India is the top region for innovation in Asia, as per a recent report. This might seem like excellent news, till we ask how much of this innovation is truly Indian? According to the Patent Office, over 70% of the patents filed in the country are by MNCs. Indian companies and academia share the r…
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India world’s largest start-up ecosystem, but in VCs & angel networks it stutters
India is the world’s third largest start-up ecosystem with over 4,200 start-ups in existence according to NASSCOM. Yet, in terms of VCs and angel networks, India compares poorly to the developed world. In the US alone, there are an estimated 1,300 venture funds in operation in contrast to a paltr…
Focus to be on skill development in services sector: NSDC
Deoghar (Jharkhand), April 13 (IANS) Admitting that the manufacturing sector is not growing as expected, India’s premier skill development platform, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), is focusing more on the services sector — like tourism, hospitality and healthcare — to train mil…
Is “Make in India, funded by China” the new norm?
If you are a millennial living in the Indian metros, you might be very well accustomed to the following trends: Using Ola for your last ride and paying through OlaMoney; Using Flipkart for buying that mobile on which you installed the Paytm and Snapdeal. What do the companies cited above have in …
Yatra.com | Creating happy travels with groundbreaking technologies
The money spent on travel is money spent well! And to make your “Yatra” even more pleasurable and the money spent much satisfactory, Yatra.com, a decade old online travel agent (OTA), is committed to creating happy travels with its huge hotel and travel agent network. “Yatra has a hard-to-duplica…
Indian start-ups should focus on sustainability, stop chasing Unicorn tag
The next company that is being greenlighted to enter the prestigious Unicorn club of startups is Oyo Rooms, a SoftBank-backed budget hotel aggregator. Founded by 21-year-old Ritesh Agarwal in 2015, the company is reportedly in talks with the Japanese SoftBank to raise about US $300-500 million. I…
Ratan Tata to resume investing in start-ups
Tata Sons interim chairman Ratan Tata has said he would go back to investing in startups this month after handing over the reins of the Tata group to N Chandrasekaran, Managing Director and chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), who will formally take over on 23 February. After retir…
इस महीने स्टार्टअप की दुनिया में लौटेंगे टाटा
रतन टाटा इसी महीने टाटा संस की कमान एन चंद्रशेखरन को सौंपकर स्टार्टअप निवेशक के तौर पर दोबारा अपना काम शुरू कर देंगे। अक्टूबर में टाटा संस के चेयरमैन पद से साइरस मिस्त्री को हटाए जाने के बाद से ही टाटा ने नए चेयरमैन की तलाश पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने के लिए स्टार्टअप के साथ […]
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Budget has clear focus on Digital India, skilling: Start-ups
Hailing the Budget as progressive, unicorns and startups said the proposals have a clear focus on ‘Digital India’ and skilling. The attention to affordable housing and greater employment in rural areas are the right interventions to build a more equitable society, they said. “Th…
Internet economy: Reality check at start-ups
For Indian Internet start-ups, this year turned 2015 on its head. Valuation markdowns, executive departures, job cuts, market share losses (to American rivals) and a lack of big-ticket fund raises dominated the headlines in 2016. It was a total departure from the previous year, when start-ups tou…