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20/09/2022

Fundfina was started in 2017 and is trying to democratize finance fir small businesses. It provides on-demand credit TO MSMEs.

11/09/2022

Helping startups with insights, news and information about startup ecosystem has been our priority since day one.

Today we are taking our plan a step ahead and announcing special consultations to startups.

If you have a startup, or an idea to execute and need any sort of help, please feel free to DM us. We'll try to connect you with industry leaders who can help you with your entrepreneurial Journey.

05/09/2022

The 83 star, Ranveer has made his startup investment debut by investing in Shark Tank judge Vineeta Singh's startup Sugar cosmetics.

"I have admired SUGAR`s ability to build a tremendous fan following over the years and I`m excited to be a part of this journey and help the brand achieve its mission of providing Indian women access to premium and quality makeup products specially formulated for them," said Ranveer Singh in an interview.

04/09/2022

Where is ONDC headed ?

24/08/2022

As a part of the investor outreach program, Govt of Rajasthan is organizing an Investors Meet & MoU Signing in Delhi.

23/08/2022

We live in a world where celebrity brands have taken over. Global and Indian celebrities are using their stardom to get into business. Be it clothing or makeup, you can find all sorts of celebrity brands these days. But in this Kylie lipstick and Kay beauty Era, we still have a few brands that were created by people like you and me. And one such brand is SUGAR COSMETICS. Started by Vineeta and Kaushik in 2012 faced many hurdles as they launched the digital-first beauty market. “When we tried raising capital, we were told that digital-first beauty will be a small market and that it would be impossible to compete with large FMCG companies without raising hundreds of millions of dollars. We were even told that the product itself won’t be a strong moat since it is a commodity,” they shared in an interview.

From building a brand from scratch to becoming a shark, it wasn't a cakewalk for the IIM Ahemndabad alumini, who rejected a handsome salary to start her own venture.
She once said “I always felt strongly about building something with women as the core customer, so when my first startup didn’t scale, I decided to launch a beauty subscription company with my co-founder, Kaushik, in 2012. The 200,000 women who shared their detailed beauty preferences with us were at the heart of our pivot to SUGAR Cosmetics, which launched as a direct-to-consumer makeup brand in 2015.”

04/08/2022

ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
(ESDP)

To promote entrepreneurship, various programs are organized regularly by GoI to nurture the talent of youth by enlightening them on various aspects of industrial/business activity required for setting up MSEs

Activities conducted under the ESDP Scheme are:
1. Industrial Motivational Campaign (IMC) – Two days
2. Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (EAP) – Two Weeks
3. Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development Program (E-SDP) – Six Weeks
4. Management Development Program (MDP) – One Week

How to apply - You may contact the nearby MSME Development Institute, MSME-Technology Center. Addresses and contact details of these organizations are available on Web Portal: https://lnkd.in/d8shagFg

03/08/2022

Now build apps without coding

02/08/2022

HOW TO GROW DIGITALLY

The world around us is changing, from the introduction of e-commerce sites to social media platforms, the route to the customer has evolved drastically. We are moving towards the meta verse and if you haven’t digitized your business already then waste no time and read this article.
There are plenty of ways of learning digital skills, from enrolling yourself to a fancy university to buying expensive and time consuming courses. But in this write-up we will only share the easiest of the easiest ways to grow digitally.

1. Google Digital Garage - It was created by Google in 2015 as a nonprofit program. It allows you to acquire digital skills required to accelerate your career or business. There are a range of free online courses available from marketing to coding and beyond.

2. LearnVern - It is a training portal where anyone can learn any course in vernacular languages for free. Courses like Digital Marketing, MS Excel etc. If you are someone who struggles with English, then this is the apt course for you, because LearnVern’s Digital Marketing Course is in Hindi and quite suitable for 12th pass students, undergraduates, and marketing professionals.

02/08/2022

What is GeM and how can it help startups?

GeM is the abbreviation of Government e Marketplace. It is an online platform where common user goods and services can be procured by Government officers.
GeM eliminates human interface in vendor registration, order placement and payment processing, to a great extent. Being an open platform, GeM offers no entry barriers to bonafide suppliers who wish to do business with the Government

GeM Advantages:
For buyers:
1. Rich listing of products for individual categories of Goods/Services
2. Search, Compare, Select and Buy facility
3. Buying Goods and Services online, as and when required.
4. Transparent and ease of buying
5. Continuous vendor rating system
6. User-friendly dashboard for Buying and monitoring supplies and payments
7. Easy Return policy

For Sellers:
1. Direct access to all Government departments.
2. One stop shop for marketing with minimal efforts.
3. One stop shop for bids / reverse auction on products / services
4. New Product Suggestion facility available to Sellers
5. Dynamic pricing: Price can be changed based on market conditions
6. Seller friendly dashboard for selling and monitoring of supplies and payments
7. Consistent and uniform purchase procedures

For more info visit - https://gem.gov.in/

31/07/2022

ONDC- Government’s response to E-commerce monopolies

Open Network for Digital Commerce abbreviated as ONDC is a decentralized, democratized, independent, and non-profit e-commerce platform by the Indian government. It was incorporated in Dec 2021 in order to shake up monopolies by global e-commerce giants.

As the name suggests, it is an open network, that local vendors can use to digitize themselves. On ONDC consumers and merchants can transact goods and services directly without the intervention of tech giants like Amazon and Flipkart.

In simpler terms, it can be said that ONDC is an extension of the digital marketplace. Herein, you would be able to find local products as well as branded goods. What makes it different from amazon or Flipkart is that it is a non-profit section-8 organization, which means there will be no sponsored push. Everyone will get a fair chance to represent themselves irrespective of their capital size. It’ll make it easier for MSMEs, Kirana stores, small restaurants, local vendors, etc to take their business online. ONDC will also give them an opportunity to widen then consumer base by giving them equitable access to present their goods and services online.
ONDC’s pilot was launched in April 2022 for selected consumers and locations.

Snapdeal has become the first e-commerce platform to join ONDC. As per the reports, it’ll go live in Aug 2022.

28/07/2022

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19/07/2022

Snapdeal has become first e-commerce platform to join ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce)

ONDC was rolled out by govt in April this year. The main objective of ONDC is to end monopoly of major e-commerce platforms. It aims to bring the consumers and merchants on an independent, democraticized and decentralised platform where they can transact goods and services.

“Snapdeal’s on-boarding on ONDC will accelerate efforts to reach a wider audience of buyers and sellers and also cover larger parts of the country,” said T Koshy, CEO, ONDC.

08/07/2022

Google for startups 👆

29/06/2022

IIFL Securities has launched 'OneUp'. It is India's first primary markets investment platform for investing in initial public offerings (IPOs), non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and sovereign gold bonds (SGBs), among others.

28/06/2022

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23/06/2022

LeadSquared is a new-age SaaS platform that provides end-to-end sales, marketing, and on boarding automation solutions.

It recently raised $153 mn funding and officially entered the elite unicorn club.

20/06/2022

Fintech startup CASHe has launched an instant credit service on Whatsapp. This will allow customers to get loans on 30 secs by just typing their name.

In a statement issued, CASHe said, “This is a revolutionary service that promises an instant credit limit without the need for any documents, app downloads, or filling up tedious application forms. WhatsApp’s millions of users across India can avail of a pre-approved credit limit 24/7 in under a minute from CASHe on WhatsApp.”

17/06/2022

Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad raised $225 mn at a recent funding round and now the edtech unicorn is valued at $2.25 bn.

15/06/2022

Google has launched a startup accelerator program for women-led buisness.

It aims to help about 20 startups led by women founders in India. This includes startups which are at the early product stage, and support them through a three-month programme.

Its is a 3-month equity-free accelerator program for high potential Seed to Series A Indian technology startups that are building India-first products for the world.

Applications for the same will open very soon.

Source: https://startup.google.com/accelerator/india/

13/06/2022

Indian decacorn Flipkart's co-founder Binny Bansal sold a stake worth $264 Mn (around INR 2,060 Cr) to Chinese tech giant Tencent.

After the deal, the co-founder is left with only 1.84 per cent stake in Singapore- headquartered company Flipkart.

04/06/2022

Cashfree Payments founded in 2015 is a payments and banking technology company that enables businesses in India to collect payments online and make payouts.

SBI- backed fintech is all set to partner with NPCI for tokenization of RuPay cards.

02/06/2022

Startup India Learning Program is a free online Entrepreneurship program by Startup India, a GOI initiative. Invest India in collaboration with UpGrad has developed this program. The aim is to help entrepreneurs get their ideas and ventures to the next level through structured learning. The program covers lessons on key areas of starting up by 40+ top founders of India in an extensive 4-Week Program.

23/05/2022

Commenting on the initiative, Navneet Munot, MD & CEO of HDFC AMC, said, “Women have always had a knack for saving money and offered unexpected support during times of adversity. However, simply keeping money in traditional instruments rarely earns enough to keep up with inflation. Thus, through our campaign, we aim to empower women to understand investment avenues better and benefit from them.”

21/05/2022

OPPO INDIA had collaborated with Microsoft to launch a Startup Competion, wherein winners stand a chance to win $1,50,000.

This competion is a part of OPPO Elevate Program. Under this program the two tech giants will aim to mentor potential breakthrough startups.

Madhurima Agarwal, Country Head - Microsoft for Startups, India said, “Startups are reimagining both widening and deepening of tech impact through their innovations in the areas of accessibility and healthcare. The collaboration between OPPO India and Microsoft for Startups extends our commitment to boost the innovation and entrepreneurial energy of startups in the country. Through this program, we hope to help startups truly scale the impact of digital innovation with the combined resources of both organizations."

17/05/2022

Rgyan, an app for spiritually inclined is a spiritual tech gurugram based startup is a platform which allows to intact with the spiritual world by social network.
It recently raised $200k seed funding from angel investors .

06/05/2022

In an initiative to make Delhi a "Global innovation hub", the Delhi govt recently announced its status policy under which entrepreneurs will get Fiscal and non fiscal incentives. For example

FISCAL:

50% office rent

Reimbursement of patent, copyright and trademark

50% reimbursement on Internet bill

Collateral free loans

Interest free loans

NON FISCAL:

Organization of fundraising events

Government procurement process to be made easy

Subsidized subscriptions of technology offerings

03/05/2022

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to invest $500 mn in Indian startups

03/05/2022

becomes the 100th Unicorn of India. 👏

03/05/2022

What is Mr..Shark upto now ??

03/05/2022

Indian Billionaire Mukesh Ambani along with US buyout firm Apollo Global Management, is reportedly considering a joint bid for the Nottingham-based retail brand.

03/05/2022

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03/05/2022

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