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University of Illinois offers 'soft-landings' to Indian startups in US

Its President Timothy L Killeen lauded the vibrant Indian startup ecosystem and said his university with its experience and being located "at the heart of the market" can offer help to such firms

App-based consumer credit provider MoneyTap aims at Rs 5,000 cr loan book

Firm has raised Rs 500 cr in equity and debt. It was launched in Sept 2016 as India's first app-based consumer credit line three serial entrepreneurs

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

Venture Highway raises $78 mn to fund early-stage tech companies in India

With portfolio companies such as Meesho, Sharechat, Moglix, and Cars24, the early-stage investment firm has so far invested in 20 start-ups

Budget 2020: To support growth, govt may provide tax incentive to startups

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has suggested several measures to the finance ministry for start-ups in the budget

IISc to set up research park to help start-ups with infra, finances

The research park will come up with Rs 50-crore investment

Startup India Vision 2024: DPIIT may cut compliance time to 1 hour/month

So far, over 24,000 start-ups have been recognised by the department. They are eligible for various tax incentives

Online classifieds Quikr planning IPO in 2021, says founder Pranay Chulet

The firm has a slew of online businesses covering realty, bookings, jobs search, used-goods buying and selling, and home services

Social commerce startup Meesho gets $125 mn funding from Facebook, Nasper

Meesho is part of a crop of new e-commerce companies that are trying to take advantage of social connections to facilitate sales

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

Startup India initiative created over 560,000 jobs since 2016, says govt

More than Rs 2,500 crore has been disbursed for investments into start-ups

Govt slashes Startup India kitty to Rs 25 cr; Make in India gets more money

Overall, the total allocation for Make in India initiative was increased to Rs 473.3 crore for 2019-20 as against the revised estimate of Rs 149 crore in 2018-19

Why a Startup India certificate may be worth no more than a piece of paper

It rarely opens up the door to angel or VC funding and even the tax breaks it offers are usually meaningless

Starting trouble

Fund allocations under Start-up India falter

Start-ups 2019: Why the Modi govt is being cautious in funding enterprises

Just five of the 30 AIFs got more than a third of the money under Start-up India and, in turn, invested in only 20 of the total 163 start-ups funded till date

Gujarat best place for start-ups, Rajasthan, Odisha also get honours

Maharashtra, Karnataka host highest number of registered start-ups

Gujarat best state for start-ups, Kerala and Odisha get honours too

The rankings are based on the initiatives taken to develop startup ecosystem for promoting budding entrepreneurs

Govt to announce ranking of states, UTs on startup development on Dec 20

The rankings are based on the initiatives taken to develop startup ecosystem for promoting budding entrepreneurs

Now, a new entrepreneurship development program to strategise start-ups

TiE Hyderabad & Woxsen School of Business today announced the launch of TiE-Woxsen Entrepreneurship Development Program 2017. "The program will give startup entrepreneurs the chance to connect with each other and improve their entrepreneurship skills", TiE Hyderabad said in a statement. Under this program 20 start-ups would be chosen and taken through a workshop program of six days covering two weekends. It includes knowledge sharing sessions by the faculty of Woxsen School of Business and entrepreneurs and captains of industries from diverse sectors, it said. Veen Pula, Chairman, Woxsen School of Business, said, "Engaging young startups and continuing to inspire them with the fodder of industry updates and advanced techniques to strategise their next move is becoming a must in this era". "Today's startup trend tells that many startups are not seeing the light of the day as the mortality rate is increasing. This can be caused by many factors. The most important one being ...

Startup India: Progress in slow lane

The Rs 10,000-cr corpus planned initially is to be spent over a period of 10 years, that too subject to the scheme's progress and availability of funds