The initiative is being undertaken by the government of Karnataka, considered one of the leaders in the technology space. Currently, India doesn't have such a platform and, globally, there are very few privately-run platforms.
The event will aim at drawing foreign investment in startups and push local partnerships.
Seven months down the line, not much progress has been made, except that the scheme is still being fine-tuned.
Sabse has several patents in the arena of call-control and switching of calls.
After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.
Tata has invested in over 10 start-ups in personal capacity.
Tata has emerged as a major venture capital investor since his retirement.
Under Sebi guidelines, AIFs can operate broadly in three categories.
TaxiForSure's Aprameya Radhakrishna's new venture, Vokal, is a peer-to-peer content generation platform that is a cross between Reddit and Quora.
FirstCry is omni-channel player with presence across desktop, mobile and offline routes offering baby and maternity products in India.
In 2014, the country witnessed 800 new companies starting up, taking the total number of start-ups to 3,100, Nasscom said.
Chanda Kochhar said the only comforting factor is that investors pouring in money into such startups are 'mature'.
The July-September quarter saw significant deal momentum.
The announcement comes after the government launched a high-decibel campaign.
While the fresh issue portion of IPOs has been going down over the years, this financial year has been abysmally low at only Rs 2,663 crore, 82 per cent lower compared to the last financial year.
While Team Indus had backing from Nandan Nilekani, Ratan Tata and Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, it could not even muster half of the Rs 4.5 billion it required for the mission to the moon.
In 2018, venture debt providers cumulatively deployed Rs 1,300 crore. This year, the market is expected to absorb venture debt of Rs 1,800 crore to Rs 2,000 crore. So what makes this asset class so attractive?
Or a brief stop on the way to better times, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The country will witness a mushrooming of technology start-ups over the next five years.
India's Internet economy has two choices: An immediate $30 billion Sale-and-Leaseback or a $3 trillion value harvesting over decades, observes Vibhu Arya.
Focussed on growing its business in India, networking giant Cisco said it invests as much as $1.7 billion annually in its operations in the country across areas like R&D and employee training.
The final policy may be out only after formation of the new government, according to sources
'I've been backing businesses in the e-commerce space because they enable goods and services to reach people who could never have been catered to in this manner before.'
Banks are allowed to invest up to 10 per cent of the paid-up or unit capital in Category-I or Category-II Alternative Investment Funds
According to a survey by community platform LocalCircles, early-stage start-ups, funding dependent start-ups and many small businesses will soon be fighting for survival as the spurt in coronavirus cases hits them hard.
Patent filings in India would be more and more driven by new technologies, which are either kept secret or patented.
Of the first 189 whose credentials have been probed from the 400 applicants till date, barely 30 make it - and only one qualifies for IPR benefits.
The original idea was to replace the existing schemes for scheduled castes and tribes.
'Google and Facebook need to be tamed, their garb of 'Investing in India's future' need to be pulled off,' observes Vibhu Arya.
During the current financial year, 25 companies have raised Rs 28,220 crore through IPOs
Snapdeal has a number of shareholders including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, PremjiInvest, Ratan Tata, Foxconn, Temasek and BlackRock, among others.
Few angels have seen exits; till that happens, they won't be rushing to invest again.
The idea that technology and startups with newer business models will not disrupt traditional businesses has been thrown out the window.
The company will significantly increase its rate of patent filing.
They are making switch to the high-growth alternative investments fund industry, reports Pavan Burugula.
Ajit Issac started as a management trainee at Godrej.
Under Sebi guidelines, AIFs can operate broadly in three categories.
Bonuses are typically commensurate with deal activity in any given year. Investment banks, on average, pocket 2-3 per cent as fees for managing an IPO and 1.5-2 per cent for handling QIPs.
Monetary incentives under Skill India to small entrepreneurs, capital infusion into technology fund to help businesses expand operations
Offline stores dominate the retail market and will continue to do so.
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