Bangalore: After struggling to find affordable office space in Mumbai, India’s financial hub, Sarabdeep Singh decided to move his startup company more than 1,500km north to Mohali, a town with a population of 176,000 in the state of Punjab. Singh, co-founder of Bodhik, a financial technolog…
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ONGC Startup Program to make idea of solar-powered electric stove a reality: Dharmendra Pradhan
The union government on September 25 said energy major ONGC will fund and encourage startups to carry out research and innovation for the development of advanced electric household stoves which can be powered using solar power. According to Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Prad…
B’luru based agritech start-up CropIn raises pre series A funding from Beenext
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 …
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…
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…
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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Village Capital launches applications for programme supporting FinTech start-ups in India
Village Capital, a leading venture development organization, has launched applications for its FinTech: India 2017 programme, that will find, train and invest in early-stage fintech companies across India. The programme is being supported by PayPal, a leading digital payments company, and FMO, th…
Microsoft committed to growth of Indian start-ups
Microsoft India has believes in the Indian start-ups and has assisted more than 4,000 start-ups in India, conducting skill training for 30,000 people along with 26,000 teachers while working with several state governments and non-profit organisations during FY17 in India, as per its India Citizen…
Vodafone launches Ready Start-up Kit to help start-up owners
The Kit would also help the customers to grow with Vodafone Programmatic Marketing by engaging with the customers using targeted, respectful media via SMS, MMS, voice, bill inserts, etc.
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Investors interested in e-Commerce start-ups, but can’t get started
Bengaluru: In 2014 and 2015, investors rushed to fund dozens of new start-ups that were launched to deliver food, groceries, fashion and other products to Indian shoppers. More than three years later, even though most e-commerce start-ups are struggling, some investors are again looking to f…