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New launches, zero cash burn make Instamojo profitable amid Covid-19 crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic, which had put a question mark on the company's performance, is now turning out to be a life altering event for the company

Top headlines: Import curbs on Chinese goods, SC on loan moratorium, & more

From Sebi easing capital raising norms, FPIs from China still behind other nations to Radhakrishna Damani looking to takeover India Cements, here are the top news on Thursday morning

Battling Covid-19: Start-ups chip in to resolve India's ventilator crisis

Domestic firms are also sourcing ventilator parts from within the country to manufacture ventilators at a much lower cost

US-based Accel invests $2 mn in source-to-pay solution provider Aavenir

Aavenir's source-to-pay solution offers integrated products for contract lifecycle management, for sourcing management, and more

Byju Raveendran, Zomato's Gaurav Gupta on WEF's Young Global Leaders list

Raveendran launched Byju's learning app in 2015, calls himself a teacher by choice and an entrepreneur by chance. Gupta's Zomato has been a pioneering food technology start-up.

Nasscom, Japan join hands to match startups and tech firms with VCs

Nasscom has been looking to expand into more markets to reduce its over dependence on US and UK, which together make up more than 70 per cent of its exports, as of last financial year.

The rise (and rise) of the family office

Unicorns are toppling older industrialists who have got quashed under debt and distracted diversifications

To build strong ecosystem, govt sets up National Startup Advisory Council

The Council will suggest measures to foster a culture of innovation among students and others, the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement

I am going to put whatever I have in financial services, says Sachin Bansal

Flipkart co-founder says he will invest all his capital in this space; Nachiket Mor joins Navi board as director

As valuation touches $8 bn, Byju's pips Ola as 3rd largest unicorn in India

EdTech firm valued at around $8 billion after Tiger Global's $200-million investment

Indian start-ups raised a record $14.5 bn in 1185 funding rounds this year

The decade has seen an impressive 25x growth in terms of the total funding raised by the startups.

Building trust is a process...

...and to be able to do that you need transparency and public scrutiny. A tough call but valuable nonetheless

Bengaluru firms claimed 45% of all investments in Indian startups in 10 yrs

The city, which has seen its startups raising $31 bn in the past decade, is home to 44% of India's unicorns and 43 per cent of 'soonicorns'

Paytm to invest Rs 500 cr in tech startups to drive innovation, create jobs

The company said it expects to employ technology across the growing internet to become the dominant player in AI.

This hearing-impaired entrepreneur is on a mission to empower gig economy

Sanjay Nediyara went through a great deal of hardship before setting up Sieve, a platform for freelancers to work as a team despite separated by locations

Sign up & pay later: Pune Startup forearmed its users against a cash famine

After a successful pilot in the Baner-Pashan area, Paylatr is expanding to Koregaon Park in Pune

Vahan, Lokal, Nonu Care: 3 start-ups that will get $150,000 each for biz

Ramani Ranjan Mohapatra gives brief profiles of three such start-ups which will get $150,000 each while getting started

Mini Budget: FPI surcharge rolled back; no angel tax for start-ups

PSBs get Rs 70,000 crore; home, auto loans to become cheaper

Building a culture of success

Why we need Silicon Valley's sharing spirit in India

Y Combinator coming to Bengaluru for start-up school interviews

This is the first time YC is hosting interviews outside the US. Start-ups chosen for the program will join other successful applicants for a three-month program at YC's campus in Mountain View