StartupCentral Mountain View, California-based Y Combinator, one of the world’s most successful start-up accelerators, has announced that as part of its ongoing venture capital program, it will now invest $80,000…
Times of India Times Internet has acquired MensXP.com, a lifestyle portal for men with channels including fashion, technology, health and entertainment. It was founded three years ago by entrepreneur Angad…
The Hatch for Startups is incubating Poster Gully, an online store for posters, art prints, key-chains, stickers, badges, sweatshirts and other merchandise of popular bands, brands, schools & colleges. Aseem…
NextBigWHat Bangalore based OneBreath, a medical devices company, founded by A Vijay Simha, is to raise $3 million from a consortium of investors led by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s philanthropic…
Economic Times Bangalore-based AdNear, which offers a location-based mobile advertising platform, has raised Rs.35 crore in a first round of funding from VC firms Canaan Partners and Sequoia Capital India.…
Press Release Publicly listed Tata Elxsi has launched Incub@TE, an incubation center program to support entrepreneurs. The initiative is designed to create the next wave of product and service oriented…
Press Release Nasdaq-listed MakeMyTrip Ltd. has acquired a majority equity interest in Thailand-based ITC Group for $3.2 million. The ITC Group comprises of International Tour Center Co. Ltd., ITC Bangkok…
Economic Times Amit and Arihant Patni, the sons of Patni Computer co-founder Gajendra Patni, have bought a 43.17% stake in Grameen Capital India (GCI) from former investor IFMR Trust. The…
Businessworld has a Cover Story on the topic with special focus on the travails of wind energy in Tamilnadu, hydel energy in Uttarakhand and the emerging rooftop solar opportunity. Tamil…
From Businessworld: Now, Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), that offers CDMA-based mobile services to 17 million subscribers under the MTS brand, will offer free talk time to subscribers soon, provided they…