New Delhi: It is time for start-ups scouting for investors to tighten their seat-belts. The first call for applications for participation in the great Indian reality show designed specially for them could happen as early as next month. “A decision has been taken on allowing at least 50 start-ups …
Tag: TiE
Startup Cricket League: The ‘IPL’ for start-ups
Kochi: That India is a cricket-crazy country is known. Seeking to connect the participants in a startup ecosystem with each other informally, SaiKiran Gunda founded Startup Cricket League (SCL) in 2015. Being part of the startup space for a few years now, SaiKiran realised the necessity of connec…
Govt considers reality show for startups, looks at Shark Tank
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has given in-principle approval for a government-run reality show on the lines of the popular American TV programme Shark Tank, to promote startup culture in the country. The programme, to be simultaneously broadcast on Doordarshan, a priva…
Start-up India: Policies abound but limited impact on ground
Propelled by the perceived success of the Digital India and Skill India initiatives, the Narendra Modi government had announced its ambitious Startup India programme in January 2016. Mooted with the objective of creating a conducive ecosystem for emerging businesses in India, an assessment of its…
Industry, investor bodies unite to seek removal of draconian angel tax
Angel investor networks and startup industry bodies have come together to form a unified startup coalition, seeking the removal of the “angel tax” through recommendations to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). There is a growing concern after the income tax depar…
Budget 2017: Start-up bodies appeal for relaxations in tax policies
Prominent startup industry bodies including Indian Angel Network, NASSCOM, Indian Venture Capital Association, TiE and Mumbai Angels have jointly appealed to the government to review taxation policies that adversely impact the startup ecosystem. “Startups have been facing practical difficul…
Ahead of the first ever Global Summit, TiE announces ‘StartUp Strides’
TiE, the leading network of entrepreneurs and investment professionals, is all set to organize their first ever Global run in India, ‘StartupStrides‘ on December 4, 2016 in Delhi. With an aim to get “million steps for entrepreneurship” StartupStrides is a run organised by …
Start-up India: Transformation in the entrepreneurial mindset
Chairman of entrepreneur network The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Global Venktesh Shukla is looking forward to hosting a summit in Delhi later this year (2016). Based in Silicon Valley , the graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management runs early stage fund Monta Vista Capital. Shukla, who was born in…
Odisha to organize ‘Start-up Enclave’
Odisha government decided to organise ‘Start-up Enclave’ here to boost confidence of budding entrepreneurs in the state. A proposal to this effect was taken in a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary A P Padhi. “It was decided to organize the event fo…
Odisha to help set up 1,000 startups in five years
The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha on August 23 cleared a startup policy that it plans to launch later this week at an investor meeting in Bengaluru. Patnaik is hoping to get his state among the top three in the race of competitive federalism pushed by the central government. The state cabin…