Aditi Technologies acquires cloud consulting startup Get Cloud Ready

Aditi Technologies, a Bangalore-headquartered cloud company which provides Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, has acquired Hyderabad-based cloud consulting startup Get Cloud Ready for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, Aditi is looking to build up on its solutions for migrating and m...

Sainul K Abudheen

Beam Money launches mobile money service in Uttarakhand post offices

Delhi-based mobile payment startup Beam Money Pvt Ltd has launched its service in 29 major post offices across the state of Uttarakhand. Now customers in Uttarakhand can recharge mobile, data card and DTH connections; pay utility bills and make payments for rail, air & bus tickets, movie tickets...

Rashi Varshney

EasyRenting.com introduces verified listing, features video clips of properties on offer

EasyRenting.com, a real estate portal owned and operated by Noida-based startup EasyRenting Pvt Ltd, has introduced verified property listing. Besides traditional search parameters such as location, property type, cost and availability, the all-new verification process also includes property videos,...

Sainul K Abudheen

Bangalore-based startup Kukucrate offers hands-on learning projects for kids

Kukucrate.com, an online platform run by Bangalore-based Kukucrate and offering theme-based and hands-on learning projects for kids in the age group of 4-8 years, claims its customer count has crossed the triple digit mark since its launch in January this year. “We feel there is a need to bring co...

Sonam Gulati

Grocery e-tailer Ekstop seeking to make a mark where others failed, eyeing multi-city growth

Ekstop, an online store dealing in grocery and daily essentials, claims to be doing around 165 orders a day with an average transaction value pegged at Rs 1200-1300. Currently operating only in Mumbai, the startup is now looking to expand into other cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. Talking to ...

Sonam Gulati

Logistics startup Delhivery claims to cross 2M shipments; eyes Series B funding

Gurgaon-based logistics company SSN Logistics Pvt Ltd, which runs the web platform Delhivery.com, claims to have crossed 2 million shipments a couple of weeks ago. Founded in May 2011, Delhivery focuses on managing the entire supply chain for retailers. The company was started by a bunch of engineer...

Sainul K Abudheen

Mobile security startup i7 Networks rolls out BYOD security solution for enterprises

i7 Networks Pvt Ltd, a mobile security startup being incubated at Bangalore-based Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure, has launched PeregrineGuard, a BYOD (bring your own device) security solution for enterprises. PeregrineGuard monitors personal devices in use across enterprise LANs (local area...

Diksha Dutta

Excl: Three of the five original team of startup incubator The Hatch quit

Three of the five original team of startup accelerator-cum-incubator The Hatch have quit the organisation leaving the outfit to husband-wife duo Puneet Vatsayan and Anupama Arya and a few other mentors, sources privy to the information told Techcircle.in. Sources said, co-founder Prajakt Raut al...

Rashi Varshney

Tech startup Kriyate develops Braille-enabled smartphone; how it helps the visually challenged

Kriyate Inc, a tech startup being mentored by IIM-Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), claims it has developed a Braille-enabled smartphone for the visually challenged – helping them ‘feel’ the information on the screen. The company was set up in October...

Rashi Varshney

Former Indiatimes marketing head rolls out Pikboo, a closed user group platform positioned as Facebook for kids

Sandeep Amar, the former marketing head at Indiatimes who also left mobile internet firm One97 Communications in January after a short stint, has launched Pikboo.com – a platform for developing custom-made sites for kids. Owned by My Own Site Pvt Ltd, Pikboo is a paid, closed-user-group platform t...