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…
Leading Impact Investor Unitus Seed Fund is hosting an Open Doors Session for Startups at XIMB
A big shout out to the Odisha entrepreneurial ecosystem.Unitus Seed Fund, the leading venture seed fund supporting startups innovating for the Indian masses along with X-SEED, the Idea and Initiative Cell of XIMB is hosting the hugely popular ‘Open Doors’…
NestAway : Google Selects startup by Odisha Boys in top 15 for launchpad prog in silicon valley
15 startups from India and Indonesia begin a two-week training program at Google HQ in Silicon Valley. It’s part of a new Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program for mobile startups, which gives US$50,000 equity-free seed funding as well as US$250,000…
How this Odisha-based social startup is addressing learning crisis in villages & creating women micro-entrepreneurs
The first glance at little kids fiddling around with interactive learning activities on tablets; a few reciting poems in English while many trying their imagination out on Play-Doh clay in a brightly painted room might not come as a surprise…
GoBikee: A bhubaneswar based startup that sends mechanics for bike repair to you
Gobikee is a market leading platform that connects Two Wheeler owners who need repairs, servicing and inspections to the best mechanics. They match thousands of customers every month with trusted professional mechanics in cities across the India. Their instant quoting functionality, fast booking…
OYO Rooms Founder from Odisha makes it into Forbes list of achievers under 30
22-year-old Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of Oyo Rooms, is among the 45 Indians or Indian-origin people who have made it to Forbes’ annual list of achievers under the age of 30. The Forbes fifth annual ’30 Under 30′ list…
Mega MSME Trade Fair scheduled to start on January 8th in Bhubaneswar
Odisha Government will organise a seven-day MSME Trade Fair 2016 at the Exhibition Ground bhubaneswar from January 8. The objective of the fair is to provide a platform to the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for exploring new markets and expose…
A Startup of a different Kind Koraput Dairy introduces Own A Cow, get returns scheme
Some context on why Koraput Diary started Own a Cow program The milk production in India needs to be 180 million metric tons by the year 2020. At present the total production stands at around 145 million metric tons (source:…
ASBM Bhubaneswar hosts Startup Workshop for Rural Students
Asian School of Business Management (ASBM), Bhubaneswar conducted Entrepreneurship Skill Development Workshop on 10th 11th and 12th Dec 2015 at ASBM Campus in collaboration with Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industries and WTC, Bhubaneswar. The workshop first time included the…