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15 top-funded startups in India (Infographic)

15 top-funded startups in India (Infographic)

Flipkart is on top, but Bigbasket, Oyo, Grofers and others have logged in with solid funding.
Benny Armanto · · 3 min read
Holaa! A new mobile app from India identifies callers and blocks spam. It’s a challenge to Truecaller

Holaa! A new mobile app from India identifies callers and blocks spam. It’s a challenge to Truecaller

Made in India by local developers, Holaa! claims to help smartphone users manage their calls better.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 3 min read
New Call Telecom grabs majority stake in Nimbuzz for $175 million

New Call Telecom grabs majority stake in Nimbuzz for $175 million

Nimbuzz will continue to exist as New Call Telecom’s unit in India and also incubate the British company’s apps.
Samir Makwana · · 2 min read
Despite WhatsApp’s dominance in India, investors still bet on local chat apps like Hike

Despite WhatsApp’s dominance in India, investors still bet on local chat apps like Hike

Indian instant messaging app Hike just received $14 million in funding from Bharti Softbank, according to the Economic Times. The app reports 15 million registered users, 80 percent of them in its home
Paul Bischoff · · 3 min read

It’s time for messaging apps to quit the bullshit numbers and tell us how many users are active

One of the biggest trends of the last few years is messaging apps. Dozens of startups and major web companies have leapt into this social space, and hundreds of millions
Steven Millward · · 5 min read

Indian messaging app Nimbuzz lets users search and swipe local listings right in their chat

Today the makers of Nimbuzz, one of India’s entries in the mobile messaging app space, unveiled a new feature that lets users search and share listings of local businesses. The
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min read

Nimbuzz takes a stab at Skype and telcos with cheap international calls from India

European-made chat app Nimbuzz has long been popular in India, and it might be about to grow even more with the launch of cheap international calls to regular, landline phones
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Can India’s startups beat their international counterparts to the punch?

Every day, more and more people in India gain access to broadband internet via either mobile or desktop. Because of its massive population, India is set to be the next big market
Paul Bischoff · · 4 min read

Chat apps are destroying SMS in India: Indians now only send 2 SMS per day

We’ve seen it happen in the US and Europe, and then in China. Now it’s happening in India. The popularity of sending SMS in India is at an all-time low
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Indian chat apps: should we be watching the quiet innovation in India?

I think we’re all too focused on the chat apps from East Asia, are we neglecting the quiet innovation that is happening over in India in the chat app space?
Anh-Minh Do · · 3 min read