Delhi CEO compares Bengaluru's startup scene to Kota's JEE craze in 2005. Check four reasons behind itShantanu Deshpande compares Bangalore's startup culture to Kota's coaching hub for IIT JEE aspirants in 2005, highlighting how an environme...
29 Aug, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
India needs more startups in agriculture space, says CEO of Deshpande StartupsThe CEO of incubator Deshpande Startups, Karthik Sankaran, says they have provided mentorship and financial support to over 400 startups, a...
05 Mar, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
Corporate Governance issue wake-up call for startups; saddening to see any lapses: Bombay Shaving Company CEOOn funding winter, Shantanu Deshpande told PTI that good companies will continue to attract capital, although they may not get a "bullish v...
20 Aug, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
Arjun Deshpande: The man who wants “Bharat Ratna” for Ratan TataArjun Deshpande recorded an emotional birthday message for his ‘mentor’, clutching Tata's hand, and made a public demand that the Indian go...
29 Dec, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
Scholarships announced for Indian startups accelerating in IsraelMassChallenge was founded by John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam in 2010 with an aim to make it easy for entrepreneurs to launch and grow new ve...
24 Jan, 2019, 03.29 PM IST
Oncologist Ramakant Deshpande invests in Any Time DoctorThe startup was founded in 2017 by A Vasanthakumar, and its investors include Bhadresh Khamar, an Ahmedabad-based pharma deal maker and ang...
04 Dec, 2018, 09.14 AM IST
Government plans Bengaluru skill summit from next yearBengaluru, as a large job creator, should lead the way in public policy, says Quess Corp founder.
30 Nov, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Deshpande Foundation to launch Sandbox Startups ESDM Cluster in HubballiThe new facility will benefit technology entrepreneurs in North Karnataka in the ESDM sector and put them on par with their counterparts in...
09 Jul, 2018, 07.54 PM IST
TiE announces its Nizamabad chapterThe TiE Nizamabad chapter will help nurture start-ups across segments like agri-tech and help improve farmer incomes.
27 Jan, 2018, 10.56 PM IST
Food startup Authenticook gets Rs 1.45cr from Booking.comCo-founder Ameya Deshpande said that by the end of 2019, the company that helps people eat traditional home food with local families aims t...
27 Jun, 2017, 08.13 PM IST
Hubballi to get country's largest startup incubatorIndia's current biggest incubator is T-Hub in Telangana, housed in a 70,000sqft building.
28 Jan, 2017, 01.54 PM IST
How a bunch of men’s grooming startups take on the big blades in the sectorLike Bombay Shaving, a bunch of startups such as The Man Company, Ustraa, LetsShave and Beardo is getting into the men’s shaving game.
28 Aug, 2016, 04.18 AM IST
Karnataka industries minister RV Deshpande to set up startup councilHe has already held one round of discussions with senior officials of the state's industries and commerce department on his plans to promot...
12 Aug, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Gururaj Deshpande building skill-development, start-up incubation centre in KarnatakaThe campus will come up next to Infosys’ facility in Hubballi, said Deshpande, some 400 kilometres from the state capital of Bengaluru.
05 Feb, 2015, 12.48 PM IST
Microsoft Ventures ties up with Deshpande FoundationThe three-year collaboration was formalised with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on August 23.
25 Aug, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
Persistent to back startups in search for new WhatsApp; to invest $2 mn in a yearIn return for its investments Persistant hopes it will develop valuable IP on back of which startups can be sold or seek investment at high...
01 Mar, 2014, 10.52 AM IST
Government push to start-ups can energise social sector: Gururaj DeshpandeFive lakh new start-ups every year in America are generating nearly 4 million new jobs for the US economy.
16 Aug, 2013, 09.01 AM IST