MMT will focus on SMEs for growing the segment and around 2,500 SMEs have already expressed interest in adopting the product
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Indian e-Commerce witnesses consolidation; Smaller players face likely wipeout
With wary VCs drastically cutting their investments in cash-burning start-ups, top two players in many categories are standing out from the herd
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SoftBank to invest $200 m in logistics start-up Rivigo
Japanese conglomerate Softbank is eyeing logistics industry as it is set to infuse $200 Million in Gurgaon-based logistics startup Rivigo. The investment, if it goes through, could value the three-year-old company at nearly $1 billion, one of them said, while another pegged the potentia…
‘GSTN & UPI will extend lending hands to finance starving MSMEs’
GSTN will bring online seven million organizations and five billion invoices every month, while street-side micro-entrepreneurs will soon be able to leverage their transaction data through Unified Payment Interface (UPI) apps to access micro-loans
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Why are food-tech start-ups once again investors’ choice in India?
At a time when investors’ confidence in the Indian start-ups ecosystem shook in post 2015, questions were being raised on the survival of market-sensitive sectors. Food technology being the worst hit saw funding slump down to $80 million in 2017 from an attractive $500 million in 2014. Are food-t…
In the fourth wave of disruption, SMEs present an interesting partnership opportunity
The fourth wave of disruption is coming. (If you have been sleeping during the last few years, here is a good article on it). Technology innovations have disrupted business during each wave and in some cases made them obsolete. Will today’s enterprises be washed away by a tsunami? Or will they be…
Here’s how SoftBank plans to rejig the Indian online start-up industry
After ploughing about $2 billion into minority stakes in Indian e-Commerce businesses over the past few years, Japan’s SoftBank is upping the stakes, looking to play consolidator and take a more active role at a trio of leading start-ups. According to sources with direct knowledge of the ma…
Our special area of focus is traditionally underserved micro-entrepreneurs: Capital Float
In a long chat with Rohan Angrish, CTO, Capital Float, here is an understanding of how their online platform reduces the hassles associated with processing working capital requirements for SMEs in India. Edited excerpts: Q: Please tell us about your organization and how it plans to address financ…
Even successful start-ups modelled on Western businesses: Can India innovate?
India is the top region for innovation in Asia, as per a recent report. This might seem like excellent news, till we ask how much of this innovation is truly Indian? According to the Patent Office, over 70% of the patents filed in the country are by MNCs. Indian companies and academia share the r…
SoftBank pumps in Rs 1,675 cr in Ola
Japanese investor SoftBank has pumped in about Rs 1,675 crore in fresh funding in Indian transportation startup Ola to give it more muscle to take American rival Uber head-on. SoftBank subsidiary SIMI Pacific Pte picked 12,97,945 shares valued at Rs 10 at a premium of Rs 12,895 in ANI Technologie…