Stubbornly high shipping expenses for businesses are getting sealed into contracts for the next 12 months, forcing companies to pass the extra costs on to consumers. The price for a container of goods from China…
Kerala to host Asia's largest startup conclave on…
Thiruvananthapuram: Asia s largest startup ecosystem congregation, Huddle Kerala, will be held at Kovalam near here on April 6 and 7. The initiative is envisaged to provide a platform for start-ups to pitch their products…
Chillr ready to offer micro credit, MFs and…
BENGALURU: Sequoia-backed peer-topeer payment platform Chillr is set to offer its users the option to access micro credit, and will also expand into mutual funds and insurance soon. The startup aims to make 70-75 per…
Undeterred by high attrition rate, Ola and Uber…
BENGALURU: A large number of taxi drivers have quit Ola and Uber and not many new ones are signing up, but that might be a good thing. Analysts and company executives ET spoke with said…
Startups most sought after category of workplaces in…
MUMBAI: A LinkedIn study brought out a few days back had revealed that even after massive layoffs and uncertainty regarding the stability of startups, the category of businesses is still the most sought after category…
Uber fires executive at center of driverless car…
By Mark BergenUber Technologies Inc. fired self-driving car executive Anthony Levandowski, yielding to mounting pressure in its court fight with rival Waymo to part ways with the engineer after a judge concluded he took thousands…
Incessant Technologies to acquire 55% interest in RuleTek
PUNE: Incessant Technologies, an NIIT Technologies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 55% interest in RuleTek LLC, a BPM architecture services company with a track record of successful implementations for Fortune…
Hyper local discovery co MagicPin raises Series B…
NEW DELHI: Gurugram-based hyper local discovery startup MagicPin has raised $ 7 million towards Series B from existing investor Lightspeed India Partners, Waterbridge Ventures, a $ 15 million venture fund floated by private equity veteran…
Jyoti Bansal invests in marketing automation platform Leadsquared
BENGALURU: Silicon Valley-based tech entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who sold his performance management firm AppDynamics to Cisco for $ 3.7 billion earlier this year, has invested an undisclosed amount in sales execution and marketing automation platform…