Startup India
Modi’s Startup India: Foreign investors tighten purse strings for startups; invest this much in FY20
FFS announced by PM Modi in 2016 under the Startup India programme has so far committed Rs 3,123.20 crore (same since last year) to the 47 AIFs who have raised a corpus fund of Rs 25,728 crore and put Rs 3,378.47 crore in 320
Startup India: Under Modi’s pet scheme, number of funded startups increased this much in eight months
According to the Startup India portal, 29,681 startups have been registered with the DPIIT so far. This has more than tripled from 8,939 startups registered till March 2018.
Helping hand: Govt launches mobile app, portal for startups to protect their intellectual property rights
Startup: The Modi govt has launched a dedicated mobile application and portal to help Indian startups and SMEs with IPR Process.
Have a great start-up Idea! How to convince investors with your business model and raise money
Start-up India scheme: Presenting a robust business model is important for the success of a start-up's funding pitch.
Edtech startups move to non-English users as e-learning makes inroads in smaller towns
Edtech: There are more than 3,500 education startups in the country that are vying for a pie of growing online education market which is set to touch $2 billion in the next two years.
E-learning: Edtech startups remain hot, AttainU raises money from angel investors
Angel Investment: Edtech startups that account for nearly one-fifth of total DPIIT recognised startups in the country remain favourite of investors.
Through the eyes of investors: What investors look for in a founder and his team
Startup: Investors carefully assess the qualities of a founder like his passion and determination among other things before investing in a company.
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.
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.
Changes that will impact the Indian start-up landscape in 2016
With the present pace that it has set for itself, the Indian start-up revolution is poised to take resolute steps for sustainable growth.
Narendra Modi govt to launch ‘Twitter Seva’ for startups in India on April 21
As part of its steps to support budding entrepreneurs, the PM Narendra Modi government on April 21 will launch a new service, Twitter Seva, to address various queries of startups in India in a timebound manner.
Debating public health priorities
A recent release from the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India stirred up a hornet's nest
Budget 2016: Rs 500 cr to help SC/ST do better business
Budget 2016: The scheme will facilitate at least two such projects per bank branch, one for each category of entrepreneur and will benefit 2.5 lakh people
Govt notifies uniform norms for startups
The government has come out with a uniform definition of startups under which a budding entrepreneur with a turnover of less than Rs 25 crore can avail tax...
U2opia Mobile’s Foneverify eases mobile verification process for startups
With the aim to boost the growing start up community across the globe, mobile solutions provider U2opia Mobile, has launched Foneverify, a mobile authentication solution that verifies users in real time.
Make in India, Startup India campaigns much overplayed: Rajan Bharti Mittal
Terming the initiatives like 'Make in India' and 'Startup India' as "much overplayed", industrialist Rajan Bharti Mittal today said the fact on the ground remains that it is "rather difficult" to do business specially for sta
Digital India, Startup India: American firms asked to take advantage of PM Narendra Modi initiatives
India's future as a technology powerhouse and its plans to connect India's 600,000 villages to the Internet through the PM Narendra Modi boosted Digital India programme were the focus of a roundtable of top American and India
Startup Inda: RBI plans to give relaxations to Startups to create more Indian unicorns
In a move to help the fledgling breed of Indian entrepreneurs, RBI today said it plans to smoothen flow of funds to start-ups by allowing them to get foreign venture capital without any curbs and enable easier transfer of sha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants 50 per cent farmers to join Crop Insurance Scheme in 2 years
Highlighting benefits of the just- announced Crop Insurance Scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said awareness about it should be spread across the country so that at least 50 per cent of the farmers join it within two
Column: Starting up India
The two key inputs for Startup India are going to be financial and human capital
Startup policy: Mere window dressing
The Rs 10,000 crore Fund of Funds is the most controversial. While on the outside it looks like a great move, the fact that the government is looking to invest tax payers’ hard earned money in VC funds is absurd. The gover
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.
India one of fastest growing SMB markets for Twitter
Twitter today said thousands of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are advertising on its platform, making India one of its fastest growing SMB market across the world with average monthly spend per advertiser growing 6
N R Narayana Murthy panel pitches for friendly tax regime for venture capitals, private equities
Pitching for significant changes in norms governing venture capital and private equity funds, a Sebi panel has recommended favourable tax regime and steps to bring in long-term funds from domestic and overseas investors.
Editorial: Starting-up India
Right moves by govt, extend reach to non-tech firms
BJP attacks Rahul Gandhi for criticising startup India initiative
BJP today mocked Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of the NDA government's start-up initiative, saying the Congress Vice President himself was a start-up...
Rs 10,000 cr start-up fund to be force multiplier, say experts
The Rs 10,000-crore fund announced in the Startup India policy by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be the force multiplier that may boost investments many times into this segment, industry experts believe, even as
