Author: Priyanka Chauhan

Cyrus Mistry, in full Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (4th July 1968 to 4th September 2022) was an Indian-born Irish Businessman. Mr Mistry was the Chairperson of the TATA Group from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the TATA group and the youngest to head Tata Sons when he took over from Ratan Tata in 2012. Cyrus Mistry was known as ‘the most low profile man with the most high profile job’. Let’s relive ‘Cyrus Mistry’s’ life once again with ‘Hello Entrepreneurs’. Background Cyrus Mistry was born to a Parsi family in Bombay, Maharashtra. He was the younger son of the…

US electronic giant Westinghouse Corporation entered India and has appointed Shipra Dubey to run the business in India. Shipra has been very active in the brand licensing domain and has helped brands, like Pepsico, Acer, Compaq, Oxford University, ManCity, NBA, WWE, MarieClaire Paris and JCB etc., across multiple categories to make an inroad into the Indian market. Let’s have a chat with one of the youngest Brand Consultants to head a US giant. “It is a 130-year-old brand with its own legacy, values and name, which are quite popular in Countries like the US, China, Australia etc. Our Plan and…

‘Business Mint’s young and dynamic CEO hopes to reach over 10,000 organizations by 2024, with 32 successful events, 100 million+ people reached, and 2500+ organizations recognized’ “The value of your work is not in the money, but in keeping your word, working with integrity, and having a satisfied customer” Meet the Founder of Business Mint, Mr Vinay Kanth Korapati. At the age of 16, he founded this market research company which is currently India’s leading market research firm. In 2018 with a strong desire to serve the business community, he started his journey with the belief that going beyond for…

‘WiJungle’ a Unified Network Security Gateway that enables organizations to manage and secure their entire network through a single window. All In One Appliance not only simplifies the management but also cuts the investment cost by up to 60%. Data Security Council of India recognized WiJungle among the Most Innovative Product Of The Year 2018. It is extensively serving more than 15 ministries & PMO in the central government along with numerous state-level organizations. Being an initiative under “Make in India” WiJungle, the only prominent player in the Unified Network Security space, has emerged as the Government’s New Face of…

New Delhi: Skye Air Mobility, India’s leading drone delivery technology company, announced the completion of its Seed Round of USD 1.7million, led by Chiratae Ventures. The round also saw participation from Lead Angels, O2 Angels, Agility Ventures, Lets Venture and several marquee investors, including Rajeev Chitrabhanu, Ankit Nagori, Varun Alagh, Gautam Badalia, Ayush Lohia and others.  India is an attractive market for drone start-ups as the country is very progressive regarding integrating drones into everyday life. 2021 has been a promising year for UAVs as it created an optimistic environment by introducing new drone rules and the PLI scheme. The Indian…

Bengaluru: Bengaluru-based Ulipsu, India’s first multipotential OTT-like learning platform from Kidvento Education and Research Private Limited, recently raised $1.5 million in funding from angel investors based in the Middle East the UK. This investment round is an addition to the initial $1 million USD Pre-Series A round funding received in October 2021. With this, the Pre-Series A fundraising round has amounted to 2.5 million USD.   The current round of fundraising will be used to improve overall product service, boost consumer engagement through strengthening the technology stack, gamification, and analytics for real-time user data evaluation, scale operations, and increase sales via new consumer…

September 7: Rohit Gajbhiye, the founder of Financepeer, has a decade of experience in the banking industry. Ex-DBS, Singapore. He is an alumnus of IITB and Stanford and has a history of working in the Credit & Liquidity Risk section of the banking industry at DBS, Singapore. Let us know in detail about Financepeer, “Financepeer has met with tremendous success in the past few years. On the one hand, this success has brought great joy to us, but it has also brought additional responsibilities. Today Financepeer is not just seen as another fintech company providing education loans. We are seen…

‘Ecobillz’ established in 2016 by Ameet Patil and Nitesh Singh Rathore, is an innovative SaaS based real-time digitization platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to digitize, collect, aggregate data and build complex back-office automation systems. The product connects with the existing systems and software, accessing the data and streamlining them onto the Ecobillz platform to ease the document management process in large organizations. The platform aims to build the technology that can read, accumulate documents and store data in real-time, thus leading to an efficient digitised document management system. As the platform focuses on industry wise intervention to replace paper-based…

Ace investor Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala had many names to be called, from ’big bull’ to being India’s own Warren Buffet’s sudden demises saddened everyone, especially the stock market investors, allegedly due to kidney failure. The entire nation mourned such a great loss as they paid their tribute to this convivial personality. The most legendary investor India has had gone at the age of 62 on 14th of august 2022. Shri Jhunjhunwala inspired an entire generation to believe in our equity markets with his brilliant views. Let’s take a rollercoaster ride on his tremendous journey from 1960 to 2022. Background: Rakesh…

Gurugram: PickMyWork, a gig platform that assists digital businesses to acquire end users (individual users and merchants), has proficiently impacted 400k gig workers since its inception. In just over three years since its foundation, PickMyWork has built a strong network of gig workers and merchants as part of its agent network, supporting its client base to increase at a rate of 20-25% month after month. PickMyWork is expanding its marketplace to capture businesses utilising its one-stop shop for their variable resourcing demands and benefit from the pay-per-outcome model. With the primary goal of leveraging the opportunities presented by the rise…