Startup

13-Year-Old Mumbai Boy Partners With Dabbawalas For Courier Startup

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 20, 2018

Tilak Mehta is like any other teenager. The 13-year-old attends a suburban school and complains about his father coming home from work late.

Dell Partners With Bengaluru Startup to Curb Diesel Generator Air Pollution

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 16, 2018

Chakr Innovation's tech can capture over 90 percent of the particulate matter emissions from the exhaust of diesel generators without causing any adverse impact on the engine.

Mapping Startup Hires Apple Computer Vision Expert

Reuters | Thursday July 12, 2018

Till Quack, who worked at Apple as an engineering manager overseeing augmented reality and self-driving efforts, will become Mapillary's vice president of product.

Indian Wearables Startup Wants to Make Attacks on Women a 'Concern of the Past'

Reuters | Wednesday July 11, 2018

Leaf Wearables, a New Delhi-based company started by five engineers in 2015, invented the Safer Pro - a tiny computer chip built into a wristband that sends alerts to emergency contacts.

The Secret To Startup Survival: Entrepreneurs Tell Their Tales

World News | Bloomberg | Thursday July 5, 2018

The entrepreneurs sharing their insights were all finalists in a $1 million search to find this year's best social enterprise. The prize was won by Change Please, a London-based coffee company that trains homeless people as baristas and gives them work so they can leave the streets. Change Please also won an unexpected partnership with musician and...

How Cash-Strapped Roommates Became Airbnb Billionaires

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 4, 2018

Airbnb, is a startup now valued at more than $30 billion which boasts millions of places to stay in more than 191 countries, from apartments and villas to castles and treehouses.

Facebook Reportedly Buying UK-Based AI Startup to Fight Fake News

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 3, 2018

Facebook aims to deploy the Bloomsbury AI technology to work on fighting fake news, TechCrunch claimed.

A $6 Billion China Startup Wants To Be The Amazon Of Health Care

World News | Lulu Yilun Chen, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 3, 2018

As soon as you're diagnosed as diabetic, ads for treatments show up on social feeds. You get alerts on health supplements, maybe nutrition tips. Prompts on insurance policies pop up on your phone.

Bird CEO Explains Why His Scooter Startup Needed $300 Million

Eric Newcomer, Bloomberg | Friday June 29, 2018

Altogether, Bird has raised $418 million since it was founded in April 2017.

Audi Partners With Israel's Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Startup Cognata

Reuters | Tuesday June 26, 2018

Audi has partnered with autonomous vehicle simulation platform provider Cognata to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles.

Xiaomi: A Chinese Startup Out to Challenge Google, Amazon

Associated Press | Saturday June 23, 2018

Xiaomi, a Chinese startup that helped pioneer the trend toward ultra-low-priced smartphones, is preparing for what would be the biggest IPO since e-commerce giant Alibaba's in 2014.

Blood-Testing Company Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Indicted For Fraud

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday June 18, 2018

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood-testing startup Theranos and a onetime Silicon Valley star, has been hit with criminal charges accusing her of defrauding investors and others, prosecutors announced Friday.

"Personal Coolers For Helmets": Bengaluru Start-Up's Unconventional Idea

Bangalore News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Saturday June 16, 2018

Designed for one's existing full-face helmet, the miniature air cooler can be used for cooling and claims to provides a dust-free ride with a bonus de-fogging feature.

Ford Teams Up With Startup to Develop Software for Self-Driving Cars

Mark Bergen, Bloomberg | Saturday June 16, 2018

Started by two former Uber employees, RideOS plans to sell software that gives routes and other dispatching instructions to fleets of autonomous cars.

"Fund Of Funds" Will Ensure Rs 1 Lakh Crore Funding To Startups: PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds created by the government will ensure funding to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore for startups, which are now mushrooming in smaller towns and also in unconventional segments like agriculture and social sectors.