Bengaluru: Software products firm Zoho has invested nearly $10 million in five startups, including machine-vision company Zentron Labs and medical devices maker vTitan, to help the founders during the research and development phase. Zoho, which builds products for enterprise data management and i…
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Start-ups likely to get tax benefits in Union Budget 2017
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key Start-up India programme may get a boost in the upcoming budget with the industry department drawing up a list of tax concessions on employee stock options, unlisted securities and convertible instruments. The union budget is expected to be announced …
Starting up just to make money is the wrong reason for start-ups: Panellists at IIMBue 2016 Summit
Starting up just to make money is the wrong reason for start-ups, said panellists at IIMBue 2016 – summit hosted by the Alumni Association of IIM Bangalore. Participating in the panel discussion on ‘Un-Tabooing of Wealth’ by Kunal Shah, Founder & Chairman, FreeCharge; Aprameya Radhakris…
Silicon Valley seeks to benefit from India’s start-up growth
With India witnessing immense startup growth, the Silicon Valley has invited a group of top 30 Indian startups providing Software as a Service (SaaS) products at a global scale to establish links with Fortune 500 companies in the US. The event, Startup Bridge India, aims to raise awareness among …
SaaS start-ups raise over $256 mn in VC funding
In the midst of a funding winter for startups, companies offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) have raised over $256 million in venture capital funding since January, counting several big-ticket deals. What has worked for SaaS startups is the focus on unit economics – a metric to measure a …
Budget 2016 | Quotable Quotes
“Finance Minister spent a considerable amount of time in trying to address the rural distress and the difficulties being faced by the farmers. The emphasis on the budget on various schemes and ideas, which including for instance the linking of the MNREGA scheme to rural challenges, is very signif…
Top 10 Angels give wing to 425 Startups
India’s top 10 angel investors — call them archangels — have supported and helped build 425 Indian startups over the past 10 years, according to estimates by startup database Xeler8. That’s a significant figure, given that the startup ecosystem is still in its infancy, and reflects th…
Start-ups seek PM intervention on net neutrality woes
The net neutrality debate in India goes back to December 2014 when Airtel decided to charge separately for Internet-based calls but withdrew the plan later after facing protest. Hundreds of startups including bigger players like, Zomato, Cleartrip, Paytm and their employees on January 25 approach…