startups
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Policy Tracker: Startups still waiting for govt fund to show them the money
The goal was fairly straightforward: incentivise entrepreneurship and generate employment across sectors by making it simpler...
TMT
India's top startups logged $2.8 bn loss on $7.7 bn revenue in FY18: VCCircle study
The combined revenue of India’s highest-valued technology startups grew at a fast clip in the financial year 2017-18, according...
Finance
HealthXCapital hits first close of maiden VC fund
Singapore-based venture capital firm HealthXCapital has hit the first close of its $25 million (Rs 185 crore) maiden fund focused...
Finance
Every startup pitch must include AI: Ghandour on Wamda's new investment strategy
Wamda Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is refining its ......
General
NB Ventures gears up to hand-hold Indian startups foray in Gulf
Dubai-based NB Ventures, a venture capital firm which invests in growth-stage startups in India, is now working towards ......
TMT
How Vaibhav Kashyap went from fighting obesity to founding a wellness insurance startup
Vaibhav Kashyap weighed 96 kg in ninth grade. “I ate a lot and moved very little,” he says. But that ......
TMT
SoftBank-backed Cars24 aims to turn a corner in UAE, to weigh Saudi re-entry
Indian used-car online retailer Cars24 aims to turn its UAE operations profitable by the second half of 2024 and then ......
People
After scaling BookMyShow and Lenskart in the Gulf, what's Sudhir Syal up to now?
Sudhir Syal has promoted Irish band Westlife’s concert in Dubai and sold premium eyewear to the Arabs. He will soon ......
TMT
Planning India centre, eyeing 30% revenue growth after ZainTech deal: Adfolks' Mohan
Indian-origin entrepreneur Arun Mohan sold his UAE-based cloud engineering services startup Adfolks to ZainTech, ......
People
From a failed Malayalam channel to selling two startups, how Arun Mohan made a mark in UAE
Barely weeks after popping champagne to celebrate the sale of his six-year-old bootstrapped and profitable cloud ......