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50% tech startups expect pre-Covid level revenue in six months' time

Revenue acceleration and funding has improved the cash availability with startups

Fintech startup Stripe in talks for new funding at much higher valuation

The company could have a valuation of more than $70 billion or significantly higher, at as much as $100 billion, after the funding, the report said

VC investments in B2B ed-tech start-ups up 77% to $30 million

A report by RedSeer and Omidyar says pandemic-driven online education offerings across Classes 1 to 12 are projected to rise 6.3x by 2022 to create a $1.7 billion market

The successful entrepreneur's playbook

Book review of How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Start-ups tangled in lawsuits is very disturbing: Founder of Whitehat Jr

Shortly after the Delhi HC hearing, Karan Bajaj, said in a Q&A that all their objectives were met through the suit

Bahrain's Investcorp invests in Indian logistics start-up Xpressbees

Indian newspaper reports have reported that Xpressbees raised $110 million in its latest funding round

VC firm Bertelsmann India to invest in up to four startups in next 12 mths

Average ticket size of these investments is expected to be $10 mn

Dhoni to Kohli, club of cricketers who turned entrepreneurs grows

After Dhoni, Kohli, Rahul and a few others, Ravi Shastri enters the entrepreneurs' club

Flipkart bolsters gaming strategy, acquires gaming startup Mech Mocha

Walmart-owned company sees strong trend of casual gamers going on to become early shoppers

This techie's app gives you a 'Doosra' mobile number to bowl spammers out

The app a dummy, virtual mobile number you can use instead of your original, to fend off spammers and telemarketers, thereby reducing the risks of getting defrauded as well

Startups, SMEs most vulnerable segment in India to cyberattacks: Report

The eBook not only reveals key findings of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the Indian startup & SME ecosystem but also recommends best practices to avoid the same

Stride Ventures to fund 10-15 startups by March 2021 to complete 1st fund

Keen to promote venture debt as a significant tool for startups to access capital, Stride Ventures is planning to fund 10-15 companies over the next few months to complete its maiden fund. Stride Ventures has already sanctioned Rs 115 crore worth of debt funding across 10 startups in the country including SUGAR Cosmetics, Miko and HomeLane. "We hope to have 16-18 companies in our portfolio by December (including the 10 already announced) and 20-25 companies by the end of March 2021 - which will mark the completion of our first fund. We have already recognised 6-7 of these additional companies," Stride Ventures founder and Managing Partner Ishpreet Gandhi told PTI. He added that the company typically funds startups in the edu-tech, agritech, consumer, logistics and healthtech sectors. "The original plan was to invest about Rs 300-350 crore in total, but we may exercise a green shoe option of another USD 20 million (about Rs 146.7 crore). We invest about Rs 15 crore on average and th

Indian Bank ties up with IIT-Madras to lend up to Rs 50 crore to start-ups

Funding to be done under 'IND Spring Board' initiative for both working capital and fixed asset purchases

Temporary impact on investment flow to India due to govt curbs: CEA

There will be a temporary impact on investment flow to start-ups due to curbs imposed by government to stop opportunistic takeover by firms from countries with which India has tensions, CEA said

Developing ecosystem for setting up 10,000 start-ups: Uttar Pradesh govt

Uttar Pradesh has created a Rs 1,000 crore 'Star-tup Fund' with Small Industries Development Bank of India

Top headlines: Infosys Q2 profit soars 20.5% YoY, SC on loan moratorium

From InfosysQ2 net profit beating estimates, SC asking govt to prepare an action plan on compound interest waiver by Nov 2, Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

Start-ups offer a chance to network with industry leaders as mentors

Singapore-based Tigerhall, for instance, allows people to become members of an influential group and then depending on their career goals, matches them up with a suitable mentor

Six Indian startups that beat the pandemic to become unicorns this year

Three unicorns have emerged in fintech space and one each in software, edtech and beauty space. A unicorn is a privately held startup that is valued at $1 billion or more

How Indus OS could challenge Google's dominance in the app store space

Today the start-up, launched by three IIT Bombay alumni seven years ago, claims to be the largest indigenous app store with a user base of over 100 million

Anand Mahindra joins other investors to back robotics start-up Genrobotics

Kerala-based enterprise has been working to eradicate manual scavenging, raises Rs 2.5 cr in pre Series A round