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Zebi – Blockchain & Big Data: Full-stack blockchain network with non-fungible tokens or NFTs
Zebi, which has so far raised $15 million in funding, says NFTs will open up a huge market in itself.
Innovate India and Start-up Era book review: Author Praveen Tiwari brings Indian context to the centre-stage
The book brings Indian context to the centre stage of the discussion which is otherwise dominated by the books written in the context of Silicon Valley start-ups.
E-learning: TikTok’s foray in education videos set to revolutionise edutech market
Edutech Start-ups: TikTok has partnered with several E-learning companies to produce short duration education videos.
Start-up funding: Throw these terms at investors and get your funding pitch rejected
Start-up funding: Investors tend to reject applications from those start-ups that unwisely use technical terms and jargon to impress them.
Google Tax: French-US deal bolsters Indian efforts to levy tax on tech giants
French President Macron refused to withdraw the tax on global tech firms despite the threat of US countermeasures.
Good news! Start-ups can raise capital from abroad without losing control of the company; here’s how
Start-up India: In less than a week, the Modi govt announced two major reliefs for start-ups on the issue of angel tax and by liberalising norms for issuing DVR shares and ESOPs.
Indian School of Business cracks whip, threatens start-ups with ban; here’s why
After the IITs and the IIMs, the Indian School of Business (ISB) is the next to talk tough to e-tail/e-commerce companies that are not meeting their commitments to students.
Startup listing: Sebi plans to relax norms by next month
To make start-up listing platform more attractive, regulator Sebi plans to relax norms by next month to help them tap this avenue for raising funds...
Budget may roll out more support for start-ups
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has suggested several measures to the Finance Ministry in this regard, including easy conditions for availing of capital gains tax exemption and a further reduction in income tax on royalty
Startups investment advice: Top 6 points entrepreneurs must focus on
Startups in India: Startup India phrase has caught the imagination of the country and that is why startups are such an 'in' thing in the country today.
Congress slams start-up action plan for silence on net neutrality
Congress today criticised the Centre's action plan on start-ups a day after its launch as it said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the issue of net neutrality, a "key" component for such businesses, was "deafe
After financing 500 new entities, Sidbi all set to boost ‘Startup India’
Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi), which has given financial support to over 500 new entities, today said it will further ramp up its capacity for Start-up India movement.
Modi powers up ‘Startup India’ campaign, unveils Rs 10,000 crore fund
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the ambitious ‘Startup India’ Movement to boost digital entrepreneurship at the grassroots level.
No government interference in Startup India scheme: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the new "Start-Up India" scheme of PM Narendra Modi to promote and nurse entrepreneurship will ensure minimum interference from the government with attractive tax incentives.
Startup India: $2 bn down the line, SoftBank chief promises more money for Indian startups
At the Startup India event here, Japan-headquartered SoftBank, which has pumped in $2 billion into Indian startups, will step-up such investments as it potentially sees the country driving the global growth in this century, t
CEOs, startup founders to join Modi for ‘Startup India Movement’
Startup founders, venture capitalists, angel investors and CEOs will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16 to launch the 'Startup India Movement', the commerce and industry ministry said on Tuesday.
Uber to mentor start-ups in India
Uber's announcement comes a week ahead of the Indian governments scheduled ''Start-up India'' event where about 40 global chief executives are expected to address start-ups in the country.
Startups: Consolidation, customer experience to be key in 2016
Consolidation and customer experience are expected to be the buzzwords for startups this year as entrepreneurs focus on bringing in innovation across sectors like education, healthcare and financial inclusion.
Will India make it – 2016? Indian innovation ready for prime-time, says Nandan Nilekani
Google’s driverless car is one kind of innovation, and India has several types of innovations being worked on, but the biggest developments this year and over the next are going to be centered around the India Stack, says N
Kochi Startup Village to support 10,000 campus startups
The Kochi Startup Village will launch 10,000 campus startup teams across India in the next five years as part of its second phase, an official said on Tuesday.
Mega meeting to finalise Start-up India plan on Jan 16
Senior government officials, bankers, venture capitalists and other stakeholders will meet on January 16 to finalise an action plan for the Start-up India programme...
Start-up action plan: Govt to seek inputs from VCs, incubators
The detailed action plan for propelling start-ups to be unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16 would include various facilitation steps and exemptions for new-age ventures.
‘Start-up India’ action plan to be unveiled on Jan 16: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday a full action plan of the 'Start-up India, Stand-up India’ programme, aimed at providing fresh impetus to entrepreneurship at the grass-root level, will be announced on January 16
Editorial: Give start-ups a level field
No tax on listed-stock profits, why put on start-ups?
Startups in India: Why employees get sacked, numbers thereof in 10 points
Startups in India are grabbing all the eyeballs within the country and abroad (and most of the money on offer by venture capital firms and individual investors too), but the the reality on the ground is that they are increasi
Why some start-ups are laying off their staff
START-UPS may be attracting billions of hot money from investors, jacking up valuations, but they are also attracting flak for laying off staffers on a massive scale and shutting down operations.
As other states vie for slice of start-up pie, Karnataka in race to 20,000 by 2020
Even as the Centre is incubating a start-ups policy for the nation, Karnataka on Tuesday announced it would facilitate the birth of 20,000 start-ups in the state by 2020.
