Weekly Funding: Week’s Top 5 Biggest Funding News

This week turned out to be a very forgetful and lackluster week for the Indian startups. All that Indian startups could garner was merely $8.95 million that were raised across 9 deals. This is a significant 86% drop from last week’s funding that saw funding of almost $65 million. Not to mention this week the…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 17, 20180Comments

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Aditya Ghosh: The man who said No to ‘Tatas’ for ‘Oyo Rooms’

Aditya Ghosh is no stranger to taking risky decisions and big bets. After all, it was his unflinching penchant for taking risky decisions that proved instrumental in transforming Indigo Airlines into one of the topmost budget airline companies in the world. Now Ghosh will be expected to walk the same line of fire with great…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 16, 20180Comments

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IKEA Will Help Clear Delhi’s Air, Plans to Turn Straw into Products

Good news Delhi! IKEA has plans to clear Delhi's air and make it smog-free. Air pollution is one of the world's greatest environmental issues and IKEA aims to solve it with its 'Better Air Now' initiative. It will start this drive from India. IKEA wants to use rice harvesting residue to make products, which is otherwise…

ByTechPluto StaffNovember 16, 20180Comments

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Post Binny Bansal Saga, Flipkart Awaits for Another big Shake-up

Barely 48 hours after Binny Bansal’s shocking resignation, Flipkart is probably waiting for another big shake-up. According to Economic Times, India’s largest online retailer may witness exodus of nearly 20 senior executives. However, this exodus has mostly nothing to do with Binny Bansal’s resignation. The buzz is that this exodus is mostly the result of the…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 16, 20180Comments

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US Military is Testing Surveillance Balloons that Will Hover Forever – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 6 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #6 US Military is Testing Surveillance Balloons that Will Hover Forever Image Credit: Google Project Loon The U.S military is testing special balloon surveillance technology that will hover near stratospheric limits of the earth's atmosphere. A…

ByTechPluto StaffNovember 15, 20180Comments

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How Max Polyakov Turns Ukraine into a Silicon Valley

According to CB Insights, the main reasons for 71% of startups failure is the absence of the product need in the market and lack of financing. The entrepreneur Max Polyakov helps Ukrainian startups to solve these issues while the initiatives of the Max Polyakov’s Noosphere association form the country’s own Silicon Valley. Max Polyakov is a…

ByPrashant SharmaNovember 14, 20180Comments

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Binny Bansal, Flipkart CEO Steps Down after Sexual Assault Investigation – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 6 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #6 Binny Bansal, Flipkart CEO Steps Down after Sexual Assault Investigation Image Credit: Flipkart Facebook The CEO and co-founder of Flipkart, Binny Bansal resigned after an independent investigation of sexual assault charged against him. Binny has denied…

ByTechPluto StaffNovember 14, 20180Comments

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Is FoodPanda falling into a Trap by offering Deep Discounts

Industry analysts have always argued that deep discounts can get you deal hunters but never loyal customers. However, this conventional wisdom hardly seems to bother FoodPanda as it is busy offering deep discounts to customers. The Ola owned company has, of course, resorted to this seemingly desperate strategy in order to catch up with Zomato…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 13, 20180Comments

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Stan Lee, the Legend Behind Marvel Comics Dies at 95 – Top Trending News

Here are today’s Top 6 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #6 Stan Lee, the Legend Behind Marvel Comics Dies at 95 The chief writer and editor of Marvel comics, Stan Lee has died at 95. Stan Lee is known for his cameo role is several Marvel movies based on…

ByTechPluto StaffNovember 13, 20180Comments

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Why Investors are really going Ga Ga over Social Commerce startups like Meesho

Barely a month ago Techpluto reported that social commerce startup Meesho, which offers online shopping platform for small resellers via social media channels, is in discussion to raise $50 Mn. And on Monday the evitable finally happened. On Monday Meesho raised $50 Mn from new as well as existing investors. This series C funding came hardly…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 6, 20180Comments

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