I'd turn vacant plots into playgrounds: Edusports co-founder Saumil MajumdarMajumdar has a tete-e-tete where he explains why he is in love with the garden city.
Schools are becoming the new playgrounds for startups in IndiaAnother Bengaluru-based startup that's partnered with schools is KOOH Sports, which follows a similar model and has tied up with 200 school...
Sports startups are trying to change the gameEntrepreneurs -many of them former amateur sportspeople -are setting up new businesses ranging from etailing sports apparel to providing an...
Rio Olympics: How a bunch of entrepreneurs are trying to improve India's abysmal record in sportsIn an Olympic year, a bunch of entrepreneurs, some of them past champions themselves, are doing their bit to transform India into a nation ...
SportzVillage mops up Rs 65 crore from Gaja CapitalMid-stage PE firm Gaja Capital has invested about Rs 65 crore in sports and fitness education venture SportzVillage, the second investment.
Startup chiefs tap alumni networks for senior-level hiringMany startup founders leverage alumni networks through social media to recruit peers or juniors or getting references and leads from fellow...
International Premier Tennis League is out in the market to raise Rs 35-40 crore for a 10% stakeAccording to sources in the investor community , the tennis league is looking to dilute about 10% of its stake.
Running short of a partner to play a game? Playerify helps you find one onlineSports buffs can now find partners from the neighbourhood to build a team or play a game. The platform also helps coaches select competent ...
Startups offer sports services with physical infrastructure for urban IndiansTurning sedentary Indians into a fitness savvy populace is proving to be good business for several startups offering a range of sports serv...
Why India has still very few billion-dollar startupsThe primary reason for this is the birth characteristics of a startup; whether an entrepreneur has given birth to a baby or a dwarf.
How EduSports grew into a Rs 8.3 crore venture in three yearsGiven that EduSports makes about Rs 150-250 from each student, the growing awareness for fitness from a young age bodes very well for its f...
TCS, HDFC partner to invest in sports education startupThe partnership, reminiscent of their equal JV Intelenet for business process outsourcing more than a decade ago, has been enabled by Susir...
- Aspiring entrepreneurs must set big goals and think differently
"I would like to make the case that ideas and opportunities worth pursuing, for entrepreneurs, need to be either big or different", says Bh...
Lessons from a serial entrepreneur: If you have achieved success, don't go searching it again, says Saumil MajmudarMost serial entrepreneurs have failed at a venture. It is the hunger for success that drives them to start afresh.
- Seed Fund to invest Rs 80 cr in current fiscal
Seed Fund Advisors, the venture capital (VC) fund that invests in early-stage companies, is planning to invest around Rs 80 crore in the cu...
- More schools entrusting sports management to external vendors like Edusports, Leapstart and Sportseed
More schools across the country are entrusting sports management to external vendors as playgrounds diminish.
- Private equity firms zero in on young entrepreneurs
PE funds and venture capitalists are typically looking for young turks like Anmol whose start-up firms promise to grow 10-20 times in a sho...