Even as the SME players in India struggle against the demonetisation blues the BSE SME keeps itself busy with new SME companies willing to get listed on the bourse. Mumbai based GlobalSpace Technologies Limited (GSTL) is yet another SME company that will be listing itself on the BSE SME platform.…
Don’t enter start-up world if you can’t stomach twists & turns every day: Sideways’ Abhijit Awasthi
Influenced by the likes of Salvador Dali, Einstein and Walt Disney, it was difficult for Abhijit Avasthi to “continue doing what he was doing” as his curious and adventurous side grew more restless. We’re referring to his life after quitting Ogilvy in 2014, when he, along with Sonali Sehgal, star…
Airbus Bizlab selects 6 Indian start-ups for 2nd accelerator batch
Bizlab, European plane-maker Airbus’ aerospace business accelerator, has selected six Indian companies for the second season of its programme in Bengaluru. The company started the initiative in March 2015 and has facilities in Toulouse and Hamburg, apart from Bengaluru. A total of 137 appli…
Venture Catalysts to invest Rs 75 cr on seed stage start-ups this year
While 2016 saw a distinct drop in funding and the deal sizes, Venture Catalysts invested around Rs 30 crore in early stage startups in its year of inception 2016. The firm which plans to add another 1000 angel investors in the company this year, will be looking to invest around Rs 60-75 crore acr…
Siliguri’s ‘Momo on Wheels’ set to roll globally
Kolkata: Entrepreneur Debayan Biswas, with only Rs 1.5 lakh in hand, started his street food business specializing in momos in 2015. Named ‘Momo on Wheels’, the food chain became wildly successful and is now poised to enter the international market. Debayan is now in talks with retail…
पीएम मोदी आज वाइब्रेंट गुजरात सम्मेलन का करेंगे उद्घाटन
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज वाइब्रेंट गुजरात वैश्विक सम्मेलन के आठवें संस्करण का उद्घाटन करेंगे। वाइब्रैंट गुजरात सम्मेलन (Vibrant Gujarat Summit) में सिस्को के जॉन चैंबर्स और बोइंग के बर्टरैंड मार्क एलेन समेत फार्चून 500 सूची की अनेकों कंपनियों के मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी शामिल होंगे। गुजरात का …
News Corp-backed realty portal PropTiger.com merges with Housing.com
News Corp-backed real estate marketing platform PropTiger said that it has acquired Mumbai-based Housing.com in an all-stock deal. News agency Reuters reported that digital real estate advertising firm REA Group has acquired 14.7% strategic stake in PropTiger. Rea Group’s stake will be acquired f…
आधार फाइनेंशियल ट्रांजैक्शन का केंद्र बिंदु बन रहा है: UIDAI, CEO, डॉ अजय भूषण पांडे
नोटबंदी के बाद जिस तरह से केंद्र सरकार डिजिटल ट्रांजैक्शन को बढ़ावा दे रही है। उसमें आधार का एक अहम रोल बनता नजर आ रहा है। यहीं नहीं आधार बेस्ड (आधारित) ट्रांजैक्शन कैश से लेकर दूसरे सभी ट्रांजैक्शन में सबसे ज्यादा सुरक्षित है। ऐसा आधार नंबर देने और उसके अथंटिकेशन का काम करने वाली अथॉरिटी यूनीक […
Maheshwari Logistics SME IPO garners Rs 123 cr subscription
The initial public offer of Maheshwari Logistics has garnered a whopping subscription of Rs 123 crore, making it the second highest share sale of a small and medium enterprise (SME). The issue, which was subscribed 4.53 times of total shares offered, witnessed huge participation of both retail an…
KVIC wants Khadi included in MNREGA
Mumbai: Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has sent a proposal to the central government, asking it to include Khadi in MNREGA not only to have more artisans under the scheme but also to make unskilled workers earn more through them. These artisans will train the 5.40 lakh unskilled w…