Online video analytics start-up Vidooly has raised Rs 6.4 crore from venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, which was among the first investors in LinkedIn and Skype. Founded by Ajay Mishra in 2014 along with friends Subrat Kar and Nishant…
Startup by NIT Rourkela Engineers MySmartPrice ranked second among 5 yr old startups
Sitakanta Ray and Sulakshan Kumar, both in their mid-30s and friends for 17 years, remember October 2010 vividly. It was when their long-held ambition to start a business reached tipping point. Both quit jobs they had been holding for years.…
Does Bhubaneswar have an appetite for Modern Art? An entrepreneur carving it
Art promoter Arun Kumar Bera is bent on proving that there is indeed a market for modern art in Odisha Combining culture with commerce, Bhubaneswarbased bankerturnedart collector Arun Kumar Bera has been scripting an inspiring success story as an entrepreneur…
How Startups are slowly growing in Bhubaneswar – InDNA incubation a case in point
Away from the metros and India’s Silicon Valley, a quiet revolution is brewing in the country’s tier-II cities. A whole bunch of startups is being incubated in research institutions that are fostering cutting-edge ideas and seeing the companies through their…
Venturesity a startup with one founder from Odisha raises $250k angel funding
Venturesity, a startup that creates challenges specific to a job description provided by the company, has raised its first funding round of Rs 1.6 crore ($250,000) from angels such as RedBus co-founder Phanindra Sama, Jay Sethuram, partner at California-based Crestlight…
Calling all Healthcare Startups in Odisha – chance to win Rs 10 lakhs
A great news for all Odisha based Healthcare startups that are working on solving major healthcare issues. Leading Impact investor Unitus Seed Fund has announced a nationwide challenge to identify promising early-stage health-tech startups focused on serving the underserved. The…
Bhubaneswar Angels launched at TiE to help fund Entrepeneurs
A group of as many as 28 leading businessmen from Odisha have floated a launchpad–‘Bhubaneswar Angels’– to promote wannabe entrepreneurs from across the state to start their own ventures. This initiative was launched at the fourth Annual Day celebrations of The Indus…
Founded by Santosh Panda from Odisha Explara acquires IndianStage.in
Explara, an event solutions platform, has acquired events ticketing company IndianStage.in. The acquisition will help the Bengaluru-based firm tap the entertainment market. Explara founder and chief executive Santosh Panda declined to reveal the value of the deal, which…
Startup OYO Rooms with founder from Odisha raises largest ever funding for Thiel Fellow
In the largest funding round to date for a Thiel Fellow project, Ritesh Agarwal has raised $25 million from Lightspeed, Sequoia and others to build a branded budget hotel network across India. Called OYO Rooms, the company partners with property…
Bhubaneswar based AnalyticsOne picked as one of the 10 Emerging Analytics Startups in India
AnalyticsOne is a management consulting firm with analytics focus. Its clients are spread across the US, EU and Africa. Our strategy consultants partner with the clients to improve their profitability through better cash flow management, ROI and resource allocations. AnalyticsOne…