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ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding rises 52% on year to $220 million this weekThis week, startups raised funding through 12 rounds compared to 29 in the year-ago period, when they raised a total of $145 million, accor...
A backpacker hostel chain, The Hosteller raises $4 million from V3 Ventures, othersThe funds will be used for expansion, with the company planning to grow its presence to more than 150 locations across India over the next ...
Crops, consumption and connectivity: the 3Cs at the core of India’s agricultural asymmetriesThe country is the largest producer of many crops but it still has to resort to imports to meet domestic demand. Experts say we have to plu...
Parsottam Rupala asks for international cooperation and collaboration for sustainable growth of fisheriesRupala said that the GPS system should be made user-friendly to the fishermen, utilising the global expertise and technologies. Cost-effect...
The kick in your Schezwan chutney can save India $14 billionIndia wastes more than 40% of the food it produces, hurting both farmers and consumers. A foodtech firm is attempting to change that using ...
Action by government and agri-tech startups can revamp Indian agriculture: ETILC MembersThe Union government is expecting an increase in demand from the farm sector and is making arrangements to supply seeds, fertilizers and pe...
Investors are betting on startups making lab-grown meatThe thought of eating an animal-resembling protein may not sound appetising to many. But this could well be how a large population in the w...
Fish farms to produce nearly two thirds of India's fish supply by 2030In the 1950s, fish from the seas accounted for over 70% of India’s production, but now its share is halved.
Entrepreneurs tighten purse strings as cash runs dryVenture Investment firm FAO Ventures has tightened the leash on the kind of investments they are dabbling in.
CareOnGo raises funds in pre-series AThe firm has built an analytics platform called Pharmalytics that helps these pharmacies to study sales and gain insights, so as to effecti...
Boxmyspace raises Rs 1.92 crore; Farooq Oomerbhoy leads fundingThe seven-month-old startup will use the funds primarily to extend operations into Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi and to beef up its market...
70% of the Pizza sold are vegThe second largest pizza seller in the country, Pizza Hut, a brand of Yum! Restaurants, is also banking on its vegetarian customers.
Don't sweat the small stuffSound politics can, and hopefully will, dispel the pall of uncertainty that clouds the growth horizon.
- Reliance Retail to bring in Toys“R”Us
Within months of opening the country’s first Hamleys toy store, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail is set to bring in world’s leading toy reta...
- Shrimp shrinks, tuna new CATCHword
The foreign trade policy did not spell out any measures for import of suitable tuna fishing vessels.