Addressing a ‘Startup Leaders Meet’ organized by FICCI in association with TiE Silicon Valley, United States, there was a need to create an ecosystem for startups where knowledge workers could be converted to knowledge entrepreneurs. The business delegation from TiE Silicon Valley was visiting In…
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SBI launches specialised branch for Start-ups
State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest lender, on January 14 opened a specialized br—SBI InCube—that will cater to the specific financial needs of start-ups in Bengaluru. The branch will assist start-ups in cash management, taxation, regulations, foreign exchange and remittances, mentoring, a…
Top honchos meet President of India for an interactive session on eve of ‘Start-up India Action Plan’
On the eve of ‘Start-up India Action Plan’ to be launched by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on January 16, 2016, India’s top CEOs, entrepreneurs, technologists and venture capitalists is having an interactive session with President, Pranab Mukherjee today, January15, 2016. The purpose of the inte…
NASSCOM partners DIPP to Organize ‘Startup India, Standup India’ launch event
Following the Prime Minister’s declaration of ‘Start up India, Stand up India’, NASSCOM 10,000 Start-up Program is co-opting with Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India, along with other partners to host ‘Startup India’ event on January 16, 2016. The event will be addr…
Govt likely to promote SMEs in Capital Goods sector
Amid not-so-encouraging performance of the capital goods sector in the country, the government is considering setting up a technology development fund for the sector even as it explores ways to promote SMEs and bring in standardization. According to a senior official in the department of heavy in…
TV Mohandas Pai plans Rs 100-crore family office fund for technology startups
The Startup India initiative may well get a head start with investors showing an appetite to create additional venture funds in the country. Former Infosys Board member T V Mohandas Pai, one of India’s foremost angel investors, is finalising a family office fund which will look at seed funding t…
Start-ups warm up to corporate biggies for fresh revenues
Many Indian start-ups, engaged in fierce competition and consolidation, are now increasingly collaborating with corporate majors to provide them services that different vendors used to provide them previously, thus creating new sources of revenue. Earlier, the corporate majors would engage differ…
Cairn India, NASSCOM launch Knowledge Centres in rural Andhra
Contributing to the 10-point agenda of the Modi Government youth from under-privileged communities to get jobs in reputed companies Cairn India, in association with NASSCOM Foundation, inaugurated the Cairn NASSCOM Knowledge center (CNKC), at Gollavilli village in Uppalaguptham Mandal of East God…
Google joins Start-up India to host live contest for early stage start-up
Google has joined the chorus of Start-up India, Stand-up India. The company will hold a live contest award for early stage start-up during the January 16 event where the government will spell out its action plan for start-ups. According to the company sources, five startups have already been shor…
Govt. to sell low-cost medical kits
The government is ready to market several low-cost medical innovations, including home kits for measuring blood glucose, hemoglobin levels and real-time diagnosis of malaria and dengue, which have been developed by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in association with start-ups supported by t…