Uber’s made the process of getting around really easy, but it could now help you find investors for your next startup. With UberPITCH, the company is trying to connect startup founders with venture capitalists and mentors.
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been known to speak his mind. “In this country, there’s no f*cking better brand than us!”, he’d roared at a Paytm party recently, before claiming that his company had achieved numbers in 2 years that others took 5 years to reach. It had seemed a dig at Flipkart and Snapdeal then, but now it turns out that he really doesn’t think very highly of these companies.
Women have broken through yet another traditionally male bastion. Amazon deliveryboys, which are now a ubiquitous sight in India as they zip and weave through traffic on their bikes, shall now just be boys any more. Amazon is piloting a project in Chennai and Kolkata in which women shall go around delivering packages
reducing drunk driving deaths – after a long night out, people these days prefer being driven home via Uber instead of taking to the road themselves, and save themselves some nasty road crashes in the process.
Uber’s now trying to proactively bring down drunk driving level in India too. It’s partnered with the Mumbai police by installing “Uber Breathalysers” at bars and clubs across the city.
While the stories of many such successful entrepreneurs float around, stories about their better halves that are untold and hidden from the public eye. These women are the forces behind some of the most celebrated and successful entrepreneurs of Indian startups, and have supported their partners through all the initial struggles and challenges.
Uber and Ola are in for a rude shock as starting today, the State Transport Department has started a crackdown on the bike services that these companies had launched in the city.
Over 17th to 28th Feb 2016, India’s best hardware startups competed in cities across India for a chance to visit China and present their ideas in front of investors such as Sequoia China, IDG and Matrix Partners China. India Startup Hunt, a part of the the Asia Hardware Battle, aimed to recognize the best hardware startups in India and shine a global spotlight on them.
India’s crowded wallet space has a big new entrant. After many months of speculation, Flipkart has finally come up with its own digital wallet. Dubbed Flipkart Money, the wallet is being powered by FX Mart, a Punjab-based company that Flipkart had acquired last year.
It’s the flavour of the season. Companies are rushing a grab a foothold in small town India, and are adapting their English interfaces to suit the average Indian consumer. After Snapdeal and Quikr had gone desi and made their apps available in local languages, e-commerce platform has now added a Hindi interface to its seller app to increase its appeal in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.