The Prime Minister had announced the ambitious Startup India Action Plan in January 2016, and it has been a boost to the startup ecosystem. The program, by design, seems perfect to support the startup culture in India, promising to provide solutions to many hurdles a startup faces along with a sy…
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UpGrad to offer entrepreneurship program under Start Up India
Online education provider UpGrad has launched an entrepreneurship programme under government’s ‘Start Up India’ initiative to provide insights into areas like validation of ideas, funding and legal framework for new businesses. The new 4-week programme — Startup India Lear…
Ronnie Screwvala’s ed-tech start-up UpGrad acquihires Pyoopil
UpGrad, the online education provider for working professionals, Co-Founded by well-known entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, has acquihired Pyoopil Education Technologies, a mobile-based SaaS (Software-as-a-service) product used by companies to deploy online training programmes. Delhi-based Pyoopil, …
Startup India learning programme now gets an official ‘UpGrad’
The government has appointed online learning platform UpGrad as the official education partner for its ‘StartUp India’ learning programme. UpGrad, co-founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Ravijot Chugh, and Prabhav Phalgun, will offer a four-week course — varied from its flagship 15-week pro…
Now, Indian accelerators attract foreign start-ups
Getting an invite from an overseas accelerator would be a turning point for many an Indian start-up. Landing a spot in accelerators from the US, the UK, Singapore, Israel or Japan propels them into a new orbit. But with India climbing up the world start-up charts and a rising number of Indian acc…
UpGrad ties up with PVR, Lenskart, Shopclues for scholarships in entrepreneurship
UpGrad, an online education platform for working professionals, has tied up with PVR, Lenskart and ShopClues to offer free scholarships for its entrepreneurship programme. Under this partnership, PVR, Lenskart and ShopClues will sponsor 50 candidates each. The applications are both online and in …
Retail consumer-focused online start-ups from India now expanding overseas
The retail consumer-focused online start-up companies from India are now expanding overseas and getting into markets where similar opportunities exist. The online companies from healthcare, financial services and education sectors after establishing their presence in India are now expanding into …
Online startup UpGrad ties up with LetsVenture to offer angel investing course
UpGrad, an online education startup co-founded by entrepreneur and private investor Ronnie Screwvala, has tied up with the online deal making platform LetsVenture to introduce an angel investing course. “In the discussions with LetsVenture, we realised that there are a large space of indivi…