Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) need to adopt strong tech-enabled business models and processes to make them more efficient and achieve global competitiveness in the quest to become digital, said a top SAP India executive in an interview to IANS. At a time when large corporates as wel…
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Ireland keen to woo Indian start-ups, offers tax benefits
With quite a few nations mulling stronger immigration laws, Ireland, the island in North Atlantic, wants to play a different tune. The Investment and Development Agency (IDA) wants to triple the number of start-ups, IT services organisations, entrepreneurs from various sectors in India in the nex…
IAN announces India’s first & world’s largest maiden fund worth Rs 350 cr
Indian Angel Network (IAN) has become the first angel investor group globally to raise a 350 crore fund. The fund which marked its first close at rupees 175 Crores has industry stalwarts like Kris Gopalakrishnan, the cofounder and ex-CEO of Infosys; Sunil Munjal, joint managing director of Hero C…
India’s first design-led start-up DesignGild launches start-up accelerator
DesignGild, India’s first design-led startup has announced the launch of its first startup accelerator program. DesignGild is an initiative of the MIT Institute of Design (MIT ID), Pune. The boot camp for these startups commences in January 2017 in Pune. Harshit Desai, Chief Operating Offic…
Indian Angel Network invests $200,000 in tech-focused fashion talent venture 6Degree
Indian Angel Network (IAN), the country’s oldest and largest angel investor group, has invested $200,000 in fashion talent and tech startup 6Degree . In an official statement released on June 8, 2016, 6Degree said it will use the proceeds from the round to enhance its technology and to expa…
LinkedIn sets sights on Indian start-ups
US-based social networking company LinkedIn is looking at buying Indian start-ups, has tweaked its India portal and with its new 800 seater office in Bengaluru, as it seeks to build on its India presence. India is currently the second biggest market for LinkedIn globally, with a user-base of 35 m…