Page 17 - Start- Ups

How CleverTap's in-app solution is bringing product, marketing teams closer

The company currently offers a mobile marketing platform to app developers, with marketing automation across a wide variety of interactive media

Learning from start-up failure

In Sidharth Rao's How I Almost Blew It, besides the stories of the entrepreneurs, what keeps the reader engaged is the writer's observations on the start-up world

How this Indian start-up is bringing fitness closer to the masses

The unorganised nature of the fitness sector augurs well for fit-tech start-up Fitternity's growth

Start-ups seek separate data policy, don't want to be part of e-commerce

Under the e-com policy, a number of proposals are around data protection and storing data onshore

Meet Rene, the smart assistant to help you with cumbersome data processes

Resonance's forte is the proprietary AI tech for deep mining of internal and external sources of structured and unstructured data

Start-ups welcome end of 'angel tax', hope relief for already served notice

Sitharaman also said a dedicated cell will be set up under a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes for addressing issues faced by start-ups

AI start-up H2O.ai raises $72.5 million from Goldman Sachs, Ping An

The start-up, co-founded by Hyderabad-born Sri Satish Ambati in 2012, has raised a total funding of $147 million with this round

Now, start-ups can issue shares with differential voting rights

Such shares have rights disproportionate to their economic ownership

How online classified platform Quikr turned around by buying 16 start-ups

Brings in greater synergies across its verticals as it continues to cut losses, improve top line

Removing angel tax notices will help start-ups in growth: Experts

The government's recent decision to give relief to start-ups on assessment of angel tax notices would provide a safeguard to them and promote their growth, according to experts. Seeking to calm the nerves of start-ups worried about angel tax, the government last week assured that explanation given by them to a tax notice in a limited scrutiny case would be summarily accepted without any questions asked by the taxman. The Central Board for Direct Taxes' (CBDT) circular with this effect "brings in more safeguard by requiring assessing officers to procure his or her supervisor's consent before starting on any inquiry under the angel tax provision against a start-up company which has not got DPIIT approval," S. Vasudevan, Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan said. However, he added that the circular does not specify any minimum rank of the consenting superior officer. "Also, lack of guidelines as to how the assessing officer or his supervisory officer selects cases for scrutiny may ...

CCD crisis: Without failure, you can't have big success, says Vinod Khosla

He says that there are a lot of start-ups in India now than five years ago

Ex-McKinsey consultant turns failed restaurant into $535 million start-up

Mumbai-based Rebel Foods recently closed a $125 million funding round and is expanding quickly

CESC Ventures plans to invest in more start-ups, put in Rs 300 crore

CESC Ventures has also been on an acquisition mode and is leading futuristic businesses like FMCG for the group.

Focusing on needs of consumer, India's unicorns are like workhorses

India's four largest unicorns are in online payments, e-commerce, ride-hailing and education

Nabard is shortlisting start-ups, first deal in 2 months: Harsh Bhanwala

Start-ups have approached us, and we are in the process of identifying them based on their innovation, he said

Budget 2019: Start-ups, investors seek tax sops, easier compliance regime

While 'recognised' start-ups don't have to pay corporate tax for 5-7 years, they still have to pay MAT on book-profits at 18.5%, which is seen as a major cash out-go in early stage enterprises

Funded start-ups in IIT Madras Incubation Cell valued at Rs 6,000 crore

IITMIC aims to catalyse job creation and positively impact the startup ecosystem across the region

Mega start-up fund disburses Rs 3,123 crore: All you need to know

In turn, these funds have raised a corpus fund of Rs 27,478 crore

Investing in start-ups can be rewarding: Here's how you can place a bet

Invest directly if you want to get involved. Opt for a fund if the investment is only for financial gains

How tennis lessons helped this entrepreneur re-strategise and reinvent

Hush CEO says entrepreneurs should be like tennis players.If one style or strategy is not working, change it to come back and win the tournament