Biotech startup StrainX Bioworks raises $13 million from Prime Venture, Leo Capital, othersStrainX Bioworks, a synthetic biology and precision fermentation startup, has raised $13 million to advance its biotechnology platform. The...
25 May, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Global demand will be a major revenue driver: newly minted unicorn Skyroot Aerospace CEO Pawan ChandanaSkyroot Aerospace, India's first spacetech unicorn, is poised for global growth, with significant demand expected from US, Europe, and Sout...
08 May, 2026, 07.22 AM IST
India’s largest private satellite ‘Drishti’ lifts off, marks global first in OptoSAR imagingSpacetech startup GalaxEye successfully launched its first earth observation satellite, Mission Drishti, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. This 190...
03 May, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
From campus to career: The push to make Indian graduates job-readyIndia's higher education system faces an employability gap, with many graduates lacking job-ready skills. Vivekananda Global University (VG...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.46 PM IST
D2C air conditioner startup Helium raises $2 million from India QuotientThe D2C startup will initially deploy the fresh funds to scale manufacturing, build inventory, and strengthen go-to-market efforts before s...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
IIT’s Bay Area alumni getting AI math right: ExecIIT Bay Area alumni-founded ventures are showing strong momentum across applied and enterprise AI orchestration, verticalised AI in healthc...
19 Feb, 2026, 08.16 AM IST
Cracking code and capital: The 'it' factor of IITs and its imprint on India's startup sceneStartups founded by IIT alumni in India have secured a significant portion of funding over the past decade, attracting nearly half of the t...
20 Apr, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
IIT Madras launches research foundation to take innovation to global stageIIT Madras is launching the IITM Research Foundation to drive global aspirations, access markets and funding for research and innovation. T...
08 Apr, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Kunal Bahl’s shout-out to Startup Inc, says 'an exciting time' for IndiaThe Snapdeal founder posted a list of the number of startups founded by graduates of various institutes.
07 Sep, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
BSE inks pact with IIT Alumni Council to encourage startups listingThe alliance will help reduce listing time, complexity and cost for small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) and startups by streamlining, ...
13 Jul, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
IIT Delhi launches Global Alumni Endowment Fund, targets $1 billion over 7 yearsThe institute aims to achieve a target of $1 billion over a period of 7 years for the newly launched fund that will work towards the develo...
31 Oct, 2019, 09.12 PM IST
IIT graduates close to creating unicorns on their own campusesIIT-Delhi is an early entrant to incubating startups and has spawned over 80 cos. IIT alumni has an international reputation for being adve...
08 May, 2018, 03.58 PM IST
IIT alumnus launches accelerator to help IIT startups in USThe initiative is to provide mentorship, incubation and other necessary support to the budding entrepreneurs and to connect the IIT alumni ...
05 Feb, 2018, 10.10 PM IST
IIT alumni will have Rs 1,000 crore for your big idea soon"Startups are not taking enough advantage of all the benefits that the government is offering. It is because there is a huge gap in terms o...
20 Dec, 2016, 08.30 AM IST
How IIT alumni are turning funders and founders to create their own unique startup ecosystemET Magazine analyses how founders and funders who are the alumni of India's premier institutes of technology are creating their own, unique...
23 Aug, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
IIT alumni discussing future of technology in US meetClose to 4000 people from various IITs, foreign universities and corporations are attending this event, the organisers said in a communique.
25 Jul, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
IvyCap Ventures in process of raising up to Rs 1,200 crore from IIT and IIM alumni, othersThe venture fund, which also mentors the entrepreneurs apart from funding them, has managed to get a soft commitment of Rs 300 crore.
05 Mar, 2015, 02.03 AM IST