Lord of Apps: Does the future belong to multi-purpose appsFrom a marketing perspective, it is important to pick a noun that users can understand easily (if a flight app starts selling hotels or tra...
IntelleGrow looks to strike a centuryThe venture debt firm, which focuses on service providers enabling financial inclusion, recycling and clean energy , has struck 47 deals in...
From payment solutions to personal assistance, the answer lies in all-in-one appsLike Paytm, super apps provide multiple use cases such as cab booking, bill payment, flight booking are integrated in a single app.
See the bigger picture for the real IndiaMost Indian entrepreneurs build products for people like themselves– elite and westernised Indians who think and speak in English.
ET Startup Awards 2016: How to downsize the right wayIn the run-up to the jury meeting to choose the winners of ET Startup Awards 2016, we will run a series of special articles on the theme of...
Freecharge founder Kunal Shah to lead 20 Indian CEOs to ChinaThe focus of the week-long trip is to invite Chinese companies to set up businesses in India, seek investment opportunities in Indian start...
Jugnoo ties up with AI-based personal assistant platform HelpchatThis enables users to plan journeys using a combination of options such as cab services, bike-taxis, auto-rickshaws, local buses and trains...
Chat Bots now count on AI to get to know you betterAll these platforms leverage artificial intelligence, wherein the machine that works in the background keeps becoming more ‘intelligent’ as...
LinkedIn Twitterati will land a better job at startupsThe company has developed an algorithm to help its customers hire the right candidates based on their digital foot print. “A lot of data is...
Industrybuying gets Rs 12 crore from Trifecta CapitalThe firm which has raised Rs 200 crore in the first close has also backed kidney-care chain Nephroplus, b2b messaging platform HelpChat and...
Eicher Motors, Havells India and Patni family offices back Trifecta Capital's maiden venture debt fundSiddhartha Lal, managing director and chief executive officer of Eicher, and Arihant Patni did not respond to emails at the time of going t...
Venture-debt firm Trifecta Capital Advisors invests Rs 36 crore in three startupsNewly launched venture-debt firm Trifecta Capital Advisors has opened its account, investing Rs 36 crore in three startups a little over tw...
Ruthless layoffs won’t make hiring easy for startupsAs startups including Zomato and TinyOwl let go of employees because of changed strategies or shrinking funds, experts warn that the recent...
Bengaluru-based Helpchat agrees to acquire hyperlocal discovery platform NifflerBengaluru-based Helpchat has announced that it will be acquiring Mumbai-based deal-discovery platform, Niffler for an undisclosed amount.
Helpchat appoints Ravi Krishna as new SVP of Strategic ProductsRavi Krishna was involved in the development of mobile products at the Silicon Valley- based gaming company behind Farmville.
Personal assistant messenger app Helpchat opens API for other businessesUsers of personal-assistant messaging app Helpchat will soon be able to call a cab, book a bus-ticket, order food or pickup laundry directl...
Online complaints redressal company Akosha changes its brand to HelpChatThe startup in its new avatar provides services such as checking-in a flight, booking a restaurant table or ordering a carpenter through th...