Tag: Start Ups

Bhubaneswar: In a developing country like India, many youngsters are showing keen interest in entrepreneurship. The Gen X is taking up bigger challenges and many are even ignoring handsome salaries of corporate houses and are taking up new businesses and investing money in start-ups. To make people aware about entrepreneurship and to show them the […]

Odisha government has decided to bring in a special policy to encourage and facilitate investments in start-ups in the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told a delagtion from US-based TiE Silicon Valley during a meeting at the State Secretariat today

Panaji: India’s predominantly small agricultural holdings present a unique opportunity for budding start-ups to explore ways and means to increase crop yield from small parcels of farmland using technology, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu said on Friday. Speaking at the Start-up India Global Venture Capital Summit here, Prabhu said, “India has a […]

New Delhi: In an effort to mentor emerging start-ups, Google India hosted a four-day boot camp for the first 10 Indian startups as part of its ‘Solve for India’ programme. Launched last year as an India-only pilot for mentorship by Google Developers’ “Launchpad” team, ‘Solve for India’ focuses on bringing the best of Google expertise […]

Hyderabad: Two student-run start-ups have won the inaugural edition of TiE GRAD business plan competition, a notification said on Monday. Law School 101 from NALSAR-Hyderabad and WCB from BITS Pilani-Hyderabad, won the competition organised by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). Students from 9 prestigious colleges of Telangana participated in TiE GRAD: Education to Entrepreneurship. Pradeep Mittal, […]

Hyderabad: T-Hub, India’s largest technology incubator, has collaborated with Microsoft to launch its first accelerator programme which would allow start-ups to scale to the next level. The 90-day accelerator programme of T-Hub Microsoft Accelerator to be launched from February next year will enable entrepreneurs to access new revenue channels and help them figure out shortcomings […]

New Delhi: Microsoft has supported over 4,000 Indian start-ups, skill training for 30,000 youth and helped train 26,000 teachers while working with several state governments and not-for-profit organisations between April 2016 and March 2017 in India, a new report said on Friday. In its 2017 India Citizenship Report, Microsoft India said it recognises that India’s […]

Bengaluru: Digital marketing solutions and concept provider iCubesWire on Tuesday announced $3 million (Rs 19 crore) innovation fund to support early stage start-ups. “The Digital Innovation Fund will help start-ups embarking on artificial intelligence and progressive automation, while heading towards futuristic multi-channel marketing monopolistic business,” said iCubesWire Founder Sahil Chopra in a statement here. As […]

New Delhi: Owing to the lack of pioneering innovation and stalled funding, more than 90 per cent startups in India fail in the first five years, a study by software major IBM revealed on Wednesday. The startups in the country are facing funding roadblocks both at entry and exit stages while successful global startup ecosystems […]

Washington: NASA is inviting applications from start-ups to take part in a three-month pilot programme to develop new technologies for space. Applications will be accepted till April 7 and a total of 10 companies will be selected for the programme, the US space agency said. The accelerator programme will focus on technologies that can be […]

San Francisco: In an attempt to help its US-based employees quit their jobs and establish their own businesses, Amazon has announced to fund employees with up to $10,000 for their delivery start-ups along with three months of existing salaries. In June 2018, the company announced that it is encouraging its employees to apply to start […]

Washington: Indian and American officials on Friday agreed to pursue a policy environment conducive to collaboration between the defence industry and start-ups in both countries. An understanding in this regard was reached during the 15th meeting of the India-US Defence Policy Group (DPG) here on Friday. The Indian side was led by Defence Secretary Sanjay […]

New Delhi: India added over 1,300 start-ups, including 7 unicorns in 2019, making the country the third biggest start-up ecosystem in the world behind China and the US, according to a new report from industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom). The total funding received by start-ups in 2019 stood at $4.4 […]

Bhubaneswar: The number of start-up ventures in Odisha has grown up to 774 with employment opportunities for more than 6,000 youths, said an official in the State Start-up Council Meeting here on Sunday. “The State Start-up Council recognised the first start-up in June 2017. Since then because of the overwhelming support, the number of recognized […]