Delhi-based chain of standardised salons, Be U Salons has secured $619K (INR 4 Cr) in its Seed round of funding from a clutch of investors from UAE, Singapore, and India. The funding round was led by Gaurav Kachru from 5 ideas Startup Superfuel and saw participation from Jatin Aneja, Partner at S…
Ideaspring capital bets on augmented reality startup Whodat with $600k funding
Bengaluru-based augmented reality startup Whodat has secured $600K (about INR 3.86 Cr) in its latest round of funding from early-stage Venture Fund, Ideaspring Capital. Commenting on the investment, Arihant Patni, MD, Ideaspring Capital said, “Whodat has a great team led by Sriram (Ganesh) and Ka…
How to pace your start-up innings with an accelerator
If you are a cricket enthusiast, which should be a high probability scenario for an Indian, then you would have heard the phrase ‘accelerate the innings’ or ‘pace the innings’. The term is normally used when a newcomer is at the crease and is guided by a relatively experienced batsman at the othe…
How PM Narendra Modi’s Mudra Yojna is encouraging women to be entrepreneurs
With the help of banks and PMMY MUDRA scheme launched in 2015. People who earlier used to struggle in getting loans can now easily opt one. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojna is said to have helped 58 million small business owners in our nation. Through the scheme, the government was able to disburse mon…
Lack of local parts hampers Make in India campaign
In February, weather stations located around the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya recorded 600mm of rainfall in Cherrapunjee, a town of 15,000 people. Although the area generally gets more rain than almost anywhere else on earth, the state until recently lacked such real-time information on w…
खादी से आदिवासियों को जोड़ने की हुई पहल
रांची : लंबे समय बाद सरकार ने खादी से आदिवासियों को जोड़ने की पहल की है। 1925 में ही आदिवासियों को चरखा और खादी से जोड़ने की बात कही गई थी, पर पहल अब हुई है। इसे लेकर सोमवार को खादी एवं ग्रामोद्योग आयोग, सूक्ष्म, लघु एवं मध्यम उद्योग मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार द्वारा दो दिवसीय […]
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Not just “Make” but “Design in India” to take a lead in jewellery sector worldwide, pitches PM
Driving the “Make in India” agenda to push up factory output and create more jobs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 17 urged the diamond industry in Surat to take a lead in making the country as number one in the gems and jewellery sector. India’s net gems and jewellery exports, which were a…
Services need to gear up for Industrial Revolution 4.0: Nirmala Sitharaman
Greater Noida: India’s services sector must gear up to take advantage of Industrial Revolution 4.0, which will create huge opportunities in high-tech manufacturing, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Emphasising on the growing importance of services sector, she said India has also r…
In the absence of RBI guidelines, a code of conduct for digital lending start-ups
Bengaluru: The Digital Lenders Association of India, an industry body of about 20 startups in the digital lending space, has laid down a general code of conduct for its members which is likely to ensure more transparency in this nascent sector yet to be governed by specific guidelines by the Rese…
Zero-defect plan: Tirupur cluster seeks Centre’s support for workforce skilling
Coimbatore: Apparel exporters in Tirupur have set their sights on making the cluster a ‘zero defect textile manufacturing hub’ in India. To achieve this vision, they have sought government support for a one-time intervention. Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for making Indian manufac…