Antler ropes in Nitin Sharma as Partner and co-lead for India marketSharma has invested in more than 50 tech startups in multiple geographies. He previously worked with NEA and was a founding team principal ...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
Niki plans to raise $50M as it thrives in an untapped Bharat market with a formidable habit creation15 Jan, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
Niki plans $30 mn fund raise, targets $100 mn run rateThe B2C commerce platform, which lets users carry out transactions using voice commands, has launched in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil, and has ...
13 Nov, 2019, 12.25 PM IST
SoftBank plans second AI venture fund of more than $55 millionThe effort is separate from SoftBank’s much better-known Vision Fund, the $100 billion giant that has made large bets on industries from ri...
28 May, 2019, 09.19 AM IST
SAP wants staffers to create startupsThe SAP.iO fund usually makes direct equity investments in the $1,00,000-2,50,000 range.
30 Jan, 2018, 08.46 AM IST
Actis's CFO Saurabh Jain to join Startup BuddyJain a qualified Chartered Accountant and a ISB alumni is been credited to be the first non-UK CFO of the Actis group.
03 Jul, 2017, 05.06 PM IST
$2 million in Series A will now add to Niki.ai's SmartsThe fundraising also saw participation from other Indian investors including Haresh Chawla, partner at True North; and Arihant Patni, manag...
28 Jun, 2017, 08.20 AM IST
SAP.iO's first investment in India goes to Tata-backed Niki.aiSAP.iO plans to invest $10,000 to $250,000 in different companies, with a greater focus on driving SAP's engagement with startups.
16 May, 2017, 09.30 AM IST
Cricket ace Yuvraj Singh’s company YouWeCan Ventures invests in Startup BuddyThe cricketer, who launched his venture fund in 2015, will join the board of Startup Buddy, even as he seeks to expand his engagement with ...
07 Apr, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
HDFC Bank, Niki.ai tie up for chatbot bankingThe chatbot is presently available on Facebook messenger where it can be used for e-commerce transactions like booking a cab, ordering food...
28 Dec, 2016, 12.00 PM IST
India-based AI startups draw attention of tech biggies like Apple, FacebookIndian enterprises have turned out to be a breeding ground for AI startups because they are in businesses with a surfeit of data.
24 Nov, 2016, 02.30 PM IST
Meet the MAD couple of AI start-ups: Anand Chandrasekaran & Ashwini AsokanWith AI startups all the buzz right now, if your domain name is “.ai”, expect the investors to line up with stacks of cash.
04 Aug, 2016, 11.24 AM IST
How real is the Artificial Intelligence startup wave?AI is not new, but its recent reemergence is thanks to the incredible performance of a type of machine learning called deep learning in som...
03 Jul, 2016, 10.48 AM IST
Arunachal Pradesh landslide toll mounts to 10The rescue operation, which was suspended last evening, resumed at the break of the dawn and the five bodies were recovered, West Kameng SP...
03 Jul, 2016, 05.02 AM IST
How a bunch of Indian startups have taken an early lead in chatbotsBots have reduced human intervention for us by over 90%. Next-gen bots will save time and make us more efficient.
05 Jun, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
Ratan Tata, Ronnie Screwvala invest in artificial intelligence startup NikiThe company works on a channel partnership model and generates revenue for every order processed on its platform.
20 May, 2016, 06.27 AM IST
Meet the crack team of Japanese conglomerate SoftBankKey people in Bharti SoftBank are Atsushi Taira and Mike Kayamori, latter believed to have played a critical role in structuring Snapdeal i...
29 Oct, 2014, 04.58 PM IST