, app installs and monetisation.
15 Mar, 2017, 08.40 AM IST
Neighbourhood connect app Neargroup finds its calling as a dating appWhile Neargroup started as a bot-based service to connect people with similar interests in the same neighbourhood, the popularity of the on...
15 Feb, 2017, 10.19 AM IST
Stylflip receives credits worth $40,000 from Facebook's FbStart ProgramFounded in February 2016, StylFlip is a curated pre-owned marketplace for premium to high street fashion brands.
11 Jan, 2017, 02.57 PM IST
Facebook backs tutor enablement platform, XPrepThe company provides a continual and seamless engagement within the student-parent-tutor ecosystem and enables parents to monitor their chi...
13 Dec, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Facebook gives $40k to JobSenz as part of its startup programmeThe startup will have access to FbStart’s community of global partners, a list that includes Coursera, Stripe, Dropbox and Twilio.
10 Oct, 2016, 10.24 AM IST
India is Brutally Localised: Ime Archibong, director of product partnerships, facebookA lot of startups we engage with say they don't just want dumb money, they want money that comes with strategic value. That's where our too...
15 Jun, 2016, 04.01 PM IST
Food and beverage to soon generate more revenue for hospitality sectorAccording to a recent HVS-FHRAI report on the Indian hotel industry, revenue from F&B segment rose to 42.6% in 2014-15 against 36.6% in 201...
24 Jan, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Healthcare discovery app Medinfi raises Rs 2 crore in angel roundMedinfi intends to use the funds for launching iOS mobile application, apart from expanding its operations to 10 Indian cities in coming 2-...
20 Nov, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Location-based healthcare discovery app Medinfi raises Rs 2 crore in angel roundLocation-based app for finding patient-reviewed clinics in the vicinity and booking doctor appointments, Medinfi has raised an angel round ...
19 Nov, 2015, 09.18 PM IST
Facebook launches startup centric initiative FbStart in BengaluruFbStart, an initiative by Facebook to engage with startups aims to help developers build tools to combat low bandwidth issues.
14 Aug, 2015, 04.47 AM IST
Facebook gives benefits worth $20 million to Indian developersFacebook said it wants to help take care of certain key aspects so that Indian developers can focus on building world-class products.
11 Aug, 2015, 03.56 PM IST