NEW DELHI: An Indian-origin UC Berkeley graduate has sparked a debate about the startup funding ecosystem after claiming he received responses from 27 venture capitalists—four of whom asked for a meeting—by posing as a fake founder with no real product or pitch, but with the right mix of elite buzzwords.Bhavye Khetan, who earned a bachelor’s…
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Theranos. In the meantime, her partner is starting one of his own. Billy Evans, who has two children with Ms. Holmes, is trying to raise money for a company that describes itself as “the future of diagnostics” and “a radically new approach to…
GCCs and technology consulting and services sectors lead the way in narrowing the gap for overall women representation, reveals an Aon survey on gender and pay equity India may be racing ahead in the global startup race, but it’s dragging its feet when it comes to gender equity at the top. Behind the glitter of…
Kevin Systrom, the co-founder of Instagram, testified on Tuesday in a landmark federal antitrust trial that he left Meta in 2018 because his company was denied resources. The government has argued that Meta purchased Instagram in 2012 as part of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to illegally cement its social media monopoly by killing off its rivals….
The offshore oil and gas industry faces one of its most critical challenges: spotting oil spills as soon as they occur. The environmental impact, economic cost, and regulatory implications of oil spills make early detection a top priority. Enter artificial intelligence (AI)—a game-changer in ensuring timely detection and mitigation. Miros Group, a Norwegian marine data…
File photo – Piyush Goyal NEW DELHI: A significant part of the Rs 10,000 crore second fund of funds for startups is proposed to be reserved for seed funding of smaller players to support deep-tech innovation, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Saturday.The fund is to be set up by Sidbi, the govt-owned financial…
Lehlah ने हाल ही में 12.5 करोड़ रुपये की फंडिंग जुटाई है, जिसका नेतृत्व Gruhas ने किया, जो Zerodha के Nikhil Kamath और Puzzolana Group के अभिजीत पई की Investment Firm है। यह Startup एक Commission-Based Model पर काम करता है, जहां Influencers, Products बेचकर कमाई कर सकते हैं। Lehlah ने 100 करोड़ रुपये के…
NEW DELHI: After the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj, get ready for the Startup Mahakumbh in Delhi. The world’s biggest event of innovation and entrepreneurship will convene and feature 3,000+ startups, 1,000+ investors and incubators, 10,000+ delegates from 50+ countries at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi, for three days from Thursday to Saturday, creating an unparalleled platform to…
Elon Musk said on Friday that he had sold X, his social media company, to xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, in an unusual arrangement that shows the financial maneuvering inside the business empire of the world’s richest man. The all-stock deal valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, Mr. Musk said on…
Indian Startup Capital City के रूप में मशहूर Bangalore को दिल्ली ने Startup Funding में पीछे छोड़ दिया है। ट्रैक्सन की जियो क्वार्टरली इंडिया टेक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, भारत की राष्ट्रीय राजधानी दिल्ली ने पहला स्थान हासिल किया है, जिसकी भारत में कुल फंडिंग में 40% हिस्सेदारी है। 2025 की पहली तिमाही में, भारत के…