India is seeing a new wave of entrepreneurship with Indian start-up ecosystem being at an inflection point. Starting a business is a journey of successes and failures. The figures speak for themselves: more than one in three would-be entrepreneurs thinks about starting a business every day, but 7…
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BITS Pilani’s international start-up challenge ‘Conquest 2017’ is back
If you have a brilliant business idea and don’t know where to pitch it, BITS Pilani’s international student-startup challenge is for you. The college is back with its 13th edition of Conquest 2017, which serves as a launchpad for your startup and entrepreneurial dreams. Conquest offers one-on-one…
How to launch a successful AI start-up
In September 2010, a three-person AI startup called DeepMind Technologies launched in London, with the goal of “solving intelligence.” Four years later, Google acquired the company for $500 million. And by 2016, it had achieved a major victory in AI: Mastering the complex game of Go. …
A silicon valley in every state through ‘Make in India’ revolution
Startups drive the sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities for a country. Startups are driven by technology and innovation and prove to be the most effective instrument for a countries transformation. Indian startup structure has created millions of jobs in t…
Bengaluru struggles to remain in top 20 start-up ecosystems
Bengaluru has fallen five positions to become the last among the top 20 startup ecosystems of 2017, according to the latest rankings by Startup Genome, a startup data analytics company.While SIlicon Valley and New York city retained their top two positions, the list also featured new cities like …
Intel invested in five self-driving start-ups
Intel Corp, which on March 13 announced the proposed $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye NV , had invested in at least five startup companies working on self-driving vehicle technologies. Among the startups funded in part by Intel Capital, the chipmaker’s venture capital arm, are: LISNR, …
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…
Venture capital world preparing for a tough year; here’s why
On the face of it, things in India’s venture capital market look good. In a year of valuation markdowns and shuttering startups, venture capital firms managed to mop up a record amount of capital. Led by local affiliates of Silicon Valley heavyweights, Sequoia Capital and Accel, VC funds dedicate…
IoT start-up Roambee bags $4.1 mn funding
US headquartered Internet of Things (IoT) startup Roambee has bagged a second round of funding $4.1 million with participation from Silicon Valley investors and the investing arm of Deutsche Telekom. The three-year-old startup received its series A round of $2.5 million in May 2015 from a group …
India has five years to build strong research led IT: Nasscom, VP Industry Initiatives
Software lobby group Nasscom is looking at expanding the number of start-ups in India, incubating and nurturing them to grow at its centres. While the target is to reach 10,000 start-ups, the focus is also to build specialised start-ups in emerging technology areas. “So one of the outputs o…