Venture capital firm, Inventus Capital, plans to invest in 15 companies this year, including a Bangalore-based healthcare management entity and a consumer Internet company, a top company official said.
The company, started by three BITS Pilani graduates in 2005, could be planning to aggressively scale up its business to tap the untapped potential that the bus-booking service offers in India.
First, get out and engage with customers sooner than later. If you stay focused on the lab to work on your product, the market may have moved. Customer feedback is very important. Also do not underestimate competition; stay on top of it.
The Silicon Valley people, who knew former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta, reacting to the two-year jail term imposed on him for insider trading, said what happened is a tragedy, horrible and sad, but also feels Gupta will be back.
Venture capitalist and Silicon Valley tycoon, Kanwal Rekhi, on Saturday said that recession is the best time to be an investor and an entrepreneur.
While funds will not be a constraint, the challenge for Aasaanjobs will be to reach out to people with no internet, says M Saraswathy.
HealthifyMe is an app that connects users to fitness trainers virtually, motivate them on goals.
Power2SME, a one-stop shop for sourcing and buying raw materials for SMEs, is the only B2B firm in this space.
Dahiya's first internet-based venture to sell insurance failed, but he was convinced digital was the future
The family office category was up 38 per cent, led by names such as Ratan Tata, Ronnie Screwvala and various Infosys co-founders.
'Sundar Pichai is not only a great engineer but a good leader too'
The ban on taxi aggregators can put at risk investments of at least Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion), made by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investors.
Droom has seen aircraft such as the Falcon, Hawk and Cessna being rented.
'Each day, while interacting with scores of people, all with demands and expectations of their own, holding one's own fort is of paramount importance. 'One must always have the vision which will guide the journey,' says Dinesh Goel, a chemical engineer from IIT-B, co-founder and CEO, AasaanJobs.com, an online marketplace for entry-level and blue-collar job seekers.
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