Indian entrepreneurs: Page 2

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Nandan Nilekani Leads INR 100 Crore Round In Intercity Mobility Start-Up

The new funds will help IntrCity by RailYatri further expand its bus network and enhance the tech platform.

Women Entrepreneur™

She Changes Her Restaurant's Menu Every Month, and Patrons Love It

According to chef Radhika Khandelwal, seasonal produce is more than half the work done to make a delicious dish

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[Funding Alert] Facebook, Others Back Edtech Start-Up Unacademy In $110 Mln Funding Round

The social media giant led the investment in the Bengaluru-based company alongside General Atlantic and Sequoia.

Women Entrepreneur™

For This Woman Entrepreneur, Architecture Is No Less Than Meditation

Kolkata-based Pooja Bihani's portfolio now includes several residential, commercial and lifestyle projects across Kolkata, Cuttack, Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru.

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[Funding Alert] After-Sales Service Provider Onsitego Raises $19 Mln In Series B Funding

The Mumbai-based company said the new funds would be used for consolidating its market position in the device protection market, and expanding into annual maintenance contracts, home protection and on-demand services.

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[Funding Alert] Healthtech Start-Up Innovaccer Raises $70 Million In Series C Round

The funding came from Steadview Capital, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, Westbridge, Mubadala and Microsoft's venture fund M12. The company said it plans to use the new funds to improve existing processes that digitize healthcare for providers, payers and patients by further developing its data activation platform.

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[Funding Alert] Android Device Management Platform Provider Esper Raises $7.6 Mln In Series A Funding

The company said it would use the new funds for product development and to expand its customer base in India and the United States.

Entrepreneurs

Want To Eat Jackfruit Mock-Meat? Here's Who Can Offer

Food start-up Better is all set to launch the product in March which tastes exactly like meat

Technology

Building For Digital Bharat: This Start-Up Wants To Help the Next 400 Mln Users Transact Online

Mall91 offers a social commerce platform that combines live videos, social gaming, social content, voice, and messaging to help users outside of big cities reap the benefits of e-commerce.

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[Funding Alert] Vernacular Audio Platform Raises Series A Round

Founded in 2018, Mumbai-based Kuku FM houses a wide range of content and has managed to garner a library of over 5,000 hours of content. With the fresh funds, it plans to increase the number of languages on its platform and enhance the production and marketing support to its creator base.

Lifestyle

Make In India: 12 Textile and Fabric Techniques Gaining Popularity Globally

The Indian textile industry contributes about 2.3 per cent to India's growing gross domestic product and 13 per cent of India's total export income

Entrepreneurs

Functional Foods With an Ayurvedic Touch: The Story Behind Kapiva

Founded in 2016 by Ameve Sharma and Shrey Badhani, the company currently has about 80 different products ranging from juices to ghee.

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Making of the Fastest Unicorn, Udaan

When the three co-founders left Flipkart, they had no 'concrete idea' but the resolve to work together

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RentRoomi To Enter New York, London, and Hong Kong

Currently, the start-up allows people to list a room or an entire property on the platform and only charges once tenants have moved in

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[Funding Alert] Y Combinator-backed Agritech Start-Up Raises Funding

Founded in 2016 by the father-son duo of Sanjay Agarwalla and Aditya Agarwalla, the company connects marginal farmers, who constitute a large part of the entire population, directly to businesses anywhere in the country for the sale of their produce.