Global IT major IBM and Nasscom have teamed up to build a digital platform for start-ups to network with the ecosystem. To be hosted on IBM Cloud, the platform Techstartup.in helps start-ups, investors and venture capitalists and mentors to keep in touch with each other in Hyderabad. “We have lau…
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Start-up Inc split over Sachin Bansal, Bhavish Aggarwal’s call for ‘protectionist’ policies
US-based Amazon and Uber kept a conspicuous silence on Thursday after the poster boys of Indian Internet entrepreneurship — Flipkart Chairman Sachin Bansal and Ola Chief Executive Officer Bhavish Aggarwal — joined forces to make a strong pitch for policies that will favour homegrown companies. So…
Amazon rolls out Launchpad for start-ups in India
New Delhi: Amazon Inc. on December 5th announced the launch of its global programme for start-up products, Launchpad, in India. “Launchpad is a destination for start-ups to showcase unique products to millions of consumers world over,” Jason Feldman, Director of global innovations, Amazon, said a…
Nasscom to set up start-up warehouse in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Software think-tank National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) would set up a startup warehouse in Odisha that aims to incubate and provide hand-holding support to IT startups in the state. The state government would provide a 5,000 sq ft space in the Odisha Co…
Budget Wishlist | Remove tax barrier for start-ups, says Nasscom to Fin Min
Amid economic and geopolitical headwinds and challenges to the IT sector, Nasscom has asked the finance ministry to defer applicability of Place of Effective Management norms to maintain India’s competitive edge and pitched for tax sops in R&D. The association has been “disappointed” by the d…
Health care, biotech start-ups need support: Shibulal, Axilor Ventures
Former Infosys Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Bengaluru-based Axilor Ventures, S D Shibulal said start-ups in the health care and biotech sectors “do not have a proper platform or framework to do high-end testing and lack adequate avenues to collaborate with hospitals”. “In health care, the ri…
Donald’s triumph is good for Indian start-ups
Depending on which side of the Atlantic you’re on, you can’t ignore the fact that today is also 9/11 and some worlds have come crashing down: Donald Trump has charged ahead of Hilary Clinton and Narendra Modi has stunned India by demonetising Rs 1000 and Rs 500 currency notes overnigh…
Creating a skilled workforce
Prime Minister Modi shares the dreams and aspirations of a billion plus people of the country “to make India a global economic leader”. To make this dream a reality, Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Startup India and Swachh Bharat programmes, among others, have been launche…
To promote skill development, Eli India ties up with Nasscom
Eli India, a part of diversified information and financial services group Eli Global, has partnered with Nasscom to promote skill development in the country. The tie-up between Nasscom and Eli India is calculated to make individuals more productive and proficient by imparting formal training, whi…
When will Indian start-ups play for high stakes like Chinese?
The Indian start-up ecosystem has long had a close relationship with Silicon Valley. But now, as Chinese firms make big investments in India and Chinese venture funds become more aggressive here, there’s a growing feeling that we can learn as much, or more, from China, as from the US. At th…