कर्नाटक सरकार का कहना है कि वह अगले दो महीनों में छोटे शहरों और कस्बों के कम से कम 1,000 स्टार्ट-अप तक पहुंचकर उनकी सहायता करने की कोशिश करेगा। सरकार ने कहा है कि यह उनके स्टार्टअप सेक्टर को सशक्त करने के उद्देश्य से शुरु किये गए ‘एलेवेटर’ कार्यक्रम का एक हिस्सा है, जिसके तहत [&helli…
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Karnataka launches Elevate programme to help start-ups scale operations
The Karnataka government says it is looking to reach and aid at least 1,000 start-ups from smaller cities and towns over the next two months. This is part of its ‘Elevate’ programme, to identify 100 of the most innovative start-ups across sectors in the state. The government is partne…
Why SIDBI can be a game changer for venture capital industry
Around June last year, entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Manish Singhal was looking to raise his first venture fund, and he thought it was the toughest task he had ever undertaken. Singhal had earlier co-founded startup financing platform Letsventure. As he searched far and wide for investor…
Laundry services start-up Wassup raises $ 3.2 mn
Chennai: Omni-channel, on-demand laundry services startup Wassup has raised $ 3.2 million per series A from existing investors including Anil Jain, MD, Refex Energy, HNIs from India and the Middle East. The company will use the investment for expansion and to build a stronger management team. …
Angel investment: What kind of a ball are your angels having?
Despite a slowdown in VC funding, the angel and seed investment landscape in India has witnessed an exponential growth in 2016. Nearly Rs 113.6 crore have been raised by tech startups in the country through 69 deals so far this year, marking a year-on-year growth of 62 percent in overall deal val…
5 women lead start-ups that raised funding in 2016
Women in our country are playing very well when it comes to operating their start-up brand. In India, start-ups have evolved in very sector from food to lifestyle, online-offline, from technology to social enterprise and what not. Well we can say in the coming years start-ups will be seen as the …