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Annual investments into startups increase to $36 bn: DPIIT Secretary

Investors are taking huge interest in the country's startup ecosystem and in the last one year, annual fundings into startups have increased from $11 billion to $36 billion

This decade is being called as 'techade' of India: PM Modi at startup meet

In an interaction with startups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that this decade is being called as 'techade' of India

PM Modi to interact with start-ups via video conferencing on Saturday

The event marks the 6th anniversary of the launch of the Startup India initiative

Focus on start-ups from small cities: Piyush Goyal to venture funds

The minister invited venture capitalists (VCs) to explore new sectors for investing, promoting, and protecting young Indian entrepreneurs' intellectual property

PM Modi to interact with over 150 startups across sectors on Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with more than 150 startups from various sectors, including agriculture and health, on Saturday via video conferencing.

45-odd Indian start-ups hold promise of entering unicorn club this year

SOONICORN STATUS: By 2025, India expects to add 95 new tech unicorns

WayCool Foods raises $117 mn in Series D from Lightrock, IFS and others

The agri-commerce firm has begun building its next-gen centre in Bengaluru, which will have a tech platform with layers of AI and analytics, and labs for robotics, IoT and automation

Bengaluru outstrips Chinese cities in tech VC funding in 2021: Report

Global tech VC investment into startups hit a record level of $675 billion in 2021, doubling the previous all-time high of $340.6 billion in 2020

Indian startups raised $42 bn in 2021, up from $11.5 bn in 2020: Report

Indian startups have raised $42 billion in 2021, up from $11.5 billion in the previous year, a report by Orios Venture Partners said

Startups can help India's rural economy go digital: Piyush Goyal

Goyal called upon startups to help micro-entrepreneurs in rural areas leverage technology to grow their businesses and encourage farmers, artisans to use digital platforms to sell their products

Curefoods raises $62 mn, says will continue to acquire major cloud kitchens

Cloud kitchen platform Curefoods on Wednesday said it has raised $62 million and will continue to acquire major cloud kitchen brands across the country.

Pune's fintech startup FPL Technologies valuation jumps to $750 million

The current funding comes within 10 months after the company raised its Series B funding of $35 million

Beverages start-up Lahori gets $15 mn from Belgian fund Verlinvest

The non-alcoholic beverage industry is expected to exceed $18 billion by 2026

DFAN, SCV form partnership to invest Rs 100 crore in tech startups

This partnership is aimed to strengthen the startup ecosystem by actively investing in startups along with providing active mentorships, advisory and business development

Fintech startup Rupeek gives out $1 billion in gold-backed loans

Consumers in India -- where gold is considered both a status symbol and a popular investment -- hold about $1.5 trillion of the precious metal, mostly in jewelry, according to the World Gold Council

Glamplus raises $700,000 in pre-series A round from Blume Ventures, others

Funds will be utilised in vertical tech SAAS capabilities along with expansion of B2B marketplace business to scale to 10,000 partners and monthly revenues of Rs 5 crore/month by March

Google For Startups announces its next cohort with 20 Indian startups

Tech giant Google announced the sixth batch of the Google for Startups Accelerator India -- with 20 startups -- to help them focus on their key business and technology problems

IppoPay raises $2.1 mn in seed funding from Coinbase Ventures, others

Set up in November 2020, IppoPay has enabled 50,000 offline merchants and daily income earners in Indian Tier-2, Tier-3, and rural markets to boost their revenues through acceptance of payments online

Agritech startup Pepper Farms raises $1 mn as seed funding from investors

Agritech startup Pepper Farms has raised $1 million (around Rs 7.39 crore) from investors to grow its business

Product management platform Zeda.io raises $1.2 mn in seed capital

Zeda.io's one-stop comprehensive product management suite is designed to simplify the processes by bringing together all things needed to define, manage and collaborate on products