Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
The eyewear market in India is worth $3 billion.
Anupam Pahuja, General Manager for Technology at PayPal Asia-Pacific in Singapore tells us what makes a successful start-up different from an average one.
Indian fintechs and associated entities are hoping that the Union Budget 2024 will provide a boost and empower firms to extend their reach beyond Tier-II regions, with an emphasis on supporting enterprises led by women. The fintech industry, which has witnessed regulatory reforms over the last year, expects the Budget, scheduled to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, will further encourage financial inclusion, empower micro-small-medium enterprises (MSMEs) with lending solutions, and push for upskilling initiatives for the country's young workforce.
Smartron is part of a new wave of IoT startups.
the defence ministry told Parliament on Monday that foreign procurement in defence has risen to Rs 50,061 crore (Rs 500.61 billion) in 2021-2022 from Rs 37,030 crore (Rs 370.30 billion) in 2017-2018.
Stating that India is a strategic market for the company, Microsoft announced a $100,000 grant to promote innovation among domestic start-up companies.
Among India's tech companies, education-associated start-ups are the worst affected, recording the maximum number of layoffs.
Flipkart's appointment of Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO and Ola's choice of PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul for COO speaks to the growing trend of bringing in experienced professionals to run business. Karan Choudhury reports.
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
Interestingly, the survey found that 70 per cent of the founders had experience working at multinational companies before starting on their own.
Qualcomm, the global developer of wireless technologies and data solutions, will soon invest in Indian wireless communications and semiconductor start-up companies through its arm Qualcomm Ventures. It will focus on Indian start-ups and private companies that serve the mobile and semiconductor ecosystem in India through innovation in mobile application and platform software developers, semiconductor components, devices & service platforms & network infrastructure providers.
20 start-ups that beat decades old companies in valuations.
Dayakar Pushkoor, founder partner of Naya Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, lists what young aspiring entrepreneurs should know and do before they start-up and how they can raise money from VCs.
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the US.
Schmidt had a closed-door meeting with four start-ups in Bangalore.
How do you balance the demands of an expanding business with the desire to retain the culture that made you successful?
'In certain sectors we want to become catalysts, in others we want to encourage.' S D Shibulal discusses Axilor Ventures with Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
BlackRock has again reduced the valuation of its share in edtech firm Byju's - this time to about $1 billion, TechCrunch reported on Friday, citing disclosures made by the US-based asset manager. This is 95 per cent less than its peak valuation of $22 billion in 2022. The markdown comes at a time when the company is facing a multitude of challenges, including securing fresh capital, delays in financial reporting and legal disputes with lenders.
Medha is an organisation created with the idea of bringing in better employment opportunities and life for educated youth.
A G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu describing her position as 'President of Bharat' triggered massive debate on Tuesday, with the opposition alleging that the government is planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country's name.
The excitement around e-commerce is real but the valuations may be a bubble
One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice
Reddi has so far made 10 investments in the US.
The survey was conducted by Bengaluru-based start-up MyNoticePeriod.com.
Experts argue that the top two players in each category will receive funding sooner or later, but for laggards, the market is still challenging
Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress alleging that the opposition party has become outdated and has always been against any kind of reservation.
The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row with China in eastern Ladakh as well as concerns over evolving security situation in the strategic waterways.
GenNext Innovation Hub is also pursuing a new global partnership program to collaborate with organizations in US, Europe and Asia.
India's electric two-wheeler (E2W) sector is expected to cross the one million mark in 2024 fuelled by rising demand, increased production, and affordability, industry experts said, even as several original equipment makers are expanding their penetration to rural areas. Improved battery technology and innovative features are also likely to fuel growth, they said. "E2W sales will breach the 1-million mark in 2024 as the demand for electric two-wheelers is expected to continue growing due to factors such as environmental awareness, government incentives, and improvements in technology," Hyder Khan, chief executive officer (CEO), Godawari Electric Motors, said.
Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space
If you are interested in working with OpenAI, feel free to email Sam Altman. In a free-wheeling fireside chat with university students on Thursday in Delhi, the CEO of OpenAI and his team seemed eager to welcome bright young IT practitioners of India into the OpenAI work space. Asked about the steep degree requirements for applying to tech giants such as Microsoft and Google, Altman said that his company was open to hiring undergraduates and even college drop-outs.
If you don't design a winning culture, a culture will get created by default. And, most often than not, it's not pretty, says well-known Indian American venture capitalist, Desh Deshpande.
Foxconn means serious business in India. Its delegation to India was led by its Chairman Young Liu who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Why top executives are trading cushy jobs for start-ups
By 2025, Uber projects that 25,000-30,000 cars -- or 12 to 16 per cent of vehicle additions -- would be EVs, reports Surajeet Das Gupta.
Modi will get the maximum chunk of the session time.
After selling out to Google, the 27-year-old has now turned into an angel investor.
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