India's digital economy creates a new vote bank all parties want to wooThe rise of the gig economy during the pandemic has created a new politically significant vote bank in India. Gig workers, often young and ...
Esports networking platform Qlan gets $200,000 fundingSagar Nair, Co-founder and CEO of Qlan said that the pre-seed funding round signifies an exciting new phase for Qlan. The platform has attr...
Private cryptocurrencies will never replace fiat currency: Nandan NilekaniNilekani said incidents like the “fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX in the United States” have shown that private cryptocurrencies aren’t...
Bhavik Koladiya sues Ashneer Grover; govt extends feedback deadline for draft gaming rulesKoladiya founded the fintech firm in 2017 with Shashvat Nakrani, his schoolteacher's son. In 2018, they began searching for a chief executi...
Deeptech startup Chara raises $4.75 million from Exfinity, othersChara Tech has built motors for use in two-wheeler, three and four-wheeler light commercial vehicles and in the heating, ventilation and ai...
Zomato Instant in extended pilot mode, Bengaluru startups face rain havoc“There are a bunch of areas we are making progress. Some of the larger sticky points may take a little more time...specially when a matter ...
1mg is India’s 21st unicorn of 2022; TikTok hacked, over 2 billion user records stolenTata Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tata Group, acquired a majority stake (51-60%) in 1mg for a total deal size is in the range ...
Survey finds how gig jobs could turn into a trap for over half of workersAccording to a report by CIIE.CO, a startup platform built at IIM-Ahmedabad, more than 52 per cent of gig workers or contract employees are...
Gig workers are young, financially stressed and largely uninsured: reportOver 4,000 gig workers from platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Ola, UrbanClap, and Amazon were surveyed for the report on the state of...
CIIE.CO to support over 100 early-stage craft companies by 2025CIIE.CO also published a report on the crafts sector in early 2022 outlining the startup opportunities in the sector and elaborating on the...
Govt of Assam committed to promote an enabling agriculture enterprise ecosystem in the state: Dr. Ashish BhutaniThe Demo Day was a coming together of stakeholders, government agencies, financial bodies, investors, buyers with the AAGL entrepreneurs in...
Build for Bharat podcast: Understanding what it will take to boost digital financial inclusion in IndiaFinancial inclusion to help entrepreneurs focus on financial inclusion, livelihood, skilling, and health.
Assam's Acceleration Initiative helps 100 agribusinesses in four yearsCIIE.CO of IIM Ahmedabad is co-implementing this programme in partnership with Innovative Change Collaborative Services Pvt. Ltd, (a part o...
Assam gets first agri business growth labAssam has got its first Assam Agribusiness Growth Lab which will support 100 Agri-Enterprises in four years. This is the first of its kind ...
IIMA, BITS Pilani grads launch $1 million fund to support student startupsgradCapital, a venture of IIMA grad Abhishek Sethi and BITS Pilani's Prateek Behera, plans to invest $25,000 in each of the 20 startups the...
Caspian Debt partners with CIIE to launch Innocity startup schoolThe school will serve students and aspiring entrepreneurs across various geographies and sectors that have limited access to high-quality e...
IIT Madras-incubated ed-tech startup GUVI raises Rs 6 crore in pre-series A fundingDuring this current lockdown, GUVI attracted over 1.5 lakh enrolments in technical courses in a period of 12 days. Owing to the lockdown, i...