Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in home rental startup NestAway Technologies Pvt Ltd. “As the first investors in NestAway, we have seen the company grow at a tremendous pace and achieve clear leadership by…
Ronak Samantaray of Odisha in Forbes List of Top Asia 30 Under 30 Transforming Technology
For their inaugural class of 30 Under 30 Asia, they cast a wide net over the region, canvassing the tech hubs in Bangalore, Beijing and Singapore to find a group of standout nominees in software, cybersecurity, application analysis, networking, and the…
Startup Vidooly with cofounder from Odisha acquires OTT startup iCouchApp
Indian video analytics startup Vidooly Media Tech Pvt Ltd has acquired iNiD Digimedia Pvt Ltd, which runs over-the-top content (OTT) platform iCouchApp, for an undisclosed amount. As part of the deal, Vidooly will get all of iCouchApp’s assets and intellectual property,…
Fortune India 40under40 list features Milk Mantra Founder Srikumar Misra of Bhubaneswar
“Odisha is not known for high-flying startups, but Bhubaneswar based Milk Mantra could change that”, the Fortune India magazine mentioned in its feature ‘40 under 40’, which is a compilation of the brightest minds of visionaries and game changers defining…
London based Plymouth University joins hand with XIMB bhubaneswar for startup incubation center
Innovation business incubation support at Plymouth University is about to go global. The Formation Zone, Plymouth University’s unique incubation space for starting a business, will be replicated in London and Bhubaneswar in India. The University has secured licenses with GSM…
Story of Satyajit Sahoo : From studying Forestry in Odisha to Cofounder of startup
Satyajit Sahoo studied forestry from Odisha University but he now leads the front-end design at Scrollback, a chat service for communities. This points to a larger emerging trend among startup employees. While CEOs of startups are celebrated for breaking barriers, startup employees…
Post 2 failed startups, I conceptualised Explara – Santosh Panda of Odisha
Explara was conceptualized by Santosh Panda (CEO Explara)and co founded by Ashok kumar. Having done his masters at Manchester Business School, Panda has worked for eBay, BBC Broadcast and UPCO. Ashok Kumar is the co founder and VP operations at…
Two Youngsters from Odisha on unique journey to promote reading across 20 states of India
Bhubaneswar-based ‘Bibliophile Travellers’ Akshaya Rautaray and Satabdi Mishra (pictured above) of ‘Walking BookFairs’ are travelling to 20 states, 10,000 km for a period of 90 days as part of their ‘Read More India 2015′ book tour to promote reading. The…
Story of Cuttack boy From CET Bhubaneswar to Microsoft and now to Startup NowFloats
From a modest economic background in Cuttack to getting a job in Microsoft was a dream come true for Ronak Samantaray.He quit the high paying job in three years to chart a path of his own and co-founded NowFloats, a…
Featuring a Startup GetBlu a Startup with a co-founder from Odisha
GetBlu is the marketplace for services that makes booking experience for services quick and easy by eliminating the problem of information asymmetry underlying the services industry. On the GetBlu platforms (app and website) the users can find the nearby service…