A smart police robot which can provide police with assistance in the city of Hyderabad has been developed by a robotics startup. H-Bot Robotics has created a 5.7 ft life-size robot, thought up by PSV Kisshhan, founder of the Hyderabad-based startup, Financial Express reported. The robot, named Hemant Karkare, can help police with traffic and […]

Fintech startup, EarlySalary, announced that it has raised Rs 100 crore in a Series B funding round led by Eight Roads Ventures India. Other participants included existing investors IDG Ventures, DHFL, and seed investor Ashok Agarwal. The Pune based startup was co-founded by Akshay Mehrotra and Ashish Goyal and offers cash loans for time period […]

Paisabazaar.com announced that it has raised additional funding of Rs 200 crore in funding from its parent company EtechAces Marketing and Consulting Private Limited. This was a part of the pre-IPO fundraising that EtechAces had carried out last year. The company had raised Rs 500 crore from existing and new investors including True North and […]

The Indian e-commerce giant, Flipkart’s logistics partner, Ekart, has reportedly received funding of Rs 1632 crore from Klick2Shop,a company registered in Singapore. As per the documents filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, InstaKart Services, which is the entity operating Ekart, received funding totalling Rs 1632 crore in November in three instalments from Klick2Shop Logistics […]

2017 proved to be a year of growth for female entrepreneurs who have risen in ranks even as societal conflicts, issues and pressures persist. According to a CNN story filed in July 2017, a mere five months ago, only 3 percent of venture capital funding was received by American women CEOs. In addition, only 17 […]