Startups

The government has set a target to cross 1 crore job-mark in the next 2 years in three main segments of digital economy - electronics, startups and IT, and IT-enabled services, minister for IT and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw said today.

Gautam Adani is ready to unveil his much-hyped super-app, made by an in-house startup he wants to be "the Ferrari of the digital world."

India's first launchpad and mission control centre designed and operated by a private player has been inaugurated at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, space startup Agnikul Cosmos announced on Monday.

Global and domestic investors have been aggressively investing money in startups owing to the enormous growth potential.

In the last year alone, 44 Indian companies joined the unicorn club.

The agreement was signed during COME UP 2022, a three-day startup festival organized in Seoul. It would promote opportunities for collaboration among Indian and Korean startups.

The startup turns methane from biogas waste into a biodegradable biopolymer called PHA.

Binance Labs announced it has made a strategic investment in hardware wallet maker NGRAVE, and will lead its upcoming Series A round. NGRAVE aims to provide user-friendly security solutions for crypto users.

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will launch spacetech startup Pixxel’s third hyperspectral satellite – Anand –from the Sriharikota spaceport on Saturday. Anand is a hyperspectral microsatellite weighing less than 15 kg but having more than 150 wavelengths that will enable it to capture images of the earth in greater detail than...

Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors with her Silicon Valley startup firm Theranos.

India's deep tech startups need higher seed and early stage funding to grow faster as only 11 per cent of technology-related funds reach this ecosystem as of now, NASSCOM president Debjani Ghosh said today.

Vikram-S, the first privately developed rocket in India, blasted off from ISRO's Sriharikota launch pad on Friday. The 545-kg rocket developed by space startup Skyroot, has the capability of reaching Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, and carrying a payload of 83 kg.

"Our efforts to engage startups aligns with Prime Minister's mantra of 'Sabka Prayas' to make India a global manufacturing hub. Our tie-up with IIT Bombay is an effort in this direction," Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi noted

The four IIT Delhi-led startups winning a grant of Rs 50 lakh each under the Endowment Nurture Fund initiative are Circle, Bag-It, Onpery and I-Stem.

Under this programme, SIIC, IIT Kanpur and Microsoft will work together to support the startups by extending mentorship, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities.

The government has set a target to cross 1 crore job-mark in the next 2 years in three main segments of digital economy - electronics, startups and IT, and IT-enabled services, minister for IT and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw said today.

Gautam Adani is ready to unveil his much-hyped super-app, made by an in-house startup he wants to be "the Ferrari of the digital world."

India's first launchpad and mission control centre designed and operated by a private player has been inaugurated at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, space startup Agnikul Cosmos announced on Monday.

Global and domestic investors have been aggressively investing money in startups owing to the enormous growth potential.

In the last year alone, 44 Indian companies joined the unicorn club.

The agreement was signed during COME UP 2022, a three-day startup festival organized in Seoul. It would promote opportunities for collaboration among Indian and Korean startups.

The startup turns methane from biogas waste into a biodegradable biopolymer called PHA.

Binance Labs announced it has made a strategic investment in hardware wallet maker NGRAVE, and will lead its upcoming Series A round. NGRAVE aims to provide user-friendly security solutions for crypto users.

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will launch spacetech startup Pixxel’s third hyperspectral satellite – Anand –from the Sriharikota spaceport on Saturday. Anand is a hyperspectral microsatellite weighing less than 15 kg but having more than 150 wavelengths that will enable it to capture images of the earth in greater detail than...

Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors with her Silicon Valley startup firm Theranos.

India's deep tech startups need higher seed and early stage funding to grow faster as only 11 per cent of technology-related funds reach this ecosystem as of now, NASSCOM president Debjani Ghosh said today.

Vikram-S, the first privately developed rocket in India, blasted off from ISRO's Sriharikota launch pad on Friday. The 545-kg rocket developed by space startup Skyroot, has the capability of reaching Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, and carrying a payload of 83 kg.

"Our efforts to engage startups aligns with Prime Minister's mantra of 'Sabka Prayas' to make India a global manufacturing hub. Our tie-up with IIT Bombay is an effort in this direction," Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi noted

The four IIT Delhi-led startups winning a grant of Rs 50 lakh each under the Endowment Nurture Fund initiative are Circle, Bag-It, Onpery and I-Stem.

Under this programme, SIIC, IIT Kanpur and Microsoft will work together to support the startups by extending mentorship, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities.