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Lawyered | Making legal easier to put cases at rest

You face a dispute, or you’re falsely accused, you file a complaint, or you request an appeal, and then the court is adjourned – hectic, right? Now imagine this – enters a team of passionate professionals who are on their way to disrupt the legal industry, they put your case at rest and the dispu…

Hedge funds fleeing Indian start-up market

Hedge funds were all over the Indian startup scene last year. Look around now and it will be hard to spot one. They have simply fallen off the cliff in 2016. There have been only 10 deals involving hedge funds in the first three quarters of 2016, compared to 50 deals in the same period […]…

Haryana to set up Wi-Fi zone to encourage SMEs & start-ups

One Wi-Fi zone in all 6,078 gram panchayats within two years, broadband to every household, 4G services in every village in the next three years, making MSME the growth engine and a lot more has been envisaged in the draft Haryana IT and ESDM Policy-2016. Haryana Government has prepared draft Har…

TN needs to create robust environment for start-ups: Report

It is need of the hour for the Government of Tamil Nadu to create a favourable environment for start-ups, a report has said. “Business transformations are driven by digital advancements, introducing disruptive products and services for enhancing customer experiences. India has witnessed a s…

IIT-Bombay start-up incubator goes for expansion

Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), the incubation centre at IIT Bombay, is looking to expand its operations as it sees steep rise in number of student-start-ups vying for space. The 12-year-old incubator has 28 start-ups. It expects the number to rise to 50-60 by next year and to…

5 things startups should learn from Rio Olympics 2016

Sports by itself teaches us many things. Olympic, which is the biggest sporting event in the world celebrates not only sports but also the sportsman spirit.  The recently concluded Rio Olympics has had many memorable moments which can educate entrepreneur with some valuable lessons. In this artic…

Not Chinese but uniquely Indian companies will steal show: Accel’s Mitra

Homegrown companies, which play to Indian strengths, will soon start emerging as leaders in their business segments, according to one of the country’s top venture capital investors. Subrata Mitra, the partner at Accel Partners, who was the first investor in the country’s largest onlin…