Warangal durries have been famous for many reasons. The famous durries or rugs are made using vegetable colours, and are washed in flowing water after the printing process. Though the number of weavers have increased over the years, sales haven’t gone up proportionally. Recently, e-commerce …
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Affordable E-commerce Solution for Small and Medium Enterprises
India is introducing a suite of e-commerce tools targeted at small and medium enterprises in the country. The company’s e- commerce platform is a do-it-yourself store builder that uses cutting-edge technology to make online business easy, secure and fun to work with. The product also featur…
Marketing start-up Synup raises $6 m in series A from Vertex Ventures, others
Synup, a provider of SaaS-based marketing solutions startup that enables local businesses to manage their online presence, has raised $6 Mn Series A funding. The round led by Vertex Ventures also saw participation from existing investor Prime Venture Partners. The startup will use the newly raise…
Start-up to popularise young talents
Are you an artist who is looking for ways to popularise your talent? Is your spectacular theatrical skills ensconced only within the peripheries of your college campus? Have you been struggling to present your talent across before a larger public? Here’s a unique platform that aims to help young …
How fintech start-ups can help banks bridge SME lending gap in India
A major challenge that could stymie SME sector growth is the lack of adequate and timely funding
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Start-ups, unlisted subsidiaries of Indian Cos & Multinationals on black money radar
Mumbai: Startups and unlisted subsidiaries of some major Indian companies and multinationals find themselves in the crosshairs of the income tax department for raising funds through preference shares in excess of what it considers the fair market value. The inv…
Over 36 lakh businesses file GST returns so far
Businesses are supposed to file monthly sales returns and pay due taxes online under the new tax regime – GST
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Why entrepreneurs are hedging their bets on crowdfunding
Over the years, crowdfunding has become popular among entrepreneurs mainly because it’s a great way to test the waters before you actually launch the product or service. You understand your idea’s worth and where it stands in the industry. It’s actually the crowd telling you what’s working and wh…
Seed funding slows in Silicon Valley
The bloom is off seed funding, the business of providing money to brand-new startups, as investors take a more measured approach to financing emerging US technology companies. Seed-stage financing has been sliding for the last two years, with the number of transactions down about 40 percent since…
Tech start-up funding touches $5.56 b in first half of 2017: Report
Over $5.56 billion was invested across 452 Indian tech start-ups during the period January-June 2017. While in Q1 2017 about $1.46 billion was invested across 206 start-ups, Q2 witnessed 217 deals amounting to $4.1 billion in funding.
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