Page 9 - Start- Ups

Top Headlines: Direct tax mop-up zooms 85%, ICICI Venture eyes start-ups

Business Standard brings to you top news headlines on Monday

ICICI Venture eyes digital start-ups, real estate fund of $300-400 million

The leading private equity player is re-entering the start-up space after around two decades

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

Start-up 'monomyths'

Book review of The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths That Hold Back Start-Ups, Founders And Investors

Taxation of startup exits needs a revisit: 3one4 Capital's Pranav Pai

The taxation policy disincentivises Indian capital from investing in local startups in two ways

SoftBank Group may invest $700 mn in Flipkart after exiting firm in 2018

Techy conglomerate investing in Flipkart at a time when Reliance Industries and Tata are betting big on e-commerce as well.

Artha Venture Fund announces final close of Rs 220 crore debut fund

A surge of interest in Indian start-ups and the robust performance of the seed fund's early investment made AVF overshoot its target

Catch up on 5G mindset

Permit cost-less changes that build network systems and service delivery

Explained: Why tax is a dilemma for start-up founders in India

After the abolition of the dividend distribution tax, the taxability of salaries and dividends in the hands of a founder of a bootstrapped start-up will be broadly similar, says Ritesh Kumar, IndusLaw

Pepperfry to join unicorn club soon, to launch IPO after booking profit

Online furniture company Pepperfry would be in the unicorn club by the time its initial public offer hits the market, a top official of the company said on Monday.

Edtech startup Testbook now has 1.8 million paid users, 18 mn subscribers

Edtech startup Testbook on Monday said it has crossed over 1.8 mn paid users from the total of 18 mn registered users on its platform

Covid-19 second wave: Global start-ups reach out with healthtech solutions

Developed economies like the US and the UK have been using central repositories for decades

Space plane start-up promises one-hour rides to anywhere on Earth

Venus Aerospace Corp., a startup pursuing a hypersonic space plane, is aiming to ferry people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in about an hour

Opinion divided on SPAC-tacular route for foreign listing of start-ups

The country's first big-ticket SPAC listing of ReNew Power is already underway, with investors being brought in, and is expected to be listed sometime in the early third quarter of this year

Covid-19 impact: Many startups, MSMEs stare at closure, says survey

Startups and MSMEs have been in the race for survival, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020

IIM-A, BITS grads launch $1 mn fund to support & invest in student startups

Abhishek Sethi and Prateek Behera, graduates from IIM-A and BITS Pilani, respectively, have launched $1 million fund to support and invest in startups founded by college students

Rules to judge leaders by

Book review of The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders

Best of BS Opinion: Going viral on vaccines, another data breach & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

The unicorn boom: Shareholder issues

Entrepreneurs must think through their choices on their listing venue, shareholder base, and valuations

PE funds ready cash, scout for bulk-buying social e-commerce start-ups

Customers get large discounts and the platform enjoys the benefits of scale and lower costs