Their investments in start-ups exceed Rs 1,000 crore at present.
Founded in 2015, Meesho is one of the country's fastest growing social commerce platforms, and provides small and independent entrepreneurs with products and tools to start, maintain, and grow their businesses. Facebook's interest in the digital commerce follows Reliance Industries' entry into the hybrid e-commerce ecosystem.
A total of 728 applications have been received till July 18, 2016 for Start Up recognition.
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
'Each day, while interacting with scores of people, all with demands and expectations of their own, holding one's own fort is of paramount importance. 'One must always have the vision which will guide the journey,' says Dinesh Goel, a chemical engineer from IIT-B, co-founder and CEO, AasaanJobs.com, an online marketplace for entry-level and blue-collar job seekers.
Besides electric vehicles, some start-ups present are working in the area of bike customisation, motorsports, auto gaming arena, autonomous vehicle and so on
'Some of these companies are India focused, some are overseas focused and some companies are focused on both.' Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California.
An average team even with a great idea can spell the death of a start-up.
'Once I was ready with my product I started looking for funding and realised people would not understand how a woman could, without a technology or an IIT/M background, be running the business alone.' 'Today when I connect the dots I feel grateful about how I have been able to overcome and learn with every failure.'
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
Qualcomm has been playing a key role driving India's wireless revolution
While a three-year tax holiday and relaxation of capital gains for funds have been received favourably, others argue that not enough has been announced.
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
Start-up entrepreneur Shradha Sharma charts out five sureshot ways to start-up success.
Read on to learn how you can get funding for your business right now!
Bags long-term outsourcing deal from Allied Irish Banks
These incubators, realising the importance of the intervention, have stepped in to develop and launch new ventures in the country.
India's first angel-backed start-up accelerator VentureNursery will train them intensely for 13 weeks after which they will get to pitch for seed funding.
One of the high points of the proceedings was when Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer smartly utilised Dr Zeba Khan's expert status to pose her A Most Curious Question. He asked her if a skull can grow new teeth, even after the person, who it belonged to, had died, three years before. We can be sure that the discrepancy between the number of teeth discovered in the skull unearthed in 2012 and the skull shown in court in September 2019 will come up soon in Courtroom No 51. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora Murder Trial.
Interning with a big brand allows you to interact with experienced professionals from different departments of the company.
Indian startups are expected to raise $8-12 billion this year, a top official of venture capital firm Peak XV said on Monday, highlighting that the country's startup ecosystem is the most vibrant in the world. Speaking at StartUp Mahakumbh, Peak XV managing director Rajan Anandan said around $20 billion of private capital is lying uninvested and is committed for investment in private firms and startups in India.
The idea is to create a start-up-like activity with a small business unit.
Zerodha and True Beacon co-founder Nikhil Kamath, along with Abhijeet Pai, has invested in Omnipresent Robot Tech through their investment arm Gruhas Proptech. This round also saw co-investments from Kavin Shah, and other individual high networth individual (HNIs), according to a statement released on Thursday. However, the amount invested by Kamath and Pai has not been disclosed.
One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
Kirani, is passionate about working with start-ups when they are at the ideation stage.
How about working for a company without pay just to learn various skills?
'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.
To promote entrepreneurship in India's tier-II and tier-III cities, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande's Deshpande Foundation will open the sandbox in Hubballi. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
India is the next major breeding ground for start-ups.
Talvinder Singh, founder of Tushy.com, an online marketplace lists out seven key tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.
What would you rather be -- a clerk at work or a contributing member of a project?
The internship, with all its highs and lows, changed the way that I deal with life now.
With future prospects being difficult to predict, hiring for a short period is proving to be cost-effective
Menlo Park Mayor Catherine Carlton is leading a 3-member team to Kerala.
As the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, startups and technology firms are realising the burnout effect it is having on employees. Many have shortened their work weeks to four days, while others have made provisions for more time off for employees to help them rejuvenate or care for loved ones.
Presenting a list of the brightest and most promising companies from India that made it to TechSparks 2013, a technology product recognition platform.
India's tech start-ups are following Silicon Valley's lead and embracing the "fail fast" culture.
