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India will have 122 new unicorns in 4 years: Hurun Research report

In just one year, the number of such startups has increased by 65%

SaaS startups gain favour as funding slows down for other companies

According to the Venture Intelligence data, year-to-date, SaaS start-ups have raised almost $1.8 billion

Beauty start-up Purplle raises $33 mn in funding, gets unicorn status

It is the second Indian startup this week to be valued at more than $1 billion, after edtech firm Physics Wallah.

Is there a scary twist ahead in the Indian start-up story?

Cars24 laid off 600 workers, just days after Vedantu fired 424 employees. Y Combinator has asked founders of its portfolio firms to prep for the worst. Is there a twist ahead in the start-up story?

TMS Ep177: Foreign retailers, Indian start-ups, markets, fast fashion

Why is the Indian market a hard nut to crack for foreign retailers? Is there a twist ahead in start-up story? What's ahead for IT, banks, realty and metals? What is fast fashion? All answers here

India has third-largest ecosystem for start-ups: Nasscom Official

'The number of start-ups is growing significantly in the country with ten per cent being added every year'

Shark Tank: 13-yr-old girl's anti-ragging app gets Rs 50 lakh funding offer

The investors in Jolly's idea are Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO of People Group (Shaadi.com) and Aman Gupta, co-founder of boAt

Fintech start-up slice turns India's 41st unicorn in 2021, raises $220 mn

slice issues prepaid visa cards with a credit line that allows users to get credit card-like benefits as well as build their credit score.

B2B logistics startup Pidge raises $1 mn from Indian Angel Network

The fresh capital would also help the firm invest in building its tech-capabilities

5-month-old UpScalio discloses fundraise of $42.5 mn in Series A round

The funding round was led by Presight Capital and an undisclosed global hedge fund, with participation from Heliad Equity Partners, MPGI, 468 Capital and Whiteboard Capital

Enigma Auto looks to seal deal with Bengaluru firm to supply 2,000 EVs

Bhopal-based bootstrap EV start-up Enigma Automobiles is looking to seal a sales deal with a Bengaluru-based B2B company to supply 2,000 vehicles.

Milagrow iMap 10.0 review: A tiny robot that keeps your home spick and span

Priced at Rs 89,990, the Milagrow iMap 10.0 is a technology-rich vacuum cleaner with a wet-mopping function that works very well on your flooring

Start-up employees must pay attention to risk related to stock option plans

Now, they can take the risk of joining without having to pay taxes on Esops immediately

Startups to play key role in making India a $5 trn economy: Suresh Prabhu

Prabhu said there are three components that are necessary to achieve India's ambition of becoming a $5 trillion economy.

WhatsApp set to invest $250,000 into India's start-up ecosystem

Will provide 500 start-ups approved by DPIIT with $500 each of Facebook ad credits

Start-ups providing income-share agreements catching students' fancy

It is still a nascent market but a growing one, which has investors interested

Still start-up season: Funding continues in face of economic slowdown

Even at early stage, start-ups are raising more money faster owing to the rise of a lot of specialised early-stage VCs and emergence of seed-stage programmes

Start-Up India: Can the next wave succeed?

It would be heartening if we can do an Israel and get a hundred thousand new companies to start with adequate funding and aspire to be million-dollar profitable companies in 2022

DIPP to hire consultants to push Start-up India

It has invited applications from eligible candidates for engagement as senior consultant/consultant on contractual basis

Praveen Chakravarty & T V Mohandas Pai: Why 'Start Up India' should not be stifled

The notion that there is one right valuation for a company is absurd. To pretend that the government is the best judge of this valuation and to use that as the basis for persecution is tyrannical