Startups: News
US start-up builds driverless car for home deliveries
US-based start-up Nuro is developing self-driving cars for home deliveries.
Air taxi start-up, Joby Aviation, raises $100 million in funding
Joby Aviation, a US-based air taxi start-up, has announced to have raised $100 million in funding from the venture capital arms of several big firms.
Elon Musk has some "audacious" goals, or there's no salary
Tesla has grabbed eyeballs once again, this time with its proposed compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk.
India will have 1L startups by 2025: Mohandas Pai
India will have one lakh startups by 2025 which will create a value of $500bn, says Manipal Global Education Chairman TV Mohandas Pai.
After one-year ban by IITs, companies shun "startup" tag
A year after the IITs barred startups from its campus placements, new companies seem to be ever-wary of being labeled one.
Want to build apps but can't write code? No problem!
In 2014, entrepreneur Tara Reed launched Kollecto, an app that recommends personalized art to users, which was a success.
Bengaluru company picked by Facebook for marketing mix modelling partnership
RainMan Consulting, a Bengaluru-based marketing analytics company, has become one of the primary firms in Asia to join hands with Facebook as a marketing mix modelling partner (MMM).
4 wearable gadgets that can help you in everyday life
We live in a world of excesses. Too much pressure, too much pollution, too many things to do, too little time.
Meet Paresh Davdra, who built "billion-pound business" with only £34,000
Today Paresh Davdra is the Co-founder/CEO of London-based RationalFX, which generated over £1bn ($1.3bn) revenue last year.
GoJavas sends Rs. 300cr legal notice to Snapdeal
Quickdel Logistics, the parent of GoJavas, has sent a Rs. 300cr legal notice to Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal and Jasper Infotech, the entity than runs Snapdeal.
Food tech start-up Yumist shuts down; fails to raise funds
Gurugram-based food tech start-up Yumist, which offered home-cooked meals, is shutting down as it failed to raise the kind of capital required to survive in the competitive market.
Bengaluru tech start-up wins $1mn in Elon Musk-backed competition
Chimple Learning, a two-year-old Bengaluru-based technology start-up, has become one of the finalists of "Global Learning XPRIZE" competition, winning a $1mn milestone prize.
3D-printer can print whole 'houses' in a day
Pushing the envelope with respect to what technology can accomplish, home buyers may be able to get a whole house 'printed' in less than 24 hours.
SEBI asks crowdfunding platforms to issue disclaimer
According to reports, angel investor networks and start-up funding platforms are now required to notify every firm and investor via disclaimer that their platforms are not stock exchanges and they don't have SEBI's authorization to solicit investments.
Bengaluru: Start-up that helps civic bodies prepare for natural disasters
Visual computing technology firm VizExperts said municipal agencies in Bengaluru have no system in place to get prepared for natural disasters.
Zappfresh plans on raising $5 million
According to reports, Gurugram-based DSM Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd run online meat store, Zappfresh is looking to raise $5 million.
Bertelsmann wants to invest $200-250m in Indian start-ups
German media group Bertelsmann plans to deploy $200-250 million in India's start-up ecosystem over the next four years.
Digital mortgage app Habito raises £18.5 million
London-based start-up Habito, which is attempting to digitize the entire mortgage process, has recently raised £18.5 million in its Series B funding round.
Youths in conflict-ridden Kashmir shine with their own start-up
Abrar Yaseen, Muazzam Khursheed and Haider Parveez could have been mistaken for just any college-going youngsters. Instead, they have managed to stand out by setting up their own start-up in conflict-ridden Kashmir.
Blue Apron now faces multiple class-action lawsuits
Blue Apron has its hands full these days. Not only is it bearing the brunt of witnessing its share price declining to almost half since its June IPO, but also chances of legal trouble are now looming.
ThoughtSpot gets $60 million more for its AI technology
Silicon Valley based ThoughtSpot said that it has received another $60 million investment, as an extension of the previous $60 million financing round, led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, making it a $120 million funding round at its end.
SoundCloud survives, emerging voices in music will not be silenced
SoundCloud is not shutting down its shop, just yet.
Stripe: $9.2bn start-up built on seven lines of code
Despite the explosive growth of e-commerce across the world, the technology behind its finance structure is decades old.
The start-up funding game: In focus now, Matrix Partners India
When one is talking about Matrix Partners India, the entire article can be summed up with the Wi-Fi password of their office.
The start-up funding game, in focus now, SAIF Partners
India has seen its fair share of start-up success and failures stories. A start-up begins with a vision but to make it a reality, it often needs funding. One of the ways to go about it is via venture capitals
Amazon's Whole Foods deal is facing major flak
It appears that US regulators need more time to okay Amazon's $13.7bn (£10.5b) acquisition of Whole Foods. This delay is due to the anti-trust concerns raised by certain groups.
Amazon's shadow is enough to make Blue Apron shareholders panic
Competition from Amazon is causing the Blue Apron shares to take a nosedive.
Five weird and unusual products made by start-ups
Start-ups are built on the entrepreneurship spirit of finding innovative ways to solve day-to-day problems.
Swedish start-up Einride unveils futuristic driverless electric truck
Advancing technology is changing how we drive (or don't drive) our vehicles.
The entrepreneur who built a $1billion firm in his basement
It was 2001 when Carl Rodrigues, an experienced IT consultant, decided to resign from his job and retire to his house's basement in Canada's Mississauga.
Trump's proposal to block 'start-up visas' irks tech firms
Towards the end of his administration, President Barack Obama finalized the International Entrepreneur Rule.
MRI-tech will make telepathy possible in 8 years, start-up claims
Everybody has heard about telepathy i.e. thinking something inside your head and your thoughts getting transmitted to another person or vice versa.
Taking down the sexist culture of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley's insidious environment isn't really a secret, but this week has been tumultuous.
Groceries at your doorstep, delivered by self-driving cars
UK-based online retailer Ocado Technologies is looking to get driverless vehicles on the road to deliver groceries to their customers, reports said.
Aircrafts aggregator start-up JetSetGo records 700% revenue growth
Founded as an aircraft aggregator for charter jets, Indian start-up JetSetGo has been flying high after recording growth of over 700% in revenues this year.
Housing.com founders cry foul play on new owner's actions
If someone ever had to tell the story of hubris in Indian start-up space, he would talk about Housing.com.
Japanese start-up makes papers from stones, and not trees
Tablets made of stone were one of the earliest tools used for writing before invention of paper.
Amazon acquiring Whole Foods in a whopping $13.7bn all-cash deal
Tech giant Amazon is acquiring US supermarket chain Whole Foods Market in a $13.7 billion all cash deal - the biggest transaction ever for the e-commerce player.
Uber shares financially upward trajectory to cover failures
Uber is a privately held company and is therefore not legally required to share its financial credentials with the public or anyone else for that matter.