RIL bets big on start-ups to help lob India into global league

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 10:03

Reliance Industries has expressed its readiness to pump in more money to create an ecosystem to build high-value start-ups with an objective to put the country on the global map as a start-up and innovation hub at par with Israel and the Silicon Valley by 2022.

Ratan Tata invests in startup Holachef

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 13:57

Launched in September 2014 by Saurabh Saxena and Anil Gelra, Holachef has seen substantial growth in Mumbai and Pune, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

SBI not averse to fund start-ups

Last Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 12:25

"We are open to engage with start-ups...This will be a strategic one wherein we can invest in a financial sector company which could help us," a senior bank official said over the weekend.

Focus on easing norms, not investments: Nasscom to govt

Last Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 11:28

Nasscom President R Chandrasekhar said while there is an interest of central and state governments in promoting start ups, regulatory hurdles like multiple clearances and permissions required to set up a business act as a stumbling block.

Aditya Birla Group announces launch of Aditya Birla Bizlabs

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 18:58

Aditya Birla Bizlabs will be looking at start-ups which offer innovative solutions in the areas of retail and financial services or mobility, it said in a statement.

Ratan Tata to inaugurate technology incubator centre on Sept 7

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 17:54

"Our Technology Incubation centre 'T-Hub' which is meant to promote start-ups and innovators is going to be inaugurated on September 7 by Rata Tata," Secretary, Information & Communications Technology (ITC), Jayesh Ranjan told reporters.

SEBI norms for start-ups painless, easy: U K Sinha

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 22:33

Noting that number of start-ups in the country are growing at a rapid pace, SEBI chairman U K Sinha today said the new guidelines by the capital market regulator will help these firms list on the capital markets in a "painless and easy" manner.

Ratan Tata invests in online start-up Yourstory.com

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 13:37

YourStory provides storytelling platform for entrepreneurs, innovators and change makers since 2008. It has about 50 employees of which 18 are in editorial, according to an employee who did not want to be named.

India Inc hails PM Modi's thrust on agri production, startups

Last Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2015, 18:56

India Inc on Saturday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on addressing issued related to agriculture in the country as well as the importance accorded to startups and social security.

'Start-ups to add at least a dozen billionaires in India'

Last Updated: Sunday, August 2, 2015, 13:51

India is likely to produce at least a dozen more billionaires and several new millionaires by 2020 as the country's start-ups scene hots up, fuelled by sectors like e-commerce, financial services and other technology-driven fields, an Assocham study has projected.