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Mudra Yojana stumbles: Loan sanctions, disbursals see first-ever drop after a decade of growth

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26 enter startup billionaire club; Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal and Swiggy’s Sriharsha Majety lead the pack

VC boom: New firms reshape startup funding in 2024

Budget 2025: Raw material costs, tech needs, labor shortages must be addressed for cable and wire industry

Bengal hopeful of surpassing Rs 1.53 lakh crore credit target for MSMEs in FY’25

SIDBI posts highest-ever net profit in FY24; net NPA at 0%

10 years of Make in India: One startup launched every hour, 15 lakh jobs created, says govt

Almost all small businesses are using a software tool that is enabled by AI

Exporters’ body FIEO seeks 5-year extension of interest subvention scheme

Flipkart announces new B2B app Reset for Business for sellers of refurbished products

New safety regulations for machinery, electrical equipment pose emerging challenges for MSMEs: Infomerics Ratings

Chatbot startup CoRover raises $4 million led by Venture Catalysts

Visa processing startup Atlys raises $20 million from Peak XV, Elevation Capital, DST Global, others

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GeM holds seller onboarding drive at India International Trade Fair

Skilled personnel count under MSME Ministry jumps 14% in 2023-24 but yet to regain pre-Covid levels

E-commerce jobs: Online vendors employ 54% more people on average than offline vendors, says survey

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Co-lending: Outstanding advances jump 7x under agri, MSME segments

Whatfix raises $125 million from Warburg Pincus, SoftBank in Series E round of funding

Startup funding: VC deals jump 53% during Jan-August 2024; deal volume up 5%

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iThink Logistics joins ONDC for logistics support to MSMEs

How electrifying supply chains can reduce cost of small businesses and startups

CredAble, GRIP Invest launch InvoiceX Bluechip 200+ to unlock working capital for enterprises, open new asset class for retail investors

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Imports of goods like umbrellas, musical items from China hurting Indian MSMEs: GTRI

Over 32,000 MSMEs cancelled Udyam registration due to business shutdown since July 2020

What small businesses need to know about new regulations going into 2024

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Mastercard partners with U GRO Capital for loans to dealers, distributors, last-mile retailers, others

The collaboration with U GRO Capital is in line with Mastercard’s earlier announcement to get 1 billion people and 50…

By MSME Desk

November 23, 2023 14:59 IST

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Online meat delivery startup Zappfresh raises Rs 30 crore to expand reach, diversify product range

Apart from Zappfresh, the online meat delivery market in India includes other players such as Licious, Fresh To Home, TenderCuts,…

By MSME Desk

November 23, 2023 13:12 IST

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Indian Overseas Bank looks to sell Rs 457 crore MSME NPA loans

The reserve price set by the bank is 60 per cent of Rs 457 crore outstanding as of September 30,…

By Sandeep Soni

November 23, 2023 12:37 IST

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NSE inks MoU with West Bengal govt to encourage MSMEs for fundraising via IPO

Under the MoU, signed on the sidelines of the Bengal Global Business Summit, NSE with state government support will conduct…

By MSME Desk

November 22, 2023 18:32 IST

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MSME body AIE seeks clarity on ‘status of MSMEs’ in India for better implementation of policies

Citing the MSME ministry’s annual report data of 6.33 lakh crore unincorporated non-agriculture MSMEs in the country based on the…

By Sandeep Soni

November 22, 2023 17:25 IST

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Financial services company Airpay acquires personal finance management startup Finmapp

Finfinity’s team comprising the founders and all the employees will join Airpay post finalisation of the deal, the company said.…

By Abhishek Yadav

November 22, 2023 16:51 IST

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Govt registers 1 crore GST-exempted informal micro enterprises for access to priority sector loans

The MSME Ministry in collaboration with SIDBI had launched UAP under the MSME formalization project in January this year to bring IMEs…

By Sandeep Soni

November 22, 2023 13:50 IST

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NITI Aayog’s AIM launches new accelerator for startups, SMEs in circular economy; check details

SMEs and startups applying from India should be GST-registered, incorporated for less than seven years, TRL (Technology Readiness Level) 7,…

By MSME Desk

November 22, 2023 11:26 IST

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Wedding season to generate Rs 4.74 lakh cr business from expected 38 lakh marriages: CAIT

According to CAIT National President BC Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal, Delhi alone is expected to see over 4…

By Abhishek Yadav

November 21, 2023 18:57 IST

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Funding winter for Indian startups likely to end by March: Experts

The slowdown in funding for Indian startups began around mid-2022. During January-July 2023 fund flow dropped by as much as…

By PTI

November 21, 2023 15:39 IST

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Bizongo acquires factory digitisation startup FactoryPlus to digitise MSME manufacturing

Bizongo will integrate FactoryPlus’ mobile-first SaaS capabilities like factory inventory management, real-time raw material prices, news feed, and digital catalogues…

By MSME Desk

November 21, 2023 14:12 IST

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Credit card on UPI startup Kiwi raises $13M from Omidyar Network, Nexus Venture Partners, Stellaris

According to the startup, leveraging credit as a key attraction will drive customer acquisition, particularly with the vast user base…

By Abhishek Yadav

November 21, 2023 13:42 IST

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Fintech startup for travellers Scapia raises $23M from Elevation Capital, Binny Bansal’s 3STATE Ventures, others

Launched earlier this year by Anil Goteti, former Senior Vice President for customer growth and monetisation at Flipkart, Scapia offers…

By MSME Desk

November 21, 2023 12:00 IST

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E-bike startup for gig workers Baaz Bikes raises $8M from BIG Capital, Rakuten Capital, Kalaari, others

Focusing on gig workers and delivery personnel working with Amazon, Zomato, Zepto etc., Baaz Bikes said it will deploy a…

By MSME Desk

Updated: November 21, 2023 11:25 IST

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IITM’s research centre launches new platform for founders to choose right incubator for growth

The platform, called Incubators, helps founders identify, compare and analyse the incubator they want to be part of out of…

By Abhishek Yadav

November 20, 2023 19:17 IST

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How MSMEs can register on govt’s GeM portal via Udyam registration; check step-by-step process

GeM portal recently crossed the Rs 2 lakh crore order value mark comprising 33.12 lakh orders vis-a-vis Rs 2 lakh…

By MSME Desk

November 20, 2023 18:22 IST

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CAIT: Chhath Puja festival sees Rs 8,000 crore business

Celebrated in Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and other states, the…

By Abhishek Yadav

November 20, 2023 13:41 IST