After a re-branding initiative and TV campaigns over the last month, personal assistant app Tapzo claims to have reached 1 lakh transactions on its platform on January 22. The platform-which aggregates orders across food delivery, hyperlocal deals, cabs and bill payments, and recharge -said it wi…
Amazon India to empower Naga women entrepreneurs
With a view to drive digital literacy among women entrepreneurs in Nagaland, Amazon India partnered with the state government and the National Skill Development Corp (NSDC) to provide them a global platform to sell their products at zero initial cost. Amazon India will conduct training and skill …
Border security start-up CRON Systems raises funding from YourNest
Border security startup CRON Systems has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-series-A round from early-stage venture capital firm YourNest. This is the first investment from the firm’s new fund, YourNest India VC Fund, which was launched in September with a Rs 300-crore corpus. The firm d…
Cuemath raises $15 mn from CapitalG & Sequoia India
Math learning startup Cuemath has raised $15 million in its Series B round of funding from CapitalG and Sequoia India. CapitalG (formerly known as Google Capital), the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet (Google’s parent company), led this round of funding. When asked about the rationale be…
Why Indian SaaS start-ups are set to rule the world
The Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecosystem is witnessing an increase in activity in terms of new startups emerging and establishing themselves. There’s a belief within the industry that by 2025, India will become the SaaS hub of the world. SaaS is a software distribution model in which app…
Budget 2017: कम ब्याज पर लोन, ज्यादा सब्सिडी और मिनिमम GST दर-फार्मा सेक्टर की SMEs की माँग
दवाइयां बनाने वाला फार्मा सेक्टर, बजट में मेक इन इंडिया को बढ़ावा देने वाले कदम चाहता है। सेक्टर के एसएमई कारोबारी चाहते हैं कि दवाइयों पर जीएसटी की दर 5 फीसदी हो और उन्हें सस्ता लोन मिले। गुजरात देश का फार्मास्युटिकल सेक्टर का हब है। बजट को लेकर यहां जबर्दस्त उत्साह का माहौल है। फार्मा [……
Data harvesting makes agri-tech start-ups hot for investors
Bengaluru: Agriculture-technology is emerging as one of the hottest sectors for investors this year, primarily for the mountains of data these startups are able to harvest. Leading venture capital firms including Accel India and SAIF Partners are evaluating several agritech firms to invest in, ac…
Using AIF regulations to start-up India
On 16 January 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “Startup India”, a scheme targeted at building a strong ecosystem to nurture innovation and start-ups in the country. A year on, it is a good time to assess how it has performed. Broadly speaking, the scheme consisted of four types of incen…
लघु और मध्यम उद्यमों पर नोटबंदी का नकारात्मक असर, लंबी अवधि में बड़े संगठित क्षेत्रों को फायदा: एसोचैम
उद्योग मंडल, एसोचैम ने रविवार को कहा कि नोटबंदी का लघु और मध्यम उद्यमों, ग्रामीण खपत और रोजगार सृजन पर नकारात्मक असर होगा, जबकि लंबी अवधि में बड़े संगठित क्षेत्रों को इसका लाभ मिलेगा। एसोचैम ने एक विज्ञप्ति में कहा, “तत्काल प्रभाव में बड़े नोटों के विमुद्रीकरण का लघु और मध्यम उद्योगों, ग्रामी…
Govt to support Tangaliya weavers: Smriti Irani
Ahmedabad: Government of India will facilitate Tangaliya weavers in purchase of looms, by providing them an assistance amounting to 90 percent of the price of looms. The Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani made this announcement, during her interaction with Tangaliya weavers in Surendranagar dis…