NEWS AT A GLANCE
'Info Edge' and Others Invest in E-Commerce Platform 'ShopKirana'
'Mumbai Angels Network' Invests in Startup 'Fric Bergen'
Walmart India Shuffles Top Management, Appoints New Head
Priyanka Chopra-Backed 'Bumble' Debuts in India
Zomato signs in 'Durga Raghunath' to accelerate growth in businesses>

Monthly Archives: September 2017

John Jacobs’ eyeing US, Canada market

Here's the story of an eyewear entrepreneur Sambuddha Bhattacharya, co-founder of John Jacobs Eyewear, is steering the journey of building India’s first real eyewear brand. His vision for the business and brand is crisp and clear - Luxury Eyewear at Honest Prices. Sambuddha had worked across venture capital and entrepreneurship roles and most recently was…
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P2P startups to get backed by NBFCs soon

Here’s some good news for P2P startups... After a recent notification by the Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) said that the central bank has identified peer-to-peer lending(P2P) startups as a special category of non-banking finance companies(NBFCs). This will be regulated by the bank regulator. The notification provides a ground for the release of…
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Could entrepreneurs bet on healthcare sector?

Healthcare sector set to become more attractive The Indian health care sector is one of the fastest growing sectors. The sector is attracting large investments by private equity firms and venture capitalists. This comes on the back of private health care system offering a competitive edge over the traditional public healthcare delivery system. Industry experts…
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