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The Finance Act 2023 proposed to extend Angel Tax even to non-resident investors from April 1, 2024.
Updated : Jul 04, 2024

Budget 2024: DPIIT wants angel tax, inverted duty to be removed this time

DPIIT Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh stated on Thursday that the department has recommended a gradual elimination of the inverted duty structure and the reduction of high tariffs on inputs within industries like electronics.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) inaugurated StartUp Sphere 2024 in Bengaluru
Updated : Jul 01, 2024

​StartUp Sphere 2024 highlights ICAI’s impact on India’s economic growth, innovation; launches start-up and MSME yatra

The yatra bus will travel to 100 cities in 100 days, showcasing the diverse endeavours of the MSME and start-up ecosystems; it will focus on enhance financial and tax literacy and build capacity among MSMEs and start-ups

AWS stated that the selected start-ups operate in a range of space segments, such as spacecraft propulsion, orbital and launch vehicles, satellite imagery, and others.
Updated : Jun 28, 2024

AWS shortlists 24 start-ups under its space accelerator programme

The programme was launched in partnership with ISRO and IN-SPACe

This year's list has 1 Gazelle and 2 Cheetahs from SpaceTech, 5 Gazelles and 6 Cheetahs from AI, and 1 Gazelle and 5 Cheetahs from the EV/Renewable Energy sectors.
Updated : Jun 20, 2024

India home to 67 unicorns, 46 gazelles, 106 cheetahs: ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2024

India’s future unicorns are currently worth $58 billion, with an increase of 1.8% as compared to the last year. This year's index featured significant advancements. Ixigo, a former Cheetah, went public with a 48% premium.

Beauty brand RENEE Cosmetics founders Priyank Shah, Aashka Goradia, and Ashutosh Valani.
Updated : Jun 13, 2024

RENÉE Cosmetics raises Rs 100 cr in its Series B round of funding from Edelweiss Group, Evolvence India

In December 2022, RENEE secured $25 million in a Series B funding round, led by Evolvence India. Edelweiss Group and current investors Equanimity and 9Unicorns (now 100 Unicorns) also took part in the investment.

The VC firm stated that the fund will be used to support early to growth-stage start-ups and help them scale their businesses.
Updated : May 24, 2024

VC firm Finvolve closes Rs 100 crore maiden fund, launches three more with Rs 500 crore target

The three funds worth collective target of Rs. 500 crores focussed on backing GIFT City- based start-ups.

The Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2024 noted that Indians are setting up more offshore unicorns than any other country, co-founding 109 unicorns outside of India compared to 67 here.
Updated : Apr 09, 2024

Unicorns worldwide: India ranks third with 67 unicorns, US has 703, China has 340

Hurun Global Unicorn Index noted that India produced more offshore unicorns than any other country, co-founding 109 unicorns outside of India compared to 67 in India.

Ola was a direct competitor of Uber and was available to customers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. 
Updated : Apr 09, 2024

Ola shuts its international operations in UK, Australia and New Zealand: Report

Ola was founded by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati in India in 2011. The company had initially launched operations in Australia and New Zealand during the year 2018.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani of Info Edge said government regulations, technology, capital, entrepreneurship, and talent can play a big role in the world of startups.
Updated : Mar 29, 2024

'Never had a funding winter... good firms always had enough money to back them': Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Sanjeev Bikhchandani added that in the coming years, startups are expected to play a crucial role in making India a developed economy by 2047.

PM took a walkthrough of the exhibition showcased on the occasion.
Updated : Mar 20, 2024

More than 45% of start-ups in the country are women-led: PM Modi

The Prime Minister highlighted India's making a mark in the IT and software sector in the last few decades and underlined the emerging trends of innovation and start-up culture.

Under the order, Byju, Divya, and the defendants are prohibited from further transferring or using any of the $533 million in loan proceeds.
Updated : Mar 15, 2024

Order maintains status quo: Byju's after US bankruptcy court orders hedge fund manager arrest

On Thursday, the US bankruptcy court ordered a freeze on $533 million in loan proceeds belonging to Think & Learn Pvt, the parent company of Byju's.

Last year, Byju's appointed global firm BDO as its new auditors after the resignation of Deloitte.
Updated : Mar 13, 2024

ICAI found gross negligence by Byju's auditors, recommended punitive actions against it: Official

"Our inspection has found gross negligence on accounting practices by individual auditors of Byju's and accordingly we have recommended to the Financial Reporting Review Board (FRRB) to take punitive actions on auditors concerned," Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal said.

Last month, Investors Prosus, General Atlantic and Peak XV voted to sack Byju Raveendran and his family from Byju’s.
Updated : Mar 13, 2024

Karnataka HC extends interim protection granted to Byju Raveendran till March 28 against majority shareholders

Before the EGM last month, Think and Learn had filed a plea in the Karnataka High Court asking for relief. In an interim order, the HC stated that the decisions in the EGM will be subject to the next hearing of the petition, which has been scheduled for March 13.

Swiggy is eyeing to list on the bourses around mid-2024.
Updated : Mar 08, 2024

IPO-bound Swiggy's valuation up by 13% at $12.1 bn from $10.7 bn: Report

In a separate filing, Baron Capital stated that Swiggy commands roughly 45% market share in the Indian food delivery sector and is “well positioned" to benefit from structural growth in online food delivery in India.

For this, GetVantage has its own licensed NBFC GetGrowth Capital, along with partnerships with Sebi-approved Varanium’s Debt Fund, and other leading NBFCs and AIF funds.
Updated : Mar 08, 2024

GetVantage launches Rs 100 crore fund for women entrepreneurs

The revenue-based financing start-up aims to back 400+ businesses by 2025 with non-dilutive capital; it has also announced partnership with diversity-focused network Encubay

Ashneer Grover noted that in 2022-23, co-founder Shashvat Nakrani transferred shares to Koladiya, who had previous legal issues in the US.
Updated : Mar 07, 2024

Ashneer Grover's allegations frivolous, attempts to malign us: BharatPe

Former BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, in a letter dated March 6, told the RBI that BharatPe had deliberately “defrauded” it by bringing back Bhavik Koladiya, who was convicted of a wire fraud in the US, to the company’s cap table, after securing a bunch of licences.

BharatPe was founded in March 2018 by Nakrani and Koladiya. Grover joined the firm as a third co-founder in July 2018.
Updated : Mar 07, 2024

Ashneer Grover writes to RBI for probe into BharatPe’s shareholding: Report

Grover in his letter has asked RBI to look into whether the company’s board and investors had “warehoused” Koladiya’s shares for a specific period of time only to bring him back after the requisite approvals were received from the bank regulator.

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh
Updated : Feb 27, 2024

IVCA Conclave 2024: Start-ups need to succeed in areas where they have struggled to add value, says DPIIT Secy

IVCA is a not-for-profit industry body promoting the alternate capital industry and fostering an investing ecosystem in India.

Pocket FM introduces online novel reading platform Pocket Novel, pledges $40 million investment
Updated : Feb 22, 2024

Pocket FM introduces online novel reading platform Pocket Novel, pledges $40 million investment

The Bengaluru-based startup plans to invest $40 million in this product, aiming for a $100 million annualised revenue run rate by 2025.

Ruchit Agarwal is one of the four co-founders of CARS 24, an online used car marketplace which was launched in 2015.
Updated : Feb 22, 2024

This ex-Infosys employee quit his US job, returned and co-founded a $3 billion startup

In a recent podcast on Youtube, Agarwal, who is a chartered accountant by education, shared details of his long and exciting journey from an IT company to a bank in another country to returning home and finally launching a start-up.

India’s startups will no longer price perfection
Updated : Feb 22, 2024

India’s startups will no longer prefer price perfection

They were once India's most highly valued startups. Now the crushed valuations of fintech company Paytm PAYT.NS and online educator Byju’s will weigh on the country's next wave of firms that will look to raise funds.

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