Silicon Valley’s Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss back $45 mn investment vehicle for Indian foundersOnce selected in the programme, each founder will be handed out $1 million to invest in startups and if the first few bets are promising th...
23 Feb, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Industry and employment Bengal government’s main focus: Mamata Banerjee“We have done work for common people, farmers and women. Now, my focus is on industry. The West Bengal government has built a Silicon Valle...
16 Dec, 2021, 10.01 PM IST
Amazon Smart Plug review: Time to smarten up the 'dumb' appliancesThe Smart Plug is Amazon's attempt to push buyers deeper into the smart device ecosystem.
10 Oct, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Selling part of Byju’s stake may land Sequoia Capital $190mVC fund sold 7% of its share, one of the largest exits clocked by it in the recent past.
18 Dec, 2018, 08.32 AM IST
Did you know that Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen and Ajaypal Banga went to the same school?All three went to a stately school in Hyderabad and hold famous corner offices.
23 Feb, 2018, 12.22 PM IST
If you can stand out by blending in, where does that leave fashion?The Apple biggies’ rolled-up long sleeves of shirts left untucked into plain flat-fronted jeans bespoke the wearers’ belief that they no lo...
12 Sep, 2015, 03.30 AM IST
8K Miles Software eyes more acquisitions to cash in on Obamacare boom8K Miles counts Amazon, HP, Microsoft and other tech biggies as clients and is ramping up its senior management personnel to cash in on Oba...
19 Jul, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
Falcon Edge may join DST Global with fresh $2.5 billion in new Ola funding roundFalcon Edge is expected to join DST Global, which is leading a soon-to-be-announced $400-million financing round in Ola.
31 Mar, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
Cloud computing player 8K Miles Q2 net soars over three-foldReacting to the news, the company shares hit the circuit- breaker and soared 5 per cent to Rs 543.45 on the BSE, whose main index shed 25 p...
08 Oct, 2014, 09.01 PM IST
Russian tycoon Yuri Milner eyes Indian startupsMilner is expected to make investments of about $5 million each in Olacabs and Mumbai-based startup Housing.com, in his personal capacity.
19 Sep, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
Sundaram BNP Paribas MF picks up around 2 per cent in 8KMilesDSP Black Rock MF had picked up close to 3 lakh shares of 8KMiles Software, which boasts of global biggies like Amazon among others as clie...
17 Sep, 2014, 10.13 PM IST
33% Indians co-founded engineering and technology startups in US since 200633% of the co-founders of engineering and technology startups in the US since 2006 are Indians, leaving other immigrant communities far beh...
23 May, 2013, 02.05 PM IST
- Facebook investor Accel Partners scraps plans to raise $400 million India fund
Accel Partners had roped in prominent fund managers from biggies like DE Shaw, Apax Partners and Goldman Sachs to lead the India growth fun...
26 Sep, 2011, 11.21 AM IST
- Obama and team rely on made-in-India software
When it comes to US government websites, Obama and his boys rely on made-in-India software like FusionCharts for data visualization.
11 Oct, 2010, 07.05 AM IST
- VCs flock to medical devices start-up Perfint
Medical devices start-up Perfint Engineering Services has grabbed the attention of VCs and global industry biggies.
06 Sep, 2007, 03.20 AM IST
- Venture capitalists line up for online biz
Indian start-ups that use the Internet and mobile phones to sell their products and services are attracting large funds from venture capita...
11 Apr, 2007, 12.19 PM IST
- US firms tap NRIs to head India funds
Indian Americans are the flavour of the season to head India funds for the venture capital firms in the US,
03 Aug, 2006, 12.40 AM IST