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...
$500,000 to reach your friends’ phoneThe app enables its user to access music, games and other mobile phone applications that a friend or neighbouring person has on his handset.
As flood of easy money dries up, startups put a stop to equity dilution to cash in laterAhmedabad-based startup Lendingkart, recently raised an undisclosed debt fund from IFMR Capital instead of raising funds from a PE or VC.
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...
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...
TinyOwl or 'TinyHowl'? Cofounder held hostage in Pune office for over two days by laid-off employeesThe 25 employees in TinyOwl’s Pune office had demanded two months’ salary to compensate for the layoffs, especially as Diwali was round the...
Ola opens up API for mobile apps, individual developersThe APIs are also expected to evolve rapidly, allowing for integrations across Ola Money and newer categories and use cases available on th...
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.
TCS makes a comeback at VIT campus with 1,864 offers; 7947 jobs offered in slot 1The highest salary offered this year so far is Rs 22 lakh per annum by a startup called Helpchat as compared to Rs 24 lakh per annum offere...
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...