Page 5 - Indian Start-ups

Zomato's Rs 8,250-crore IPO can deliver boost to consumption sector

Projections suggest online food delivery market should grow to $22 billion by 2025

Govt to earmark nearly Rs 1,000 crore to support fabless start-ups

Some of these companies are likely to scale up, become global chip design entities

Mohalla Tech, Gupshup become latest entrants to the unicorn club

Six firms, including these two, have been added to the club just this week

Zoko raises $1.4 mn from Y Combinator, Binny Bansal's family office, others

Tech platform Zoko said it has raised $1.4 million in seed funding from Y Combinator and marquee angel investors like Ryan Hoover and Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal's family office

Zomato to Nykaa: India's unicorns face the m-cap test as IPOs loom

Investors have been tripping over one another to fund a host of Indian startups. Will the stock markets show the same enthusiasm when some of them launch IPOs this year?

Two VC firms form SPAC in US, will seek Indian startups planning IPOs

VC investors Ravi Adusumalli and Shashin Shah will lead the SPAC

Group representing startups seeks govt intervention in Google Play ops, ads

Aatmnirbhar Digital India Foundation (ADIF) said bidding of company-specific keywords such as "matrimony" or "Map My India" has resulted in competitors capitalising on the brand value of companies

Explained: How open-source software is powering India's startup ecosystem

Using open-source software gives startups the access to a powerful community and better tools

A peek into start-up incubation drive of India's next-rung campuses

Many enterprises with formidable products have come from the country's deeper regions and have received parenting at lesser-known institutes

Top headlines: 10 Indian startups may get $10 bn in IPO, IBC set to resume

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Too young to vote, these teens have set up app-less, contactless Kirana biz

Now with the number of Covid cases declining, Relan and team may look at other startup ideas

Brazilian, Indian startup satellite part of ISRO's first mission in 2021

Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and three Indian payloads are part of the mission

Foreign funds colonising Indian startups: Naukri.com founder Bikhchandani

Naukri.com and Zomato investor said foreign funds are the new East India Company that are colonising successful Indian startups by transferring ownership abroad to skip Indian regulations and taxes

Flipkart partially spins off PhonePe in $700 million fundraising round

E-commerce major Flipkart announced a "partial spin-off" of PhonePe as the digital payment firm raises $700 million in funding, valuing it at $5.5 billion

US funds lower valuation of Indian unicorns Paytm, Ola due to Covid: Report

The funds, T Rowe Price and Vanguard, hold about 1% in both companies; while Paytm's valuation has taken a 26% hit, Ola's has suffered a 50% drop

Most start-up segments recover post lockdown; edtech & health care lead

The start-up ecosystem is expected to have created 700,000-750,000 direct and 2.6-2.8 million indirect jobs in total for the year ending 2020, further cementing its recovery

Tech-sharing deals put Indian start-ups in fix with China's new controls

Beijing has added 23 technologies to its list of regulated exports; move could affect start-ups that have IP co-creation as part of investment deal with Chinese VC investors, say experts

Blocking Chinese funding will adversely impact Indian start-ups: GlobalData

GlobalData said Chinese investors have been making their presence felt in a big way in the Indian start-up ecosystem over the last few years.

India blocks automatic FDI route for neighbours to curb hostile takeovers

Until now, Chinese investments were automatically allowed, similar to those from other nations, in all but 16 sectors, such as telecom, defence, and national security.

Coronavirus impact: Early funding of start-ups may hit a stumbling block

This comes as seed investments in India during the January-March quarter, which was hit by the lowest level in five quarters