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PM Modi to virtually interact with more than 150 startups today

As a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a week-long event, "Celebrating Innovation Ecosystem", Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with more than 150 startups on Saturday at 10

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

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. Startups from various sectors such as enterprise systems, space, industry 4.0, security, fintech, environment besides agriculture and health will be part of this interaction, the PMO said on Friday. More than 150 startups have been divided into six working groups based on themes including growing from roots, nudging the DNA, from local to global, technology of future, building champions in manufacturing, and sustainable development, it said in a release. Each group will make a presentation before Modi on the allotted theme in the interaction. The aim of the interaction is to understand how startups can contribute to national needs by driving innovation in the country, the release said. As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a week-long event, "Celebrating Innovation Ecosystem", is being hosted by DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce

Piyush Goyal urges global VC funds to focus on startups in smaller cities

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called upon the global venture capital funds to focus more on startups from tier 2 and 3 cities of the country and explore new sectors for investing.

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

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

ORAI raises Rs 6.5 crore in pre-series A funding round led by IPV

ORAI is a platform that offers customers end to end platform + solution + service.

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

Earned wage access platform Refyne raises $82 mn in Series B funding round

A study reported that 81 per cent of employees face a liquidity crunch between pay cycles. Refyne aims to address that problem.

Is 'community buying' in social commerce key to reaching 'Bharat'?

What is the 'community buying' model? Does social commerce hold the key to expanding online shopping in the grocery, apparel and consumer electronics retail in the country? Let's find out

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

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

Uber rival Bolt raises $711 million at valuation of over $8 billion

Bolt, a rival of Uber's ride-sharing and food delivery business, last raised funding in August at a valuation of more than 4 billion euros.

Let's target to create 75 more unicorns by 2022-end: Piyush Goyal

The minister called upon stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem to strive to take India to the top 25 in the Global Innovation Index

Zluri raises $10mn in series A funding round led by MassMutual Ventures

Zluri had earlier raised $2 million from Endiya Partners and Kalaari Capital, in its seed round in January 2021.

B2B payments app Rupifi raises $25 mn from Bessemer, Tiger Global, others

The latest funding is Rupifi's second investment round within nine months, since the pre-series-A round in March 2021

Innoviti raises Rs 80 cr in first close of its Series D fund round

Innoviti is looking at raising Rs 400 crore in primary funding in Series D to fuel its growth with a plan for a listing in the next two to three years.

Record number of unicorns in 2021 as race for such valuation takes longer

Karnataka has emerged the biggest source of start-ups in India