Tips on raising funds from govt agencies and PE firms for your startup

Apart from central and state govt schemes that fund new ideas, you have PE/VC firms, angel investors and incubators to help your business see the light of day; just get your business model right

Divining ideas is easy. Executing them is the hard part. This is particularly true if you are setting up a new business. The one thing that can make execution a lot easier is an investor who is willing to bet on your business model. If you are looking for funding, you have a reason to cheer. The government is to launch a Rs 1,000-crore seed fund for startups, called Startup India Seed Fund, on April 1. Srinivas Chunduru, founder, VANS Investments explains that a startup isn't necessarily a brand new enterprise. He says, "According to the Start-Up India scheme, a