#StartupIndia news
November 2017
- Indian Railways set to trial AI for predictive maintenance tasks
- India: Kerala Startup Mission to pick 50 socially-relevant startups for funding in December
- India: Kerala welcomes local launch of InQ global coworking space
- Amazon India partners Kickstarter and HAX Accelerator for product startups
- India: TempoGO IoT-and-SaaS transportation startup lands $250K
- Fenox Venture Capital to expand in Asia with India and China funds
- India: Flipkart ecommerce giant set to sell insurance products
- India set to receive blockchain-driven payments from UAE’s RAK Bank via Ripple
- Facebook India set to train 500K in digital skills by 2020, unveils 2 programs
- India: Xiaomi smartphone major set to invest $1BN in India’s startups
- India may exempt crowdfunding from Companies Act
- India: Kahaniya lands funding for online language-focused storytelling platform
- ‘Every Indian must be given a cell phone’ as part of entrepreneurship drive
- India: Biryani By Kilo app-based food startup lands 6-7 digit funding
- India: GSF Accelerator to invest $1M across 5 startups in upcoming batch
- India: Unicorn India launches $92M venture debt fund for early stage firms
- India: 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit set for Hyderabad, November 28
- India: ElderAid social healthcare lands funding for at-home services
- India Accelerator set to invest $150K in 6 startups
- India: Perspectico edtech gains backing from Delhi Government-backed incubator
- Karnataka government partners Business France India around items including edtech and R&D
- India: A look at the 8 startups that graduated from Nomura investement bank’s fintech accelerator
- Did you know…Amazon India has nearly doubled its investment to $4.74BN to get an in-country foothold?
- India: Cuelearn edtech set to tap Southeast Asia with fantasy story-based ‘fiction math’
- India: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary on Startup India, rankings and international collaboration
- India: i2e1 wi-fi analytics firm aimed at offline businesses raises $3M
- India has highest number of proptech deals in APAC, but China’s proptechs take most in funding
- India: Anthill Ventures raising $25M with the aim of scaling startups to Series A inside 12 months
- The 3rd wave of growth in Asia will be led by young Indians, a report by Deloitte LLP states
- India: Billionaire launches $10M Alacrity India fund, focused on B2B SaaS startups
- India: GIZ-CMIA manufacturing-focused Startup Weekend set for Aurangabad in December
- India: Jaipur to adopt South Australia’s Traffic Management System for city transport improvement
- India: Qubole raises $25M from Singtel Innov8 and others for big-data-as-a-service
- India: A look at the $2BN upskilling and education tech market
- A look at India’s $7.5BN Smart City Challenge
- India: University students develop billboard innovation to purify air
- India: Medsonway e-pharmacy startup backed for $600K
- India: Kissht fintech startup backed to $10M by China’s Fosun
- India: HDFC Bank to launch $25-30M startup fund
- India: Uber launches senior citizen and disabled users services
- India: Gold Farm agri-tech startup raises $2M for equipment aggregation
- India: WhatsApp P2P payments expected to be added in December
- India: Kalpnik Technologies backed for AR/VR-driven spiritual services
- India: Vagupu edtech startup raises $1M seed funding
- India: A look at Ornaz online jewellery startup, aiming at India’s millenials
- India: Ten startups to watch from the EMERGE 10 Awards
- India: Netmeds online pharmacy lands $14M for rural health expansion
- India: EdGE Networks AI-driven HR tech startup raises $4.5M
- India: Remitly set for wider Asia expansion with $115M backing
- India: Yet-to-launch Medsmart health-tech startup backed to $1M
