The Bengaluru-based bike taxi aggregator Rapido has revamped its application followed by rebranding and appropriate networking so as to attract a large number of riders on hire services. Changes itself to Rapido Captain, it carries out a new and different look, extended and expanded networks, strengthening its positioning as well as recreating pooling tools platform for thousands of daily commuters …

Bengaluru-based education technology startup Byju’s known popularly asThink & Learn Pvt. Ltd is aiming to expand its business by acquiring different gaming and learning apps especially in the US which will allow them to expand their business by aiming for the lower grades of education, starting from kindergarten. Byju’sprovides educational services in India and offers courses on the CAT, GMAT …

Delhi-based SlideApp, which helps public to have mobile screen locks, raises as much as 3.6 million USD in its Series A round of funding led by Songhyun Investment. The South Korea-based Venture Capital firm invested in relation to having the users award with appropriate reading content mainly in Android phones. The Seed funding round by the same application based firm …

India-based startup ideaForge Technologies Pvt. Ltd. which majorly relies on robotics module is variedly supporting the Indian Army with strategies as well as empower it every now and then during hardships. The first urge to seek such technology was in 2013 when a team were busy searching survivors in Uttarakhand through the submerged areas. Furthermore, a similar situation arose in …

Tech giant Google will soon announce initiatives and measures to aid and improve startups and other small and medium businesses in India. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is in India for a vacation and may host an event in New Delhi on January 4, where he will lay out the roadmap in a move which may prove to be a gamechanger …

Fashion and lifestyle based e-commerce web portal Fynd has opened a variably new sectionnamed ‘Fynd Stores’ for the retailers scattered nationwide. The website helps brands to showcase their in-house inventions through the platform which has now taken the liberty to open a retail store for ease business. The respective platform will help the retailers to seek an opportunity to increase …

Kolkata-based insurance broking firm Ideal Insurance raised an undisclosed amount of funds through the help of Xelpmoc for its upcoming online insurance platform portal 121Policy.com. The investing firm Xelpmoc is run by former Chief Technical Officer of Just Dial, Sandipan Chattopadhyay. In the recently held fundraising event, Ideal Insurance will further boost it to launch its online portal by end …

Jaipur-based business to business online platforms Wholesalebox raised as much as 2 million USD i.e. Rs. 13 crores in a Pre-Series A round funding through the help of angel as well as institutional investors. Apart from the existing and new angel investors, Contrarian Vridhi Fund and Manish Maheshwari, CEO of Network 18 Digital were among the investors who participated in …

Mumbai-based personal device management platform Servifyraised an undisclosed amount of funds in a Pre-Series A round through the help of the existing investors Blume Ventures, Beenext, and others. Focusing mainly towards gadgets, consumer electronic goods, home appliances and so on, Servify helps its users to seek a post-purchase services for their respective devices or electronic goods. In the recent fundraising …

In one of the recent fundraising event, online pharmaceutical and lab aggregator firm Aermed raised an undisclosed amount through Angel funding. Series A funding was led by Hitesh Windlass, CEO of Windlass Healthcare with a focus to use the funds for chronic patients. The seed funding included other investors such as private equity firm from Boston, a global investment bank …

Real estate property consultancy aggregator JLL India launched a new independent vertical so as to make strategic investments in the startup firms which are aggressively developing technology solutions for such similar sectors. The investment through the new vertical would lead to a better potentiality in real estate business henceforth backed by workable technology, innovative thinking, and sound engineering. The following …

IT solutions and services provider tech conglomerate L&T Infotech has acquired AugmentIQ Pvt. Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. The Pune-based startup firm helps in providing IP-based offerings, big data and analytics solution which would now support the tech giant to help various enterprises derive business benefits from sharing big data analytics. Website of Augmented IQ Pvt. Ltd. which is now …

In the recent event of fundraising, an education-basede-commerce online store Fastudent raised an undisclosed amount from one of its Pre-SeriesA funding, here on Thursday in Bengaluru. The web portal focuses on selling almost everything from textbooks to stationery such as course, reading books, notebooks, copies, and other daily usage materials. The fund was raised through the help of various investors …

Online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy raised a pretty good amount of funding of 16 million USD in its 4th strategic round of Series D funding through the help of existing investors as well as Bessemer Venture Partners. The Indian online food aggregator will put its raised funds into the upcoming phase of growth along with improvised customer experiences. …

In a recent event, Chennai-based self-publishing startup Notion Press has raised a fund worth 1 million USD in one of its Series A round funding. The funding was done by an undisclosed High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs). The respective deal will boost up the self-publishing platform so as to consolidate its marketing segment, strategic relationship, strengthening the management team, along …

The renowned Indian company, Syska LED group has given a pre-Series A round of funding to the Pune-based hyperlocal delivery startup Tokri. According to Neeraj Kansa, the co-founder of Tokri, the firm has been able to raise $2.5 million (almost Rs 16.7 Crore), with a commitment from Syska to put in more money in the near future. With this funding, …

Ford Motor company led Ford Smart Mobility firm, mainly, a subsidiary has invested a hefty amount of $24 million in self-driving sensor technology startup Zoomcar,a zip-car like business which operates from Bengaluru, India. The following funding was raised in a Series B round along with other participants such as Sequoia Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, and Empire Angels. Though, the sum …

The world’s leading Software giant, Microsoft has purchased artificial intelligence startup company Genee,which is a smart scheduling app so as to make an effort to embed similar methodology of artificial intelligence hence to compete with its contemporaries like Google Now and Apple’s Siri. The following purchasesof Genee by Microsoft will help in improving capabilities of the firm’s named Cortana. Founded …

SBrick recently purchased home service aggregator Home Cues for $1 million in a high on-demand home services for its end-users. After the acquisition, Home Cues will work as a subsidiary of the facility management firm though it will continue with the same name. Both the companies are likely to split their focus towards business-to-consumers and business-to-business sections respectively. Currently, SBrick …

Financial technology being the best innovative way to manage your finance, similar startups have launched various mode to attract an individual’s life in every aspect. The simple, sober process to get a hold over simple calculations, fixed deposits, insurances, etc. have been digitalised and robotic at all means. Being more analytical and data-driven, a digital investment management platform named “Wixifi” …

Logistics based start-up firm Truckola has raised as much as 4 Crores INR i.e. $595,000 from an Angel funding round here in Bengaluru. The round was taken up by Fortune Interfinance in a deal-making platform LetsVenture. The participants in its first round-up in angel funding included investors like Founder of LetsVenture, Shanti Mohan; Sarthak and Nihit Agarwal of Shubhalakshmi Polyesters; …

Renowned online travel marketplaceTripShelf has raised the fund worth 250,000 USD in a pre-series round ‘A’ Delhi-based GEMS Group in the financial market. Althoughthe exact figure of the amount has been kept undisclosed, the revealed part says of funding $250,000 by the domestic firm. The respective travelling based business was established by Father-Son duo Jai Raj Gupta and Dhruv Gupta …

Reliance Group of Industries subsidiary Reliance Jio is all set to become a game-changer in the communication industry by influencing smaller cities which include tier II and tier III regions. The 4G LTE network has successfullyoccupiedour mindset offering world class network connection from biggest of industries, wherein Reliance Communication is keen on targeting the niche market for more consumer reliability. …

In one-of-its-kind fundraising from the financial market business communication platform named AppSay is likely to raise fund amounting 150,000 USD with the help of Venture Catalyst. The respective platform contributes to protecting information regarding businesses of its customers in various ways. It includes banks, schools, hospitals, insurers, NGOs, government sectors so as to use techniques of all sorts in a …

Mogae Media, India’s one of the biggest mobile marketing service provider which helps various businesses to stay connected with smartphone users in all spectrum has raised the fund of almost 100 crores INR so as to rebuild digital marketing or e-commerce companies. The sole motto of the company is to invest those digital firms and innovative mobile sectors mostly startups …