Who is India's youngest billionaire? Meet Zyber 365 founder Pearl Kapur with $1.2 bn net worth at 27Pearl Kapur, at the age of 27, has made history as India's youngest billionaire, boasting a net worth of Rs 9,129 crore. His remarkable jou...
08 Feb, 2024, 07.35 PM IST
Co-living startup Housr enters rental housing segmentHousr has multiple properties in Gurugram, Hyderabad and Pune. To make Housr products accessible to a larger audience, the brand will be of...
13 Jan, 2022, 11.26 AM IST
Yuvraj Singh-backed Healthians acqui-hires Healthy LabsThis is the first acqui-hire for Healthians, which is now planning to take this route to expand to newer cities, especially in south India.
28 May, 2019, 09.39 AM IST
Accel Partners-backed Cogoport to set up digital freight corridor in NetherlandsCogoport recently raised Rs 50 crore (approx) for its product development and global expansion. It was one of the first major deals in Indi...
23 May, 2018, 07.58 PM IST
Angels offer to dematerialise unlisted shares to solve rowMove comes as angel investors expect govt to make dematerialising of unlisted shares mandatory.
16 Mar, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Inito launches portable ovulation test kitsThe device enables smartphones to perform lab-grade medical diagnostic tests at home using a single portable device.
27 Dec, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
Tax experts under income-tax lens for valuation of startupsThe tax authorities say that the funding received over and above the fair market value of a startup must be considered as its income and no...
13 Sep, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
Base of startup funding pyramid shrinks sharplySeed funding has seen a particularly steep decline, from 278 to 152.
12 Jul, 2017, 12.13 PM IST
Riddled with challenges, Smart City project is mostly "noise" for startupsEmerging businesses that are focused on advancing technology cannot bid for the projects because of the govt’s qualifying criteria that dem...
24 Mar, 2017, 09.26 AM IST
E-commerce, technology startups to dominate hiring landscape: TeamLease reportAccording to the TeamLease Employment Outlook Report, the increase in consumer spending and the renewed focus on market expansion will have...
11 May, 2016, 02.05 PM IST
Young leaders: At top B-schools, more graduates opt for startups6 students from IIM Calcutta, 5 from XLRI, 4 from IIM Kozhikode opt to chasing the entrepreneurial dream than ever before.
04 Mar, 2016, 03.58 AM IST
Thanks to startup boom, a new set of IT services providers are born in IndiaFirms like LeewayHertz and Space-O, called offshore product development centres, are seeing a significant chunk of their revenue come from ...
16 Dec, 2015, 09.00 AM IST
FirstHandle looks to expand into top eight citiesFirstHandle, is looking to establish presence in top eight cities in the next year and is targeting over five lakh customers in six months.
23 Nov, 2015, 06.59 PM IST
Next Bengaluru: Which other cities have the best chance of replicating garden city's startup success?An ecosystem conducive for startups, a constant tech buzz, affordable infr, close ties with Silicon Valley and cool weather make Bengaluru ...
01 Oct, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
From online salad meals to desi gathiya pizza, food startups now have healthy, creative options on their menuIn addition, he used healthy Indian ingredients to replace the junk component in the western food, keeping the taste intact with a domestic...
07 Mar, 2015, 01.18 AM IST
- Dollars are flowing in, but ideas are not
Sentiment in IT industry, given the gloomy economic outlook in the US, has in no way dampened the enterprise, but fresh ideas in short supp...
23 May, 2008, 04.22 PM IST
- IT cos lack novel thinking, ideas
Although entrepreneurial fervour is intact, novel ideas are conspicuous by absence, feel VCs & entrepreneurial forums. Speed up your PC
23 May, 2008, 06.30 AM IST