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How startups are creating Uber-like ambulance experience during pandemic

These companies have seen 2-3x growth in the past one year as timely medical response becomes key in saving lives

Lunch with BS: Meet Marjet Andriesse, the head that wears the hat

The number of women in leadership roles in tech companies has gone up since she started out 30 years ago but it is still small, Andriesse tells Samreen Ahmad

Sam Altman wants to scan your eyeball in exchange for cryptocurrency

Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that wo­uld scan a person's iris to build a unique personal identifier

Edtech startup upGrad set to join unicorn club with $4-billion valuation

Eyes $400 million at 5 times current value

Short video platform Firework forays into live video commerce segment

The startup will showcase more than 15 brands across various categories offering discounts and giveaways

After incubation plan success, Maruti may pick stake in mobility start-ups

Carmaker has reaped benefits from firms that it has incubated under the accelerator programme

Top Headlines: Direct tax mop-up zooms 85%, ICICI Venture eyes start-ups

Business Standard brings to you top news headlines on Monday

ICICI Venture eyes digital start-ups, real estate fund of $300-400 million

The leading private equity player is re-entering the start-up space after around two decades

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

Start-up 'monomyths'

Book review of The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths That Hold Back Start-Ups, Founders And Investors

Taxation of startup exits needs a revisit: 3one4 Capital's Pranav Pai

The taxation policy disincentivises Indian capital from investing in local startups in two ways

SoftBank Group may invest $700 mn in Flipkart after exiting firm in 2018

Techy conglomerate investing in Flipkart at a time when Reliance Industries and Tata are betting big on e-commerce as well.

Artha Venture Fund announces final close of Rs 220 crore debut fund

A surge of interest in Indian start-ups and the robust performance of the seed fund's early investment made AVF overshoot its target

Catch up on 5G mindset

Permit cost-less changes that build network systems and service delivery

Explained: Why tax is a dilemma for start-up founders in India

After the abolition of the dividend distribution tax, the taxability of salaries and dividends in the hands of a founder of a bootstrapped start-up will be broadly similar, says Ritesh Kumar, IndusLaw

Pepperfry to join unicorn club soon, to launch IPO after booking profit

Online furniture company Pepperfry would be in the unicorn club by the time its initial public offer hits the market, a top official of the company said on Monday.

Edtech startup Testbook now has 1.8 million paid users, 18 mn subscribers

Edtech startup Testbook on Monday said it has crossed over 1.8 mn paid users from the total of 18 mn registered users on its platform

Covid-19 second wave: Global start-ups reach out with healthtech solutions

Developed economies like the US and the UK have been using central repositories for decades

Space plane start-up promises one-hour rides to anywhere on Earth

Venus Aerospace Corp., a startup pursuing a hypersonic space plane, is aiming to ferry people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in about an hour

Opinion divided on SPAC-tacular route for foreign listing of start-ups

The country's first big-ticket SPAC listing of ReNew Power is already underway, with investors being brought in, and is expected to be listed sometime in the early third quarter of this year