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What Indian Fintech Industry needs to learn and know – perspectives from...

Indian Fintech Industry has started picking steam in recent years. In last 24 months alone, more than 40 platforms have sprung up following different business models. However, with less than $5...

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This duo’s jugaad-like innovation has made 400 Zero Energy buildings in India

Growing up in smaller towns in India where energy and water bottlenecks were typical, 35-year-old Arun Shenoy and 40-year-old Mandar Kaprekar spent their early lives envisioning an energy and...

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Meraki’s quick success proves virtual reality is here and now in India

Until recently, virtual reality (VR), as a concept, seemed to belong to a distant future riddled with robots and machines. But Meraki and a few other companies in India show that the technology is...

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How these startups offer space solutions to freelancers, startups, and...

When Vishal Gaba launched Movified, a social engagement platform for movies, he initially chose to work from home. However, as the team expanded, the need for office space became apparent. Since he...

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IIT-Bombay alumni start an online fashion rental platform on the lines of AirBnB

It is a Friday evening and you’d like to go out for dinner. And then you suddenly realise you’ve got nothing to wear. Despite having a full wardrobe, more often than not, you realise the repeats in...

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Layoffs or restructuring – is there any difference?

Shakespeare rightly said – ‘what’s in a name?’ It’s a line a lot of startups wish their employees would take to heart, when it comes to the touchy topic called ‘restructuring’. Startups that have...

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Entrepreneurs get the sweet taste of success with beekeeping and honey...

Honey seems all set to replace the sugar bottle in homes, coffee houses and restaurants, thanks to the public becoming more health-conscious. Like Winnie the Pooh, entrepreneurs are hot on its scent,...

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How Doormint reinvented itself to achieve scale

“Entrepreneurship is a learning experience teamed with grind and pain,” believes Doormint’s Founder Abhinav Agarwal. In its journey from being an on-demand services online marketplace to an online...

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From almost getting sold to registering 40% YoY growth, how this Pune-based...

In the first two years at his father’s company, Vishal Chandra did not even have a desk to work on. Goes to show that not all who join their family business are treated special. Vishal Chandra,...

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India beckoned this Quebecker and he set up his startup

It all began in 2010, when Quebec resident Mathieu Desmarais, pursuing his degree in marketing and politics, got a month-long internship halfway across the world: under an engineer in Punjab. Mathieu...

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This husband-wife duo shut their first startup to power the top three law and...

She calls herself a lawyer and he a technologist. He says, She provides focus and direction to the business while she calls him out to be the technology translator, building technology with a business...

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Five startups whose innovations can disrupt the retail sector

Two years and more than 15 startups later, Target Accelerator launched its fourth batch of startups, selecting and curating ideas that could possibly disrupt their in-store experience for their 1,795...

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Petdom, a dog discovery platform aims to find a home for every pet

Dog lovers, pay attention! If you have a kind heart, a loving home, and a desire to share it with a canine, Petdom could be what you are looking for. This pet adoption platform leverages technology to...

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Poor credit score stopped your loan from going through? CreditMantri can help...

If you grew up in a typical middle-class Indian home, then the notion of taking credit or a loan of any kind would have been severely frowned upon. It would be much later in life when you are looking...

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Bootstrapped startup Funstay is for travellers looking to stay off the beaten...

With the long weekend approaching, Bangalore-based Kishore was planning a quick trip to Coorg. Instead of booking a resort, he decided to choose a homestay he had heard a friend rave about. However,...

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Startup tales: Restaurant reservation platform Loofre’s path to success sans...

As the new world of unit economics trends in Startup Land, the much used ‘pivot‘ seems to have fallen into the background. But, while global posterboys like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (and many...

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The first India-focused startup in Y Combinator, this dropout’s venture files...

The year was 2010, and Archit Gupta had just returned from San Francisco. The startup he was working for, Data Domain Inc, got acquired by EMC for a whopping $2.4 billion. An alumnus of IIT-Guwahati,...

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A sneak peek at 9 women-led startups that raised funding in 2016

2016 has started off on a better note for women entrepreneurs, at least in the area of venture capital funding. In March 17 startups with a at least a woman co-founder raised funding versus six in the...

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This startup throws light on how India lives through data

Have you ever wondered who’s searching for what on matrimonial websites? Which makes of cars, bikes and scooters get stolen the most in Delhi? How a satellite town like Gurgaon was built? Or,...

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OYO founders admit, without reservations, there’s room for improvement

It was 1 am by the time Ashwini S, a Bengaluru-based marketing professional, checked into the hotel in Mumbai. Business travel was routine for her and she wasn’t worried as, over the past few months,...

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