Page 28 - Start Ups

NowPurchase raises $2.4 mn seed from Orios Venture, InfoEdge Ventures

Angel investor Neeraj Arora (ex-WhatsApp global business head & Co-Founder HalloApp) also participated in the round

Pet treat brand Dogsee Chew raises Rs 50 cr in Series-A funding round

Drugmaker Mankind Pharma and existing backer Sixth Sense Ventures participate; recipient is only company to offer 100% vegetarian dog treats

New startups given 2 yrs exemption from new reservation law: Haryana Dy CM

Short-term works, extending up to 45 days, will also be exempted from the Act, he said

MyCaptain raises $3 mn in Pre Series-A funding led by Ankur Capital

This funding will be utilised to further scale course offerings, acquire more users, and expand the team

1,000 biz owners to launch Paytm founder-backed social media Pepul on R-Day

Firm plans to raise Rs 200 cr by June for expansion

Startup Your-Space raises $10 million to grow student housing biz

Student housing startup Your-Space has raised $10 million (around Rs 75 crore) from a clutch of investors for the expansion and growth of its business

50 more startups with the potential to be unicorns in 2022: Report

India has 50 startups with the potential to achieve the coveted unicorn' status in 2022 and by the end of the year, the list of the new-age companies valued at over $1 billion will be at least 100

Agritech startup DeHaat acquires Helicrofter, to empower farmers

Agritech startup DeHaat on Monday said it has acquired Maharashtra-based B2B agri-input marketplace startup called Helicrofter, for an undisclosed sum

Hopscotch turns profitable, eyes Rs 1,000-crore yearly revenue

The company has claimed to have grown from Rs 100 crore to Rs 500 crore in the past 5 years

We expect unicorn count in India to cross 100 in 2022: PwC's Amit Nawka

CY21 saw fivefold rise in unicorns globally and touched 510

Start-up Inc urges policy push, focus on smaller towns for sector's growth

Founders and investors laud move to celebrate National Start-up Day on January 16 - but say that more needs to be done to help sector

Annual investments into startups increase to $36 bn: DPIIT Secretary

Investors are taking huge interest in the country's startup ecosystem and in the last one year, annual fundings into startups have increased from $11 billion to $36 billion

This decade is being called as 'techade' of India: PM Modi at startup meet

In an interaction with startups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that this decade is being called as 'techade' of India

PM Modi to interact with start-ups via video conferencing on Saturday

The event marks the 6th anniversary of the launch of the Startup India initiative

Focus on start-ups from small cities: Piyush Goyal to venture funds

The minister invited venture capitalists (VCs) to explore new sectors for investing, promoting, and protecting young Indian entrepreneurs' intellectual property

PM Modi to interact with over 150 startups across sectors on Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with more than 150 startups from various sectors, including agriculture and health, on Saturday via video conferencing.

45-odd Indian start-ups hold promise of entering unicorn club this year

SOONICORN STATUS: By 2025, India expects to add 95 new tech unicorns

WayCool Foods raises $117 mn in Series D from Lightrock, IFS and others

The agri-commerce firm has begun building its next-gen centre in Bengaluru, which will have a tech platform with layers of AI and analytics, and labs for robotics, IoT and automation

Bengaluru outstrips Chinese cities in tech VC funding in 2021: Report

Global tech VC investment into startups hit a record level of $675 billion in 2021, doubling the previous all-time high of $340.6 billion in 2020

Indian startups raised $42 bn in 2021, up from $11.5 bn in 2020: Report

Indian startups have raised $42 billion in 2021, up from $11.5 billion in the previous year, a report by Orios Venture Partners said