November Recap
November recap of articles published under different sections:
Must Read Articles
- Demystifying Online Advertising Network Business – Strategy, Indian Opportunity
- How Should Startups conduct Usability Testing?
- Online Ad Networks in India – Complete List
- ISRO’s Bhuvan to beat Google Earth
Startups Profiled
- MingleBox’s Second Round of Funding and change of track
- BrandAdda – Share your Opinion on Brands/Consumer Services
- Infibeam acquires Picsquare
- Uniphore, mGlitz, Sonhoz
- LatLong- Will Get you There (Where Streets have no Names)
- SMSGyan – SMS Based Knowledge Machine
- Create Rich Mobile Promos Using Tunespray
- NCRHunt – Local search player for NCR Region
- CompareSasta – Meta Search Engine That gets you Sasta Products/Services
- Bandhan – Matrimony (Meta) Search Engine
- LeadSimplified helps you manage Sales Leads
Funding
- Myntra raises $5mn from NEA-IUV, IDG Ventures and Accel
- Carwale raises $7mn from Sierra Ventures
- Mobile VAS player TeleDNA Raises $10Mn from Peepul Capital
- CleanTech startup D.light Design secures $5.5mn
- Rediff Invests in Eterno Infotech
- Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund secures 75 crore for Investment in IT sector
- Accel India closes $60mn Fund
- NTT DoCoMo acquires 26% stake in Tata Tele Services
Industry Stats
- 8 million GSM Subscribers Added in October
- BigAdda claims 3 million users, 50% from Tier-II Cities
- Only 4,000 3G iPhone Sold in India?
- eBay India Census Guide – Mumbai leads the E-Commerce Race
- In.com claims 3 million user base (in 3 months)
- Internet Penetration in India shows healthy signs [Akamai Report]
- 3G Auction – 5 Players per Circle, Auction by Feb 9
BraveHearts
- Ninemotion’s founder on shutting down and insights/experience gained.
- “Learn how to negotiate with the big dogs.” – Founder, MBAKarma on lessons learnt
TriedPool
All time Tech
- IBM’s ‘High Five’ List of Innovations (that can change the world)
- Free Microsoft products for students
- Salesforce shows it’s Force
About the author - Ashish Sinha is a Startup Mentor/Product Strategy Coach, and the founder/chief editor of pluGGd.in.
He has launched/managed couple of products (consumer as well as enterprise) in US and India, and now consults with startups/small businesses on their product/media strategy. He can be reached at: ashish (at) pluGGd.in [+91 98452 06443]
