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Budget 2020: Venture Capitals, startups seek budgetary aid in meet with FM

The Nasscom has also sought that IT and BPO firms should not be treated as financial intermediaries for the goods and services tax (GST).

How a 19-year old's dream to chase stars is helping fuel other kids' hopes

A 19-year-old physics undergrad student has started a venture that helps schools set up their own astronomy labs, writes Sneha Bhattacharjee

Fireside Ventures to invest in 20 start-ups in superfoods, fashion segments

The venture capital (VC) firm is planning to make around 18-20 investments via fund 2 in the range of $4-5 million in each portfolio company across Pre-Series A and Series A stages

Data protection startup Druva crosses $100 mn in annual recurring revenue

This June, the company had raised $130 million to become a 'unicorn'

Accel India raises $550 million fund VI to invest on tech start-ups

Counted among top VCs, Accel has 117 active investments including Flipkart, Swiggy and Freshworks

India is critical for Telstra's technology innovations, says CEO & MD Penn

Telstra is looking at co-innovating with Indian startups in emerging technology areas, says CEO Andrew Penn

Smartworks Coworking raises $25 mn from Singapore realty firm Keppel Land

Smartworks, which has 23 operational centres in 9 cities and offers 43,000 workstations over 2.3 mn sq ft, plans to grow to 20 mn sq ft and seat 200,000 professionals over the next five years

Generico devising technology-enabled solutions for chronic diseases

Last week, Generico, which runs a network of pharmacies selling generic drugs, raised $14 million in a Series A funding round, led by venture capital firm Lightbox

Coding the future: This start-up helps children build commercial-ready apps

Can WhiteHat Jr, a platform for childern to learn coding, establish itself in a market that is expected to grow exponentially? Abhishek Kumar explores

Start-up sectors that have the highest probability of receiving funding

Chances of getting funded improved if you were doing a start-up in the areas of artificial intelligence, life sciences, Internet of Things, and enterprise infrastructure, shows this data

Odisha plans to provide incubation facility, co-working space for start-ups

The new facility will come up at the outskirts of the city which is built by Odisha Industrial Infrastrcture Development Corporation

Mini Budget: FPI surcharge rolled back; no angel tax for start-ups

PSBs get Rs 70,000 crore; home, auto loans to become cheaper

Moglix to set up industrial distribution centres in 25 major hubs of India

Founded by Rahul Garg, Singapore-headquartered Moglix, which gets about 80 per cent of its revenue from India, is a B2B e-commerce platform for industrial products

UBI mulls special loan offers for start-ups, brainstorms on $5-trn GDP goal

The PSB has organised a meeting of all branch heads wherein collective consultative and ideation process was undertaken to align banking with national priorities

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is betting big on innovation startups

Khosla of the view that technologies such as artificial intelligence and 3D printing are now becoming the new platforms and offer huge opportunities

Grocery startup Bigbasket gets Rs 100 cr venture debt from Trifecta Capital

Bigbasket, which competes with Walmart Inc-owned Flipkart and Amazon.com Inc, will use the fresh funds to set up warehouses and boost its cold chain

Looking to score big: How MPL is making a business out of online gaming

Mobile Premier League (MPL) is a mobile-first gaming platform, which offers skill-based multiplayer games

This start-up is redefining tiffin services with vending machines

The Noida-headquartered tech start-up has raised Rs 3.5 crore in the seed round, led by Artha Venture Fund (AVF)

This start-up plans to help a million professionals earn Rs 10 lakh a year

TapChief's list of clients already includes Fortune 500 companies like Unilever, Deloitte and growth-stage start-ups like Redbus, UpGrad, and Dunzo

Betting on Bharat: Pratilipi takes uncharted path in battle for mind space

Pratilipi, self-publishing platform in Indian languages, has few competitors so far but it may not be for long