Online beauty service marketplace Bigstylist has raised Rs8 crore funding in its latest round, led by Info Edge. It is now planning to expand its operations to New Delhi. Bigstylist, an online beauty service provider has announced that it has raised ₹8 crore funding in its latest funding rou…
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Govt plans to set up 7 new research parks to bolster R&D for start-ups
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the “Startup India, Stand Up India” in January 2016. The initiative had a slew of measures aimed at simplifying compliance, exempting profits from start-ups for the first three years, and rolling out an action plan for boosting innovation and entr…
Empowering ecosystem: StartFed to help start-ups in Eastern India navigate challenges & opportunities
Kolkata: According to a Nasscom-Zinnov report released last year, India is expected to have over 10,500 startups by 2020. They are forecast to account for over 2.1 lakh jobs in the market. However, where do the opportunities and challenges lie for startups? Many of India’s new-age companies have …
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…
SaaS firm Capillary buys stake in CRM start-up Exclusife
Capillary Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a software-as-a-service provider based in Bangalore, said on March 28 it has acquired a minority stake in Noida-based customer relationship management services startup Exclusife Technosoft Pvt. Ltd. This partnership will help provide retailers and brands of all si…
Startup India report card: Culture of entrepreneurship in the making
The Prime Minister had announced the ambitious Startup India Action Plan in January 2016, and it has been a boost to the startup ecosystem. The program, by design, seems perfect to support the startup culture in India, promising to provide solutions to many hurdles a startup faces along with a sy…
LetsTransport gets Rs 27 cr in Series A funding
Last-mile logistics provider LetsTransport gets Rs 27 crore in a Series-A round of funding led by Japan’s payment gateway company GMO and Neelesh Bhatnagar, Former CEO of Landmark Arabia. The company, started in 2015, had previously raised a seed round of Rs. 8 crore from Singapore-based Re…
Sundar Pichai to announce key initiatives for Indian SMEs today
New Delhi: Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai will attend the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) programme on January 4, where he will announce some key initiatives for SMEs, as part of the tech giant’s efforts to bring more businesses online in the country. Information Technology…
IIT Kharagpur & Ministry of Heavy Industries join hands to boost Make in India
West Bengal: In a move to step-up the Make in India initiative, the Department of Heavy Industries has partnered with IIT-Kharagpur to set up a proposed centre of excellence on advanced manufacturing, a Union Minister said. The centre of excellence would undertake extensive research in the area o…
Bengaluru-based startup Blackbuck looks to disrupt B2B logistics market
With disruptive technology, BlackBuck is trying to redefine the business-to-business logistics landscape in India. This Bengaluru-based startup has created an online marketplace for inter-city freight services and has already made a mark. The startup, which is little over a year now, has attracte…