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Health-tech start-up Good Health Company raises $10 mn in funding

Hyderabad-based company will use financing to introduce more product categories and expand team

Govt to provide collateral-free loans to start-ups under CGSS framework

The credit guarantee cover under the scheme would be both transaction-based (for single eligible borrowers) and umbrella-based (for a group of eligible borrowers)

Start-up LeverageEdu gets RBI approval for financial services unit

Company raised $22 million in funding in March earlier this year at a valuation of $120 million

Future of learning: Edtech start-ups' hybrid tilt to lure students

With the offline lure of greater teacher-student connect many such start-ups have forayed into brick-and-mortar centres to compete with existing offline institutions

Need to build resilient supply chains, boost connectivity: PM Modi at SCO

India assumes rotational annual presidency of SCO summit nations; China, Russia and other countries offer support for summit next year in India

SoftBank plans $35 million bet on India's GoMechanic, says report

SoftBank has for years been a prominent backer of Indian startups, investing close to $4 billion last year alone, according to data from Venture Intelligence

Singapore's GIC funds Indian rocket startup Skyroot ahead of first launch

The funding follows the Indian government's push to get the country's private sector to complement its state-run space programme known for its affordable launches and missions

BlackSoil crosses $300 mn in venture debt deals, predicts robust market

Company that provides debt capital says its assets under management have grown 55% YoY

Get a masterclass on the art of scale-up from start-up wizards

Tech world's prime-movers set up Artha School of Entrepreneurship.

Ratan Tata invests in senior citizen companionship-as-service startup

Ratan Tata announced an undisclosed investment into startup Goodfellows that offers companionship to senior citizens as a service

EnKash: Powering India's SMEs and start-ups with a suite of corporate cards

The firm currently has a user base of 100,000 enterprises and processes transactions worth about Rs 28,000 cr a year

Family offices bet bigger on start-ups, opt for direct investments

Direct investment or co-investing with Indian VC/PE funds in companies is increasingly catching up

Porter completes divestment of Modern Trade business to COGOS Technologies

This move aims at ensuring continuity of the business vertical with COGOS, an enterprise-led business model and strengthening Porter's focus on its core business solutions

Start-ups collaborate with chemists, shake up offline pharma business

Some are managing supply-chain backend for retail pharmacies, right from stockist to chemist, others are offering telemedicine kiosks at chemist outlets, and digitising pharmacies

StanPlus aiming under-10-minute arrival time for an ambulance in one year

Managing a fleet of close to 3,000 ambulances, StanPlus now claims to dispatch ambulances in under four minutes and reach the patient in under 15 minutes

2021 start-up ranking: Gujarat, Karnataka emerges as best performers

Top performers among the larger states include Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana

Guj, K'taka best states in providing strong ecosystem for startups: DPIIT

Gujarat and Karnataka have been ranked as the best performers in developing startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs, according to the ranking of states and Union territories by DPIIT.

Edtech startup Kreedo raises $2.3 million in pre-Series A funding

Founded in 2012 by husband-wife duo Mridula Shridhar and VK Manikandan, Kreedo is on a mission to change the way early learning is delivered in budget private schools and preschools

Bengaluru ranks 5th globally for tech VC investments in 2022: Report

The city's tech firms have raised $7.5 bn in tech venture capital investment so far in 2022 - more than any other year previously

Teaching is still my first love: Alakh Pandey, CEO & founder PhysicsWallah

He is gearing up to launch educational content in nine languages, including, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam