The Latest from Pankaj Mishra
Google Faces Antitrust Heat In India
Google could face a penalty of up to $5 billion if found guilty by the Competition Commission of India in a two-year old probe launched to investigate if the company abused its dominant position in t
As Flipkart Hits $1B GMV Milestone, Indian E-Commerce Becomes The Next Frontier For Amazon, eBay
Flipkart, India’s biggest e-commerce company, has just hit the billion dollar milestone in annual GMV (Gross Merchandise Value), a goal the founders had forecast to achieve only by 2015. In an i
Coming Out Of Stealth, MyCrowd Aims To Create World’s Biggest Marketplace For Freelance Projects
MyCrowd, a startup that helps companies find freelance talent for specific tasks through Google Docs, PowerPoint and other software applications, is raising $500,000 in a seed round from unnamed angel
Zoho Seeks To Disrupt IT Helpdesk Market By Offering ServiceDesk For Free
With enterprises looking to achieve cost savings as their top priority in managing their IT systems, the IT help desk market is getting commoditized very fast, leaving little room for any disruptive i
Walmart Planning E-Commerce Marketplace To Enter India, Challenge eBay, Amazon
India’s e-commerce industry is on fire. After eBay doubled down on its India play by investing $133 million in Snapdeal a week ago, the world’s biggest retailer, Walmart, is now looking to
Reflektion Raises $8M From Intel, Nike To Help Retailers Predict What Shoppers Will Buy Next
Reflektion, a predictive analytics startup that helps retailers such as O’Neill improve customer conversion rates, has raised $8 million in Series B funding led by Intel Capital and Nike. The st
As India User Base Nears 100M, Facebook Hopes To Earn Big Revenue From SMBs
India is set to become <a target="_blank" href="http://qz.com/150274/india-facebook/">Facebook's biggest market</a> in terms of number of users later this year, but don't expect that to translate into
What Can Indian Startups Learn From The Facebook Acquisition That Didn’t Happen
Little Eye Labs was not the only acquisition Facebook was chasing in India last year. Salorix, a social media analytics startup that had raised $3.5 million in Series A from Inventus Capital Partners
HackerEarth Raises $500K To Help Startups Find Great Programmers
HackerEarth, a Bangalore-based startup that helps other startups hire programmers through technical challenges, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Angelprime incubator. Launched in late 2012 by
IBM Doubles Down On Cloud Services With Cloudant Acquisition
IBM is attempting to make up for its delayed push in cloud services by acquiring Cloudant, a YC alum and a cloud specialist in the area of NoSQL, database-as-a-service. This acquisition, the terms of
Target Accelerator’s First Batch In India Bets Big On Social Commerce, Mobile And Analytics
Target is finally launching its Accelerator Program for Indian startups with five companies that can help the retailer test and build technology solutions across 3D imaging, mobility, personalized sea
BlueTalon Raises $1.5M In Seed To Offer Single-Click Data Collaboration For Enterprises
BlueTalon, a big data startup that helps companies analyze information from both internal and external databases on-the-fly, is raising seed funding of $1.5 million from Data Collective.
With the n
With $8M In Fresh Funding, Ezetap Is More Than Just A Square For Emerging Markets
There are almost 900 million active cell-phone users in India now, and from newer startups to some of the biggest companies in the world, everybody is chasing the next mobile disruption that could pot
Beckon Wants To Help Marketers Make Sense Of Data And Track Spend On-The-Fly
There is Salesforce.com for sales professionals, numerous off-the-shelf packages for finance and HR professionals and thousands of apps for several other enterprise utilities. But marketeers still don
ThreatStream Raises $4M From Google Ventures To Add Realtime Cybersecurity Intelligence
ThreatStream, a SaaS-based cybersecurity startup backed by top Cloudera executives, has raised $4 million in Series A funding from investors led by Google Ventures. The other investors participating i
Calling Startup Warriors: Battlefield Deadline Extended To Feb. 27
For those of you who were looking for an extra few days, the deadline for submitting applications to be a part of the Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014 has been extended to February 27 at 5 p.
Cloud Security Startup Elastica Comes Out Of Stealth With $6.3M From Mayfield
Elastica, a cloud security startup launched in 2012, is coming out of stealth mode with $6.3 million in Series A funding from the Mayfield Fund. The startup is also launching its new apps that offer
Siemens Launches $100M Fund To Back Startups Aiming To Disrupt Manufacturing
Siemens Venture Capital, the corporate financing arm of Europe’s biggest engineering company, is launching a new, $100 million fund to back early-stage startups working in the areas of industria
With $770K In Seed Funding, Playbasis Wants Businesses In Asia To Gamify
Playbasis, a Thailand-based gamification startup that helps companies engage with customers and employees through cool rewards and social games, has raised $770,000 in seed funding from Ardent Capital
Indian Music Streaming Startup Dhingana Shuts Down
Dhingana, the Indian music streaming startup battling to stay alive for past few months, has finally shutdown. We have been trying to speak with Dhingana CEO Rohit Bhatia for past few weeks, but he&