The new wave of Indian enterprise has taken the country’s young blood by storm. The government has created a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, thanks to Startup India, and now anybody can dream of owning a business. However, in recent times, we have seen some start-ups had to shut their do…
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Why is it a good time to be an angel investor in India
I enjoy being an angel investor, and I believe this is the perfect time to be an angel in India. There seems to be a funding winter, and a lot of the institutional, seed-stage investor money which came from VCs has started to dry up, as evidenced by the Snapdeal and Stayzilla fiascos. VCs no long…
Jewellery duty may dim start-ups’ prospects
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Budget announcements were in line with the expectations of most start-ups. It was an affirmation of what had been promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ‘Startup India’ initiative in January. However, the proposed one per cent excise duty on branded jewell…
A new app for choosing gifts
From shopping to hiring a cab, from ordering food to addressing your grievances, today, there is an app for almost everything. Similarly, in the gifting space you have apps, but most fail to solve problems around what to gift, how to gift and in short -making gifts more relevant. “We carrie…
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…