Quikr, which is rapidly expanding from its initial model of being a goods exchange marketplace, is now looking to enter the home services market in a big way. The company has readied a Rs. 250 crore war-chest to fulfil its plans.
Born with a rare ‘giant leg’ disability, Arun Rajasingh has battled a life of physical discomforts, un-acceptance, and many personal tribulations. However, all that was not deter this go-getter who is well on his path to innovation and enterprise with his startup Kenriche.
In the latest of funding updates in the Indian startup scene, Ratan Tata, Chairman and notable entrepreneur Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in online pet content and ecommerce platform, dogspot.in. The investors in the deal include TV producer Ronnie Screwwala and four others.
Less than two years after its launch, taxi-hailing service Uber has suspended services in the German cities of Hamburg, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, citing a difficult regulatory environment.
Zomato saw its food ordering service Zomato Order crash on New Years Eve. Zomato was inundated with orders from hungry revelers on 31st December, seeing record levels of orders on the site.
The CCI has dismissed a case it had filed against the company in Kolkata.
Meru had filed a case against the global cab-hailing service app claiming that the latter, resorted to predatory pricing to woo customers. However, the CCI (Competition Comission of India) found no wrong-doing on Uber’s part.
Rahul Yadav has found another high profile backer for his new startup Intelligent Interfaces – it’s Indian cricket legend Yuvraj Singh. “Proud to back Rahul Yadav and Intelligent Interfaces (ii) in helping the Government govern 100x better with the help of technology. Get ready for the (r)evolution!”, posted Yuvraj on Facebook.
India’s startup community has joined the ongoing clamour against Facebook’s Free Basics program. A total of 9 influential startup founders have written to TRAI voicing their concerns about Facebook’s move. These include CEO of Indian unicorn startups Flipkart, Paytm and Zomato.
Carpooling is the flavour of the season. The established players in the cab hailing market Uber and Ola have launched their own versions, and a slew of carpooling apps have come up. Now the oldest cab-hailing service has jumped on the carpool bandwagon. Meru has launched its own ridesharing service. The pilot version of the project will be kicked off in Delhi-NCR.