Startup Story: Pepper | One-Stop Destination For Content Creation
In this digital age, people are consuming content more than ever. As per a report by Quoracreative(2019), over 75% of internet users say they read blogs regularly. The purpose of content creation is to produce relevant written, downloadable, and visual content so that people get some value out of the content. In […]
HDFC Bank Wants To Be The ‘Go-To Bank’ For The Startup Community
HDFC Bank wants to be a go-to bank for the startup community, a bank official said on Tuesday. According to the officials, HDFC Bank has dedicated ‘SmartUp‘ zones in 70 branches across 30 Indian cities. And, as per HDFC Bank’s Country Head, Smita Bhagat, around 9,000 startups are currently banking […]
ShareChat Acquires Social Ecommerce Startup Elanic
ShareChat, a vernacular content platform, announced that it has acquired Elanic, a social e-commerce startup. This Bangalore-based startup was founded in 2015 by Palkush Rai Chawla and Abhilash Narahari. Elanic is a peer-to-peer (P2P) online fashion marketplace that enables its users to showcase and sell their pre-owned fashion products. ShareChat’s […]
Reliance Jio and Microsoft Are Joining Hands To Shape Digital India
Reliance Jio and Microsoft are joining hands to shape Digital India with their cloud partnership. Mukesh Ambani at Microsoft Future Decoded–Tech Summit in Mumbai, said that both companies (Microsoft and Jio) would work together and provide digitalization and cloud computing services for several businesses. Talking about the partnership, Mukesh Ambani […]
Startup Story: Travel Triangle | Customize An Unforgettable Experience
Due to its diverse culture and beautiful locations, India has developed itself into a large market for travel and tourism. India was ranked 34th in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 published by the World Economic Forum. Total earnings from the hospitality sector (Travel and Tourism) in India was US$ 28.6 billion […]
Startup Story: Finwego | School Ecosystem Lender
Recently, India has risen as a FinTech Industry Leader with the highest FinTech Adoption Rate of 87% (EY Global Fintech Adoption Index 2019). The FinTech Sector of India is growing at a CAGR of 22%. These numbers are tremendous, keeping in mind that India is a cash-driven economy. Due to this growth, […]
Uber India preparing to expand its Electric Vehicles Fleet
To get dominance in the EV (electric vehicles) ecosystem, Uber India is preparing to expand its fleet of electric vehicles. Presently with 350 electric vehicles, Uber India is projecting to reach 1,500 EVs by the end of the year 2020. The Indian unit of Uber is planning to form strategic […]
MeitY and Nasscom to set up Centre of Excellence for IoT
Ministry of information and technology (MeitY) has partnered with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) to promote innovations based on Internet-of-Things (IoT). For that, the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for IoT will be set up at the Andhra University in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This initiative will help […]
Google removes nearly 600 apps from the Play Store with disruptive ads
Google is removing apps on the Google Play Store with the most ‘disruptive ads’. Google announced on its security blog that it had removed nearly 600 apps from the Play Store, also banning them from ad monetization platforms like Google AdMob and Google Ad Manager. As per Google, ‘disruptive ads’ are those […]
Funding Schemes For Women Entrepreneurs In India
With increasing business opportunities, the number of Women Entrepreneurs has also increased. And to nurture this growth, many schemes are available for Women Entrepreneurs in India. Under these schemes, Women entrepreneurs can get loans as per their requirements, at low-interest rates, and in some, no collateral is required. Funding Schemes […]