Kerala stands as first and only incubation and grounding facility provider to student start-ups
More schemes in pipe-line to encourage start-up ecosystem in state
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Tag: M Sivasankar
Kerala IT Secretary proposes govt partnered funding system for start-ups
Kerala’s IT Secretary M Sivasankar has proposed to set up a government partnered funding system for startups. The announcement was made during the two day (June17-18) ‘Seeding Kerala-2’ meet. The conclave was organised by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in partnership with Let’sVenture, Konglo Vent…
Kerala Startup Mission plans angel fund of Rs 30 cr for state-specific start-ups
Thiruvananthapuram: Ahead of the release of the Kerala IT and Startup policy, which is expected to be finalized in two weeks, Kerala Start up Mission (KSUM) plans to create an angel fund for state-specific startups with a total corpus of Rs 30 crore. “The state IT and startup policy is expe…
Kerala launches online incubator for student start-ups
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has launched SV.CO, purportedly world’s first digital student incubator, as a digital makeover of the Startup Village in Kochi. SV.CO will constitute the second phase of development of Startup Village and is designed to help thousands of college-goers make a…
Startup ecosystem in Kerala loses sheen, but hope floats
Kerala was the first off the starting block in India to start an IT park in Thiruvananthapuram way back in 1990. But, the state failed to capitalise on the early start as cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad soon overtook it in terms of IT exports and employment. Four years after Kerala started it…