Monthly Archives: November 2016


Check out the interesting post Black-Friday analysis of shopping in America. The verdict is clear eCommerce scores 1, and brick-mortar stores continue to lag. All this is perhaps great news for startups looking to build on consumer sentiment towards e-commerce. E-commerce won Black Friday weekend. Now Walmart really has to […]

The verdict is out after Black Friday eCommerce 1, brick-mortar ...


Digital Startups in trouble: A roundup of news headlines from around the world on 29th Nov Founder of Mobile Payments Start-Up Mozido Pleads Guilty To Making Illegal Campaign Contributions: Michael Liberty, the founder of one of the most richly funded private companies in the mobile payments industry, pleaded guilty on […]

Digital Startups: News headlines from around the world


In a bid to reinvent Australia’s finance sector, startup incubator Pollenizer is launching a program that will pay founders $6000 a month to build new fintech solutions. The joint initiative with Sydney-founded global lending platform Pepper Money will take selected participants through a 12-week incubator. “The aim of the program […]

This program will pay you $6000 a month to build ...



San Francisco startup Stripe has raised new financing that values the startup at about $9 billion, cementing its status as a major company in the crowded digital payments space and heralding a possible initial public offering. CapitalG, the late-stage investment arm of Mountain View’s Alphabet, and venture capital firm General […]

Digital payments startup Stripe valued at $9 billion


The digital era has rattled multiple industries and signs indicate that this is just the beginning. Disruption is the order of the day as startups offer increased convenience to customers at lower costs, facilitated by the integration of ubiquitous high-speed mobile connectivity, the Internet of Everything and advanced analytics. The […]

Operating and innovating at the speed of startups




How a Digital Tool for Grandma Turned Into a Startup – Three years ago, Priscilla Elora Sharuk was trying to help her grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, deal with an everyday task that had become frustratingly difficult: remembering passwords for websites and software. Ms. Sharuk, an architect, told her computer-engineer […]

News 27 Nov 2016