February 26th, 2018Planys Technologies, a start-up incubated at IIT Madras Incubation Cell, and India’s first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of compact underwater robots (Remotely Operated Vehicles or ROVs) capable of performing underwater inspection, closed a INR 14 Crores round of Series A Funding.
This round of funding was led by Oil and...
April 7th, 2017Securing series C and beyond funding is a challenge for start-ups, Information Technology veteran Kris Gopalakrishnan said as he called for a simple, orderly and fast-track mechanism to shut failed businesses.
The start-ups scenario in India is pretty good but when those firms go for series C and beyond funding, there are some...
July 23rd, 2016Startup Village, the countrys first public-private partnership business incubator, has been named Indias best startup incubator.
Startup Village is ranked number one in a first-of-its- kind comprehensive ranking by the India edition of Entrepreneur Magazine of the 100 best startup incubators in India (25 across sectors and 75 sector...
July 19th, 2016Infosys Co-Founder and former CII President Kris Gopalakrishnan today said almost seventy per cent of startups globally will fail and only five to ten per cent will become large and scale up.
"Almost seventy per cent of startups will fail. About 20 per cent will survive but will not grow. They will remain small enterprises, and...
May 5th, 2016IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing Rs. 171 Crores in Indian eyewear company Lenskart, to help the company expand access to high-quality and affordable eye-care products in tier-3, tier-4 cities.
IFC was the lead investor for the Rs. 400 cr Series D investment round which also saw participation from TPG Growth, Adveq...
