Pune-based small business advisory firm deAsra undertook a strategic initiative with three city-based banks recently to provide small loans to individual entrepreneurs. DeAsra, which is backed individually by Persistent’s CEO Anand Deshpande, issued a statement saying, “DeAsra’s…
IndiaMART forays into fintech to enable SME sellers on its platform
IndiaMART, India’s largest online marketplace, has announced its entry in the payments space to enable over three million sellers on its platform. Addressing the bottleneck of trust deficit for the SMEs, the company has launched its buyer and seller protection program which will enable the …
Nasdaq partners with Startup India to launch Milestone Makers program
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center has partnered with Startup India to launch their Milestone Makers India program in New Delhi in May 2017, their first venture in India. They are now inviting early-to-mid-stage founders in India to apply or nominate an entrepreneur for the May 2017 cohort. Having…
Japanese investors look to bet their money on Indian start-ups
A new wave of small Japanese investors is scouting in India for early-stage start-ups they can bet their money on, undeterred by a bearish spell that threatens to upset Tokyo-based Soft-Bank’s biggest wagers in the country. REAPRA Ventures and Asuka Corporation are the latest Japanese early-stage…
Women’sDay Special | नोएडा की मंजुला मिश्रा इंटरप्राइजिंग वूमेन ऑफ इंडिया अवार्ड से नवाजी गई
अंतरराष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस पर नोएडा की महिला उद्यमी मंजुला मिश्रा ने शहर का नाम देश भर में रोशन किया है। उन्हें भारत सरकार के सूक्ष्म, लघु एवं मध्यम औद्योगिक इकाई (एमएसएमई) मंत्रालय ने इंटरप्राइजिंग वूमेन ऑफ इंडिया अवार्ड से नवाजा है। यह अवार्ड उन्हें एमएसएमई मंत्री कलराज मिश्र ने मुंबई में दिया है…
Google invites entries for ‘SMB Heroes’ awards
Google India on March 8 invited entries for “SMB Heroes” awards, a nationwide programme designed to recognise and celebrate small and medium businesses (SMB) that have gone digital to become successful. The programme, in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce a…
Telangana comes up with India’s first women entrepreneur park
Telangana government on March 8 allocated 50 acres of land for women industrial park near Hyderabad, claiming it the country’s first such park for women entrepreneurs. Addressing women entrepreneurs of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on the eve of International Women’s Day, the Telangana Industri…
12 start-ups raised $12.75 mn in pitch@Rashtrapati Bhavan event, a FOIN initiative
“In India, we have a large ecosystem of 4,500 startups – the third largest in the world. Even then, it is not easy to start a new venture in India. Access to funding and mentorship remains a hurdle. In key parameters such as ease of doing business and R&D investment, there is scope for much […
India to reach out to global giants for engineering exports
Unfazed by global headwinds and forces of protectionism in some of the leading economies , India will showcase its technological and engineering prowess to top international firms at the 6th edition of the International Engineering Sourcing Show(IESS) at Chennai , expecting significant business …
IvyCamp & Nasscom announce third season of rendezvous IoT – India’s unique platform for IoT start-ups, venture capitalists, investors, experts and corporates
IvyCamp, an initiative of IvyCap Ventures and NASSCOM 10000 StartUps under the aegis of CoE-IoT (Centre of Excellence in Internet of Things) have announced their third season of Rendezvous IoT (RIOT-3), supported by the Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.…