Mumbai-based healthcare startup, Care24 plans to train 10,000 healthcare attendants by the end of 2017. The training will be conducted under the Skill India programme started by the government. According to a release, attendants will be trained for specialised treatments such cancer care and neur…
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Google buys Indian-origin professor’s health monitoring start-up
The acquisition once again highlights the importance of healthcare technology for Google
Google also made its first-ever Indian acquisition in July, 2017 with AI start-up Halli Labs
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IFC to increase focus on India by backing early-stage venture capital funds
As of 30 June 2016, IFC’s exposure in India was $5 billion, largely in sectors such as infrastructure, financial services, logistics and healthcare.
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KSIDC on hunt for VC & PE firms for seed-funded start-ups in Kerala
KSIDC has seed-funded close to 50 start-ups across 17 sectors in Kerala since 2015, now looks to potential investors to scale operations
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Indian Angel Network expands its operation to Israel
Indian Angel Network has expanded its operations to Israel and will invest in areas like healthcare, agritech, cybersecurity and cleantech. IAN, which claims to be the world’s largest angel investor group with over 450 institutional and individual members, has presence in the US, the UK, Ca…
Hyderabad-based HUG Innovations raises $5 m in series A at TiE-Hyderabad event
Hyderabad-based HUG Innovations has raised $5 Mn in Series A funding round during a live instant funding event organised by TiE Hyderabad – The Guardian Angel. The round was led by Mohit Srivastav (NRI Startup India ), Kishore Ganji ( Angel Investor), Venkat Vallabhaneni (Parampara Capital), and …
Services won’t pinch much, healthcare and education exempted from GST list
The Goods and Services Tax Council broadly agreed on 4 tax brackets for services (5%, 12%, 18% and 28%), though they are yet to decide on a tax bracket for gold. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, at a presser in Srinagar, listed out the details, which were: 1) All services have been fitted into four…
Create ecosystem to make new IPR Policy successful: Suresh Prabhu
Start-ups in India show a positive approach towards creation, protection and management of IPR, so as to enable them to compete in the global market and achieve growth in business. It is widely acknowledged that Intellectual Property (IP) can improve the competitiveness of start-ups and act as a …
We do not expect any returns from impact investing: Sunil Kant Munjal
Sunil Kant Munjal, the Hero Enterprises, has invested Rs 100 crore in impact investment in firm Aavishkaar’s new fund, Aavishkaar Bharat Fund. The investment, made in Munjal’s personal capacity, is part of the Rs 2,000-crore corpus that the social venture capital firm is targeting for…
Entrepreneurship on upward curve
India is on the cusp of possibilities. With more than 65% of country’s population below the age of 35, better-than-ever internet connectivity and a smartphone market that has brought millions of people online, the critical mass has been building up and has brought India to an inflexion point. Loo…