In recent past we have seen a surge in internet penetration in India. The reasons are multiple like the ambitious Digital India program, the reducing cost of internet, increase in reach of smartphones and finally Reliance JIO and others providing internet at lower prices to end users. This surely…
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Resilience: The seed that start-ups can grow from
There are many companies selling “snake oil” that promise you a startup success formula. Unsurprisingly, there is a huge demand for it, given that hundreds of thousands of companies are looking for shortcuts to achieve the perfect startup success story. You might feel that things are moving slow …
H-1B lottery: Why a loss for Infosys, Cognizant will be a gain for tech start-ups
I’m travelling in the Bay Area, in a cab driven by a woman software tester. She says she has been out of job for months now and driving a cab is the only way she can pay her bills, living just outside of San Francisco. My company is looking for coders and testers but in Asia, I […]
IIIT-H invites applications from start-ups for Seeding@Launchpad incubator programme
Hyderabad: Furthering IIIT-H Foundation’s reach in backing startups, the foundation is inviting applications from deeptech startups for its six-month Seeding@Launchpad incubator programme. Under this flagship, early stage tech startups will gain access to a host of services, facilities and guidan…
Mahesh Murthy thinks that the future of investing in India isn’t the current Venture Capital Model
Mahesh Murthy teamed up with Pravin Gandhi and Bharati Jacob to set up Seedfund in 2005, which is a leading early-stage venture capital fund with marquee investments, including Carwale, RedBus, MyDentist, Chumbak, AFAQs, and Vaatsalya. The trio was passionate about the internet boom and with gian…
India world’s largest start-up ecosystem, but in VCs & angel networks it stutters
India is the world’s third largest start-up ecosystem with over 4,200 start-ups in existence according to NASSCOM. Yet, in terms of VCs and angel networks, India compares poorly to the developed world. In the US alone, there are an estimated 1,300 venture funds in operation in contrast to a paltr…
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…
What can Indian entrepreneurs learn from start-ups in UK?
India is seeing a new wave of entrepreneurship with Indian start-up ecosystem being at an inflection point. Starting a business is a journey of successes and failures. The figures speak for themselves: more than one in three would-be entrepreneurs thinks about starting a business every day, but 7…
Marching towards growth: InMobi becomes second Indian Unicorn to turn profitable
Bengaluru-based mobile adtech firm InMobi claims that it has turned profitable in the last quarter of 2016. This makes InMobi the second Indian unicorn after data analytics firm Mu Sigma to become profitable. As per the company, it has been generating cash every quarter starting April-June in the…
How to launch a successful AI start-up
In September 2010, a three-person AI startup called DeepMind Technologies launched in London, with the goal of “solving intelligence.” Four years later, Google acquired the company for $500 million. And by 2016, it had achieved a major victory in AI: Mastering the complex game of Go. …