Page 19 - Start-ups

Snippets: Boosting start-up growth

Emerging market accelerators aim to boost start-ups' potential for raising growth capital

Can start-ups really impact the economy?

At least in India, most of them are unstable and unsustainable. Let them be until they grow up

Jumpstarting India's start-up dream

A minor fix in tax laws can make start-ups bloom

Marketplace model fades as start-ups eye profits

Pure play aggregators are now looking at hybrid models to plug gaps in supply and bolster margins

Nurturing the learning mindset

Creating a culture of continuous learning may seem like a difficult journey

Fabogo rides on Dubai success to spread wings

The start-up claims about 330,000 customers come on its website every month

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The real secret about Indian start-ups

US start-ups crash and burn so frequently that no one blinks an eyelid

Worst over, funding crunch eases for start-ups

There were fewer Series-B deals this year versus last, but more money was raised

Internet start-ups in demand: Funding jumps 1.5 times over 2016

Online shopping, travel, taxi aggregators attracted good flows in the past three months

Karnataka launches Elevate programme to help start-ups scale operations

Karnataka is looking to reach out to over one thousand startups from smaller towns over the next two months as part of its Elevate programme which aims to identify a hundred of the most innovative startups across sectors in the state. The state is partnering with organisations such as the Deshpande Foundation and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) to help reach out and select startups for the programme. Once identified, these startups will be able to avail funding either directly from the state or through venture capitalists or angel investors. "We're trying to identify the top 100 innovative companies and see how we can help them. Whether in the form of funding, in the form of mentoring, legal help or anything else that they would want," said Priyank Kharge, IT and Tourism Minister of Karnataka in an interview. "I know most of them will be looking for funding so we are trying to bring in local venture capitalists as well as HNIs and some people from the private ecosystem." The Elevate ...

Start-ups cross the 'bridge' for funds

Bridge rounds provide new lease of life to start-ups, come at 15-20% discount to Series-A valuation

Start-ups can mitigate cyber crime risks with insurance

Cyber-liability insurance policies can compensate an entrepreneur for the losses caused directly

Start-ups pick up survival skills

Amid bloodbath in job street, more determined ones are pursuing upskilling, retraining and the like

Odisha launches exclusive portal to handhold start-ups

Portal will boost state's start-up ecosystem and help it achieve 'Mission-1000 Start-Ups' by 2020

Lessons on starting, scaling, and surviving in the world of start-ups

Friends, girlfriends & family should not be your early users for the validation exercise

Success rate among Indian start-ups is good: Ex-Infosys CFO Balakrishnan

Industry is facing too many headwinds and that it is reflecting in their valuation, he said

Time for firms to partner with digital start-ups

Quick implementation, integration of digital platforms will enable partners to interact seamlessly

How start-ups are facing growing-up pangs

The question is what makes start-ups so vulnerable?

Karnataka funds start-ups to promote tourism

There were 127 online registrations, of which the 8 were shortlisted