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Flipkart, trade body tie up to enable small businesses to grow

The firm has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tamil Nadu Micro, Small Medium Enterprises Trade and Investment Promotion Bureau

The/Nudge, State Street launch $750,000 fund for Indian non-profit startups

The fund is for incubating non-profit start-ups, with a technology focus, through a 3-year partnership

Startup founders must aim to create institutions, not just valuations: PM

Modi on Wednesday urged India's startup founders to think how to create institutions and not focus on valuations alone

Pivot or perish: How three young startups absorbed the Covid shock

They not only withstood the onslaught but scaled new heights too. A Nasscom survey of 250 enterprises last year says over half were looking to diversify seeking new growth opportunities

BharatPe set to become next unicorn after valuation crosses $900 mn

The fintech firm, which competes with players like Pine Labs, Paytm and Mswipe, provides payment technology and digital lending for offline businesses, including kiranas

India Quotient raises fourth fund worth $80mn for 'game-changing' startups

Venture capital fund has funded close to 70 startups over the last eight years.

Karnataka to soon unveil policy framework on agriculture start-ups

Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil said the Government would soon unveil a policy framework on agri start-ups

Housing.com partners startup Propdial to boost rental services business

Realty portal Housing.com on Tuesday said it has tied up with Gurugram-based property and rental management technology firm Propdial

HDFC Bank invites applications from entrepreneurs for SmartUp grants

The bank will be focusing on start-ups in the education (edtech) and skill development sector this year for the grant

Paytm's Vijay Shekhar, Innov8 CEO invest in startup Supersourcing

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and co-working space provider Innov8 CEO Ritesh Malik have invested in eight-month-old company Supersourcing

Edtech startup Newton School raises $5 million Series A round of financing

City-based ed-tech startup, Newton School, has raised USD five million Series A round of financing, led by RTP Global. The funding round saw participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Prophetic Ventures and Unacademy co-founders Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini and Hemesh Singh. Flipkarts CEO Kalyan Krishnamoorthy, CREDs Kunal Shah, Freshworks Girish Mathrubootham, Udaans Sujeet Kumar and Razorpay founders Harshil Mathur & Shashank Kumar along with a slew of angels also participated in the round, it said in a statement. The capital will be used for team expansion, scaling student intake and product development, it was stated.

India's internet startups on cusp of IPO, combined value at $180 bn: Report

India's internet startups leaders that operate business ranging from food delivery to e-commerce are now on the cusp of listing, a report said putting their combined value at $180 billion by 2025

Measures envisaged in Budget 2021-22 will boost startups: Secretary DPIIT

DPIIT Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Guruprasad Mohapatra said the measures envisaged in the Budget will further boost the Startups in the country

Holistic plan needed to spur domestic funding for startups: Nasscom

Startup ecosystem will fuel innovation for India and help create sustainable jobs, and a holistic plan needs to be worked out to spur domestic funding for startups, a top Nasscom official

Vested Finance raises $3.6 million funding from Moving Capital, others

Ovo Fund and TenOneTen Ventures in the US also took part in the funding round

Healthcare platform MediBuddy closes $40 million funding round

The firm raised the money in a Series B funding round

Start-ups and IPOs: Here are the lessons from the last three decades

Its the season of startups planning to go public, but how IPOs have fared at the stock markets in the last three decades?

Best of BS Opinion: Time for statesmanship, Make in America, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Chhattisgarh CM inaugurates incubation centres for agri startups

Chief Minister Baghel inaugurated two incubation centres at Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) Raipur

Google, Lightbox, others invest $40 mn in e-comm, delivery startup Dunzo

Dunzo witnessed a robust growth amid the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and is now a $100 million annualised GMV value business