ET Startup Awards 2023: Jishnu Bhattacharjee bags Midas Touch award for best investorArriving at a decision was difficult in the backdrop of a year which has been fraught with challenges for the venture capital industry as v...
14 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2023: Jury will look for cash flow-generating businesses with a worldviewBuilding business models that generate cash flows and profitability, and create not for Bharat alone but also the world, are what the jury ...
07 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Companies need to show 2-3 quarters of profitability before IPOs now: Accel’s Shekhar KiraniShekhar Kirani, who bagged the Midas Touch Award for best investor at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2022, said companies must show prof...
18 Nov, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
ET Startup Awards on Saturday; profitability a must for IPO-bound companies: Accel’s Shekhar KiraniTop entrepreneurs, policymakers and investors will come together in Bengaluru on November 19 to celebrate the eighth edition of The Economi...
18 Nov, 2022, 08.01 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2022: Shekhar Kirani wins the Midas Touch award for best investorThe jury finally zeroed down on Accel’s partner Shekhar Kirani as the winner for being the first cheque writer in Freshworks, the Indian Sa...
31 Oct, 2022, 08.49 AM IST
ETSA 2021: Early-stage deal flow remains robust despite market volatilitySeveral top-tier venture capital funds have shifted their focus towards early-stage investing and trying to catch companies early.
12 Mar, 2022, 11.20 PM IST
Freshworks' Nasdaq listing echoes in India's startup ecosystemFreshworks Inc, a company that Girish Mathrubootham cofounded in 2010, has become the first Indian SaaS startup to list on the Nasdaq, open...
23 Sep, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
Accel raises $550 million sixth India fundOne of the most prominent VC firms in Silicon Valley, Accel said it will continue to scout for early-stage deals across consumer internet, ...
03 Dec, 2019, 08.52 AM IST
Can’t expect 10x engineer to always be a miracle workerA 10x engineer is one who can cram in several hours of work, more than an average engineer, with 10 times their productivity.
13 Aug, 2019, 10.34 AM IST
Accel expands its partnership team, promotes 3 execsVenture capital fund has elevated three executives in what is seen as a significant move in the domestic investing ecosystem, where funds e...
01 Mar, 2019, 02.40 PM IST
Freight logistic company Cogoport takes home Rs 50 croreCogoport provides highly customer-focused end-to-end global digital freight solutions for importers and exporters covering warehouse to war...
17 Apr, 2018, 09.45 AM IST
Shekhar Kirani showed me how to look at ideas from different angles: Girish Mathrubootham, Freshworks"At Freshworks, we now look at ideas from a macro perspective and at their market potential before investing our time and effort."
02 Aug, 2017, 09.17 AM IST
pi Ventures in the limelight with fresh fund flowpi Ventures had also received capital from the Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) besides family offices from the USA, Cana...
23 Mar, 2017, 08.07 AM IST
Home Services Startups like UrbanClap, LocalOye eye beauty, fitness and at-home personal careAs many as two dozen companies have sprung up in the business of connecting local service providers and users online in the past two years.
30 Jun, 2015, 04.55 AM IST
Moon Mission: Giant leap for startupIt's literally a moonshot, said Sharad Sharma. Team Indus, he said, is the embodiment of the new type of Indian entrepreneur - the missiona...
11 Dec, 2014, 11.52 AM IST
- VeriSign eyes $100 mn revenue from India by 2010
US-based digital infrastructure company VeriSign on Tuesday said it is targeting a ten-fold increase in revenue from India to $100 million ...
05 Sep, 2007, 05.00 AM IST
- Verisign India appoints Shekhar Kirani as VP
Digital infrastructure provider VeriSign appoints Shekhar Kirani as the Vice-President of VeriSign India.
03 Jul, 2007, 04.20 PM IST