Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the government’s flagship programme to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, is inviting applications for ‘Mentor India’ initiative. Mentor India is as a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor schools students…
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Prest Loans expands operations to Rajasthan, targets to disburse Rs 100 cr loans for MSMEs
Prest Loans offers short term or long term loans to Micro, Small or Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) unit according to their eligibility in any kind of business. The Loan tenure is flexible based on the business needs and cash flow analysis.
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IIIT-H & MANAGE sign MoU to start programme for young entrepreneurs & agri-start-ups
The Agri Tech Startup Accelerator Program will identify, support and facilitate idea-stage enterprises using latest technologies and innovations to solve agriculture specific issues faced in India.
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GEM report: Only 39.3% desire entrepreneurship as a career in world’s 3rd largest start-up base
38 per cent adults perceive good opportunities to start business, 38 per cent adults believe they have capabilities to start business, 44 per cent fear failure
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A more dynamic and vibrant version of GeM portal to be unveiled soon
New Delhi: The commerce ministry will work with IT firm Intellect Design Arena Ltd to make Government e -Market (GeM) portal more dynamic and vibrant in the next six months, a senior official today said. The portal was launched in August last year for online purchases of goods and servi…
Youngsters, Look East! NE Ministry offers seed funds to start-ups in region
More & more youngsters approaching government to set up start-ups in North-Eastern region under Startup India, Standup India programme, says Minister for Development of North-Eastern Region Jitendra Singh
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Punjab’s Draft Industrial Policy 2017 to help MSMEs, start-ups & entrepreneurs
Under the state’s Draft Industrial Policy 2017 that was released on July 28, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Startup and Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Ease of Doing Business and Fiscal Incentives are being mentioned and taken into consideration.
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Microsoft Accelerator helping start-ups to go global, launches its 11th cohort
Bengaluru: The next step for enterprise startups is to go global and Microsoft is focusing on helping 14 startups in its latest cohort of its accelerator program. The startups are all in their late stage, having an average age of 3.5 years and an employee size of 80 employees.…
Payments solutions start-up Ezetap raises $16 m from Jonathan Soros, other investors
Bangalore based payments solutions company Ezetap has raised $16 million in funding from Jonathan Soros owned US-based venture capital fund JS Capital Management and other investors, taking total funding in the firm to $51 million. Chamath Palihapitiya founded Social Capital also invested in this…
BNI aims to foster SME growth through business networking pan-India
SMEs are going to be next growth frontiers for us, say Business Network International chiefs
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