Zone Startups, the India arm of the Toronto-based tech accelerator has roped in Microsoft, Department of Science and Technology, Tata Trust’s Social Alpha, Cherie Blaire Foundation, ICICI Bank and Amazon to promote women entrepreneurs building technology-enabled ventures…
Seven tips to invest in start-ups as a VC fund manager
A VC has to first think of multi-fold returns rather than the safety of capital, unlike a PE fund manager. Here are a few tips to invest in early stage ventures safely
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B2B e-Commerce: ‘Empower intermediaries, not eliminate’
B2B e-Commerce is set to undergo a transformation. The new age companies like Power2SME, OfBusiness, Bizongo backed by VCs have approached B2B sector from predominantly eliminating the middlemen perspective. This business model is facing headwinds with respect to credit, recovery, tech adaption e…
Know 6 type of registered taxpayers exempted from GSTR
After Form-3B, the last date to file another form is approaching. The new tax regime Goods and Service Tax (GST) has made it mandatory to file 37 returns every year. Considering the filing GST return as a “new concept” for the taxpayers, the Ministry of Finan…
Vedanta to launch Rs 5k cr venture capital fund for metal start-ups in India
Calcutta: Vedanta Resources Plc, the world’s sixth largest diversified mineral resource conglomerate, will launch a Rs 5,000-crore venture capital fund for mineral-based manufacturing start-ups in India. Vedanta will partner top policy making body Niti Ayog and consulting firm Accentur…
German media group Bertelsmann plans to invest $200-250 m in Indian start-ups
Mumbai: German media group Bertelsmann, which targets to invest $50-60 million each year in India, is looking to deploy $200-250 million in the country’s startup ecosystem over the next four years. Three years after it made its first investment in India, Bertelsmann India Investm…
KVIC creates over 3k additional sustainable jobs for women under PMEGP
New Delhi: KVIC, the nodal agency for implementing the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), has said it has created over 3,000 additional sustainable jobs for women in the past two years. It said these jobs were created by providing charkhas to women. They were in addit…
C’garh govt handpicks 36 start-ups under ‘Startup Chhattisgarh’ programme
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has shortlisted 36 promising startups under its ambitious initiative launched last year to foster entrepreneurship and promote innovation. Chief Minister Raman Singh today felicitated the startups selected under the first phase of the &…
Fintech players helping banks disburse more loans
Two years of fintechdriven reach has helped banks grow about 15-20 per cent indicating that banks’ dependence on `feeton-street’ to campaign for loans may recede in a few years. Bankers said nearly a third of their customers below 30 years were on-boarded through the digital platform.…
‘Micro factories will enable decentralised manufacturing’
Technology helps derive value from e-waste, says award-winning professor Veena Sahajwalla
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