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02 February, 2016

Zishaan Hayath on edtech venture Toppr, startup funding scene in 2016

Zishaan Hayath is no stranger to the Indian startup ecosystem. The IIT-Bombay alumnus co-founded his first company, mobile commerce marketplace ......

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21 January, 2016

We will make two overseas acquisitions in six months: CarDekho's Amit Jain

Auto portal CarDekho had a good run all through 2015 as it raised funding from investors such as Ratan Tata, ......

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13 January, 2016

Want to invest in startups with a sound business model: Kunal Kapoor

Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor is no stranger to startups. Ketto, the crowdfunding platform he founded in 2012 with Varun Sheth ......

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08 January, 2016

Nandan Nilekani on startup investments, fin-tech revolution and policy initiatives

Infosys co-founder and former chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is now busy with a host of policy ......

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06 January, 2016

Sanjay Mehta on investment preferences and startup ideas he won't fund

Sanjay Mehta, a serial entrepreneur-turned-investor, gets nearly 200 startup investment proposals every month. The early-stage investor has backed about 40 ......

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31 December, 2015

Mobile-based consumer internet firms will be 2016 winners: Blume Ventures' Nath

Mumbai-based seed-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures recently raised $30 million for its second fund to mark the first fundraising ......

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30 December, 2015

We want to be the one port of call for anything sports related: Mahesh Bhupathi

Founded in 2012 and backed by tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, Sports365.in sells sports and fitness goods through its portal. It ......

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29 December, 2015

Payments banks to be the new road map for financial inclusion: FINO's Rishi Gupta

FINO Paytech Ltd, a financial inclusion software solutions and services company, was founded in 2006 and acquired the prepaid mobile ......

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24 December, 2015

We aim to be a Rs 500Cr company in next 3-4 years: LEAF's Vijayaraghavan

P. Vijayaraghavan started Lawrencedale Agro Processing (India) Pvt Ltd in 2009 as an agro-processing company. Since then the company has ......

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18 December, 2015

Payments bank revenue model eludes me: Shriram Capital's Sundarajan

Shriram Capital, which manages more than Rs90,000 crore through its various financial services companies, is one of the largest non ......