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LimeRoad: Aiding access & discovery in lifestyle

With unique user-generated looks and affordable prices, LimeRoad is trying to engage women to buy online

E-commerce companies are being valued at 2-3 times their worth: Avnish Bajaj

Interview with Managing Partner, Matrix Partners

Venture capital firm Lightbox closes 2nd fund at $100 mn

The second fund known as Lightbox Fund II will deploy the money in just eight technology start-ups

Mobile doing to e-commerce what e-commerce did to retail: Nicolas Franchet

Interview with Global Head (retail and e-commerce), Facebook

Newsmaker: Deepinder Goyal

Expanding Zomato's food-print

Zomato wants to be the Google of food

Ramping up globally, the Indian restaurant search service is going as local as possible in its markets to improve its brand's stickiness

Glucose-D & Honey recharge Dabur

Two brands, which helped Dabur clock 22% growth in its health supplements business last quarter, have gained from an extended summer and clever repositioning

Viber isn't just a messaging tool but a way of life: Talmon Marco

Interview with Chief Executive Officer, Viber

E-commerce gets smart with mobile apps

India's internet subscriber base is 100-150 million, depending on whose estimates you take, and is growing at 20-30% a year

We can build large-scale global tech companies from India: Sandeep Murthy

Interview with Founder, Lightbox

RO leads, but Kent thirsty for more

Mahesh Gupta established RO water purifiers and owns the Rs 580-crore brand, but hopes for a large nucleus of users soon

Start-ups in the news

Furnishing a new buying experience

With good visual merchandising, Urban Ladder has managed to take a new category online

Claro Energy targets solar-based pumping in talks with VCs for funding

Its solution has caught the Bihar government's fancy but growth to a large extent is a function of its ability to raise capital

Speciality health care offers higher returns, faster payback: Avnish Bajaj

Interview with MD, Matrix Partners

Naaptol leverages media to build a hybrid home-shopping business

Naaptol may not be a pure e-commerce player, but has created a unique home-shopping business

Here's how you can save the rupee

Eight austere measures that should help stem the currency's slide

How the Sharmas aided the rupee's fall

Blame it on this status-conscious family's fondness for imported goods

Claro Energy targets solar-based pumping, in talks with VCs for funding

Firm's solar-powered pumping solution has caught the fancy of the Bihar govt, but growth could be a function of its ability to raise capital

RBI has not done its homework on rules for lending against gold: Rahul Bhasin

Q&A with Managing Partner, Baring Private Equity Partners India