Feel like something to chew on? Mid-meal hunger pangs are most common among kids, working professionals and grown-ups. The impulsive food craving to satiate your taste buds make you resort to unhealthy snacking options like chips, aerated drinks, biscuits and junk food. Snacking is on the rise. It’s now become a major part of our […]
The food and beverages (F&B) service industry in India is approximately $48 billion in size, with Zomato dominating the restaurant discovery aspect, and FoodPanda dominating the food delivery function. Though there are many players in restaurant discovery and food delivery space, but currently, no one solely focuses on offering “last minute’ discount deals. But this […]
The online home design and décor industry is witnessing rapid growth with quite a handful of start-ups entering this space offering innovative solutions. With over $12 billion in size across end-to-end home design and broader replacement furniture category, the industry is poised to grow at over 25 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in future to create […]
Mumbai-based crowdfunding platform for social, personal and creative projects Ketto has raised $700K in latest round of funding led by Chennai Angles and Calcutta Angles along with ah! Ventures, Intellcap Impact Investment Network, Indus Age Partners, Singapore Angel Network, India Internet Fund, LetVenture and Project Guerrilla. Commenting on the investment, Harshad Lahoti, Co-founder, ah! Ventures, […]
Backed by Sequoia India and Matrix Partners, Bengaluru-based online healthcare services firm Practo has raised close to $90 million in its Series C round of funding. Apart from existing investors, this round was led by Tencent, with participation from marquee institutional investors including Sofina, Google Capital, Altimeter Capital, Sequoia Capital Global Equities, and Yuri Milner. […]
Weekends are here and so are WEEKEND PARTIES!! You willingly took the onus to host the coolest gig amongst your friends’ circle and want to display your knack by organizing everything in just “perfect’ way – right from sending out invitations to the guests; to serving them sumptuous food and special drinks; from choosing the […]
New Delhi-based Oravel Stays Private Limited owned and operated OYO Rooms, India’s largest branded network of budget hotels, announced that it had raised $100 million in fresh round of funding led by Japan’s SoftBank Group, with participation from existing investors, including Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed India. OYO plans to use the raised fund […]
Standing up to its name, the “vibrant’ Gujarat is abode to India’s diverse ethnic communities and their finest and ancient crafting traditions. From the art of Bandhani (Tie and Dye), Hand Block Printing and Painting to the significant Patola Weaving tale, the state has played a vital role to build the unique craft pool of […]
Operating in the hyper local grocery delivery space, Gurgaon-based GHV Accelerator’s first start-up LazyLad has bagged $500K in funding in its Pre-Series A round from a group of global investors, including Kiyohiro Sugashita, a prominent financial expert from Japan; Jai Choi, prominent venture capitalist from Silicon Valley; and Hirokazu San. The new funding came within […]