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Tag: IIT-Kanpur
IIT-Kanpur extends Rs 25 lakh seed fund to rural job hunt start-up
Supporting the central government’s Startup India project, the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IIT-K) pumped in Rs 25 lakh as seed funding in rural job search start-up Eezy Naukari. The Kanpur-based company aims to help job seekers in rural areas find work opportunities in the cities ac…
Good news for start-ups: India to get 100 more incubators
The Indian government will invest Rs 200 crore to set up 100 more incubators across the country to support start-ups in innovations, a top official said on April 6. “As we want to double the number of incubators over the next four years, we will spend Rs 200 crore on setting up 100 more incubator…
Online procurement start-up Adurcup raises funds; Plans to reach 10k unique orders a month with 2k+ SMEs
‘Food’ in any form is a business in itself. Whether it’s farming, processing, procurement, delivery – food forms an evergreen industry with niches worth exploring. IIT Kanpur alumni – Abhishek Verma, Harshit Mittal, Kumar Kushang and Nitin Prakash are trying to disrupt one such niche – making t…
Teaching start up Online Tyari gets Rs 20 cr fund
Mobile-first test preparation platform, OnlineTyari (OT) has raised Rs 20 crore, led by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF). MSDF made an equity investment of Rs 15 crore (USD 2.1 million) in the company, OnlineTyari said in a statement. OT offers a mobile application that allows highly …
Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori to launch a health, fitness startup
Mukesh Bansal, cofounder of online fashion retailer Myntra, and Ankit Nagori, former chief business officer at Flipkart, have joined hands to set up a healthcare, sports and fitness company. The move comes barely six weeks after Bansal, former head honcho at Flipkart, and Nagori resigned from the…