Bengaluru: Karnataka continues to lead the country in the Information Technology and Bio-Technology sectors, and over 4000 start-ups have received investments of $1 billion over the past two years, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala said. In his customary address to the joint sitting of the state l…
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SAAB offers next generation defence capabilities to India; Looks to partner with SMEs
Bengaluru: Swedish Aerospace and Defence firm, SAAB Group on February 6 said the company is willing to offer defence capabilities to enable India to manufacture and export next generation fighter jets. SAAB is set to showcase its fighter plane, the Gripen E aircraft at the Aero India 2017, a bien…
Indian food tech start-ups grew by 150% in 2016 despite funding slowdown: Report
Online food tech industry saw a 150% in order volumes in 2016 despite a funding squeeze and multiple players scaling down their operations or shutting shop, according to a new study. After a heady 2015, Food tech sector was one of the worst affected sector in the funding slowdown last year. The s…
Gujarat’s MS University to set up centre for start-ups
Vadodara: MS University will give a boost to the start-up movement by setting up a dedicated Centre for Startups. A proposal in this regard has got in-principle nod from the MSU’s syndicate body, which has set up a five-member committee to review the project. “With both the central an…
Nestle eyes tie-ups with start-ups
New Delhi: Swiss food giant Nestle is looking to partner with Indian startups to appeal to tech-savvy consumers. Similar to its open innovation platform Henri@Nestle in the US, this initiative will help the 150-year-old company rope in third-party innovators to create new products, ramp up commun…
Digital drive tilts hike scale in favour of fintech start-ups
New Delhi: Financial technologies and learning solutions are this appraisal season’s winning bets at startups in India, where last quarter’s currency swap and the government’s visible drive toward digital transactions may help dislodge marketplace unicorns as bulge-bracket paymasters. The reversa…
Social start-ups help citizens get access to various govt programmes
Ahmedabad: All government budgets slot in schemes that promise to improve the lives of millions, but very few of the intended beneficiaries ever fully understand what they are entitled to. That information gap makes for a huge business opportunity. A growing tribe of social enterprises that inclu…
Start-up fever remains strong for tech-savvy Indians
Bangalore: In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. A quarter of a century after liberalisation kick-started India’s economic transformation, a new generatio…
Why SMEs should take digital marketing seriously
In today’s digital era, having an online presence for a business is a critical requirement. If you are not online, you do not exist. However, a lot of enterprises and business owners today still feel that they do not need to know about digital marketing. If you belong to the strata that is …
Budget raises India’s capital market ambitions
The Indian government has unveiled its most ambitious target for public share sales so far, looking to capitalise on the robust domestic capital markets to cut its annual deficit. In last week’s federal budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley set a 725 billion rupees ($10.76 billion) target f…