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Alternative fuel start-up Buyofuel raises Rs 11.5 cr in series A funding

The funds raised will be put towards expanding the company's services across geographies, development of product offerings as well as technology

After Ratan Tata, now Niranjan Hiranandani invests in Goodfellows

Founder and CEO of the Hiranandani Group Niranjan Hiranandani has made an investment in Goodfellows, a start-up offering senior citizens companionship

Belt-tightening measures key to surviving pink slip, say experts

Cautious spending, reduced debt burden, and opting for gig work can help

Mobility solutions provider Automovill raises Rs 2.15 cr in funding

Company offers services for car owner, has presence in 20 cities and caters to 150,000 customers

Alteria announces first close of third venture debt fund at Rs 1,000 cr

The firm now has an AUM of Rs 3,800 crore across its three debt funds, raised from domestic investors

Bessemer Venture leads $3.5 mn seed round for SaaS billing start-up Zenskar

Zenskar's flexible billing platform enables SaaS firms to handle usage-based pricing, subscriptions, nuanced discounts, credits, custom currencies, prepaid, post-paid, and ramp deals

Happilo: Farmer's son and a nutty biz selling good health in small packs

Vikas Nahar's enterprise does Rs 40 cr a month on average, selling exotic and local nuts processed at 16,000 sq ft of processing space that he now plans to scale up by another 100,000 sq ft

Construction management start-up Powerplay raises $7.14 mn in funding

The company will use the funds to expand its business in India and abroad. Powerplay said the value of construction managed on its platform from January to June 2022 is worth Rs 7,500 crore

Indian tech startups raise $6 billion in April-June quarter, Fintech rules

Number of deals dropped by 17% sequentially, more than half were larger than $100 million each

Supply chain start-up Wheelocity raises $12 mn to expand business

Wheelocity will use the fund to build new products, expand its customer base and improve its fruits and vegetables supply chain

Maharashtra leads states with 13,541 govt-recognised startups: DPIIT data

Total number of approved startups at 73,205; Maharashtra's share is 18%

Google announces Startup School India for small-city entrepreneurs

Idea is to bring together investors, successful entrepreneurs and programmers that startups from smaller cities can to tap into and learn from the best; Google aims to tap at least 10,000 startups

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

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

India will have 122 new unicorns in 4 years: Hurun Research report

In just one year, the number of such startups has increased by 65%

SaaS startups gain favour as funding slows down for other companies

According to the Venture Intelligence data, year-to-date, SaaS start-ups have raised almost $1.8 billion

Beauty start-up Purplle raises $33 mn in funding, gets unicorn status

It is the second Indian startup this week to be valued at more than $1 billion, after edtech firm Physics Wallah.

Is there a scary twist ahead in the Indian start-up story?

Cars24 laid off 600 workers, just days after Vedantu fired 424 employees. Y Combinator has asked founders of its portfolio firms to prep for the worst. Is there a twist ahead in the start-up story?

TMS Ep177: Foreign retailers, Indian start-ups, markets, fast fashion

Why is the Indian market a hard nut to crack for foreign retailers? Is there a twist ahead in start-up story? What's ahead for IT, banks, realty and metals? What is fast fashion? All answers here

India has third-largest ecosystem for start-ups: Nasscom Official

'The number of start-ups is growing significantly in the country with ten per cent being added every year'

Shark Tank: 13-yr-old girl's anti-ragging app gets Rs 50 lakh funding offer

The investors in Jolly's idea are Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO of People Group (Shaadi.com) and Aman Gupta, co-founder of boAt