The last few years have been a rollercoaster ride for the entire startup ecosystem, with most founders going back to regular jobs and only a few going on for sustenance. Shortlisted from the many reas...

The company plans to roll out its online payment gateway for mom-and-pop stores - with international card acceptance capabilities. At a glance: Startup: Paramotor Year it was founded: 2016 Founder...

India is on the verge of passing a landmark judgment for gay rights. Currently, India is among the nations that still criminalises homosexuality. If the Supreme Court decides to decriminalise same-sex...

Mumbai-based Zicom Electronic Systems, founded by Pramoud Rao, is an electronic security management company that builds ATM surveillance products and other security apps. It was the 1980s and fax mac...

Mindshare's Anita Kotwani shares what it takes to build a brand, how storytelling can set a brand apart, and how smaller brands and startups can succeed at storytelling. Strategy without execution i...

Cloud-based hotel property management system solution provider Hotelogix has tied up with the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Mumbai to train students. As companies actively seek industry-academ...

Albinder Dhindsa, Co-founder, Grofers Delhi-based online grocery marketplace Grofers today announced its foray into the FMCG segment with the launch of seven new brands under two categories – Budget ...

The scope of technological advancement keeps on developing, changing all businesses as it advances. In social safety, innovation is progressively assuming a part in all procedures, from tolerant enlis...

Jeff Bezos added $52 billion to his fortune this year as Amazon stock soared on the New York Stock Exchange. Jeff Bezos is now richer than anyone has ever been. The Amazon Founder-CEO’s net worth tou...

Online network for professionals, LinkedIn, has selected IT products provider Directi, ecommerce market leader Flipkart, and digital financial services company One 97 Communications which run Paytm, a...

To address the critical challenge of hiring the right kind of sales and marketing talent, this Hyderabad-based startup has launched a one-stop digital platform. Startup: The Sales Talent Founder: Pr...

The human resource industry is being revolutionised by tech. All aspects from hiring and resource optimisation to performance management can now be automated. Human Resource Management (HRM) is a bu...

While at work or deeply engrossed in your work, there’s a tendency to lose awareness about your physical body. You’re absorbed in the day-to-day operations and fully focused on executing tasks. Howeve...

In a country obsessed with white skin, not being the quintessential 'fair and lovely' girl is often looked down upon. Every such encounter where an individual is screened on the basis of skin colour l...

The recent technological advancements have affected every single aspect of our daily lives. The graphic design field is no different. At the moment, graphic designers live in what we know as the “digi...

Nurturing the entrepreneurial dreams of ‘Real India’, small cities to emerge as the next pit-stop for global business giants and start-ups. The stage is set for the co-working revolution 2.0, and its...

In my last article, I wrote about how trading can be taught. One major area which needs to be understood is the core understanding of the mechanics and creating one’s own content. The other area was m...

Alia Bhatt’s Mi Wardrobe is Su Wardrobe initiative provides solar lamps to 40 families in Kikkeri village of Mandya district, Karnataka. Alia Bhatt. Photo courtesy: PTI For a while after she made h...

The startup made money with its bike taxi model at first, but later pivoted to food and medical delivery. At a Glance Startup: NOW Delivery Founders: Vivek Pandey and Bharat Khandelwal Year it w...

The RBI may have banned banks and all other registered financial entities from facilitating any crypto transaction, but WazirX offers P2P money transfers and allow customers to buy cryptos. Startup: ...

From apps dedicated to suit different fitness regimes, to trackers and merchandise, MevoLife aims to keep the user motivated with unique reward mechanisms. At a glance Startup:MevoLife Founders:Khy...

Rohim Momin, who competed against people from 59 countries and constructed a world-class standard building, is putting the spotlight on dignity of labour. One of the main reason India is a booming ...

Asia has a new richest man - Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba founder Jack Ma to the top spot on Friday. Ambani’s wealth swelled to $44.3 billion on the Bloomberg Billionair...

For Abhinav Singh, the road to becoming an entrepreneur has taken him through diverse sectors, from infrastructure, to consumer electronics, and then finally to furniture and decor. Armed with a B. Te...

A question that I am asked time and again by amateur traders is whether trading can actually be taught, or if it is a God-given gift. According to me, it is a science and not an art, so it “can be tau...

In 2017, when Joyita Mondal became the first-ever transgender to be appointed as a judge, she not only challenged sterotypes but also paved way for many from her community. Following her footsteps, 26...

When Hareesh Panicker and Soney Jose founded a startup offering services for prepaid payment instruments in 2014, they soon realised that their business idea was not viable due to constant changes in ...

Technological advancements and rapidly disrupting business models are structurally shifting the Indian employment landscape as the world’s largest democracy faces a critical issue of skill development...

2018 has been the year when content, especially on mobile, has found its wings in India. There is a lot of excitement about content businesses in India, and rightly so. There is a tremendous opportuni...

Two large vans carrying food are zipping through South Mumbai and the nearing suburbs. The smell of warm food wafts from neatly stacked tins. Dressed in their white uniform are the city's dabbawallahs...

Startups, IT and ITES and manufacturing attracted overseas investors’ attention witnessing increased deal activity, contributing to 56 percent of total inbound deal volumes. If business is all about ...

Edtech platform Unacademy has raised Series C funding of $21 million led by Sequoia India, SAIF Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Existing investors Blume Ventures also participated in this round ...

For 82-year-old Kamegowda, his love for the environment is quite evident from all the work he does. Kundinibetta, a hillside that he lived on was turning into a barren land. This is when Kamegowda, a ...

Bengaluru-based payments player PhonePe on Monday announced that it had acquired hyperlocal service Zopper’s Point-of-Sale (PoS) business, Zopper Retail. As a part of the deal, Neeraj Jain, Founder a...

The more you wonder, the more you wander – hadn’t this been for real, the majority of the population on earth would not have constituted of gallivanters. Boundaries and borders have never restricted t...

The FIFA World Cup 2018 saw a series of exciting matches right from the start. The spectacle showed how tactically varied some of the teams were. For many of us in the startup and corporate circles, t...

Travel startup Voyages Overland puts the focus on the journey as its overlanding trips in customised trucks promise experiences like none other. At a glance: Startup: Voyages Overland Founded in: 2...

In 2011, when the then 31-year-old Godavari Dange boarded an aircraft for the first time in her life, there were celebrations in Osmanabad district’s Tuljapur taluk in Maharashtra. Godavari was on her...

Mukesh Ambani added $4 billion to his wealth in 2018, while Reliance Industries crossed $100 billion in market capitalisation on the BSE. Asia has a new richest man - Reliance Industries Chairman Muk...

Customer success is one of the most talked-about topics among B2B SaaS circles in India today. During our interactions with founders, however, we’ve realized that it is a lesser understood function wh...

The recent funding comes just four months after the infusion of Rs 195 crore in March. Amazon has pumped in an additional Rs 230 crore into its Indian digital payments arm Amazon Pay (India) Private ...

Increasingly, technology bigwigs in India are seeing the value in engaging with startups to come up with solutions to address the growing need for IT in all industries and domains. India’s $160-billi...

NoPo Nanotechnologies manufactures high quality and affordable carbon nanotubes that are being tested by ISRO for its efficacy as a coating on spacecraft. At a Glance: Startup: NoPo Nanotechnologies...

Startup-O Co-founder and Managing Partner Anuj Jain tells YourStory how his company is building the Asian startup ecosystem, one step at a time. He connects startups with investors and his website cl...

Blume Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) and Emergent Ventures have announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind India-US cross-border accelerator platform, Arka Venture Labs. Currently open onl...

The first half of 2018 seems to have been a dull period for Indian startups in terms of funding inflow. According to YourStory Research, the total funding raised (including PE investments, but excludi...

From digitisation to disruption, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quote...

At a glance Startup: YoBlunt Founders: Ashish Bais, Manish Bais, Rishita Varma Year of launch: 2017 Where it is based: Faridabad Sector: Lifestyle Problem it solves: A platform where you can pos...

Founded by Rahat Kulshreshtha and Gaurav Mehta in 2013, drone startup Quidich is creating ripples in live sport, aerial filmmaking, and government surveillance. The bootstrapped 12-member startup Quid...

This new centre endeavours to foster an inclusive startup ecosystem by providing a platform to validate startup ideas and create linkages between startups and all of the stakeholders. The city of Hub...