TabletWise.com, a health & medicine information platform, launches India Edition
Bengaluru: TabletWise.com, a leading health information website, announced the launch of India’s largest consumer medicine website. TabletWise.com’s provides trustworthy information on uses, composition and side-effects for over 1.25 lakh commonly used medicines. Now consumers can access critical, easy to read and up to date information on medicine uses, side effects, dosage and more, along with […]
Read More →Five social entrepreneurs, representing high impact social ventures, are finalists of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year-India 2016 Award
New Delhi: Following a rigorous due diligence process, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, the sister organization of the World Economic Forum and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation have announced the finalists of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY)- India 2016 Award. The winner will be chosen by a distinguished jury and announced at an […]
Read More →Is HR Tech a dark horse in the startup story in India?
Bengaluru: Technology is an enabler in transforming HR practices while HR Tech itself scripting HR stories. India has emerging as a hub of startup activities. In startup space, much has been talked on tech startups specially consumer, e-commerce, healthcare, etc. However, new story in the startup mission in India is emerging such as HR Tech. […]
Read More →PNgrowth 2016 invites applications for Product Boot Camp and a year-long mentorship program
Mumbai/Bangalore: Mentorship programme is on the card for India’s growth-stage product startups through three day Bootcamp. PNgrowth2016 is back with a Bang. PNgrowth is a year long mentorship program with some of India’s top product people and founders, which will help companies chase ‘Good Scale’ i.e. achieve high growth and increase in quality. The primary […]
Read More →Kolkata based startup Rootalpha, online campus hiring and end to end campus solution provider, is scaling new heights
Kolkata: Technology is disrupting at the every points of the hiring practices and education management. Rootalpha, a Kolkata-based startup focusing on providing learning and placements services, is set to disrupt the campus hiring practices and campus learning experience. The startup has recently launched a campus Job Hiring solution, MyCampusing, which helps employers connect with the […]
Read More →CoLife, a leading provider of shared living and co-working spaces, raises $1 million seed fund
Bangalore: CoLife, a network of shared living & working spaces and operating under the brands CoLive247.com and CoWork247.com respectively, has announced securing $1 million in seed fund. The company stated that seasoned investors participated in the seed round of the company through a structured CCD (Compulsory Convertible Debenture) as per the application with the ROC. […]
Read More →Texas Instruments and DST’s India Innovation Challenge 2016 is open till 30 September 2016
Mumbai: Texas Instruments (TI) in collaboration with Department of Science and Technology (DST) of Government of India has already announced the DST & Texas Instruments India Innovation Challenge Design Contest 2016. The contest is open for all students pursuing B.E./B.Tech, M.E./M.Tech & Ph.D from Indian engineering colleges. The challenged is anchored by the Indian Institute […]
Read More →A startup on electronics prototyping platform by IIT Kanpur students raises capital via crowdfunding and wins International Competition
Kanpur: It is definitely an achievement that needs to be celebrated. Four students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur have developed an open-source electronics prototyping platform: evive, which is for learning STEM skills, prototyping electronics circuits, creating robots and hacking together IoT solutions. It has been designed for the product developers, student and educator […]
Read More →YC is Coming to India: IIT Delhi presents StartUp 101 Series -Talk 1 on 21 September 2016
New Delhi: The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (eDC) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi) presents its first Talk of the StartUp 101 Series in partnership with Y-Combinator, a Silicon Valley based accelerator, along with Mr. Kunal Shah, former CEO of Freecharge and Angel Investor, on 21 September 2016 (Wednesday). Y-Combinator, popularly known as YC, is […]
Read More →Two startup incubatees of IIT Madras win ISBA Startup Awards 2016
Pune/Madras: Two startup incubatees of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras won ISBA Startup Awards 2016 at the ISBA Conference held in Pune on 10-11 September 2016. Stellapps Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a graduate company of IIT Madras Incubation Cell & IIT Madras, won the Award for Innovative Company of the Year for Business Success category […]
Read More →Education startup Stoodnt.com raises funding from Google’s Rajan Anandan
Mumbai: Palo Alto-based education startup Stoodnt – which helps students aspiring to study abroad by connecting them with high-quality college admission counsellors, and providing guidance, insights and online tools – has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Rajan Anandan, Vice-President, Google, South-East Asia and India. Anandan has emerged as the most prolific angel investor […]
Read More →IAN Incubator and Johnson Matthey launch Cleantech Incubation Programme Season II to support disruptive green technologies
New Delhi: Indian Angel Network (IAN ) Incubator and Johnson Matthey have collaborated again to empower entrepreneur eco-space to take the next step forward as a part of the incubation programme – Cleantech Season II. The programme will encourage entrepreneurs to create innovative and disruptive solutions in the space of clean technologies. With focus on […]
Read More →DST has established 100 TBIs in IITs and IIMs; a fellowship program for Entrepreneurs on the card under NIDHI startup drive
New Delhi: The Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, has already established more than 100 Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in premier academic and R & D institutions including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other institutions. Each of these incubator is focused […]
Read More →India’s has eleven startups belong to Unicorn Club: Tracxn
Bangalore: India’s startup story is contributing both to economic prosperity and job creation in the macro economy. Domestically, these startups are complementing the Make in India and Digital India campaigns of the government of India. Out of these startup stories, some have made a giant leap in both financial and market penetration performance. As of […]
Read More →Asia’s largest B-Plan competition Eureka! 2016 organized by IIT Bombay is back with a bang
Mumbai: Eureka! is an international Business plan competition organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Eureka! is Asia’s largest Business Model competition accredited independently by CNN and Thomson Reuters. The competition seeks to provide a platform for potential ideas and early stage start-ups to evaluate their plan in the risk- […]
Read More →DST in association with IIT Bombay-SINE aims to support 500 startups under NIDHI-PRAYAS programme in the next five years
Mumbai: The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), has taken initiatives for converting ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups under NIDHI-PRAYAS Program. National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella program conceived […]
Read More →50 Startups to watch out for: Tracxn’s Soonicorns Club
Bangalore/Mumbai: India, the hub of the world’s third largest startup ecosystem, is betting big on startup story. Both in the terms of economic contribution and employment generation, the contribution of startup is remarkable. As of now in India, 11 internet companies are in the unicorn club, and are valued at over a billion dollars. A […]
Read More →Ed-tech is the next big thing in the startup story in India
Mumbai: Ed-tech is an emerging sector in the startup space in India. With more than half of the population in India are below 25 years of age and growing penetration of internet in India, the online education is one of the compelling sectors. As per simplilearn and technopack study, the market size of online professional […]
Read More →Social Innovator Dr Achyuta Samanta’s speech receives standing ovation from global investors at Motilal Oswal Conf
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: Global social innovator Dr Achyuta Samanta, founder of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Bhubaneswar, taught the global investors the art of building social enterprises at the 12th Annual Global Investor Conference organised by Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Dr Samant addressed the financial and investment gurus on the first day of […]
Read More →FlipSpaces, a VR-Tech startup for interior and workspace design, generates $ 1 million revenue in just 3 months
Mumbai: FlipSpaces, a young Startup by IIT alumni and gaming experts, is pioneering the concept of Virtual Reality for Interior Designing for both home and office workplace in India and has generated a revenue worth $ one million in a short span of only 3 months time. More surprisingly, the venture has been able to […]
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