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Milkbasket to fund Rs 10 cr to scale up biz as it aims 10 scouring centres

Milkbasket co-founder and CEO Anant Goel said the company will continue to invest significantly to establish a robust processing and distribution network over the next year

BHIM loses traction as private players lure customers with cashbacks

Experts say as merchants' pay picks up, BHIM will see more transactions from smaller cities

This techie helps millennials find the right life partner using algorithms

Pawan Gupta co-founder, Betterhalf.ai, is on a mission to become the world's largest AI-powered partner prediction engine and help 200 million professionals find their soul mates

Tech-ifying kiranas: KhataBook is changing the way groceries work in India

KhataBook helps small shopkeepers and merchants to maintain a digital record of their transactions through a cash-management app

Scooter rental start-up Vogo gets Rs 25 crore debt from Alteria Capital

Alteria Capital first invested in Vogo in 2018

PharmEasy may soon close $100-mn funding round backed by existing investors

The new round is expected to see participation from Avendus Capital, Eight Roads Ventures India, F-Prime Capital, among others

Bicycle sharing startup MYBYK looks to raise $2 mn in Series A funding

The startup is bullish on taking its fleet of bicycles from 4000 to 10000 through B2B expansion in next six months

Milkbasket raises $10.5 mn from Unilever Ventures, Kalaari Capital, others

Milkbasket said more than 70 per cent of its revenue comes from non-milk products

Want everyday homestyle meals? Check out Swiggy's new app for tiffins

The service that has been launched in Gurugram will be expanded to Bengaluru and Mumbai in the coming months

Going local: Video content startup Homescreen takes the vernacular route

Homescreen Network owns hyperlocal regional content platform SparkTV and live interactive online 24x7 channel TheBigScope

New-age lenders enter markets that banks fear: What's their secret sauce?

Digital lending platforms are attracting new-to-credit borrowers and small businesses. Their loan books are running into hundreds of crores, but there are caveats

UK-India Awards 2019: Ola, Oyo on 'Market Entrant of the Year' shortlist

Taxi hailing firm Ola and hospitality group Oyo, which entered the UK market last year, will compete with Taj Vivanta in the Market Entrant of the Year category

Post SC ruling, Fintechs replacing Aadhaar with innovative e-KYC processes

While some have developed video-based authentication that uses govt identification such as PAN card, driving licence and passport, others are using selfie-based IDs through cell phones or laptops

Loco to Trivia: Who will win the battle to be India's top quiz app

A slew of online games such as BrainBaazi, Loco and Trivia Live are bringing the joys of quizzing to your mobile phone

SAIF Partners invests $1.5 mn in social-travel commerce start-up Airblack

The seed round will be utilised for launching its consumer product and hiring a core team

How tennis lessons helped this entrepreneur re-strategise and reinvent

Hush CEO says entrepreneurs should be like tennis players.If one style or strategy is not working, change it to come back and win the tournament

541 start-ups got angel tax exemption so far, says industry secretary

The angel tax is levied on start-ups that have received equity infusion in excess of their fair valuation, with the premium being paid by investors as their income

B-town celebs help startups shine, but what happens when stardom fades?

Having a celebrity on board can help an early-age start-up scale to new heights, but it can boomerang as well

For vernacular India: Building a news app for next set of internet users

The rising internet and smartphone penetration in India augurs well for the start-up PublicVibe

Boost for start-ups: Govt mulls reducing compliance time to just 1 hr/month

'Monthly compliance for start-ups needs to be reduced to one hour per month so that they can concentrate on their core work,' an official added