In a bid to accelerate self employment opportunities, the finance ministry has decided to organise Mudra Promotion Camps across the country beginning September 27 from the Prime Minister’s constituency Varanasi. As part of the special drive, 50 camps, including one each in state capitals, will be…
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Our special area of focus is traditionally underserved micro-entrepreneurs: Capital Float
In a long chat with Rohan Angrish, CTO, Capital Float, here is an understanding of how their online platform reduces the hassles associated with processing working capital requirements for SMEs in India. Edited excerpts: Q: Please tell us about your organization and how it plans to address financ…
ShopX enters into strategic tie-up with Puma
New Delhi: Digital offline platform ShopX has entered into a strategic tie-up with Puma, which would help the German sportswear firm scale up its footwear business in tier II markets. Puma will leverage ShopX’s digital offline model to scale up its footwear business and help it establish pr…
Venture Catalysts joins hands with TiECON 2017 as the investment partner for ‘The Pitch Room’
Giving wings to the entrepreneurial vision of innovators and business leaders of the future, Venture Catalysts, Indian seed investment and innovation platform, has tied up with the upcoming TiECON 2017 as its investment partner. Under the association, angel investors from VCats will participate i…
No good start-up will starve to death: Sanjay Swami of Prime Venture Partners
Prime Venture Partners, formerly Angel Prime, is a venture capital fund that focuses on early-stage start-ups, and looks for companies that don’t just need capital but also mentoring. Prime has a number of investments in the fintech space, and it’s well-known for its highly-engaged ap…
बजट 2017: कैशलेस ट्रांजैक्शन पर सरकार दे सकती है कई सौगात
नोटबंदी के बाद जिस तरह से देश में कैश की किल्लत हुई है, उसे देखते हुए वित्त मंत्री अरुण जेटली बजट में आपको कई राहत दे सकते हैं। जिससे कैशलेस ट्रांजैक्शन को बढ़ावा दिया जा सके। इसके तहत टैक्स छूट से लेकर दूसरे कई इन्सेंटिव के ऐलान हो सकते हैं किस तरह की मिल सकती […]
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Nandan Nilekani invests $5 mn more in e-Commerce start-up 10i Commerce
Infosys Ltd Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani has invested $5 million more in Bengaluru-based e-commerce start-up 10i Commerce Services, according to regulatory documents and a person familiar with the matter. With the latest investment, the former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of Indi…
RailYatri.in raises funds from Nilekani & others
RailYatri.in, the train traveling consumer app start-up, has raised fresh funding with participation from all its existing investors – Nandan Nilekani, Helion Ventures, Omidyar Partners and Blume Ventures. This round comes on the back of the round which the company had raised in March, this…
Fourthlion offers Nandan Nilekani’s poll campaign technology to parties
The technology backbone which Infosys Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani’s team built ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election for his poll campaign is now available to parties and elected representatives across the political divide. FourthLion, the tech startup mentored by Nilekani, is offering the pl…
Angel Funding gains Tracxn with tech A-Listers joining in
Startup research platform Tracxn has raised a new round of angel funding from former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani and former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai, along with WhatsApp’s Neeraj Arora and Junglee Cofounder Anand Rajaraman. The startup said that the new set of investors will help it sell…