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Chamath Palihapitiya plans on disrupting Silicon Valley VC model

Syna Dehnugara and Adith Charlie of CNBC-TV18 caught up with Chamath Palihapitiya, Venture Capitalist, in Bangalore where he spoke about disrupting the Silicon Valley VC model and his India hypothesis.

Watch how Ameyo had its successful innings in Japan

CNBC-TV18's Adith Charlie and Arundathi Ramanan report more on how Japan has turned out to be one of Ameyo's successful bets.

Twitter to lay off half of Bengaluru engineering team: Srcs

Adith Charlie of CNBC-TV18 reports that the social media platform has been on a shaky ground over the last two years as subscriber growth has been not at par with peers like Facebook.

How Paytm is an investor's darling

Paytm has raised USD 60 million from a fund owned by Chinese chip-set maker Mediatek as part of its yet-to-conclude USD 300-million fundraising round -- and that pegs Paytm's valuation at USD 4.8 billion.

Saif Partners: Addressing booming employee costs for start-ups

Attracting senior talent at affordable salaries is a big challenge for Startups. And as more companies enter the hunt for such talent, early & growth stage VC firm Saif Partners is seeing an immense opportunity.

SAIF Partner discusses learnings from failures!

When a VC says getting trapped in market sizing data is perhaps the wrong approach to investing in early stage start-ups in India then you want to sit up and take note. CNBC-TV18's Adith Charlie caught up with Deepak Gaur and Alok Goel of SAIF Partners for this exclusive chat.

Voonik not worried about marginalised and here is why

The Myntra-Jabong acquisition may have put several smaller e-tailers on the back foot but fashion marketplace Voonik is not worried about being marginalised. Sujayath Ali, voonik's CEO tells CNBC-TV18's Adith Charlie, that the pie is large enough for multiple lifestyle e-tailers to thrive.

Inshorts open to having an overseas partnership

Here's another CNBC-TV18 exclusive -- this time from the start-up space. Inshorts, which aggregates news in just 60 words, is all set to go global. CNBC-TV18's Adith Charlie and Arundathi Ramanan look at what the company has achieved in 2 years, and where it's headed.

SAP to pump in $50 million over 1 year to step up India play

Board member Bernd Leukert says that SAP's aim is to expand office space in metro cities while setting up shop in tier 2 locations.

Here is how Ketto plans to raise funds

Measures to cut costs and focus on core metrics are paying off. And Start-up india is seeing the flow of money improve. CNBC-TV18's Adith Charlie and Areeb Sherwani bring you the details on this edition of the Young Turks Start-up Deal Tracker.

Startups need to have enough cash for 2 years: Experts

Tightened funding environment has increased uncertainties in the startup industry and it is imperative for startups to have enough cash to survive for 18-24 months, said Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys.

Housing.com: Change in the air!

Watch Jason Kothari, CEO of Housing.com speaks to Adith Charlie of CNBC-TV18 about charting a new path for the company.

Have grand plans for Miip platform: InMobi

In this episode of Young Turks, Adith Charlie is in an exclusive conversation with Naveen Tewari, Founder and CEO at InMobi where they speak about slowing growth, client attrition and the future of the Miip platform.

Amazon to raise total investment in India to USD 5 billion

Jeff Bezos is announcing that the e-commerce giant is set to invest another USD 3 billion into India, taking the total allocation to this market to USD 5 billion.

Young Turks Dealtracker: What's brewing in the startup space?

With a slowdown in external funding, there's been an exodus of top talent at most of these ventures, and in some cases, a freeze in fresh hiring.

Startup logic to be guided by real metric, not vanity numbers

Customer satisfaction and product addiction will do more to sell a growth story than simple monetary growth statistics, or the money raised in the last round of funding, says serial entrepreneur and angel investor Meena Ganesh.

Are Indian e-commerce cos overvalued?

Two more Flipkart investors seem to think that the country's largest e-tailer is overvalued. However start-up's that help e-commerce majors improve customer targeting are getting more money from existing investors. On this edition of CNBC-TV18's Young Turks start-up deal tracker, Adith Charlie wraps up all the action.