The Chandigarh chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global not-for-profit organisation fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, education, and networking, will organise a two-day professional and networking conference for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs — TiECON — in the city from F…
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Budget 2017: A hit or a miss for entrepreneurship in India? Start-ups respond
The biggest day on India’s policy calendar had a slew of announcements directed at the middle class and the rural sector, but few that shone a spotlight on the burgeoning startup ecosystem in India. India’s payment industry, however, has much to cheer about with the proposed regulator…
Industry, investor bodies unite to seek removal of draconian angel tax
Angel investor networks and startup industry bodies have come together to form a unified startup coalition, seeking the removal of the “angel tax” through recommendations to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). There is a growing concern after the income tax depar…
Startup India’s flaws are beginning to tell
Around this time last year, the Narendra Modi government launched the Startup India, Stand Up India campaign. It announced a slew of measures—simplifying regulations, offering some handholding, a few tax breaks, and a fund-of-funds—to rev up the start-up engine and enable entrepreneurship, techno…
Budget 2017: Start-up bodies appeal for relaxations in tax policies
Prominent startup industry bodies including Indian Angel Network, NASSCOM, Indian Venture Capital Association, TiE and Mumbai Angels have jointly appealed to the government to review taxation policies that adversely impact the startup ecosystem. “Startups have been facing practical difficul…
2017: A new agenda for start-ups will get India to the 10% growth rate mark
The last two years have seen a slew of initiatives and agendas announced by the government—starting with the National Digital Literacy Mission with its worthwhile agenda of enabling one person in each Indian family to have digital skills, we have seen Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India, Start-u…
From e-Commerce to fintech & data analytics, Indian start-ups are changing: Indian Angel Network Co-Founder
With the likes of Uber, Co-founder Travis Kalanick, Kotak Mahindra, Managing Director, Uday Kotak, SEBI, Chairman, UK Sinha and Niti Aayog, CEO, Amitabh Kant among others, the TiE Global Summit scheduled to be held on December 16-17 at New Delhi, promises to be the biggest startup event in the co…
Mobile marketing app SlideApp raises $3.6 mn from Songhyun Investment
Mumbai: 42Company India Pvt. Ltd, makers of mobile marketing app SlideApp said it has raised $3.6 million in a series-A round of funding led by Songhyun Investment, a South Korean venture capital firm. The company will use the funds to expand for increasing user base, product development and mark…
Petroleum Ministry to partner start-ups for exploration & production
To bring in innovations and increase the involvement of startups in the petroleum sector, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas is looking to partner with startups and include them in core exploration and production activities. “Oil companies shall not only be funding these startups but will …
Indian Angel Network to fund free legal aid start-up Lawrato
Indian Angel Network has invested an undisclosed amount in Lawrato.com, a portal that connects lawyers to potential customers, the latter said in a statement on November 16. Alok Mittal, Co-Founder, Indian Angel Network, led the pre-series A round in the company, which will see V.P. Rajesh and Sr…