Startups

The Council, which will be chaired by the commerce minister, will consist of non-official members to be nominated by the Centre, founders of successful start-ups (Photo: iStock)

Govt sets up National Startup Advisory Council

1 min read . 21 Jan 2020

Opinion | Retain the edge

1 min read . 20 Jan 2020

Venture Highway raises $78.6 million to fund early-stage tech firms

1 min read . 16 Jan 2020

Early-stage startup funding increases to a four-year high in 2019

2 min read . 09 Jan 2020

Around The Workplace

Opinion | How to retain the startup spirit of the early days in an organization

3 min read . 08 Jan 2020

A lot of capital is coming in but it is concentrated towards winners, say sector analysts

Beyond funding boom, Fintechs brace for tough 2020

3 min read . 02 Jan 2020

(From left) First Cheque CEO Kushal Bhagia mentors Go Swift founders Shyam Kalita, Prayas Mittal and Debanshu Sinha in Bengaluru, (Photo: Raj Sam/Mint)

Turning their misses into others' hits

5 min read . 01 Jan 2020

One of the notable exits in 2019 include e-commerce startup Shopclues’ fire sale to Singapore’s Qoo10 Pte Ltd

As India's unicorn club grows, investments in early-stage startups will increase

5 min read . 01 Jan 2020

Satyen Kothari (centre, seated), founder of Cube Wealth, and his team (Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

Startups that put money to work

4 min read . 31 Dec 2019

A day in the life of a startup city

1 min read . 01 Jan 2020

Dr Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, co-founder and President, Venture Catalysts.

Venture Catalysts invests ₹500 crore in 63 deals this year, looks at bets in AI

2 min read . 31 Dec 2019

InnoVen’s report also showed that early-stage funding in India. Photo: iStockphoto

82% of funded early-stage start-ups in 2019 had experienced founders: InnoVen

2 min read . 27 Dec 2019

The company said that 2019 also became the year of 11 lucrative exits for IAN investors across high-value companies. (Photo: iStock)

Indian Angel Network invested ₹160 crore in startups, across 44 deals in 2019

1 min read . 24 Dec 2019

IIT Madras-incubated YNOS Venture Engine raises ₹75 lakh in seed funding

2 min read . 24 Dec 2019

Rishabh Mehta, member at Indian Angel Network.

Today’s digital-first economy is creating B2C brands almost overnight

1 min read . 17 Dec 2019

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

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

What startups can learn from flea markets about competition, customers

3 min read . 19 Nov 2019