Start Up India

Chinese startup creates drones that can think

The rise of intelligent machines could become literal this year, when a Chinese startup begins selling a camera drone that can track and film people and objects on sight. Zero Zero Robotics, a Beijing-based startup valued at $150 million in a November funding round, plans to introduce its Hover C…

Job portal Monster India to use database for funding startups

Job portal Monster has launched MakeIndiaWork initiative under which it will use its database to crowd source funds for entrepreneurial ventures with an aim to further boost the startup ecosystem in the country. ‘MakeIndiaWork’, a central hub will bring together startups, job seekers,…

Reliance Entertainment to invest in 20 Indian gaming startups

With mobile gaming gaining strong traction in the country, Reliance Entertainment has brought its focus back on the Indian market and is looking to invest in 20 gaming startups this year. Reliance Games, a part of Reliance Entertainment, has also announced investments worth over USD 50,000 in mar…

CareOnGo raises funds in pre-series A

B2B e-distribution startup CareOnGo has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-series A funding round led by Farooq Oomerbhoy of FAO Ventures. A consortium of investors including Anupam Mittal and Anand Mittal of People Group, Head of Flipkart’s ads Business Ravi Garikipati, Co-Founder of Unic…

To boost start-ups, CSIR plans incubation centres in 30 labs

To promote Start ups and commercially exploit technologies developed in its laboratories, India’s premier science institution CSIR has decided to start incubation centres in over 30 different labs across the country. The decision on this was taken at a meeting of the Directors of Council fo…

Venture fund for product start-ups launched in Bengaluru

Ideaspring Capital, an early- stage venture fund by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, announced its official launch in Bengaluru on April 25. The Rs. 125-crore fund will focus on early-stage product innovation start-ups in the country in key areas, including machine learning & deep learning, c…

5 women lead start-ups that raised funding in 2016

Women in our country are playing very well when it comes to operating their start-up brand. In India, start-ups have evolved in very sector from food to lifestyle, online-offline, from technology to social enterprise and what not. Well we can say in the coming years start-ups will be seen as the …