Capital Float: Leveraging Data for Loans to Small Businesses

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鈥淲e started Capital Float with the belief that technology and data would be the key drivers in cracking SME financing in India. Over the past year, we鈥檝e focused on building the platform to deliver what our customers want above all else 鈥 flexible and ultra-convenient access to finance that can scale with their business. By leveraging alternative data in our underwriting model, we are increasingly able to not only make faster decisions but also lend to emerging business models鈥 – co-founders of Capital Float, Gaurav Hinduja and Sashank Rishyasringa.

Starbucks: Brewing up a data storm!

Starbucks’ use of data from geographic information systems (GIS) allows the coffee chain to optimize store location, perhaps explaining why it’s feasible to have four Starbucks stores within a 1-mile radius in 性视界 Square!

Fitbit 鈥 leveraging consumers鈥 obsession with data

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In the era of Big Data, companies are obsessed with figuring out how to crunch the numbers and make use of the increased data provided to us by a number of devices. However 鈥 companies are not alone in embracing data analytics: As evidenced by Fitbit, there is an increased interest among consumers in measuring, tracking and analyzing data from their own lives.