The Snapdeal Pivot

Nov 01, 2014

In January 2013, Snapdeal had a mere US $100,000 in the bank, a small chunk left after it had burned through almost all of the US $57 million it had raised since September 2009. The company was also gearing

Bessemer Venture Partners Blackrock Inc. e-commerce eBay Indo US Venture Partners Kunal Bahl Myriad Nexus Venture Partners Premji Invest Ratan Tata Rohit Bansal Snapdeal Softbank Temasek Tybourne

In the traveller’s shoes

Nov 01, 2014

For Aloke Bajpai, pursuing his passion for travelling and entrepreneurship, led him to setup ixigo.com, which offers actionable information to travellers. The company is backed by investments from Makemytrip.com, SAIF Partners and Singapore-based BAF Spectrum

ixigo.com Makemytrip.com Saif Partners travel startup

Transformation by design

Oct 01, 2014

Polaris’ Arun Jain has engineered a unique strategy at the mid-sized financial technology company, incubating a robust products company from within a running services entity. He has put together an A-Team of five CEOs to mastermind two companies

Arun Jain BFSI Financial Technology Global Transaction Banking Global Universal Banking Insurance Intellectual Property Polaris Risk and Treasury Management

Trippin’ on a plan

Oct 01, 2014

For travel itinerary portal, TripHobo, the journey’s just begun. At present, it has 25,000 itinerary plans listed and provides information on 250 cities. It also has 1.5 lakh unique visitors per month and by next fiscal, it

Kalaari Capital travel itinerary travel startup TripHobo

The line of print

Oct 01, 2014

Printo has shown that catering to the printing needs of micro and small business can be profitable. With an annual growth rate of nearly 35 per cent, the company is looking to touch the Rs. 100-crore revenue mark in

Printo Sequoia Capital SMEs

The need of every boring hour

Oct 01, 2014

The Nearify app, with a user base of 100,000 registered users, collates information on local events and has a listing of over one million upcoming events. In the next year, it aims to list over two million upcoming events

Bedrock Ventures event listing India Quotient Nearify Seedfund Advisors tech startup

Spreading Out to scale

Oct 01, 2014

While its India market strategy moves into a phase of consolidation in the cloud telephony segment, Knowlarity Communications, wants to extend its focus to the South-East Asian markets. In five years, it aims to sign up 1,00,000

Ambarish Gupta Cloud Telephony Knowlarity Communications Mayfield Fund Sequoia Capital

A holistic approach to growth

Oct 01, 2014

M. Balasubramaniam, CEO, CURA healthcare, aims to make it a Rs. 500 crore company by 2018 by expanding its geographical presence and increasing its product range

CURA healthcare Healthcare healthcare products Peepul Capital

A smooth ride ahead

Aug 01, 2012

A well-known player in the premium bicycle segment, Firefox Bikes hopes to crank up its presence further as it looks to target 40 per cent growth on the number of bikes it sells and achieve a revenue target of

Narayana hrudayalaya: From the Heart

Aug 01, 2012

Balancing social impact and a strategy to execute on a sustainable business model lies at the core of Dr Devi Prasad Shetty’s plan of growing Narayana Hrudayalaya