Page 288 - Start Ups

Doormint raises $3 million in Series-A round led by Helion Ventures

Company to use funds to expand its presence in metro cities

Personal assistance app Haptik gets Silicon Valley veteran on board

Ram Gupta has an industry experience of more than 25 years and he served on various public and private company boards, including Nasdaq-listed companies

Snapdeal to invest Rs 637 cr in R&D

Investment to be made over a period of three years in its Bangalore-based Multimedia Research Lab

Alibaba now has two weapons in India for a proxy war with Amazon

Tech in Asia reports that Alibaba is fighting the e-commerce war in India by proxy, with investments in local rivals of Amazon

Way2Online launches news app in Indian languages

The emphasis is on presenting news as short summarised news snippets that will fit on the mobile screen without having to scro

Logistics start-up Lets Transport raises Rs 8 cr from Japanese VC firm

The Bengaluru-based firm plans to deploy the funds primarily in building technology and its team

Uniply Industries raises Rs 27 crore from R K Damani, Enam Investment and others

Post-issue company's liabilities will reduce to around Rs 50 crore

Jaipur fast becoming the next start-up hub

Former TaxiForSure CFO Deena Jacob joins Helpchat

Helpchat is a chat-based personal assistant application

Online coupons startup GrabOn partners Xploree

Users can now connect to relevant coupons from GranOn's over 5,000 digital coupon inventory

OYO Rooms raises Rs 630 crore from Softbank, existing investors

Company has a network of 12,000 rooms in 70 cities

Investment platform GREX raises Rs 4 crore

Company says funds will be used to strengthen GREX's IT backbone

Yahoo! buys Polyvore

Startups to add at least a dozen billionaires in India: Assocham

The industry body says maximum value creation is expected in the fledgling e-commerce, music-entertainment, payment gateways spaces

e-marketplace Zopper eyes $200-mn GMV by March, to hire 130 people

The Noida-based firm also plans to take its headcount to 250 people from the current 120.

4 rules to start a business

K Ganesh, a serial entrepreneur, says that while the start-up buzz is positive, it's important to strike a cautionary note

Finding Rahul Yadav

The authors trace the roots of Rahul Yadav, e-commerce's enfant terrible

Delivery start-ups are back like it's 1999

The biggest change is that the companies are trying to improve same-day delivery with software

Facebook sees start-ups adding to revenue

The PayPal mafia's golden touch