Three Indian companies have found a place in Y-Combinator’s batch of 2016, the highest ever. These are coworking space Innov8, self-drive car rental app JustRide and Mesho, an app for sellers on Whatsapp and Facebook.
US multinational retailer Walmart is on the lookout for Indian startups. The preferred areas include, analytics, marketplace technologies, content management and supply chain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PujaShoppe is a Delhi-based company that aims to provide free Wifi services to a thousand temples across India.
In light of the campus hires from BITS and other institutes that were left high and dry after Grofers rescinded their offer letter, the latter has extended a public apology.