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VC fund 500 Startups puts India on hold citing tax issues
Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund and accelerator 500 Startups has put on hold its plans to raise a $25 million India-focused fund, Kulfi, citing taxation and regulatory reasons.
Missed call service provider VivaConnect may raise up to $20 million
Missed call service provider VivaConnect plans to raise $15-20 million in its first round of funding for about 30-40% equity.
AngelPrime’s managing partner Bala Parthasarathy to leave company, may launch own startup
“It’s time I went back to what I did in the first place. I am an entrepreneur first,” said Parthasarathy, a two-decade-old serial entrepreneur.
Twitter on hiring spree, revamps Zipdial office in Bengaluru
The US-based company has been scouting for talent, ranging from software engineers to someone who can take charge of its growth in India.
Early-stage VC Jungle Ventures invests $1 million in hotel booking engine Commeasure
Proceeds from the investment round will be used by the year-old company to expand its presence in south-east Asia, and build on its tech stack.
ZipDial laid off nearly half of its staff a day after Twitter's acquisition
Nearly half of ZipDial's about 50 employees had been laid off, serving a grim reminder to India's startup ecosystem of the dark side of the acquisition dream.
An early investor's guide on how to get acquired
At AngelPrime, I hear entrepreneurs telling me why Facebook or Google or some other company would acquire them because of this-that-or-the other.
Twitter's acquisition of ZipDial shines ray of light on expat startup community in India
Twitter's $35 million acquisition of missed call marketing platform ZipDial shines a ray of light on the compact but budding expat startup community in India, where enterprising foreigners face substantial hurdles to operate in an emerging market.
Twitter's acquisition of Zipdial: How YourNest's Sunil Goyal struck gold from his first investment
For Sunil Goyal, who was on a sabbatical from Bharti Airtel, Zipdial was his first deal and his first exposure to the world on investing.
Twitter's ZipDial acquisition signals microblog's growing appetite for big India play
Twitter's acquisition of ZipDial for an estimated Rs 215 crore is seen signalling the microblog's growing ambition in India.
Twitter buys Indian mobile marketing start-up ZipDial
"This acquisition significantly increases our investment in India, one of the countries where we're seeing great growth," Twitter said.
Meet ZipDial's Valerie Wagoner: The 'only foreign lady tech CEO in India'
“I was in Silicon Valley & saw people starting a lot of nice-to-have companies that were just products or features of products... it was boring,” said Wagoner.
Twitter in talks to buy Indian mobile tech startup ZipDial
Bengaluru's ZipDial has developed a marketing & analytics platform that links businesses & users through a unique Indian app – the missed call.
After picking up talent from IITs, startups now go to IIMs for hiring
The 10 startups were collectively looking to hire 170-plus graduates from the Class of 2014 at leading business schools.
Singapore venture capital firm Jungle Ventures Invests in ZipDial
Singapore-based venture capital firm Jungle Ventures has invested in mobile technology company ZipDial Mobile Solutions as it expands its business in the South East Asian markets .
Growth potential lures Indian start-ups to explore options in Africa
The Indian School of Business (ISB) this year called entrepreneurs from Africa to take part in a joint workshop with entrepreneurs from India.
Times Internet invests in ZipDial Mobile Solutions
The all-cash investment will make Times Internet a minority shareholder in ZipDial.
US seed fund 500 Startups invests in Bangalore's tech firm ZipDial, closes tenth deal in India
US-based 500 Startups, a seed fund that began investing in India just over a year ago, has closed its tenth deal in the country, backing technology startup ZipDial.
Cloud telephony offer web-based, pay-per-use solutions to help firms and NGOs cut down on costs
All hardware associated with traditional telephony can be done away with using softphones, hosted interactive voice response systems and other web-based solutions.
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