Emphasizing the importance of Indian start-up ecosystem, Oracle CEO, Safra Catz on May 9 said the country has been the first to see start-up initiatives like an incubator, which has subsequently been launched globally. “The last time I was in India I announced setting up nine incubation cen…
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Tax planning for start-ups in India in 2017-18
In the last few years, government is encouraging the start-up businesses by announcing various incentives and tax exemptions. The taxation policies of the government have also witnessed lot of changes. The Govt launched the Start-up India Action plan to boost the start-up culture and encourage en…
VCs are more measured about investments now: Sasha Mirchandani, Founder & MD, Kae Capital
Sasha Mirchandani, the Managing Director and founder of Kae Capital, an early stage venture fund, weighs in on the current challenges in the Indian startup ecosystem Q: With funding drying up, valuations being slashed and employees being laid off, it’s a difficult environment for startups. Who is…
T-Hub and Anthill announce the launch of the Indian chapter of the newly-floated SWAN
Hyderabad: Big bucks may be chasing startups all over the world, but it is still men who control the purse strings. The angel investor community is no different as is evident from the numbers — only 1% of over 6,000 angel investors in India are women. The figures are not very impressive in develo…
Juices start-up Fresh Food Concepts raises $2 mn from Angel investors
The Delhi – based, cold – pressed juices startup, Fresh Food Concepts has secured US $ 2 million in pre series A round of funding from the Angel Investors, Siddhartha Gupta and Ashwin Chadha. This funding comes in the wake of the startup planning to expand the presence of its famous fruit juice b…
VentureNursery’s demands in way of Oyo’s Zo acquisition
Budget hotel aggregator OYO Rooms has hit a hurdle in completing its acquisition of rival Zo Rooms with fresh demands from one of its early investors stalling the process, according to four people aware of the negotiations. VentureNursery, a Mumbai-based accelerator which was the first investor i…