News & Updates

Mumbai, 30th April 2019:Aidia Technovations’ co-curricular market place for Music, Art, Dance and Sports (MADS), imd1 (I Am The 1) has signed Memorandum of Understanding with HR Infotech Association (HRIA) for promoting MADS among the employees of its associate member companies. HRIA is an association of HR professionals in Information Technology / IT Enabled Services. Founded in 1995 and formally established as an association in the year 2002-03, HRIA...

Delhi, 29th April 2019: One of the most renowned names from the cricketing world, Harsha Bhogle, comes on board as an investor at ChqBook.com, India's largest curated market place for personalized financial services. Harsha has invested an undisclosed amount in the Gurgaon based startup that allows customers to explore, compare and buy personal finance products such as personal loans, home loans and credit cards. Over his career of 30...

30th April, Hyderabad, India : Hyderabad based start-up, “The Culinary Lounge” is pioneering a new wave called ‘HandiTalks’, giving foodprenuers, F & B start-ups, foodies and wannabe chefs an open live platform to develop culinary ideas, interact and to get inspired on what is needed in getting into culinary business or learning to know how to run food & beverages business and create a place in the industry. From Left to right:...

Mumbai, April 29, 2019: New age technology-led NBFC InCred has successfully concluded its Series A Funding round. Led by Dutch development finance institution FMO, the funding round raised Rs. 600 crores for InCred and witnessed the participation of US-based asset manager Moore Capital, India/Latin America-focused PE fund Elevar, and Alpha Capital (anearly-stage investor of InCred). The latest funding round will increase the total equity capital of the company to over 1,000 crores. The NBFC...

National, 25 April, 2019: Moneycontrol, the country’s leading financial destination has launched moneycontrol Pro, a premium subscription service created to provide enhanced content for users. At moneycontrol, the user is always kept at the core and the fundamental goal is to ensure that the audience makes well informed investing decisions. Keeping in mind the brand ethos of disseminating financial information with the utmost quality and authenticity; this premium offering marks the next step in the growth journey...

23 April 2019, Mumbai: SleepyCat, India’s first mattress-in-a-box company is proud to announce crossing the milestone of selling 10,000 mattress-in-a-box. SleepyCat was started by Kabir Siddiq in 2017 as a way to simplify the process of buying a mattress. The company launched on Amazon LaunchPad with one single product in August 2017 and sold their entire stock in less than a week. SleepyCat launched formally in November 2017...

Hyderabad, 25 April 2019: T-Hub, leading India’s pioneering innovation ecosystem that powers next-generation products and new business models, Smart Cities Mission (SCM) of Government of India and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, today hosted Smart City Arcade, a consultative session with Smart City startups seeking to engage with India’s Smart Cities. This event helped corporate and government organisations to explore emerging Indian Smart City technologies pitched and showcased at T-Hub premises.

New Delhi, April 25, 2019: Aye Finance, the CapitalG backed fintech lender to MSMEs, has reached the INR 1000 AUM (Asset Under Management) milestone within 5 years of inception. Started in 2014, the lender has been growning exponentially having disbursed INR 1700 crores to over 1,25,000 micro enterprises since inception. Aye has become a pioneer in transforming the micro enterprise financing in India by innovating on the methods that...

New Delhi, April 24, 2019: Praxis Global Alliance, the technology-led management consulting, analytics and market research firm, has announced the acquisition of Unbound, a boutique consulting outfit focused on coupling business and sustainability, today. As part of the acquisition, Unbound’s founder Aakriti Gupta will join Praxis Global Alliance as Vice President, supporting Praxis’ Consulting team to build its offerings around organizational complexities, using Systems Thinking. Unbound, a Gurgaon and Mumbai based start-up, had been...

New Delhi, April 24, 2019: Amplify.ai, a Silicon Valley-based AI solutions provider, joined hands with one of India’s largest news conglomerates, ABP News Network Pvt Ltd. (ANN). As per the strategic partnership, Amplify.ai has developed AI-powered chat assistants on Facebook Messenger for multiple ANN Group subsidiaries. The solutions are live on its three of the most prominent social channels- ABP News, ABP Live, and ABP Majha, in Hindi, English, and Marathi.

New Delhi, April 23, 2019:Venture Catalysts, India’s first and biggest integrated incubator, recently - partnered with one of India’s biggest sweets & snacks manufacturer and CPG brand Haldiram’s to boost its overall understanding and facilitation of start-ups in this sector. The Consumer Packaged Goods sector, comprising goods consumed every day by the average consumer, has shown significant growth potential in the Indian market, and the current association aims to utilize this opportunity. The FMCG...

NeoGrowth, India’s leading NBFC lending to the under-served MSMEs, was recently awarded the ‘Best Learning Strategy of the Year Award’for implementing new and innovative learning strategy, employee on-boarding and development program for employees. The award was presented at the 3rd edition of Future of L&D Summit & Awards, conceptualized and curated by UBS Forums, India’s largest platform for learning and development professionals. The Summit recognizes individuals and organizations who are bringing about...