Winners of the ET Startup Awards 2026; Groww vs ZerodhaGroww won the top prize at the 12th edition of the Economic Times Startup Awards. The list of other winners, and more, in today’s ETtech To...
27 Aug, 2026, 08.00 PM IST
India's space ambitions face over 4x higher rocket launch costs than US, study showsIndia faces a substantial cost gap with the United States for launching payloads. A recent study estimates India's cost at over $13,000 per...
21 Aug, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
AI bubble gone bust? Once a billionaire, how AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner lost most of his hedge fund’s fortune in daysAschenbrenner's fund, Situational Awareness, massively grew to as big as $45 billion at the beginning of July before big losses took hold, ...
01 Aug, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
146 startups get Rs 38 crore grant under Karnataka govt's Elevate programmeElevate provides a one-time grant-in-aid of up to Rs 50 lakhs to start-ups recognised under this programme. In addition, they are given men...
17 Jan, 2026, 10.06 PM IST
Startup registrations cross 1.8 lakh mark, as 22,000 new entities join in 2025However, 6,019 recognised startups shut shop as of July 18, 2025, according to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs data. This comes as the co...
25 Jul, 2025, 10.33 PM IST
US AI startups see funding surge while more VC funds struggle to raise, data showsUS startup funding soared 75.6% in H1 2025 to $162.8 billion, driven by surging AI investments, despite venture capital fundraising struggl...
17 Jul, 2025, 09.11 AM IST
Startup ecosystem: Why it's time to acknowledge and learn from challenges of 2023Even though funding dropped in 2023, some of the larger companies with cash reserves were able to acquire struggling products and companies...
02 Jan, 2024, 09.59 AM IST
Six crypto startups raise just $2.1 billion this year, down 80% from 2022After raising more than $20 billion in funding rounds in 2021 and 2022, crypto startups are finding it difficult to get fresh capital these...
20 Nov, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Dubai Startups Thrive as Venture Capitalists Invest in the Emirate25 May, 2022, 05.38 PM IST
Paytm - the hottest startup of 2020: Wizikey reportInterestingly, as per the The Hottest Startups of 2020 report, all the top ten startups on the list are unicorns, namely Paytm, Dream11, Zo...
10 Dec, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
Budget should increase the availability and accountability of startup fundsWe need better management, a digital platform, and a known manager to manage the startup funds as similar as mutual fund managers. We also ...
31 Jan, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
RBL Bank joins the Startup India InitiativeInFinIT20 is a three month intensive programme where RBL Bank will provide funding and mentorship opportunity to 20 promising start-ups to ...
06 Feb, 2018, 02.07 PM IST
MintM raises raises undisclosed amount in funding led by Mumbai Angels and Times Internet‘Magnet’ has been adopted by outlets like Star Bazaar, Jawed Habib, Spar, HyperCITY, Aviva Insurance, Printo and overseas outlets including...
13 Jul, 2016, 03.14 AM IST
Budget 2016: Need to develop framework & schemes that cover larger number of businessesIf issues related to taxes, regulatory frameworks and lack of capital are addressed properly, Indian startups can rule the roost at a globa...
24 Feb, 2016, 11.42 AM IST
Entrepreneurs don't really need the government, sops and schemes: Ronnie ScrewvalaOur statistics says India had about 5,000 startups in the last year, but let's face it: we need 1 million first-generation entrepreneurs in...
17 Jan, 2016, 04.37 AM IST
How NCR-based startup Kleeto helps businesses manage dataThe startup’s technology encrypts important documents and secures them from unauthorised access by a password-protected individual login.
16 Nov, 2015, 08.08 AM IST
Intel's $125 million fund to fight gender and racial imbalance in Silicon ValleyThe fund, called Intel Diversity Fund, will invest in startups run by women and underrepresented minorities.
10 Jun, 2015, 02.52 PM IST