Discovering discounts

Mar 01, 2015

Backed by SAIF Partners, Niffler aggregates in-store deals from retailers and offers it to customers on the mobile platform

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Scaling up through bootstrapping

Mar 01, 2015

Since starting up in 2004, RateGain scaled as a bootstrapped company and raised its first round of funding in 2015 from TA Associates. Today, the company offers SaaS-based price comparison tools to over 10,000 global hospitality and travel

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Simplifying payments for online sellers

Mar 01, 2015

Kalaari Capital and Blume Ventures-funded Instamojo provides online sellers an easy-to-adopt method to collect payments online. Moreover, it requires no technology skills to set it up

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Identifying A niche e-commerce segment

Mar 01, 2015

Pankaj Garg founded DailyObjects.com, an e-commerce player focused almost entirely on selling its own brand of smartphone cases. The Seedfund portfolio company has already broken even and is now ready to scale to the next level

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The story of jyothi laboratories

Mar 01, 2015

Ullas Kamath talks at the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation’s learning event on Jyothy Laboratories’ growth, its Henkel acquisition and the entry of professional management in the organisation

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Where data meets decision-making

Mar 01, 2015

T.A. Associates-backed Fractal Analytics, among the first movers in the Indian analytics space, is on an aggressive growth path. Following the acquisition of Mobius Innovations, it is betting on more IP-driven acquisitions, with a focus to touch

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Out in the field

Feb 01, 2015

Sequoia-backed outdoor gear equipment brand, Wildcraft, became commercial after a decade of starting up. Today, it is focussing on building outdoor gear as a separate industry in India and foraying into regions such as the Middle-East and South

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Farming the right idea

Feb 01, 2015

Though an agricultural economy, Indian harvesting and post harvesting technology is quite outdated. Aspada Investments-backed LEAF aims to correct this while simultaneously benefiting the farmers and the consumers

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Eating out, an Experience in itself

Feb 01, 2015

Riyaaz Amlani of Smoke House Deli indicates that the way forward for him will be to focus on the café model. He believes online food businesses will have minimal impact on offline restaurants

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The technology in brick and mortar

Feb 01, 2015

Helion Ventures-backed Mast Kalandar restricts the adoption of technology to improve backend operations and improving delivery mechanism. In the coming months it plans to expand its presence in the global markets and increase its domestic presence to 300 outlets

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