startups

MakeMyTrip.com’s stellar IPO opening in US – shares rise 89% in NASDAQ debut

By Manoj Govindassamy at 15 August, 2010, 2:08 pm

At times when US Senators are tormenting and defaming our country’s major IT companies like Infosys and TCS, one Indian company is enjoying the proud moment in the very same US land. … When the whole US markets were showing down run, odd ones like MakeMyTrip.com continued climbing and ended at $26.45 price on the opening day, a 89% rise and thus showing an eye popping performance…we do have other quality travel portals in India. Lets wait and watch for more fireworks by Indian companies in NASDAQ…

Goli Vada Pav: From a desi vada pav outlet to a fast-food chain

By Poonam Singhal at 9 August, 2010, 5:04 pm

Goli Vada Pav is a vada-pav chain, very famous and prominent in Maharashtra. While vada-pav is something that every Mumbaikar is fond of and can find it anywhere, in every street, what is special about Goli Vada Pav is that it is made at a fully automated HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) certified hands-free [...]

Reliance Industries to pick up stake in Notion Ink Adam Tablet : RIL + Adam Tablet == ATT + Apple iPad ??

By Manoj Govindassamy at 23 July, 2010, 2:03 pm

Hyderabad based Notion Ink which is developing a tablet computer (read it as India’s iPad) has already gathered enough media attention, for being one of the foremost tablet computer manufacturers in the country. … DATA plans can be either from EDGE networks (which are way slower and are outdated) or from a 3G network (Airtel, Vodafone, RComm have 3G licenses ) or from a WIFI (limited area scope) or from Wireless Broadband…RIL + Adam Tablet == ATT + Apple iPad ?? Can Reliance Industries repeat Apple iPad magic in the India region with its Adam Tablet and the newly acquired pan India Wireless Broadband license ?..

Jasper Infotech buys Grabbon – consolidation starts in Group buying and deals sites

By Manoj Govindassamy at 29 June, 2010, 2:04 pm

The latest web trend – Social/Group buying and saving money via deals, which are picking up heat and heavy investments in US, Europe and China is seeing similar roaring in Indian space too. … Grabbon , a bangalore based group buying site which is ramping up faster in this space got acquired by Delhi based marketing company – Jasper Infotech .. Wanamo got acquired by “Fashion and You” and got rechristened to “Deals and you”. Taggle, yet another bangalore based group buying site ..

Facebook to start India Operations in Hyderabad – to recruit 500+ engineers

By Manoj Govindassamy at 29 June, 2010, 12:23 pm

Facebook is all set for desi plunge…to open it operation in Hyderabad..the company is on hiring spree and targeting 500+ engineers initially for its Hyderabad operations. Just few months back, Zynga (maker of games FarmVille, Mafia Wars) – a social gaming company running on Facebook platform setup its operations in Bangalore . … It is expected, the company gets the same the enjoyable work culture (and with fat payouts) in its India operations also and get into the list of “dream companies” for the tech engineers in the country…

Super 30′s crack IIT-JEE with 100% results: Third consecutive year

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 May, 2010, 3:46 pm

The results of the prestigious IIT-JEE which is considered to be one of the toughest exam in the world is out. Total of 13,104 candidates have cleared the exam and will be getting admission into 15 IITs, ISM Dhanbad and IT-BHU. But what has surprised all is about Super 30. Super 30 is a educational [...]

ClearTrip goes Middle East – launches UAE local travel portal – Which OTA flying next to UAE ?

By Manoj Govindassamy at 12 May, 2010, 2:36 pm

The most touted travel destination and one of the busiest airports in the world – Dubai, is one the Emirates Cleartrip also offers global booking on low cost carriers like Air Arabia and Tiger Airways. It also offers other intuitive tools such as the at-a-glance Air Fare Calendar option and the display and payment of fares in Dirhams for faster transaction times.

Good news to Young Indian Entrepreneurs or startup owners – US StartUp Visa Act

By Chandramouly Rathinasababathy at 25 February, 2010, 8:09 am

Indians are very good in hunting for opportunities abroad, especially tech-savvy community dreams their journey always towards the West. There are multiple reasons, people move to foreign countries and hunting for jobs, Currency conversion – Money Minting…. Lucrative packages when compared to India Opportunities are wide open which is not limited to working in a [...]

Bloom Energy – true energy alternative – Indian made green technology is talk of the town

By Manoj Govindassamy at 23 February, 2010, 2:25 pm

…KR Sridhar quit his NASA job and invented something that could change the world. He is trying to achieve something similar to landline telephony to Mobile transition in electricity. What if you could replace hefty power grids with a small box for the same amount of power generation and in fact even better ? KR Sridhar’s startup (which inked in over $400 million in VC fundings and having over 10 years of stealth operation) Bloom Energy promises the true energy alternative and breakthrough technology to the world. Personally I am very excited after watching this interview by CBS …

Techpedia : bridging the gap between academics & industry

By Poonam Singhal at 20 February, 2010, 9:57 pm

When in the final semester of engineering, all of us put a hell lot of effort in our final project, running around to companies, public & private, research institutes, professors and everyone else possible, to get an internship. But once we are out of college, we will not bother to even take a back-up of [...]