Page 31 - Start-ups
Start-ups to get no relaxation in procurement norms for certain items
Applies to procurement of items related to public safety, health, critical security operations and equipment
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Indian start-ups to get Superbrands status
According to Nasscom, number of start-ups grew 40% to 4,200 in 2015 and are projected to cross 11,500 by 2020
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India Life Sciences Fund invests $6.2 million in Oasis
Funding to be used to open 20 more clinics in Bengaluru, Chennai and other cities during next five years
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CCMB launches iHub for medical, agri-biotech start-ups
The iHub is a five-storey building with advanced laboratory equipment for research and innovation
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KOOH Sports raises follow-on round fund of $2.2mn
HDFC, Faering Capital, Elevate Sports, founders participate; funds to be used to pursue international markets expansion
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News start-ups find investors
Can VC-backed news start-ups make serious amounts of money in a space dominated by Google and Facebook
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India Inc putting CSR money in startup incubators
A dozen companies have shown interest in using their CSR money in start-up incubators at IITs and IIMs to nurture students to create a social impact
STPI to launch angel funding for IT & electronics start-ups
Plans to float a special purpose vehicle and tie up with private funding agencies for funding enterprises
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Start-ups can take long-term risk with Indian money: Nandan Nilekani
On several start-ups shutting shop, Nilekani said it's the nature of the business
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Show your cash flow, PEs tell start-ups
Focus on generating cash flows, realistic valuations and quality deals are among the factors governing investment choices of PE firms
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Founder's Diary: How to battle the funding squeeze in today's start-up market
CredR co-founder Sumit Chhazed says organic growth and a strong USP are essential for start-ups in today's funding environment
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Chennai start-up failure rate lower than NCR and Bengaluru
Investors in TN capital conservative, bet on good ideas
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NewsDistill raises $100,000 in seed funding
NewsDistill aggregates news from Indian newspapers, TV channels, RSS Feeds, custom feeds and social media in English and eight Indian languages
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LensPick raises funds to expand online presence
US-based Scadea Solutions has picked a 10% in the firm, at a valuation of $5 million
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Online health start-ups breaking taboos, bridging digital gap
Online health services start-ups are connecting people in small towns to doctors in big cities
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90% of start-ups are nonsense, have no meaning: Kishore Biyani
Speaking at The Economist India Summit, Biyani said most start-ups' only goal is to sell themselves, need to think bigger
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Some start-ups that are changing education as we know it
Using disruptive innovation and the digital drive, these young companies are working on making India's education system more robust
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'Chilled, not frozen' ready-to-cook player Fingerlix to raise Series B for expansion
The start-up seeks to differentiate itself by reducing cooking work for homemakers, yet allowing them to control the outcome
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Selfdrive.in plans to raise $6 million in next 6 months
The service, which seeks to expand to Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, is likely to be profitable from this fiscal
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Despite pink slips, job prospects not all that bad: Experts
Layoffs are becoming pretty common these days as there were recent reports of job loss in Flipkart, Askme, Ola and Infosys, among others
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