Start up funding of the week 

It has been long back i wrote article in my blog, i was going around start up companies eco system in the recent times and currently i am working for funded start up called www.snackexperts.com Head quarter in Chennai.

It has been up's and down's for the start up companies, although the start up company fails there are few start ups.  In that case i would like to write down the companies recently got huge amount of fundings.

CityFlo: On-demand bus aggregator startup, CityFlo, raised $750K (about INR 4.8 Cr) in a funding led by IDG Ventures.

Twigly: Kitchen on cloud-business, Twigly, raised $200K in its angel round funding from Amit Gupta, Sahil Barua, Mukul Singhal, TracxnLabs and Deepak Singh.

Fortigo: Yet to be launched startup, Fortigo, has reportedly raised close to $2 Mn in seed funding from Nandan Nilekani. The startup aims to improve the quality of transportation services in businesses.

MyIndianStay: Online homestay accommodation listing platform, MyIndianStay, raised $200K in angel round of funding led by institutional investors.

BookMyBai: Domestic help aggregator, BookMyBai.com, raised over $150K (INR 1 Cr) from 50K Ventures and a group of angel investors led by Vineel Nalla, in its first angel round of funding.

LoanBaba: Consumer lending marketplace operated by Sahas Technologies, LoanBaba, raised about $320K (INR 2.10 Cr) in seed funding from an unnamed angel investor.

SatvaCart: Online grocery startup SatvaCart reportedly raised somewhere $1.8 Mn (INR10-12 Cr.) in its second round of angel funding.

Semantics3: An ecommerce data analytics startup, Semantics3, raised $1.5 Mn from existing investors, E-Merge and Zillionize.

Bobble: A mobile app that converts selfies into comical stickers, Bobbleapp, reportedly raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding from SAIF Partners.

BoiBanIt: Food ordering marketplace Boibanit raised $150K in angel funding from R Kumar Textile Group’s Varun Ahuja and investment banker Anubhav Verma.

Deyor Rooms: Budget hotel aggregator Deyor Rooms reportedly raised $500K (INR 3.28 Cr) in angel funding from Redcliffe Capital’s Dheeraj Jain.

Bidgely: Energy management platform Bidgely raised $16.6 Mn in Series B funding round led by Constellation Technology Ventures.

Explara: Event ticketing platform, Explara, raised $486K (INR 3.2 Cr) in pre-series A funding round led by Hyderabad Angels.

 In the next post i will be sharing the Acquisitions of the start up companies.

Qualities i found myself to be Community Manager after 6 years.

It was 2009, when i started my college where i met a Person Mr.Kumaran who could guide me in creating better vision for future. And it just crossed 6 years who am today "Community Manager"

Through my personal experience i found these are basic qualities to be a Community Manager.

• Spreading the word about Projects/Technologies in Public Speaking engagements and Social Media.

• Mentoring newbies who wants to be part of Projects/Technologies and give them task in the same.

• Working without seeing dignity and pride but with more love/dedication/humbleness to expand the community.

• Be passionate about the community will give 100% success

• Knowing well about Technologies to answer experienced developer and college student.

• Always interacting in irc chats and Forums to be update with Technologies. 

How Drupal Development Company Can Help You On Building Your Website?

If you are planning to build or revamp your company’s website, you will have number of open source CMS are available today. But i want to take this opportunity to elaborate you, why Drupal is top player in CMS category and How a Drupal development company will help you to meet the demands in digital media. 

Drupal Development company  help you to define your website core action build your website render in all devices - responsive build your website loads faster Will create a site structure that will enhance SEO build website that aims to attract, engage and eventually convert new customers build website to educate the audience on what the company does, why it provides the best solution for people's needs and prompt users to take action (subscribe, contact the corporation or purchase) as quickly as possible Will identify right modules(Drupal has thousands of free modules contributed by developers all over the world) which will fit the requirement, that result in the time-savy and cost effective. Could extend Drupal the way it works best for the company or organization. Drupal  aligns more closely with industry standards. 

Websites can be spun up in a matter of minutes. Content can be deployed and edited in a matter of seconds, which will be again be the time-savy. Add, remove or revise contents simply. Use the WYSIWYG editor and in-place editing to quickly create formatted content and make changes on the fly. Easily deliver content segmented by audience, language and device type. Built with mobile in mind, as the technology is in hand. is user-friendly, easily customize the front page and listing blocks by the clients. Integrate your mix of CRM, Email, Marketing Automation and other software with Drupal as the backbone. No limitations and no licensing or contract headaches. Drupal is powered by more than 1 million websites across the globe because of Multilingual Capabilities. Drupal is used from personal blogs to the largest enterprises, media publishers, universities and government agencies, including The Econom