Startup

CarveNiche’s Avneet Makkar (seated, centre) with her team at the Bengaluru office

Hitting refresh after a-team quits

6 min read . 04 Dec 2019

Accel’s Prashanth Prakash says the VC firm will primarily invest in seed-stage startups from its sixth fund.

Accel raises $550 million for sixth fund focused on India

2 min read . 04 Dec 2019

Nasscom study indicates that over 1,300 startups have been set up thus far in 2019 and that their number has been growing at a healthy clip of 12-15% over the past five years (Photo: iStock)

IT Matters

Opinion | Indian tech firms must catch up on engaging startups

4 min read . 25 Nov 2019

This investment comes on the heels of the Startup India-WhatsApp Grand Challenge that inspired entrepreneurs to develop India-specific solutions with socio-economic impact (Bloomberg)

WhatsApp invests $250,000 into the Indian startup community

1 min read . 25 Nov 2019

Government departments may look to startups for innovative solutions for waste management and other social issues. (Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

Karnataka government to collaborate with startups to tackle social issues

2 min read . 22 Nov 2019

‘Saying No To Jugaad: The Making Of BigBasket’, a book by T.N. Hari and M.S. Subramanian.

How to build a startup the old-fashioned way

1 min read . 19 Nov 2019

What startups can learn from flea markets about competition, customers

3 min read . 19 Nov 2019

One of the biggest challenges to upgrading the military is an outmoded defence procurement procedure that not only takes too long but is also skewed in favour of established companies and imports. (Photo: Hindustan Times)

Govt taps startups but cutting through red tape a key hurdle

3 min read . 17 Nov 2019

India will have 75-100 unicorns by 2025, the report says. Photo: iStockphoto

Where do India’s unicorn startups come from?

1 min read . 16 Nov 2019

Bharat Kumar (second from left) of TheVerb Studio with his teammates

When a college idea becomes a startup

6 min read . 13 Nov 2019

'Bounce's patented keyless tech allows users to access bike with just an OTP'

3 min read . 11 Nov 2019

Paytm typically invests ₹200-250 crore every year in intellectual properties or companies building complementary technologies (Photo: Bloomberg)

Paytm plans to invest ₹500 crore in tech startups

1 min read . 11 Nov 2019

52 startups in India are potential unicorns

3 min read . 05 Nov 2019

For an entity to qualify as a startup, it must be in operation for 10 years, from 7 years previously (iStock)

Opinion | Sweat song for startups

1 min read . 05 Nov 2019

ShopClues was founded by husband-wife duo Sandeep Aggarwal and Radhika Aggarwal (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

How ShopClues collapsed from a promising unicorn to an also-ran

3 min read . 04 Nov 2019

Opinion | Big Tech can be tamed without splitting companies up

4 min read . 31 Oct 2019

Urban Ladder co-founder Rajiv Srivatsa is transitioning out of an active leadership role at the online furniture firm

Investors shrug off spate of exits by co-founders

3 min read . 30 Oct 2019

Beyond Valuations

Opinion | To become market leaders, b2b startup founders need to look west

3 min read . 28 Oct 2019

Investors say new-age food startups have mushroomed in the last four years on the back of increasing demand and smarter ways of offering and delivering food, which has done away with the need to create large spaces for dine-ins or shelf space in supermarkets. (Alamyphoto)

Investments in food startups peak since 2016 amid growing demand

2 min read . 28 Oct 2019

In the last four years, consumer-facing startups were the darlings of investors.

B2B fintech startups outpace B2C counterparts in 2019 fundraising

2 min read . 28 Oct 2019