Popular messaging platform WhatsApp today unveiled a new WhatsApp Business app, aimed at small and medium enterprises. The free-to-download Android app will make it easier for companies to connect with customers, as well as its 1.3 billion users to chat with businesses, WhatsApp said in a statement. WhatsApp Business is available today and free to […]
Online lending platform Ziploan has raised $3 million in a Series A round of funding led by Matrix Partners India. The funding round also saw participation from its existing pre-series investor WaterBridge Ventures, Whiteboard Capital and former Capital18 MD, Sarbvir Singh. Delhi-based Ziploan is an MSME lending platform which is now planning to utilise the […]
Three months after the rollout of the new indirect tax regime, the GST Council today made sweeping changes to give relief to small and medium businesses on filing and payment of taxes, eased rules for exporters and cut tax rates on more than two dozen items. Businesses with annual turnover of up to Rs 1.5 […]
Power2SME, an online buying hub for small-scale enterprises, has recently raised an additional $36 million funding in a Series E round from its existing investors Accel, Inventus Capital, Kalaari and IFC along with Nandan Nilekani.
Private sector Yes Bank has received another round of USD 150 million funding from US government and Wells Fargo to fund SME lending. This is the third round of funding as part of arrangement between the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) US government development finance institution and Wells Fargo, with the objective to increase lending […]
Today, we are an advancing society, reaching new territories with our knowledge and technology but the growth that we truly need, seems forgotten or lost. I am referring to sexism, and predominantly, sexism in startups. Women are discriminated against and sexually harassed on a regular basis in the startup work space. In 2013, a law […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has billed GST as a ‘good and simple tax’ that will end harassment of traders and small businesses while integrating India into one market with one tax rate. At an event to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the historic Central Hall of Parliament, Modi said the indirect tax reform is a result […]
Facing allegations of molestation, Arunabh Kumar on Friday stepped down as the chief executive officer of web entertainment channel The Viral Fever. In a statement posted on his Twitter handle, Kumar said he had decided to quit as he believes the organisation is bigger than the individual. ‘I have decided to step down as TVF CEO. A lot has happened […]
Micro, small and medium enterprises have a vital role in providing employment opportunities in India. The MSME sector also has a relatively lower capital cost compared to large industries. They also help in the development and industrialisation of rural areas. However, one major challenge that the sector faces at present is the non-availability of fast […]
Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it fired 20 employees and was improving management training following an investigation by a law firm into sexual harassment allegations and other claims at the ride-hailing company. Uber fired the staff following a report by law firm Perkins Coie, which Uber hired to look into claims of harassment, discrimination, […]
An e-platform that will enable women employees of the central government to file sexual harassment complaints online is likely to be launched this month. “We have worked vigorously in the last two-three years in this area. We are going to launch an online platform where women can file sexual harassment-related complaints,” Women and Child Development […]
Woman author Rashmi Bansal has accused venture investor Mahesh Murthy of sexual harassment 13 years ago, which he has denied as “absolute and complete lies”. The author, who made the allegations ahead of her book launch, said she has not filed a police complaint against the sexual advances that Murthy allegedly made in a cafe […]