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Indian startups among frontrunners in sackings; 1,600 tech staffers fired a day in Jan

November 2022 witnessed the highest number of tech layoffs, which impacted close to 51,800 employees across 2,017 companies in India…

January 18, 2023 01:45 IST

Startup20 and the potential for change

With the Startup20 Engagement Group, it is hoped that startups within the G20 countries will receive the aid they need…

January 13, 2023 04:00 IST

Education technology startups, Edtech, Edtech sector, Lido Learning, Crejo, Fun, Udayy, Qin1, Tiger Global Management,

Profitability the buzzword in funding winter

High-value cheques and abundance of capital is history now; a clear path to profitability is now on top of the…

December 28, 2022 12:12 IST

The magic sauce that goes into successful start-ups

The chances of success improve dramatically when we build a purpose-driven organisation where financial outcomes are welcome and necessary to…

Updated: December 11, 2022 12:52 IST

‘Deep-tech is a key differentiator for India’

India is a growing hub of innovative deep-tech startups with tremendous opportunities to develop products and solutions, not just for…

November 15, 2022 02:00 IST

Udaan to go for second round of layoffs

Bengaluru-based Udaan was founded in 2016 by former Flipkart executives Amod Malviya, Sujeet Kumar and Vaibhav Gupta.

November 4, 2022 00:30 IST

Skills gap has to be bridged to build global products at scale: Industry

According to Nasscom, India has about 12,000 tech startups, of which 3,000 are deep tech startups.

November 1, 2022 00:45 IST

“These numbers tell the power of a vision. A vision to see innovation & enterprise drive growth. India is now home to 75,000 start-ups in the 75th year of Independence and this is only the beginning," Goyal said in a tweet on Wednesday.

75,000 start-ups recognised by govt, says Piyush Goyal

About 7,46,000 jobs have been created by the start-up ecosystem, having recorded a 110% annual increase over the last six…

August 4, 2022 02:00 IST

More layoffs in the offing, Indian startups see 44% decline in hiring: Study

It’s raining caution for start-ups in a funding winter

As expected, start-ups are taking the knee-jerk steps-shutting down non-core verticals, laying off employees, paring vanity marketing spends and going…

July 29, 2022 10:40 IST

Startup funding declines 40 per cent in April-June: PwC report

Software as a Service (SaaS) and fintech companies had the highest share of funding in the second quarter of Calender…

July 10, 2022 13:49 IST

Karekeba Ventures (Kare-ke-ba is Bhojpuri for ‘must do it’) was founded towards the end of 2020 to create a game-changer for the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tier II and III cities and to help startup founders from ‘Bharat’ with mentorship, hand holding and investments.

Investors’ Radar: Investor interest fuels small town startup story

With lower operating costs and better infra, Tier II, III cities today house over 50% of start

Updated: July 10, 2022 09:06 IST

The NBFC-MFIs have a network of 16,226 branches, with 1,36,464 employees, the report added. (Representative image)

Sequoia raises $2 billion to fund startups in India

Locally, the firm has investments in unicorns like Unacademy, Meesho, Mobikwik, among others.

June 15, 2022 08:08 IST

WeRize: Lending small towns financial inclusion

This startup has built a social distribution tech platform to sell financial products to underserved segments

June 13, 2022 03:00 IST

Cuemath raises $57 million led by Alpha Wave at $407-million valuation

Founded in 2013 by IIT Delhi alumni Manan Khurma, Cuemath offers an after-school online Math program for KG to 12th-grade…

June 2, 2022 01:00 IST

Riverwalk Holdings launches Rs 150-crore fund to back startups

The VC fund aims to leverage its stakeholder network to accelerate the growth of start-ups by providing access to leading…

May 27, 2022 01:00 IST

The company plans to use the latest funding amount to launch new services, expand its existing lending books, strengthen its leadership team and also double the workforce to 1,000 from 500 currently, Open said in statement.

Funding boost to start-ups: Neobank Open joins unicorn club

Open, a neo-banking fintech portal, on Monday became the 96th entrant to India’s unicorn club with the announcement of its…

May 3, 2022 05:00 IST

Can Indian start-ups beat the funding slowdown in 2022?

Global headwinds like a hike in interest rates by the US, geopolitical tensions arising from the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict, crude…

April 12, 2022 18:55 IST

Meesho launches an integrated e-commerce app for buyers and sellers

Meesho sellers, in particular, can now expect a progressive e-commerce experience with access to multiple features on the app that…

March 24, 2022 02:30 IST

Co-living start-up Stanza Living raises $57 million in fresh debt funding round

Founded in 2017 by Anindya Dutta and Sandeep Dalmia, Stanza Living offers fully-managed accommodation services for students and working professionals…

March 24, 2022 00:30 IST