'No critical thinking. Even IIT toppers chasing jobs at JP Morgan': Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia lashes out at Kota and JEE preparationSabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail, recently criticized India’s education system for stifling innovation by overemphasizing rote learning...
22 Apr, 2025, 12.46 PM IST
Not in Bengaluru for dosas; IT jobs to shift to Hyderabad and Pune, warns tech CEOThe Karnataka reservation bill upset CEOs, including Informal Tool, fearing the 'Kannada only' policy impacts Bengaluru's tech hub and tale...
18 Jul, 2024, 03.19 PM IST
Shock and awe: Founders decry RBI action against PaytmThe Reserve Bank of India's decision to prohibit Paytm's vertical Paytm Payments Bank from offering all forms of banking services within a ...
01 Feb, 2024, 01.24 PM IST
Disturbing twist in Bengaluru CEO's son murder case: Police find empty cough syrup bottles in roomThe Goa police have found two empty bottles of a cough syrup in a room where the CEO of a start-up allegedly killed her four-year-old son, ...
11 Jan, 2024, 09.03 AM IST
Mexican fintech Klar lands $100 million debt line in loan book boostKlar, which currently provides payment services, investment accounts and loans to some 2.4 million clients, is looking to expand its user b...
16 Aug, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
Byju’s seeks to raise $1 billion to sidestep shareholder revoltByju’s, which has been trying to raise fresh funds for months, seeks to close a round within two weeks, sources said.
27 Jun, 2023, 03.39 PM IST
Now is the summer of startup discontentAs the tide runs out, corporate governance issues are erupting in the startup ecosystem. Venture capital has turned from being an evangelis...
30 May, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Once booming Indian startups set for more pain as funding crunch worsensStartups in India raised just $2 bn in the first quarter of 2023, 75% lower than the same period of last year, and the smallest quarterly n...
19 Apr, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Too much liquidity for startups in the US fuelled Silicon Valley Bank collapse: KantIndia’s startup and entrepreneurial landscape is very different from that of Silicon Valley or the EU and the nature of support the Governm...
18 Mar, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
Clear opens crypto portfolio managementFirm to offer crypto tax and portfolio management service to enterprises as well as retail users
04 Feb, 2022, 07.01 AM IST
Emerging pattern of trade is more regional: Kumar Mangalam BirlaAditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has written to employees on his reflections on 2019 and lessons for 2020.
15 Jan, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
Policy delays making startups increasingly disillusioned with the Modi governmentCountry's best internet entrepreneurs, Sachin Bansal and Bhavish Aggarwal, stoked a debate by asking the government to ensure a level-playi...
13 Dec, 2016, 10.27 AM IST
Need for calm minds as Startup India girds up for challenge of building sustainable businessesOver $ 7 billion of venture capital was invested in startups last year, leading to an upsurge in the entrepreneurial boom sweeping across t...
29 Jan, 2016, 05.02 AM IST
Lack of industrial peace in West Bengal creating hurdle in doing business: Tata HitachiTata Hitachi today expressed concern over lack of "industrial peace" in the state and said it is creating a hurdle in doing business.
26 Sep, 2015, 09.44 PM IST
Net neutrality: Start-ups cry foul over Airtel, Facebook, RCom plansStart-up IT firms and their investors today said they are at a disadvantageous position in the wake of giants like Airtel, RCom and Faceboo...
14 Apr, 2015, 04.05 AM IST
Budget 2014 generates discontent among startups as entrepreneurs say it hasn't removed roadblocksThe intention, said entrepreneurs, is laudable but little has been spelt out to trim red-tape and remove roadblocks on the ground.
18 Jul, 2014, 06.36 AM IST
Wary investors steer clear of startups in education sectorA combination of slow growth, regulatory hurdles and rare exits in the education sector in India has hurt investor confidence.
17 Dec, 2013, 04.04 PM IST