Tag: Tracxn Technologies

Startup India’s flaws are beginning to tell

Around this time last year, the Narendra Modi government launched the Startup India, Stand Up India campaign. It announced a slew of measures—simplifying regulations, offering some handholding, a few tax breaks, and a fund-of-funds—to rev up the start-up engine and enable entrepreneurship, techno…

Ratan Tata’s start-up bets

Ratan Tata invested in as many as 29 startups in the past two years through March 2016. He took minority stakes in 22 companies in fiscal 2016, three times more than the previous year when he chose seven to bet on, according to Tracxn Technologies, a data analytics company. Eight of the prominent…

Firstcry becomes Ratan Tata’s fourth investment in 2016

Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in baby and maternity products retailer FirstCry, marking his fourth investment since the start of 2016. FirstCry, which is owned by BrainBees Solutions, follows an omni-channel strategy of selling both through online and offline stores. “The id…