If you have a brilliant business idea and don’t know where to pitch it, BITS Pilani’s international student-startup challenge is for you. The college is back with its 13th edition of Conquest 2017, which serves as a launchpad for your startup and entrepreneurial dreams. Conquest offers one-on-one…
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Pimco Japan’s Makoto Takano to invest Rs 30 cr in Indian start-ups
Bengaluru: Pimco Japan’s former Managing Director Makoto Takano has committed to invest Rs 30 crore in the Indian startup ecosystem through Gurgaon-based Green House Ventures (GHV) Accelerator. GHV , founded by Vikram Upadhyaya in 2014, funds and mentors startups between the incubation and …
Bangalore to host start-up festival
Bangalore: In a bid to put Bangalore amongst the top 10 startup places in the world, The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) is organising a four-day Startup Festival in the city starting April 6. TiE is a non-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. …
Note ban woes over, SME credit growth picks up
Small businesses which were hit the hardest during demonestisation are bouncing back smartly, at least if their demand for credit is anything to go by. Bankers say that unsecured business loans portfolio, which is a lifeline for these small business entities, is showing a 15-18% growth over the p…
36 proposals selected under ‘Start Up Chhattisgarh’ to set up units
A total of 3,858 persons have shared their start-up ideas under ‘Start Up Chhattisgarh’ programme out of which 36 ideas have been selected for setting up units which will be provided refund of all taxes deposited by them. The State Government has provisioned Rs 3 crore in the budget of fiscal yea…
Haryana govt to offer incentives for new textile units
The government of Haryana has prepared Textile Policy 2017, which will be providing incentives for setting up of new textile units. The policy proposes capital subsidy of 10 per cent for the eligible new projects of all textile enterprises across the state. Industrial plots would be made availab…
Xiaomi wants to incubate hardware start-ups
Bengaluru: Chinese electronics company Xiaomi is looking to incubate hardware start-ups and wants to open more manufacturing units as it sees considerable potential in the world’s third largest consumer market. Lei Jun, Chairman and CEO of the multi-billion dollar privately held company, which ma…
When ‘tourist’ investors pour money in start-ups
I’m taking you on a nostalgia trip. Remember the olden days (2016), when it seemed outlandish investments in technology startups were a thing of the faraway past (2015)? Snap out of it. Just look at the headlines of the past few weeks. China’s on-demand ride king Didi Chuxing is consi…
How a start-up can take steps with a mentor
I got “wings to fly” from IBM, says Sandeep Singh Kolhi, Co-Founder of a patent searching and analytics tool Xlpat. The US tech major mentored the tool, apart from offering infrastructure, training and hosting the platform on their cloud. “With IBM technology and services aiding us, we could focu…
Kerala start-up to build floating solar plants in Malaysia
Kozhikode: The solar energy startup company which had set up the state’s first floating solar power plant at Banasura Sagar reservoir in Wayanad has made an ambitious overseas foray by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build floating solar power plants in Malaysia. The agreemen…