New Delhi: Global hedge funds and asset management companies, including several from Hong Kong, are making a cautious return to India’s resurgent startup ecosystem, some 18 months after they pulled back amid a churn in the domestic market. A number of Hong Kong-based fun…
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Revenues v/s investments: How money moves in Indian start-ups
Over the last five years, consumer internet companies have grabbed most of the dollars but it’s the workhorse business-to business start-ups that are racking up revenues
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Jugnoo | Two IITians’ idea to be Uber of auto-rickshaws in India
Experimented by IITians Samar Singla (CEO) and Chinmay Agarwal (CTO), Chandigarh-based Jugnoo began as India’s first auto-rickshaw aggregator in November 2014 with the objective of making daily commute easy and reliable.
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Indian start-ups look for investors as funding hits rock bottom
Monsoon is yet to arrive for Indian start-ups that have been waiting to see venture capital firms flushed with cash open up their purse strings after a reality check on investment euphoria dried up early-stage capital flow. The number of start-ups that got funded in the last three months dropped …
Why Indian start-ups are looking abroad
When Avijit Sarkar was planning to set up a fintech start-up last year, he wanted to do it in the US, so that he would have access to a larger market. But, he soon realised that the incorporation expenses were high, and getting a visa could be difficult. He came across Estonia’s startup pro…
US launches incubator programme to mentor Indian start-ups
The US government is looking to mentor Indian start-ups, hoping that some of them would scale up their operations and set up shop in that country. The US State Department has begun a start-up incubator programme, Nexus, in association with the IC² Institute of The University of Texas at Austin, i…
Climate Change Battle: Indian start-ups are already doing their part in these 3 key areas
Climate change is a reality that’s come into existence due to the release of green house gases from countries, irrespective of developed or developing nations. It’s a certainty that while India is pursuing policies for rapid economic growth rate, it’s also experiencing an increase in …
Google deepens engagement with Indian start-ups via Sand Hill programme
Technology giant Google is deepening its engagements with startups in India and is working with a bunch of “high growth“ ventures as part of a global programme to mentor and deepen its technical engagement with the potential winners of tomorrow. Over the past year, Google has been working with In…
World Environment Day: Here are 8 Indian start-ups that are making the earth better
Urban cities around the world produce approximately 3.6 million tonnes of waste in a day and it is projected that by 2025, it will shoot to 6 million tonnes a day. Indian cities such as Delhi, Varanasi, Patna count amongst one of the world’s most polluted. In a rapidly progressing world, the amou…
S Korea invites Indian start-ups to global contest
Hyderabad: South Korea is inviting Indian start-ups to take part in K-Startup Grand Challenge 2017, a global competition for tech start-ups backed by the Korean government. Promoted by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, a non-profit governmental organisation of the Republic of Korea, the …