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Analysis of Local Search Market in India : Google vs. the rest
We started a poll sometime back asking our readers to vote for their preference of local search engine. Out of 120 votes, Google clearly leads the pack with 58 votes (~50%). OnYoMo follows closely and...
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Startups Founders – When is the Right Time to Hire a CEO?
[Guest post by Sanjay Anandaram, entrepreneur-turned-investor] Over the weekend I was a panel member at a mentorship event. One of the presenters was the founder of a company whose business card simply...
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Social Entrepreneurship – Interview with DesiCrew [Rural BPO] Founder
[In continuation with our fortnightly theme on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’, here is presenting an interview with DesiCrew founder, Saloni Malhotra.] About DesiCrew Please tell us about Desicrew. DesiCrew...
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Sanjay Swamy, mChek CEO Hangs His Boots [for now]
[We normally do not publish job hops/new hire articles on pluggd.in, but this one is an exception.] Sanjay Swamy, mChek CEO has decided to hang his boots for a while and has decided to take a break...
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Tablet To Watch Out For: Huawei’s 7 inch Mediapad Tablet [Runs on Android 3.2]
It’s no secret that almost every Android phone manufacturer has an Android tablet dream. The Android tablet market currently boasts of a huge range to choose from but none of them have been able to...
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Mettl is an Online Assessment Platform That Checks Your Mettle
Mettl is an online assessment platform that enables hiring managers in companies to measure and track skills of pre-hires and employees. Using the site, a company can create a standardized assessment...
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Best of Pluggd.in [Week Ending Jan 15th, 2012]
Most Popular Articles Indian Government to Kill Aakash Tablet? To Dump Tablets to Rural India “Like China, we will block all such websites”– Indian Government to Google and Facebook Indian Government...
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Mettl launches Query Evaluator to assess hands-on DB query writing skills
Online assessment platform, Mettl has launched a Query Evaluator that allows users (Business managers / Hiring Managers) to create & manage database related hands-on assessments in an automated...
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Online Skill Assessment Platform, Mettl secures $4mn in Series A funding led...
Online skill assessment platform, Mettl has raised $4MM in Series A round led by IndoUS and existing investors. Vani Kola, MD at IndoUS will join the board of the company. Mettl had earlier raised...
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iLiftOff, the online assessment platform grabs 15000 users in 3 months
InterviewStreet was among the first few players to see an opportunity in creating an online test assessment platform and while the company decided to focus on US market (primarily), the home turf has...
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Funding Trend of 2012 : Rise of SuperAngels, Series A onward gets tougher,...
This year will be remembered as a year when the angels came down to earth and spread some love in this part of the globe. India witnessed a surge in angel round funding in 2012 and the euphoria was...
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The Great Indian Startups of 2012 [The Dabangg Edition]
Indian startups have come of age. Like every year, we bring together India’s most amazing startups that were spotted. This year was a big year for startups with lots of great moves- right from all the...
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Hey Hacker! Want to Intern at Twitter?
Young hackers looking to intern at one of the hottest Internet company, here’s your chance. Hackerrank, a portal launched by Interview Street, where hackers can prove their mettle is launching a...
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Grey Hairs Take Note: Young Founders are Proving Their Worth
The opposite of Silicon Valley’s age bias plays out in India. At first, nobody takes you seriously. Youngsters everywhere face this problem. It is particularly bad in India where the grey hairs show...
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Meet. India’s Most Promising Startups [The 2013 NextBigWhat List of 100+...
2013. What a year for Indian Startup Ecosystem!Apart from a great show of energy and execution, Indian Startups surely have come of age. 2013 was the year when the world took notice of the...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Buy from Snapdeal, Get Data from Aircel Free; BuyHatke’s Price...
Snapdeal customers to get data free for 3 months, courtesy Aircel. BuyHatke upgrades add ons, and Subhash Tantry as President of US operations of Mettl. The post News Roundup: Buy from Snapdeal, Get...
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Will A Hundred Indian Startup Seeds “Blume”?
A lot of things have changed in the tech investing scene in India over the past decade but one thing has steadfastly remained unchanged and intractable. Even today, VC funding, especially at the seed...
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Blume Ventures Invests $1mn In Mumbai Based Voxpop Clothing
Mumbai based clothing startup Voxpop Clothing has raised $1 million in funding from its existing investor Blume Ventures. The funds will be used to add new category of products in its existing...
View ArticleFunding Trend of 2012 : Rise of SuperAngels, Series A onward gets tougher,...
The number of early stage investments made by venture capitalists in India has increased by 60% from 99 deals worth a total of $334 million in 2010 to 149 deals worth $397 in November 2012. The post...
View ArticleThe Great Indian Startups of 2012 [The Dabangg Edition]
Indian startups have come of age. Like every year, we bring together India's most amazing startups that were spotted. This year was a big year for startups with lots of great moves. Take a look some of...
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