Noting that every start-up has to face a ‘valley of death’ as returns from innovation processes are skewed, President Pranab Mukherjee said new-age financing options like angel investors, venture capitalists and crowd funding can meet the special needs of such projects in the formativ…
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Qlivery raises $230,000 from Hong Kong-based swastika
Qlivery, a cross segment on-demand concierge service, has raised $230,000 from Hong Kong-based Swastika. “Funds raised will be utilised to expand the team, geographical reach and add customers. The team believes technology and analytics is the heart of the business and thus, a substantial a…
HDFC Bank launches dedicated product for start-ups
Country’s second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank launched a dedicated product for start-ups which will offer banking, payments and forex services. The product’s features include enhanced transaction limits with no minimum balance requirement for the first six months, customise…
Capital float introduces special schemes targeting women entrepreneurs in India
Capital Float, the pioneer of digital lending in India has launched a new program specifically targeted at women trepreneurs across India, in a bid to encourage and drive the women entrepreneurship initiatives across India. The program is currently active and is scheduled to run from 8th March to…
NASSCOM to set up warehouse in vizag under startup plan
Apex IT industry body Nasscom will set up a warehouse in port city Visakhapatnam under its 10,000 Startups initiative to nurture technology entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. The entrepreneurs will be mentored and funded by venture capitalists and other investors under the Nasscom initiative. T…
Government to promote India as investment destination for startups
Government is preparing to launch a global campaign to hard sell India as attractive investment destination for startups and has invited proposals from creative agencies. The campaign will be launched in global as well as domestic markets across the media – print, electronic and social. …
Clinical supplies marketplace PinkBlue raises 1.5 crore in seed round
Clinical supplies marketplace PinkBlue.in has raised a sum of Rs 1.5 Crore in its seed round, on startup investment platform TermSheet.io. The funding round was led by Dubai-based lawyer Hari Krishna’s syndicate and saw participation from Cookifi Founder Ajay Modani, Dr V Ravinder, Anirudh …
Electropreneur Park invites ESDM startups for incubation
To encourage innovation in domestic electronics startups, Electropreneur Park (EP) will organise a roadshow in Delhi to reach out to the early stage and aspiring entrepreneurs across the country. EP is an incubation center, which support and nurture the best electronics startups. As a part of its…
Start-ups bloom in small-town India
Raipur, Solan and Motihari are not what come to mind when one thinks of start-ups. But 800 start-ups have come up in the past year in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, creating technology hubs in unlikely towns. Even as e-retail, health, education and payments star…
With augmented reality/virtual reality, startups create a new world
At the TED 2016 conference in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford stepped into The Void, a interactive virtual reality experience. The Hollywood biggies used the technology to be transported to another environment — they got to walk around an ancient tomb, feel the…