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    Medical tourism start-up PlanMyMedicalTrip raises funds

    Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint Begaluru: Plan My Medical Trip Pvt. Ltd, a platform that lists medical care options for international patients, said it raised Rs.1.25 crore in funding from three angel investors—Bhanu Vikram Parsotam, Rohan Desai and Paras Patel. “I have been a part of the healthcare sector in the US for close to two decades […]

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    The changing realities in India’s start-up market

    When frontline start-ups, such as CommonFloor, struggle to raise capital or are pushed back on valuations, the ripple effect on others in the ecosystem can only be painful. After months of repeated and somewhat indignant denials, Bengaluru-based property search platform Commonfloor.com has finally said that it is being acquired by Quikr India Pvt. Ltd. A […]

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    Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to offer start-up tips at IIT-B on 19 January

    At IIT-Bombay, Travis Kalanick will speak to entrepreneur hopefuls on how to build a business, drawing parallels from his own entrepreneurial journey, and “what it takes to build the world’s fastest-growing start-up”. Photo: AFP Mumbai: Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and chief executive officer of taxi-hailing service Uber Inc., the most valuable start-up, will be in […]

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    As start-up funding slows, venture capital firms back in the driver’s seat

    Even some well-funded start-ups are feeling the heat. Last week, grocery delivery start-up Grofers shut operations in nine cities, citing poor demand. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint Venture capital (VC) firms are again wielding strong control over their portfolio companies, as a funding slowdown helps shift power back to the investors after more than a year when […]

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    Start-up India: NDA’s targeting of youth aspirations

    Modi had announced the Start-up India Stand up India initiative from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15 August last year. Photo: AFP New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the government’s Start-up India scheme and unveil an action plan on Saturday in yet another initiative to provide support to entrepreneurs. The scheme, […]

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    The irony in the start-up world

    It’s not that Indian start-ups don’t know the value of the India market, except they do it from the outside-in. Some of the more successful Indian start-ups are now incorporated outside—Flipkart and Practo are both Singapore incorporated. Here is something I find most amusing. Global start-ups have found gold in India, while Indian start-ups continue […]

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    Start-up studies: Learning to be an entrepreneur

    IIM-B is ready to make entrepreneurship education part of its flagship PG programme from the coming academic year. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Two years into her job in a leading information technology (IT) company, Varsha Ramachandran, 27, got bored and decided to quit for a creative career—a start-up that would help organizations and companies “redefine green […]

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    Start-up investment in India to get capital gains tax exemption

    File photo. Announcing the start-up action plan at the concluding session of the Startup India event, prime minister Narendra Modi said Indian youth need to be encouraged to be job creators rather than job seekers. Photo: Reuters New Delhi: In an effort to give a fillip to the start-up ecosystem in the country, the government […]

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    After Start-up India launch, focus turns to implementation

    Photo: Kamal Kishore/PTI New Delhi: After the hype of Start-up India, the government initiative that brought young entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and policymakers under one roof, all eyes are on the government to see how the policy changes are implemented. On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the start-up action plan, announcing measures including a Rs.2,500 […]

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    Food delivery start-up Swiggy raises Rs230 crore in latest round

    The funding comes at a time when venture capital firms have become more cautious about investments. According to industry experts, the mandate has now shifted to earning revenue and reducing cash burn. Food delivery start-up Swiggy, owned by Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raisedRs.230.34 crore in a Series C funding round, with existing investors SAIF […]

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    Snapdeal’s Amit Choudhary backs car pooling start-up Cloudacar

    Launched in January 2016, the start-up offers car pooling solution and especially targets the office-going crowd. New Delhi: Pay Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates car pooling start-up Cloudacar, has raised an undisclosed amount from Amit Choudhary, senior vice-president, corporate finance of e-commerce firm Snapdeal, and Anuj Puri, chairman and country head of […]

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    Retail-tech start-up SnapBizz raises $7.2 million

    The Bengaluru-based company, which was started in 2013, had earlier received seed funding of $1.7 million from Qualcomm, Jungle Ventures, National Research Foundation of Singapore, Taurus Value Creation and Blume Ventures. Bengaluru: SnapBizz Cloudtech Pvt Ltd, a start-up that devises technology for corner grocery stores, has raised $7.2 million in an investment round led by […]