Coimbatore: ItzCash, a leading player in the digital payments space, has announced that it has made an undisclosed investment in Bengaluru-based expense management fintech startup Finly. The deal has been bought to fruition through part equity investment and part business partnership. “The …
रोजगार का गिरता ग्राफ, कहाँ हैं नौकरियां?
नौकरी से निकाला जाना दुखदायी होता है। मुझे पता है, क्योंकि पिछले 16 साल में मेरे साथ ऐसा दो बार हो चुका है. लेकिन दूसरी बार जब ऐसा हुआ, तो वो इतना दुखदायी नहीं था, जितना मुझे डर था। एक हफ्ते में नई नौकरी मिल गई, पुरानी कंपनी से जो मिला, वो नए घर के […]
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Three strategies that any small business can use to innovate
Innovation is the bedrock of all businesses. As is rightly said, if a business does not innovate, it will evaporate over a period of time. A company focused on innovation just does not launch better products, but also makes operations better, enhances employee productivity, involves employees in …
बिहार: बजट 2017-18 पर उद्योग संघठनों की मिली-जुली प्रतिक्रिया
बिहार की महागंठबंधन सरकार की ओर से 27 फरवरी को वित्तीय वर्ष 2017-18 के लिए बजट पेश किया गया। वित्त मंत्री अब्दुल बारी सिद्दीकी ने सदन में 2017-18 का बजट पेश करते हुए कई बातें कहीं। लगातार दूसरा बजट पेश करते हुए सिद्दीकी ने दावा किया कि नोटबंदी समेत तमाम तरह की मुश्किलों का सामने […]
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Bitcoin start-ups come together to regulate India’s cryptocurrency market
Bitcoin startups Zebpay, Unocoin, Coinsecure and SearchTrade have come together to form Digital Asset and Blockchain Foundation of India (DABFI) for the “orderly and transparent growth of the virtual currency market.” A panel comprising Zebpay founders Saurabh Agrawal and Sandeep Goenka, Coinsecu…
Logistics tech start-up Delhivery may rake in $100 mn in pre-IPO funding
Mumbai: Five-year-old e-commerce logistics startup, Delhivery may close a $100 million or Rs 670 crore pre-IPO fund raise which has attracted the interest of private equity biggie Carlyle group, China’s Fosun and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, people familiar with the matter. The Gurgao…
World Bank’s IFC plans an aggressive foray into series A start-up deals
World Bank’s arm IFC is planning an aggressive foray into startups at Series-A level, as part of its recent push towards early-stage investing in India. Till now, it has backed more mature startups like Byju’s, Lenskart, Bigbasket and Blackbuck, with ticket sizes upwards of $5 million…
तमाम प्रयासों के बाद भी स्टार्टअप के लिए कमजोर जमीन, सरकार की नई सोंच की जरुरत!
देश में व्याप्त रोजगार संकट को देखते हुए सरकार ने उद्यमिता और स्टार्टअप को बढ़ावा देने की हरसंभव कोशिश की ताकि देश के युवाओं की आकांक्षाओं को पूरा किया जा सके और रोजगार की मांग से भी निपटा जा सके। दरअसल मौजूदा व्यवस्था इन दोनों की भरपाई नहीं कर पा रही। यह सोच समझदारी भरी […]
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Power tariff hike in Madhya Pradesh to hit MSMEs, says industry association
Indore: Increase in electricity tariffs will hit Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) as the move will up cost of production and kill competitiveness, industry association said. Industries associations of the region have opposed hike in electricity tariff for the year 2017-18 and have submi…
SIDBI expert panel sanctions Rs 1,112 cr to funds for start-ups
An expert committee set up by SIDBI has sanctioned Rs 300 crore to fund managers who would invest in startups, taking the total sanctions so far this fiscal to over Rs 1,100 crore, the government said today. During fiscal year 2014-15 and 2015-16 sanctions were made to 11 funds (Rs 314 crores) an…