The big news this week was the IPO filing of e-commerce firm HomeShop18. In other news, Apple raised prices for iOS apps, the new companies act came into effect and Hike messenger landed another $14 mn from Bharti-Softbank. We covered some interesting startups, traced the journey of a few and our guest authors chipped in. We analyzed the state of Indian e-commerce and a a few other trends. Here’s a quick recap of all our posts from this week.
Editorially recommended
Aam Aadmi Party & Amazon – Disruption Is Not Without Problems
Everything You’d Like to Know About the New Companies Act 2013
Do You Pay For Great User Experience? I Do And I Don’t
These 20 Somethings Scaled their Startup to a 1000 People Company in Just 4 Years [StartupLessons]
Elections are Here. For Indian VCs, It’s Prayer Time
Why SAIF Brought in Angels After Investing in Appiterate [It Takes Two to Tango!]
The 3 Things Motorcycling Teaches You About Starting Up
Funding
Exclusive : Homeshop18 files for a $75 million IPO at NYSE
Bharti Softbank Invests $14 mn in Hike Messenger
Getting into the M&A Radar of Big Companies [Interview]
Online Fruits & Vegetables Retailer Greencart Secures $1.5 mn Funding
SAVF Invests Maiden Funding Round in Edu Startup Learning Edge Academy
ElasticBox Secures $9M In Funding led by Nexus Venture Partners
Pune Based SoftTech Raises Funding From Jaipur Based RVCF
Homeshop18 IPO: Fineprint and Facts So Far
Inventory Management Solution for Merchants Browntape Secures Funding from Seedfund
Delhi Based Mobile A/B Testing Startup Appiterate Secures $500k Seed Funding
India Online
Rocket Internet Backed Price Comparison Site Pricepanda Launches in India
DIPP Rejects Decathlon’s E-commerce Bid
The State of Indian E-commerce; The Big Trends & Some Questions
Indian Bounty Hunters Found Most Bugs on Facebook
Cannot Prevent Under Age Access to Social Networking Sites: ISPs
Sunny Leone’s Number Leaked on Whatsapp; ixigo Enters Luxury Auto Segment
Stuff
Will Microsoft’s Free Mobile OS Move Make a Dent on Android’s Market Share?
bigMobilityConf : Apply As A Speaker #AppLessons [April 26th/Bangalore]
Gionee President William Hu Says Samsung is Greedy!
Gionee Elife S5.5 Price in India: Rs 22,999 [World’s Thinnest Phone for Now]
Amazon Pushes EMI Scheme to Sell More Kindle Devices
iOS Apps to Cost More in India & 4 Other Countries
Startups
CreateUrApp Lets You Create Your Very Own Facebook Apps
Haptik Brings Instant Messaging to Customer Support of Over 100 Brands
Oximity Looks to Disrupt News Media by Crowdsourcing News
NewsHunt Launches Magazine Singles; 1.5 million eBooks Downloaded in 3 Months
Ridesharing Startups Launch Counter Strike to Mumbai Bus Strike