Tata group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata, a serial start-up investor, said on September 20 that he will support startups that have founders who have passion to build sustainable company rather than scaling it up just to sell it. Tata has been investing in startups in India and abroad. Some of thes…
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Google deepens engagement with Indian start-ups via Sand Hill programme
Technology giant Google is deepening its engagements with startups in India and is working with a bunch of “high growth“ ventures as part of a global programme to mentor and deepen its technical engagement with the potential winners of tomorrow. Over the past year, Google has been working with In…
It is the beginning of start-up boom in India: Rajan Anandan, VP, Google India
With the median age of 27, India has the largest number of youngsters and the Google chief says that they’re born digital with a growing insatiable need for the internet. When it comes to the internet, the growing tribe of emerging businesses on the internet can’t be ignored. Anandan feels that t…
India’s start-ups see a huge marketing opportunity in the 2017 Indian Premier League
The tenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will kick off on April 5, is expected to be a sporting extravaganza for cricket aficionados. Just like previous seasons, this year, sensing an opportunity to the grab attention of IPL viewership, startups are in the list of the 14 major s…
Lawyered | Making legal easier to put cases at rest
You face a dispute, or you’re falsely accused, you file a complaint, or you request an appeal, and then the court is adjourned – hectic, right? Now imagine this – enters a team of passionate professionals who are on their way to disrupt the legal industry, they put your case at rest and the dispu…
Ratan Tata’s start-up bets
Ratan Tata invested in as many as 29 startups in the past two years through March 2016. He took minority stakes in 22 companies in fiscal 2016, three times more than the previous year when he chose seven to bet on, according to Tracxn Technologies, a data analytics company. Eight of the prominent…
Start-ups home in on co-living trend
When 26-year-old Mani Sharma moved from Jaipur to Gurgaon last month to take up a job as an analyst with CarDekho, her biggest worry was how to find a decent place that she could afford. It turned out to be far easier than she had imagined.She went online, and quickly found a new concept thatR…
Indian start-up ecosystem lucky to have Ratan Tata’s support: Ola Founder
Mumbai: Amid the corporate war raging within Tata Sons, which has also highlighted Ratan Tata’s work as angel investor in startups after his earlier retirement in 2012, startup founders have come out in strong support of the Tata scion. Ratan Tata-funded cab aggregator Ola founder Bhavish A…
Google cap to back edu-startup Cuemath
Google Capital, the investing arm of tech giant Google, may lead a $13-15 million financing round in Bengaluru-based education startup Cuemath, three people aware of the fund-raise said. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Cuemath develops in-house math content which is a combination of worksheets, tabbas…
Ratan Tata invests in wearables maker GOQii
New Delhi: Adding one more to his start-up funding list, leading industrialist and serial investor Ratan Tata has invested in virtual fitness coaching platform GOQii. The size of the funding was, however, not disclosed. The company, which is a leading player in the Indian wearables market, is bac…