The shareholders of Gland Pharma Ltd, including buyout firm KKR and Co., are considering selling a stake of up to 74% under the automatic approval route to China’s Fosun International after failing to secure government approval for an 86% stake sale so far, two people aware of the discussions said. The new structure is being considered as an alternative, in…
The bull market in India has produced another record: the world’s best-performing stock among companies that have a market value of at least a billion dollars. For most of its life the brokerage Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. wasn’t even part of that club. An 890 per cent rally this year has revitalised a stock that was listed in 2008, sunk as…
Sicap, a Switzerland-based global mobile network software solutions provider on Wednesday announced the opening of a Global Development and Support Centre (GDSC) in Kolkata, as part of the company?s expansion plan in the Indian market, hailed as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world. Sicap international teams are working closely in nine locations including India to ensure…
India enlarged the definition of what constitutes a startup to a venture that's as much as seven years old from five now, relaxed the norms for tax benefits and included employment generation potential to give a big push to job creation and entrepreneurship. "These changes are an effort to ensure ease of starting up new businesses to promote the startup…
Google has announced the fourth installment of its Launchpad Accelerator Program and this time, the focus is on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has been the company’s buzzword lately. Six Indian startups have been shortlisted for the six-month program that kicks off in July. India has recorded the most number of startups selected this year, followed by Brazil (4), Nigeria (4)…
To all of us, success is a bliss. It is like an endpoint to a full of misery journey, like a place one reaches when the storm passes off, like the shore to a restless sea. We have like millions of our own definition of success. All we do is associate our best of feelings to it. It is a…
It is a topic discussed often. How do one succeed? What all to add in recipe of business to attain success. How to set up a successful brand. How to cope with most difficult of situations. There are a million other questions like these. But trust me. There is only one word that answers all these questions. And the beautiful…
We all have some words, some particular ones that we use way too often. Some words are used once in a while, once in a blue moon. Your vocabulary reflects a lot about you as a person. It reflects how you are a different human being and what is your approach towards life. People that use motivational and strong words…
We all are surrounded by a world who believes in sheer hard work. Hard work is the key to achieve your dreams and that is how the things work these days. Efforts in work with a pinch of luck and your recipe of a successful Startup is ready. We are here sharing an account of different start-ups and their struggles…
Indus OS, a startup which has created a regional operating system, today said it has raised an undisclosed amount from new investors JSW Ventures and VenturEast in recently-concluded financing round. Omidyar Network, an existing investor, has also participated in the latest round. "The amount which has been raised will be used for product development and hiring new talent," Indus OS…