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By Simmi Sareen, New Delhi : Scaling up a business is hard work. While launching a start-up and raising initial seed capital is tough, things get more complex once you are past the proof-of-concept stage and are set to scale. ...

Bengaluru : Canadian institutional fund CDPQ on Thursday said it had invested $20 million in Indian venture Fundamentum, promoted by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani and Helion founder Sanjeev Agarwal. “La Caisse de depot et placement du Qurbec (CDPQ) joins Fundamentum ...

New Delhi : Starting and scaling-up a business needs capital. Right capital, be it equity or debt or grant, can often be the critical difference between a successful business and the one that didn’t make it. And yet, it looks ...

New Delhi : The Centre on Monday constituted a committee headed by the Economic Affairs Secretary to consider ways for further development of the financial technology (Fintech) sector in India, according to an official announcement. Among other things, the Steering ...

By Mehtap Yilmaz, Ankara: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Global Environment Fund (GEF) will support entrepreneurs who work on innovation in clean technology, the council’s head has said. TUBITAK President Prof. Ahmet Arif Ergin told ...

By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : One of the five pillars of Islam, “zakat” is mandatory charity for every well-to-do Muslim. And Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust (HZCT) has shown how this obligatory form of charity can be channelised to bring ...

Agartala : The Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB), one of India’s 56 regional rural banks (RRBs), posted net profit of Rs 35.98 crore up to September in current fiscal (2017-18). The bank has been notching profits successively for the past 17 ...

Bengaluru : India added about 1,000 technology start-ups in 2017, retaining its position as the third largest hub for entrepreneurship, IT apex body Nasscom said on Thursday. “About 1,000 tech start-ups were registered this year (2017), taking their total to ...

New Delhi : Airline major Lufthansa on Thursday said it expects over 10,000 startups to participate in its ‘Startup Expo’ to be held later this month. According to the airline major, it will organise the “Start-up Expo” on August 23 ...

San Francisco : PayPal, one of the world’s largest Internet payment companies, said on Thursday it would acquire Swift Financial, an online lender for small businesses in the US. Headquartered in San Jose, Northern California, PayPal said the move is ...