Think Customer capital, Not venture capital

Mar 01, 2015

Mega fund-raising rounds are certainly newsworthy and can get you atop the business press. However, London Business Professor, John Mullins, gently reminds entrepreneurs, especially in new age technology-enabled sectors, about an age old concept – that of bringing in

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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

Casual Dining Food Technology Riyaaz Amlani Smokehouse Deli

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

Food Technology Helion Ventures Mast Kalandar QSR

The frsh way

Feb 01, 2015

FRSH, which delivers fresh food ordered online, was started in January 2014 by two friends from IIT Delhi, Badal Goel and Sumit Kumar. Goel ran a food venture for more than two…  

Food Technology FRSH QSR

How holachef built a Tech-based food business

Feb 01, 2015

Backed by India Quotient, Holachef is an online food platform that crowd sources Chefs in Mumbai to cook and deliver homemade, preservative-free food to customers

Food Technology Holachef India Quotient

Truck it out

Feb 01, 2015

Flavour Labs presently runs two gourmet-themed trucks, Kobri and Hoppers, in the NCR region. In the next two years, it aims to initiate many more Indian cities to this concept of fun dining

Flavour Labs Food Technology QSR

Faaso’s delivery mix

Feb 01, 2015

Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee were engineering graduates from Jadavpur University, who later pursued their masters in business administration, from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and INSEAD, France. Frequent travels abroad…  

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Why VCs are betting on technology-enabled startup restaurants

Feb 01, 2015

Food lovers in India have never had it better; the recent times have seen an explosion in the variety of cuisine, experiments with formats that meet convenient and luxurious needs and an infusion of technology to better logistics on all

Faasos Flavour Labs FRSH Goli Vada Pav Growthstory.in Hola Chef India Quotient Jubilant Foodworks (Dominos) Krishnan Ganesh Mealme QSR Saif Partners Salad Days Sequoia Capital Speciality Restaurants

The freshdesk story decoded

Dec 18, 2014

Through a deep dive into the Freshdesk backstory, Girish Mathrubootham, founder and CEO of the cloud-based customer support software venture, explains to us the defining moments of what is now one…  

The freshdesk story decoded

Dec 01, 2014

Through a deep dive into the Freshdesk backstory, Girish Mathrubootham, founder and CEO of the cloud-based customer support software venture, explains to us the defining moments of what is now one of India’s fastest growing startups

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