Bengaluru-based agritech startup CropIn has raised an undisclosed amount of Pre-Series A funding from Singapore-based Beenext. Exiting investors Ankur Capital, Boston-based organisation Invested Development also participated in the round. With this round of funding the total funds …
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Chris Gayle picks up minority stake in B’luru based AR start-up FlippAR
After a series of investments in businesses including startups, dashing West Indian opening batsman Chris Gayle has yet again made an investment by picking up a minority stake in city-based augmented reality venture FlippAR. “The West Indian great Chris Gayle has pic…
GSTN selects Adaequare as GST Suvidha Provider
New Delhi: Adaequare Info Private Limited, a data and product engineering company with specialization in finance and tax transformation, compliance management and e-commerce solutions has been selected as a Goods and Services Tax (GST) Suvidha Provider (GSP) by the GST Network (GSTN). The company…
AP CM to lay foundation stone for 75 MSME companies
The land at Veerapanenigudem had already been allotted and it was done through a lottery system to 75 companies.
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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…
FinMin plans to organise series of Mudra Promotion Camps in bid to accelerate self-employment
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…
Mann Ki Baat: Khadi is not a fabric, it is an idea; PM pitches to popularise it
Using his Maan ki Baat platform which had just turned 3 years, Narendra Modi urged the people of the country to buy Khadi garments on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
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NITI Aayog to prepare roadmap for pushing domestic manufacturing of lightweight body armours
New Delhi : The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Niti Aayog to set up an inter-ministerial empowered committee to prepare a roadmap to ‘encourage domestic manufacturing’ of lightweight body armours for the army and para-military forces. The committee, according to a senior governm…
TN govt plans to introduce a business facilitation Bill for ease of doing biz
The Tamil Nadu government is planning to introduce a business facilitation Bill next month that will be backed by a legislation to put the state on the investment map again. The state has slipped from the 12th to the 18th spot this year in ease of doing business rankings, rele…
DIPP to rank States & UTs on basis of measures taken to promote entrepreneurship
The DIPP with the help of World Bank already ranks states in terms of measures they are taking to promote ease of doing business.
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