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Groceries in 10 minutes, maids too — A startup founder wonders if matchmaking could be next

Beyond ‘otherisation’ of women entrepreneurs: Need for recognising diversity in segments

Want to close your company? Here’s step-by-step process

IIT Bombay’s incubator plans Rs 100-crore fund; support to 1,000 startups in 10 years

Zepto raises $350 million funding in largest domestic fundraise

NITI Aayog, CreditEnable to help improve credit profile of women entrepreneurs for better credit access

Budget 2024: Bring job-centric PLI scheme for MSMEs, review SMA framework, says FISME

Fintech startup Care.fi raises $2.6 million from Trifecta Capital, UC Inclusive Credit

Budget 2024: ‘Create new NBFC category serving priority sector, more specifically to MSMEs’

Navigating the rollercoaster: The tale of India’s startup-VC ecosystem

Nearly 60% drop in fintech funding in H1 2024 from year-ago amid global slowdown: Tracxn

TransUnion CIBIL, NITI Aayog’s WEP launches programme to boost financial literacy among women entrepreneurs

Free solutions by big tech firms hurt models by startups

MSME News

GeM inks MoU with Sikkim govt to get state departments on public procurement portal

Navy veteran Navneet Kaushik launches Jamwant Venture Fund to back defence startups

CPSEs make 36% of their annual purchases in current FY from micro, small enterprises

MSME loan in 59 minutes: Apply for Rs 5 crore loan online; check step-by-step process

Fintech startup TransBnk raises $4M in Series A round from 8i Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, others

52% of B2B payments remain overdue for over 90 days in major Indian hubs: Survey

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FE Emerging Business Growth Workshops Bhopal Edition: Madhya Pradesh MSMEs discuss key challenges, opportunities, future growth, and more

Fast-tracking SME’s digital transformation

India ranked 26th in economic impact created by e-commerce entrepreneurs: Shopify Entrepreneurship Index

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Public procurement: Purchase of MSME goods by govt hits new high in FY24

FE Emerging Business Growth Workshops: Rajasthan’s top MSME voices gather in Jaipur to strategise future growth

KVIC store at Delhi’s Connaught Place sees highest ever single-day sale; PM Modi lauds record business

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80% of startups see ‘substantial’ revenue jump on the back of enterprise tech adoption: SAP India-Zinnov Digital study

Around 68 per cent of respondents reported a ‘strong growth’ in revenue after adopting enterprise technology solutions, leading to an…

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August 2, 2023 18:16 IST

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Amazon India Great Freedom Festival sale: Discounts, cashback for MSMEs buying from Amazon Business this year; check details

The sale will provide up to a 5 per cent discount to MSMEs buying in bulk from Amazon’s online wholesale…

By MSME Desk

August 2, 2023 16:18 IST

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Hiring platform Unstop raises $5 mn from Myanvi and Coursera in first round of funding

Unstop provides engagement and job opportunities to students and graduates, with a pool of 6 million students from across 20,000…

By MSME Desk

August 2, 2023 11:52 IST

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MSME delegation urges FM Nirmala Sitharaman to prioritize medium enterprises for economic growth

FISME proposed the setting up of the “Center of Excellence for Aspiring SMEs,” which will help foster growth and development…

By MSME Desk

August 2, 2023 11:31 IST

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Growth in bank credit to MSEs in June drops from year-ago period; check total credit deployed

Overall, Rs 21.14 lakh crore bank credit under priority sector lending — 14.7 per cent of India’s total non-food bank…

By Sandeep Soni

August 2, 2023 10:30 IST

Accel invites startup applications for AI and Industry cohort under its Atom 3.0 accelerator programme

The applications will close by September 10 for AI-based startups, and by September 23 for Industry 5.0. The cohorts will…

By MSME Desk

August 1, 2023 18:24 IST

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Women MSMEs: This statistic shows share of women entrepreneurs in India’s MSME sector

According to the data shared by Verma, women MSMEs represented a 15.67 per cent share in the total UAM registrations…

By Girish Khurana

August 1, 2023 17:01 IST

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Govt’s DGT partners with Amazon Web Services to upskill students in AI, ML for better employability

DGT said students enrolled in the institutions under the DGT will benefit under the tie-up. DGT implements long-term institutional skill…

By MSME Desk

August 1, 2023 11:57 IST

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MSME Minister Narayan Rane says no study undertaken to evaluate MSME credit gap post Covid

Importantly, the credit outstanding to the MSME sector by scheduled commercial banks in FY23 grew by 12.3 per cent to…

By MSME Desk

August 1, 2023 11:51 IST

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MSMEs on verge of deregistering back to informal status due to web of regulations: Amit Mitra to FM Sitharaman

Mitra referred to the central government’s data on the frauds detected from GST invoices amounting to Rs 1.15 lakh crore…

By MSME Desk

August 1, 2023 11:51 IST

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NBFC Clix Capital signs $20 million loan from impact fund GCPF to back sustainable projects

The funding will be deployed for sustainable projects that help to mitigate climate change and fortify Clix Capital’s lending portfolio.

By MSME Desk

August 1, 2023 08:00 IST

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Online loan app RupeeRedee’s NBFC FincFriends raises $3.5 million from Digital Finance International

The company said its shareholders will also invest an additional $10 million by the end of the current financial year.

By MSME Desk

August 1, 2023 00:30 IST

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SIDBI to set up Accelerator Fund at IIM Ahmedabad’s CIIE startup incubator to back tech startups

The partnership is part of SIDBI’s new initiative India of Tomorrow under which it collaborates with different incubators in the…

By MSME Desk

July 31, 2023 17:17 IST

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Mudra loans: Govt’s micro credit scheme for MSMEs overachieves target for second consecutive year

Till June 30, 2023, more than 42.20 crore loans involving Rs 24.34 lakh crore were sanctioned to the borrowers under…

By MSME Desk

July 31, 2023 13:13 IST

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CAIT launches National Digital Nagrik Forum to digitalise traders and consumers

National Digital Nagrik Forum will focus on five core themes: Consumer Protection & online safety with grievance redressal, the pitfall…

By MSME Desk

July 31, 2023 11:58 IST

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88% of SMEs have a digitalisation strategy in place: Survey

82 per cent of SME decision-makers said that digitalisation is very important or critical for their business growth.

By MSME Desk

July 31, 2023 11:50 IST

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SemiconIndia future DESIGN DLI: Two more MSMEs added to India’s grand vision of becoming semiconductor hub

The initiative provides support for the development and deployment of semiconductor designs, for Integrated Circuits, Chipsets, Systems on Chips (SoCs),…

By Girish Khurana

July 31, 2023 11:15 IST

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Women workers: Key to unlocking India’s corporate potential

SMEs play a crucial role in economic development by driving innovation, creating jobs, and promoting entrepreneurship. These enterprises are recognising…

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July 31, 2023 10:00 IST