Myntra to Leverage Microsoft Cloud to Improve Customer Experience

Myntra, fashion and lifestyle e-tailer owned by Flipkart, has entered in partnership with Microsoft to expedite its digital transformation and provide an unparalleled shopping experience to customers. Myntra accelerates its digital transformation journey with Microsoft Cloud With this partnership deal, Myntra will get to leverage the capabilities of the cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure to accelerate its…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 19, 20200Comments

Funding News

Dunzo raises $11 Mn from Existing and Venture Debt Specialist Altera Capital

Dunzo, a hyperlocal startup headquartered in Bengaluru, has secured fresh funding of $11 Mn from existing investor and venture debt specialist Altera Capital. Google-backed Dunzo raises fresh debt capital from Altera Capital The company hinted that it will utilize the debt capital to sustain and fuel growth in profit-orientated markets. Vinod Murali, Managing Director Altera Capital, said that…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 19, 20200Comments

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Zolostays Appoints New Chief Human Resources Officer

Zolostays, a market leader in India’s nascent co-living market, has appointed Chanchal Gupta as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Zolostays appoints Chanchal Gupta as new New Chief Human Resources Officer Gupta is backed with long drawn 15 years of experience in the field of human resources. In his previous stint, he has led the HR…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 18, 20200Comments

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Edtech startup Genius Corner Secures Funding from Singapore based Investors

Genius Corner, a Noida based edtech startup, has raised US$ 250K from clutch of Investors based in Singapore. The Singapore-based investors include Mahesh Mohta, Jyoti Arora, Nachu Subramanian and Srivats. K-12 focused edtech startup Genius Corner scoops up US$ 250K in fresh funding... Genius Corner will use the proceedings to bring additional 30,000 students on its online…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 17, 20200Comments

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Falcon Edge Capital raises $300 Mn Fresh Funding Corpus

Falcon Edge Capital has raised fresh funding corpus of $300 Mn that will be duly utilized for fulfilling capital requirements of startups based in India and Southeast Asia. Falcon Edge Capital, a US based investment firm, raises $300 Mn in fresh funding corpus. The investment vehicle of the government of Abu Dhabi and clutch of investors from…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 17, 20200Comments

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Weekly Startup Funding: Investors Finally open up their Coffers

This week the startup funding activities finally got a decisive boost as investors finally decided to overcome their docile mood and open up their coffers. SoftBank backed FirstCry raised this week's biggest funding round... As a result, the week saw some big ticket funding to round up to what is presumably the best funding week so far…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 15, 20200Comments

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Social commerce app Simsim Rakes $8 Mn in Series B Round

Social commerce app Simsim, which is operated by parents company SZS Tech, has secured $8 Mn in a Series B funding round. Existing investors China’s Shunwei Capital and Accel Partners spearheaded the latest funding round. According to reports, no other investors participated in the round. Simsim co-founders Amit Bagaria, Kunal Suri, and Saurabh Vashishtha Simsim app, which was…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 14, 20200Comments

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Facebook Launches Pinterest Type App – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Facebook Launches Pinterest Type App, But Quietly Image Credit: The Verge Facebook's product experimentation team has quietly launched an app Hobbi, which is surprisingly close to Pinterest, according to The Information Report. The Hobbi is a photo-sharing app. Similar to Pinterest, it…

ByTechPluto StaffFebruary 14, 20200Comments

Featured Startups

AjnaLens: India’s Emphatic Answer to Microsoft’s Hololens

Startup: Dimension NXG Brand name: AjnaLens Founders: Abhijit Patil, Pankaj Raut and Abhishek Tomar Founding Year: 2014 Headquarters: Mumbai Funding: Angel funding Investors: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Nailesh Khimji, Japan Vyas, Chetan Kajaria, Manish Bhatia, Jay Jesrani & others. Back in 2014 at IIT Mumbai’s sprawling complex three young entrepreneurs – Abhijit Patil, Pankaj Raut and…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 13, 20200Comments

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25 Winning startups in Turbostart programme to Receive 1 Mn Funding

25 promising startups emerged as final winners on Wednesday in InnovationQore’s Cohort 1 of Turbostart programme. The programme was held in the IT city of Bengaluru. Ganesh Raju: Founder & CEO of InnovationQore These 25 startups will receive funds up to $1 Mn each and also be provided with end to end services to help them scale…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 13, 20200Comments

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