India IT behemoths revamp culture to attract young talent, battle start-ups

Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 08:50

Those young set-ups say they go beyond cookie-cutter solutions and argue that they do the job more quickly and for less.

China's loan-hungry developers move from shadows to cloud

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 13:12

Faced with reluctant banks and trusts, developers welcome the rapid growth of an alternative source of funds, but scaling up this immature market carries systemic risks.

Indian Angel Network invests USD 350,000 in AdStringO Software

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 18:12

The fundraising round was led by investor members of the network Arihant Patni, Vishal Khare and Viswanath Ramachandran, IAN said in a statement here.

Intel pledges $125 mn for start-ups that back women, minorities

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 22:40

Following up on its earlier pledge to spend $300 million over the next five years to improve diversity, Intel Corp promised more on Tuesday, this time to back companies with women and minorities in leadership roles.

Startup listing norms soon; need to retain them in India: Sebi

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 16:21

"We have created separate platforms for SMEs at the two top exchanges BSE and NSE. We have balanced the requirement of safeguarding the investors and also facilitating the fund requirement of the SMEs.

UrbanClap launched in Bengaluru

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 11:39

"We started UrbanClap inspired by the immense potential that the highly unorganized services market in India holds. After our success in the capital, Bengaluru is our next city of choice for launch," said Varun Khaitan, co-founder and director, UrbanClap.com

Start-ups key as Taiwan seeks new tech identity

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 10:48

As the Computex trade show opens its doors Tuesday in Taiwan it is putting a new focus on start-ups to boost the island`s tech credentials in the face of intense competition from rival China.

ACME Group to pump in Rs 500 cr to promote startups

Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015, 17:33

ACME will invite technology based ideas across all sectors such as energy, IT, telecom and mobile applications.It will provide early stage capital along with full service office space and back office shared services as well as support in auxiliary services (Sales & Marketing, finance and Accounts, HR, IT & Legal).

SEBI ropes in Narayana Murthy to head panel on start-ups

Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 22:52

As it prepares a new regulatory framework for startups and alternative investments, regulator SEBI Thursday set up an 18-member panel headed by IT czar N R Narayana Murthy to advise on policy matters in this regard.

Lookup to raise $3mn; Twitter co-founder to invest in local app

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 17:51

Within about five months of launch, Lookup has already registered over 2,00,000 downloads and has answered over three million queries.

Late to the party, global banks try to muscle into India's start-up boom

Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015, 08:34

Foreign money has been pouring into India`s fast-growing e-commerce sector, with investors ranging from Japan`s Softbank Corp to Singapore`s Temasek Holdings and GIC Private Ltd piling in.