Chennai: Do you want to be the next Deepika Padukone or Ranbir Kapoor? Well, your long-time ambition to act, sing on the silver screen has now got easier with startups, who are working to make auditions transparent and accessible, as opposed to the traditional way of getting in through well-place…
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Make in India push: Samsung to invest Rs 1,970 cr in Noida unit to double capacity
Samsung will invest Rs 1,970 crore over the next three years to double manufacturing capacity of its Noida facility, a move that will help the Korean company start exporting from India. The Uttar Pradesh government has approved Samsung’s investment under Super Mega A by the state’s Ca…
Global investors scout Indian startups for next Infosys, Wipro
Bengaluru: Brimming software talent, globally viable products and lower production costs are increasingly attracting global investors to help Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups in the hope of discovering a new generation Infosys or Wipro. Of the 82 Indian SaaS companies that received in…
MP plans crystal IT park-II for start-ups
Bhopal: With a view to attracting more IT companies in the state and provide space for offices and other purpose, state will soon expand its existing ‘Crystal IT park’ in Indore. “It would be a new IT park where we will offer more space to the existing and potential investors,&#…
RailYatri.in raises funds from Nilekani & others
RailYatri.in, the train traveling consumer app start-up, has raised fresh funding with participation from all its existing investors – Nandan Nilekani, Helion Ventures, Omidyar Partners and Blume Ventures. This round comes on the back of the round which the company had raised in March, this…
IIM Calcutta plans to incubate 100 start-ups by 2020
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park has chalked out plans to incubate 100 start-ups by 2020, of which 40 would be funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and DFID. IIM-C Director Saibal Chatterjee said that the Innovation Park, which started two years ago, has provided seed capital to s…
Intel India hosts ‘Maker Lab Start-up Conclave’
Bengaluru: Intel India hosted its first Maker Lab Startup Conclave and Demo Showcase at its Bengaluru campus. The ‘Intel India Maker Lab’ was set up about a year ago to help start-ups accelerate their hardware and systems innovation towards creation of new products and solutions by offering infra…
Online furniture rental start-up Furlenco raises $30 mn from LightBox Ventures
Bengaluru: Online furniture rental start-up Furlenco (Kieraya Furnishing Solutions Pvt. Ltd) has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by existing investor LightBox Ventures, said a senior company executive. The fresh round comprises a mix of equity and debt funding. Furlenco raised …
Paytm to help 1,000 start-ups improve its payments system
It is common practice in Silicon Valley for large technology companies such as Google, IBM, Facebook and Microsoft to provide startups with technology and financial help to build businesses in complementary areas. The concept is now being imported into India by Paytm, the country’s biggest paymen…
Jaipur based start-up unveils email IDs in local languages
Data XGen Technologies, a Jaipur-based start-up, has introduced an email address service under ‘DATAMAIL’ that allows people to create email IDs in eight Indian languages. The languages include Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu and Bengali. The service is also available in En…