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Spin-off or pivot? What lies beneath Razorpay's foray into lending

Payment solutions provider Razorpay has the hottest start-ups in its portfolio

Govt may enhance start-up fund to Rs 20,000 cr in Budget 2019: Sources

Even the Economic Survey which was presented on Thursday highligthed the importance of the segment

The Chennai Angels invests Rs 1 cr in online cookware firm The Indus Valley

The Indus Valley, was founded in 2016 by the husband and wife duo of Jagadeesh Kumar and Madhumitha Udaykumar with the idea of transforming Indian kitchens with healthier cookware options

Freight Tiger raises $8 million in funding round led by Lightspeed Venture

Alsthom Industries, a Dalmia Group company, and Pawan Munjal Family Trust also participated in the funding round

Tax sops, funding access: What fintech, start-ups expect in Budget 2019

The government needs to attack on the front foot by easing liquidity conditions and bringing in needed regulatory changes to aid job creation, said Bhupinder Singh, CEO and founder, InCred

This start-up plans to help a million professionals earn Rs 10 lakh a year

TapChief's list of clients already includes Fortune 500 companies like Unilever, Deloitte and growth-stage start-ups like Redbus, UpGrad, and Dunzo

Betting on Bharat: Pratilipi takes uncharted path in battle for mind space

Pratilipi, self-publishing platform in Indian languages, has few competitors so far but it may not be for long

Online pharmacy 1mg raises $70 mn in funding round led by Corisol, Redwood

This round of funding puts the company's valuation at around $200 million, according to market sources

Neo-banking start-up Open raises Rs 210 cr from Tiger Global, others

Plans to use funding to scale up team, launch more products and value-added services, expand reach to one mn SMEs in next one year

Meet the entrepreneurs who have made life easier for MSMEs with neo-banking

Open is a start-up that offers a current account with integrated tools like invoicing, online payments and automated accounting engine to help MSMEs manage their business finances

Start-ups luring staff with six-month paternity, pick-and-choose benefits

HR departments are looking beyond bean bags, football tables and alcohol-fuelled parties, to create inclusive workspaces and closing the gap between the benefits enjoyed by women and men

How grocery marketplace Jumbotail is preparing kirana stores for the future

Jumbotail runs a marketplace that connects kiranas with vendors. But making grocery stores buy more is tough.

mCaffeine bets on millennials to make a mark in personal care market

The Mumbai based mCaffeine, India's first caffeinated personal care brand, is seeing the opportunity to meet the unmet demand of millennials

India's new wave of space technology startups catch investors' interest

Rapid growth of low earth orbit satellites fuelling space boom

Wellthy Therapeutics targets threefold growth in revenue over next 2-3 yrs

Wellthy is a digital personal diabetes coach that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate behavioural change and improve health literacy among patients

Data protection startup Druva's valuation crosses $1 bn, joins unicorn club

Raises $130 million investment led by Viking Global Investors, pushing total capital raised to $328 million; investment will be used to fuel growth and global expansion

pi Ventures, Kae Capital back AI-based mental health start-up Wysa

The conversational bot has raised $ 2 mn in pre-series A round of funding

Odisha bonds with start-ups to prepare itself for future disasters

A brainstorming session was recently conducted by Start-up Odisha to understand the strides made by start-ups in this space

Industrial IoT startup SwitchOn raises $1 mn seed funding from pi Ventures

Funds raised will be used by the startup for strengthening the edge-compute architecture

This tech start-up offers solutions in employee performance management

The New Delhi-based start-up, Dockabl, recently closed its pre-series A funding round at $1.26 million