Category: StartUps

 A startup called StorePower wants to take a bite out of the grocery delivery business by giving supermarkets an alternative to working with courier marketplaces like Instacart, Postmates, Amazon Fresh or Google Express. The company has raised an undisclosed amount of early stage funding from Exigent Capital, and individual angels, according to co-founder and CEO Richard Demb.… Read More
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Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:19:23 +0000

 ef=”https://www.timekit.io”>Timekit, a Danish startup that offers a developer-friendly online booking platform, has closed $1.7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Connect Ventures, with participation from a group of rather noteworthy angel investors. Read More
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:00:31 +0000

Mutual fund investor T Rowe Price has cut the valuation of India’s largest online retailer Flipkart marginally by another 4% to about $9.9 billion.
http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/t-rowe-price-trims-flipkarts-valuation-to-9-9b/56637828?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS
Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:03:49 +0530

The company said it plans to use these funds to further integrate its platform and for global expansion. The total funds raised by Practo now stands at $179 million.
http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/practo-to-explore-overseas-markets-55-million-series-d-funding/56638393?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS
Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:36:46 +0530

Byju’s, the education technology platform, is on the path to breaking even by March this year as it looks to triple its revenues to Rs.300 crore, according to CEO Byju ` Raveendran.
http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/byju-aims-to-triple-its-revenues-to-rs-300-crores/56637980?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS
Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:13:36 +0530

 Station F is better known as the world’s biggest startup campus. Based in Paris, the huge historical monument is going to have 3,000 desks for tech companies of all kinds. This morning, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg came to Paris to announce that Facebook is going to be one of Station F’s launch partner. Here are all the details. “We talked a lot with this ecosystem and a lot… Read More
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:43:26 +0000

 It was cold and pouring outside as the Uber pulled up at 180 Sutter Street in downtown San Francisco. Inside, a man dressed all in black offered to take my jacket and umbrella as he ushered me through the clinical white lobby to a set of chairs, handing me a bottle of VOSS. I scanned the room, eyeing a bunch of connected fitness tools and fancy skin serums on a glass table in the front,… Read More
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:54 +0000

 Bunkr wanted to build a PowerPoint killer, making it much faster to build beautiful, interactive presentations. But the startup couldn’t attract millions and millions of users, so Synthesio is acquiring Bunkr for an undisclosed amount. The technology will live on and be integrated into Synthesio. Synthesio is a social media monitoring and analytics platform. Big companies use Synthesio… Read More
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:49:25 +0000

 Fintech startup Revolut just added a nifty bill splitting feature. You can now tap on a Revolut expense and request money from your Revolut contacts without having to use a calculator. Swipe on a transaction, hit the split bill button and select your contacts. Other users receive a push notification saying that your friend is asking for some money. When you open the app, you’ll see… Read More
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:14:27 +0000

 French startups also attract French politicians. And that’s why France’s former Prime Minister and current presidential candidate François Fillon was there, trying to prove that he understands French startups. François Fillon was Prime Minister from 2007 to 2012 when Nicolas Sarkozy was France’s President. After 2012, he has been pretty quiet for a few years, preparing for… Read More
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:25:45 +0000