Walmart Looking To Acqui-Hire Startups In India, Increase Headcount
US multinational retailer Walmart is on the lookout for Indian startups. The preferred areas include, analytics, marketplace technologies, content management and supply chain.
Category: Startups
This Was Facebook’s First Media Pitch In 2004
Facebook is now among the biggest tech companies in the world, and has advertisers queuing up to spend money on their site. But there was a time when it was a young startup trying to get some ad money. And they did what every startup does – come up with an pitch deck.
After Ola, Meru Steps Up Attacks On Uber
Ola and Meru are usually competitors who are slugging it out for a share of India’s taxi market pie, but they seem to have found common ground on one issue. Both seem to insist that their common rival, Uber, is not being all fair and square with its operations on India.
CredR Has a Charming And Fun Bike-Themed Office In Mumbai
The used two wheeler ecommerce marketplace CredR has an office that represents its product – bikes and scooters – as a part of the office with elan. We got a sneak peak at the space, and here’s all the lowdown you need to know and the photos you need to see.
Mukesh Bansal And Ankit Nagori’s Startup Raises $15 Million
The rest of the ecosystem might be complaining of the funding freeze, but Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori seem to be doing just fine. The ex-Flipkart duo has managed to raise $15 million for their new startup, CureFit, before it’s even launched operations.
This Machine Prints Images On Your Coffee!
If meal boxes can charge your phone these days, why not have a coffee with your “mug” on it?
That’s exactly what this San Francisco based company is doing with its revolutionary product, The Ripple Maker. Move over hand-drawn hearts and flowers on a steaming cup of cappuccino because the Ripple Maker embellishes your coffee by *printing* any image or text on frothed milk—even your face.
This Startup Aims To Bring Free Wifi To Thousands Of Temples Across India
PujaShoppe is a Delhi-based company that aims to provide free Wifi services to a thousand temples across India.
Grofers Founders Apologise; Claim Some “Tough Business Decisions” Had To Be Taken
In light of the campus hires from BITS and other institutes that were left high and dry after Grofers rescinded their offer letter, the latter has extended a public apology.
Grofers Takes Back Job Offer In The Worst Possible Way From BITS Goa Student
Withdrawn job offers have become sadly commonplace in Indian startups. Flipkart had sent shockwaves among top institutes after it had delayed the joining dates of students from IITs and IIMs. Several other companies, including Inmobi and Roadrunnr had followed suit. But Grofers seems to have gone the extra mile in cancelling the job offer it made to to student – and it has done it in what is possibly the worst imaginable way.