15 startups from India and the UAE showcase innovative ideas at the Elevate-VI pitching series

Fifteen startups from India and the UAE, across various sectors, showcased their innovative ideas to global investors at the Elevate-VI pitching series, supported by HSBC, held in Dubai on Thursday,…

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How Flipkart and Ninjacart discovered a win-win partnership over 18 months

In May 2019, Thirukumaran Nagarajan, Co-founder and CEO of Ninjacart, was getting term sheets from investors of many shades and hues.Ninjacart, a technology platform for small shops and restaurants to…

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[Funding alert] Four-wheeler EV startup EVage raises $28M in seed round from RedBlue Capital

Chandigarh based four-wheeler electric vehicle (EV) startup EVage, which has built an in-house exoskeleton or a modular structure to build customisable vehicles, has raised $28 million in seed round of…

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With job-ready courses, Raipur-based NIBF is helping banks meet their skilling needs

It was while working as a branch head at a leading private bank that Biswajit Chattaraj noticed that most of the time the branch was functioning with half the workforce…

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[Startup Bharat] This home décor startup is keeping Indian handicrafts alive by working with artisans from remote parts of India

India is home to many different traditional handicrafts and skilled craftsmen found in hundreds of pockets all over the country. The Indian handicraft sector is the second largest employment market…

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[App Friday] Bhasha Sangam offers to teach Indian languages but falls short of being comprehensive

Several studies show that learning a new language can be beneficial for our brain, especially as we age. Learning new languages can help our brain process more information, making it…

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[Funding roundup] BlackSoil invests $80M across 20 deals; ORAI, YantraLive raise early-stage rounds

BlackSoil invests $80M across 20 deals in FY21; investments grew by 2.5xIn FY2021, BlackSoil has invested over $80 million across 20 transactions, a 2.5x and 1.8x growth in terms of…

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Disrupting India’s fintech sector, how Mosambee is digitising merchant behavior with their unique products

In 2012, cash was the dominant transactional medium and the country was ripe for innovation and disruption for ease of transactions and payments, remembers Sameer Chugh. Over a dinner table…

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