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Demonetisation: While fintech startups gain, some sectors will face temporary downfall, says report

The last couple of days have been chaotic with the government announcing currency demonetisation.

Startup series: Starting on a shoestring; building the MVP

An MVP, as founders will know, is a bare-bones prototype that can be used to test if the dream should remain a dream or if some elbow grease may help its realisation.

YourQuote: Startup founders move to Himalayas to build 'Instagram for writers'

How about a space for writers, just like we have Instagram for photos? Well, that's exactly what Ashish Singh and Harsh Snehanshu thought as they started their journey to build YourQuote.

Sachin Bansal, Bhavish Aggarwal to give Indian startups a voice with lobby group

Sachin Bansal and Bhavish Aggrawal have put together a lobby group, which should give Indian startups consideration against the invasion of foreign businesses.

Indian startup building Indus OS now looking to tap Chinese OEMs

Indus, the mobile developer startup that caught everyone's attention for building a localised version of Android for regional users, is now reportedly tapping into Chinese OEMs.

How big data can help e-commerce companies cut costs, during a sluggish economy

In the last 4 years, e-Commerce companies have radically transformed the way India does business at every imaginable level and this swift transformation has primarily been riding on the heavy institutional investments.

Startup series: Slicing up the equity pie

Early stage ventures often cannot afford to pay people market rates, nor can they risk core talent walking away easily. Giving equity to co-founders, who bring key talent, helps address these concerns.

Flipkart on its way to profitability, valuation markdowns didn't affect: Report

While Amazon and Flipkart are battling it out on the Diwali Sale front, the news about the latter's CFO Sanjay Baweja exiting the company hit headlines.

French Tech Tour to India 2016 is a platform bridging French and Indian tech ecosystems

The Trade & Investment Commission of France in India - Business France - is organising the first edition of what is called 'French Tech Tour to India'.

India has third largest startup base, expected to grow 2.2x times by 2020: Nasscom

The last couple of years witnessed how India has become a breeding ground for startups, but most recent reports have all been hinting at a slowdown, of sort.

Google acquires Eyefluence, a startup that integrates eye tracking into AR and VR applications

Eyefluence, an startup that focuses on using eye tracking for augmented reality and virtual reality applications has announced that it is joining Google.

Slack's rapid growth is starting to slow down

Slack has 4 million daily active users, 5.8 million weekly active users, more than 1.25 million paid users, and 33,000 paid teams.

Uber now has 40 million monthly riders across the globe

At the Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick revealed some global stats and also spoke about the future of the taxi-booking service.

Startup Series: Do you need a fancy job title?

In the early days of a startup, founders do everything from washing cups to taking and making calls to filing papers to paying bills.

IBM collaborates with Indian Angel Network to boost tech innovation in the startup ecosystem

US-based technology company IBM and Indian Angel Network (IAN) on Wednesday announced a partnership to accelerate technology innovations in the start-up and entrepreneurial ecosystem in India.

Get My Parking aims to assist in government's Smart Cities initiative

The startup did some fine work at the overcrowded Kumbh Mela, and also received appreciation from PM Modi.

8 Secret techniques you can use to find your dream startup team

Over the last two years, I am proud to say that we have been able to put together an amazing team of such mavericks. I am sharing some of those methods!

Kirt McMaster steps down as CEO with Cyanogen moving to modular

The last couple of months haven't been great for Cyanogen, just like for many startups struggling keep up to the promises.

Monish Karam of Jobsenz received $40,000 from Facebook; he talks to us about his startup journey

Last week, Facebook identified Jobsenz as the product to fund under its startup programme 'FbStart.' As a result, Jobsenz received $40,000 from Facebook in credit that could be used for business promotion on Facebook.

Indian youth's startup JobSenz to get $40,000 under Facebook's FbStart program

Facebook has selected "JobSenz" to fund under its startup programme known as "FbStart." Facebook launched the programme in 2015 with the aim of attracting good startups.

Travel tech: Bangalore-based startup HolidayIQ offers geofencing and video reviews

HolidayIQ is one such startup headquartered in Bangalore, and according to the company, it's the way it works and nifty app features that distinguish it from the rest.

Ratan Tata invests in fitness startup GOQii

Adding one more to his startup funding list, leading industrialist and serial investor Ratan Tata has invested in virtual fitness coaching platform, GOQii.

Startup Series: Assessing a co-founder and the search is analogous to dating

The search for a co-founder is analogous to dating. There is an ideal checklist of attributes — skills, qualities and more as you will see — and then there is the ineffable chemistry check.

C.VOX is a wearables startup adding tech to sports apparels

Just about when smartphones and mobile devices reached the plateau of innovation, wearables came about and proved to be the next frontier for invasive and intimate technology.

Indian bitcoin company raises $1.5 million from US, Indian investors

Unocoin, a Bangalore-based bitcoin startup, has raised $1.5 million in funding from a mix of Indian and U.S. investors, the company announced on Thursday.

Indonesia's Go-Jek acquires Pianta, a Bangalore-based healthcare startup

After Bangalore-based C42 Engineering and Delhi-based CodeIgnition, Pianta becomes the third Indian company to be snapped by Go-Jek. The financial terms remain undisclosed.

Chinese investors bullish about Indian startups; jointly provide $50 mn of funding

A dozen Chinese investors offered at a technology summit here on Sunday to jointly provide funding of about $50 million (Rs 334 crore) for Indian start-ups.

Home services startups UrbanClap, Housejoy gear up with Diwali deals

Home services are slowly yet steadily picking pace in the Indian consumer market with some of the prominent names like UrbanClap and Housejoy.

Apple buys Tuplejump, a Hyderabad-based machine learning startup

Apple has said it will be buying Tuplejump, which is said to be a India/US based machine learning startup. The startup builds software that specialises in processing and analysing big sets of data quickly.

Facebook buys Nascent Objects, a modular hardware startup

In an interesting move, Facebook has gone ahead and acquired a 'modular electronics platform' that can be used to build gadgets - Nascent Objects.