Startup 360 Magazine - December 2015

In this issue

The Dazzling December

With foreign investors pumping in a whopping $8.4 billion (Rs 55,641.6 crore), 2015 has been a landmark year for the Indian startup ecosystem. The year started off on a high note with Flipkart, Ola, Snapdeal, Quikr, Zomato and Paytm crossing $1 billion in valuation. But, the pace slowed down later with many companies becoming increasingly reliant on investor money to grow business leading to layoffs. Interestingly, the year also saw industry titans like Ratan Tata, NR Narayana Murthy and global investors like Alibaba, Softbank pursuing ways to capture the market.
To end the year in style, we have an interesting startup--addressing one of the most important issues in the country--AglaSem. A single stop guidance portal--the initiative helps students prepare for the semester exam with access to thousands of online study material. In addition, we also have the regular dosage of exploring the struggle and journey of startups in India—this month we have featured Cogxio, Just Orbit, rocQ Analytics and Wow Express. And also a detailed interview with Ashwin Sanzgiri, Managing Director, Canada & Global Head - Capital Division, at Cross Border Angels. Our December reading also features stupendous write-ups by our guest writers Hemachandran and Hemendra Mathur. Along with it are the news trending in the start-up world and we hope that will give a power packed performance to our readers.