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    When the going gets tough, Indian start-ups get going

    2022-02-08T14:32:49+00:00April 24th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, North America Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020|

    Healthcare and medtech start-ups in India are finding ground-breaking solutions to problems faced in all stages of dealing with the pandemic. Highlights: While the world is waiting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, Indian innovators are trying to stay positive and find innovative solutions to beat the virus. Several healthcare and medtech start-ups like Mylab, GFF Innovations and Accura Polytech are finding ground-breaking solutions for protection, prevention, screening, testing and sanitisation and treatment. The Department of [...]

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      Indian start-ups innovate to fight against COVID-19

      2020-05-11T04:52:54+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

      A supportive start-up ecosystem might hold the key for Indian start-ups surviving the pandemic. Highlights: Fast-acting Indian start-ups have developed digital financial tools to provide loans to small businesses, designed digital mental health solutions for people in isolation, and coded open-source on low-cost, low-resource ventilators for developing countries. Founders of leading start-ups, members of investment advisory firms, independent advisors, etc have come together and launched Action COVID-19 Team (ACT). Several Indian corporates are also working at helping to manufacture equipment [...]

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        Disrupting business through disruptive technologies

        2020-05-11T04:18:20+00:00March 27th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 27 March-09 April 2020|

        Technology is providing opportunities for innovators to identify unique market segments and transform ways of doing business. Highlights: The recent flood of technological innovation has the potential to be more disruptive in a shorter period than ever before. Some Indian businesses that made a tremendous impact on the economy are Capital Float, Paytm, Ola, Myra Medicines and FarEye. In the near future, technologies like 5G, AI, autonomy, hybridity and blockchain will change not only the way business is conducted but [...]

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          Are Indian start-ups geared for the Coronavirus pandemic?

          2020-05-11T04:04:20+00:00March 13th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 13 March-26 March 2020|

          While the virus is predicted to cause economic slowdown and huge losses, some Indian start-ups are seeing this as an opportunity for new products and ideas. Highlights: The impact of Coronavirus is seen across several supply chains and different industries such as luxury, food, tourism, entertainment, automobiles, clothing, and technology. Cancellation of major trade fairs globally is causing worries to B2B start-ups who rely heavily on trade fairs for lead generation. While these setbacks dampen spirits in the ecosystem, some [...]

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            The nation of start-ups

            2020-05-11T03:34:04+00:00March 2nd, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 28 Feb-12 March 2020|

            Despite its size, Israel provides valuable lessons in multiple fields for other countries to follow and learn. Israel’s total land area is just a little bigger than some of the districts in India and a population that is half of any major metro city of India. Encountered with several climate, geopolitical and geographical challenges, the country has made significant progress in creating an innovation and start-up ecosystem during the past few decades. According to Start-up Nation Central, in December 2019, [...]

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              Decoding Budget 2020 for start-ups

              2020-05-11T03:19:52+00:00February 14th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 14 Feb-27 Feb 2020|

              Start-ups featured as the stars of the Indian Budget tabled in early February, with several new announcements that address funding, tax reliefs, data centre creation, among others. Highlights: Budget 2020 has demonstrated India’s vision of being a leader in providing digital solutions by announcing measures which tackle the key pain points for the start-up community. The government is currently considering a policy to allow private companies to create data centre parks which will bring in investment, technological growth as well [...]

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                2020 – The outlook for Indian start-ups

                2020-05-11T03:09:22+00:00January 31st, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, The Small Print - India Global Business, UK Edition – 31 Jan-13 Feb 2020|

                An industry expert shares his forecast for the Indian start-up sector in 2020. Highlights: Fintech and software as a service (SaaS) have gained almost a 25-30 per cent stake of the market, with the remaining having a 10-20 per cent share each. Bengaluru raised almost $4.3 billion with 273 deals in 2019. The Indian government and the DPIIT will be constituting a start-up advisory council with the aim of reducing the gap between start-ups and stakeholders. Similar to 2019, [...]

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