#StartupIndia news, Feb ’18
- India: Rajasthan Government unveils framework for $77M Startup Fund
- India: An intro to Wishup’s task management solution for professionals India: An intro to Wishup’s task management solution for professionals
- India: Throttle social marketplace aims to be Facebook, Flipkart, LinkedIn and more for motorcyclists
- India: Aviva Life Insurance launches Kid-o-Scope to help parents identify & nurture a child’s talents
- India: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham university incubator to invest $200K across 3 startups
- India: THB clinical research and data analytics startup secures $2.1M for personalised patient care
- India: An intro to Curofy, medtech startup which has facilitated over 250K case discussions for 220K registered users
- India: Unacademy education content platform in talks to raise up to $35M
- India: DronaHQ secures $500K for enterprise mobile app building platform
- India: Entrepreneurship a top priority with the Startup Odisha Initiative and Start-up Odisha Policy’s mission to support 1000 startups
- India: Capillary Technologies e-commerce marketing and customer engagement management startup secures $20M
- India’s Telangana government signs partnership with Taiwan’s Taoyuan city for economic exchange around technology
- India: Paytm Payments Bank expects to hit profitability inside 3 years
- India: Adobe to set up artificial intelligence centre in Hyderabad
- India: A look at the impact of WhatsApp’s entry into the digital payments space
- India: A look at how artificial intelligence can lead to change in rural India
- India: An intro to Dailyhunt’s pivot from classified ads to news aggregation
- A look at US-India startup TravelUR, aiming to make travel memorable via a platform for services and social engagement
- India: Startups Club fund backs 3 ventures; plans 15 deals in 2018
- South Asia: 40 entrepreneurs from across Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to visit Nexus Startup Hub in India
- India: Pandorum raises $3.6M for liver-tissue 3D printing
- India: Happay enterprise expense management platform raises $250K
- India: Shirsa Labs edtech startup secures $500K for kid-focused games, worksheets, videos and DIY modules
- India: WE Hub startup incubator for women to launch in Telangana, alongside VC fund
- India: Accelerator for media/entertainment startups floated, aiming at AR/VR, AI, visual effects, real-time rendering and big data
- India: Zoomcar car rental startup backed to $40M by auto manufacturer
- India: PetSutra pet care mobile app startup raises $150K
- India: WeSecureApp startup secures spot in US-based 2018 Global Class of Startups Program
- India: Innovating for the Next Half Billion (pdf)
- India: Toppr edtech startup secures $100K from HK VC firm for engineering, medical and secondary test prep platform
- India: SmartE startup aims to transform the last-mile commute using shareable electric vehicles
- India: Drivezy car rental startup raises $5M via ICO
- India: Qure startup develops AI tech for X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, and identify diseases
- India: Cogoport logistics startup in talks to raise up to $8M
- India: NewsDog news and entertainment aggregator in talks with China’s Tencent to raise up to $40M
- India: inFact mobile app that aggregates news and ‘infotainment’ gains backing
- India: HealthifyMe app raises $12M, enabling users to track calories, set fitness goals and measure progress
- India: Nexus Startup Hub launched by US Embassy to aid India’s entrepreneurs and startups
- India: A look at how blockchain will affect the financial services industry
- India: PublicVibe wins Nasscom-Facebook competition with sharing platform for neighbourhood news, experiences and opinions
- Pratilipi, India’s biggest self-publishing platform, secures $4.3M for 8-language platform
- India: “The government does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate use of these cryptoassets…”
- Facebook Marketplace now live in selected cities in India
- India: An intro to 1M1B, aiming to support 1M entrepreneurs in lifting 1BN people out of poverty
- India: A look at PolyCycl plastic-to-fuel conversion startup
- India: eKincare healthcare tech startup secures $1.5M for AI-backed platform
- India: Gamepind mobile gaming platform set for launch under Paytm and Alibaba JV
