Mapping Raipur Startup Ecosystem

Raipur is one of the shining cities of Indian Startup ecosystems. The city has notedly seen the rise of 90+ startups in the past two years. For a city where business families have ruled, the city is now setting eyes on startup culture.

ALL ABOUT FUNDING

‘Funding’ is one such attractive word in the dictionary of any budding entrepreneur that can have easily given him either nightmare or showed him the path to make that startup successful. Pitching your idea in front of investors hoping to get that cheque definitely gives the reality check on how difficult the journey is to… Continue reading ALL ABOUT FUNDING

Mentoring Session for Women Entrepreneurs

The fact cannot be denied that problems follow women entrepreneurs like a shadow. Headstart Network organised by Headstart Network Delhi in partnership with Sheroes on 25 August 2018 was an attempt to do something about it. The session dealt simultaneously with the issues faced by twelve startups that participated. The three experts present were from… Continue reading Mentoring Session for Women Entrepreneurs

Pitch Perfect!

Pitching to investors is a challenge in itself. Your pitch is the single thing that could either get your business off the ground or plunge your idea into eternal oblivion. Sometimes, even with well-planned presentations and numerous rehearsals, a pitch can go wrong. It is therefore of prime importance to hold a few things in… Continue reading Pitch Perfect!

How Technology Has Disrupted the Online Travel Industry in India

Travelling back in time to understand where the future of travel startups in India is headed… Chandramouli Gopalakrishnan, VP of Special Projects at ixigo, explains the evolving trends in the travel industry — past & present, in this conversation with Malini Gowrishankar, founder of F5 Escapes, at the September 2018 edition of Startup Saturday, held in… Continue reading How Technology Has Disrupted the Online Travel Industry in India

The Story of MiStay — A Travel Startup Taking On the Indian Travel Giants

How can a new-age travel startup take on the likes of MMT-Goibibo, Oyo Rooms in the hotel booking space… Started in 2016 along with his college mate from IIT Madras, Pranav Prabhakar co-founder of MiStay, started this two-year-old hotel booking platform in response to a deep-rooted problem faced by travellers. It was a given that you… Continue reading The Story of MiStay — A Travel Startup Taking On the Indian Travel Giants

Bounce — The Story of a Startup Taking Over Cities One Bike at a Time

Having raised over $12 million in Series A funding from Sequoia & Accel, Bounce is up for the ride… Nishchay’s story has all the vital components of an action-packed Hollywood movie; complete with fast bikes, government officials and thieves. The story starts off with Nishchay and a couple of his friends starting a premium motorcycle renting… Continue reading Bounce — The Story of a Startup Taking Over Cities One Bike at a Time

9 Crucial Lessons for Startups from RailYatri’s Journey So Far

It’s not easy building for a billion users, especially when at least half of them are just getting introduced to the internet… Kapil Raizada, Co-founder of RailYatri — India’s № 1 mass market, long-distance travel consumer platform that serves over 12 million travellers every day, was one of the speakers at the September edition of… Continue reading 9 Crucial Lessons for Startups from RailYatri’s Journey So Far

Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Travel Startup: The Story of Goibibo

Vikalp Sahni, co-founder & CTO, shares how Goibibo, a small startup took over the Indian travel market… How do you go about competing with an organisation that has been around for over 8 years before you, and then beating them at it by becoming one of the front-runners in the travel industry? Started in 2007, Goibibo… Continue reading Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Travel Startup: The Story of Goibibo

Are you Seed Funding ready?

Headstart Network Foundation and Axilor Ventures have been working together to help accelerate startups in India. Here’s a blog post from Ganapathy Venugopal, CEO and Co-founder, Axilor Ventures. In this first blog on a 2 part series on Seed Funding, I share learnings from helping startups successfully raise funding as part of Axilor’s Accelerator program,… Continue reading Are you Seed Funding ready?