I got “wings to fly” from IBM, says Sandeep Singh Kolhi, Co-Founder of a patent searching and analytics tool Xlpat. The US tech major mentored the tool, apart from offering infrastructure, training and hosting the platform on their cloud. “With IBM technology and services aiding us, we could focu…
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Tata Trusts, Lockheed Martin & DST join hands to invest $2mn in tech-based social start-ups annually
Tata Trusts also finally seems to be embracing the advent of technology in every aspect our lives. In addition to NGOs, the organization now plans to add start-up investments to its portfolio in collaboration with aerospace behemoth Lockheed Martin and the Department of Science and Technology (DS…
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If shopping is your favourite hobby then discounts and coupons are definitely your favourite words. CashKaro.com, a one stop savings destination for all online shopping, is here to help you compare prices and earn cashbacks for the shopaholic in you. “CashKaro is enabling our members to compare p…
Ratan Tata, Hrithik Roshan in talks to fund health start-up, CureFit
Bengaluru: Ratan Tata and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan are in talks to invest in CureFit, a healthcare startup founded by former Flipkart executives. The year-old entity started by Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori has so far raised about $20 million and counts venture capital firms Kalaari Capita…
Momentum Jharkhand: Vedanta Resources promises Rs 5k cr investment with focus on SMEs
Keen to get a strong foothold in Jharkhand, Vedanta Resources Group Chairman Anil Agarwal on February 16, at the first , said he had “big plans” for the state. The initial foray will be with a $1-billion investment that includes setting up a one-million tonne steel plant, he added. Dubbing Jharkh…
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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Digital drive tilts hike scale in favour of fintech start-ups
New Delhi: Financial technologies and learning solutions are this appraisal season’s winning bets at startups in India, where last quarter’s currency swap and the government’s visible drive toward digital transactions may help dislodge marketplace unicorns as bulge-bracket paymasters. The reversa…
Narendra Modi vows more reforms at Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
Making a strong and impassioned case for reforms which have been initiated during his two-and-a- half years at the helm and those on the anvil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the platform provided by the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to sell India as the fastest growing major economy in the wo…
Year in Review: Kunal Shah of FreeCharge biggest angel investor in 2016
Top 10 corporate leader-turned-angel investors, including Anupam Mittal, Ratan Tata and Mohandas Pai, tightened the strings of their investment purses this year, putting their money in only 60 deals. Last year, the top 10 investors in the country had put their money in 209 deals, according to the…