'They say when they come in front of me they feel happy and like they are not sick.' 'As long as I am alive, I will do this work.'
At a time when the Indian startup space is going through a funding winter, marked by investors tightening their purse strings, angel investments in fledgling firms have maintained their momentum. While overall deal volumes among startups have fallen, investment activity among the country's most-active angel investors have been relatively steady. We Founder Circle (WFC), a Mumbai-based network of angel investors, emerged as the most-active angel investment platform for the second consecutive year in 2023 with 82 investments.
Shaeen Mistry gives thousands of poor, underprivileged children what many of us take for granted -- a decent education, skills to follow dreams, and an opportunity to shine in life.
An online platform suits many new angel investors who are professionals with tech companies or start-up founders.
Various start-ups have raised concerns on notices sent to them under the Section 56 of Income Tax Act to pay taxes on angel funds received by them.
Blume Ventures sets a breakneck speed in two years of existence; time will tell if the strategy works.
Sasha Mirchandani's tryst with investing began when his own venture failed to seek funding in early 2000s.
Babychakra's online community has 500,000 mothers seeking advice and support and who share lessons learnt on their journey through pregnancy and parenthood.
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Founded in 2010 by Sanjay Swamy, Valerie Rozycki, and Amiya Pathak, ZipDial is a cloud-based mobile and analytics platform, which help companies reach out their targeted audience and do marketing through 'missed calls'.
Mumbai-based BabyChakra is among the four start-ups Google has shortlisted from India for the fifth batch of its mentorship programme
IT body Nasscom has helped four start-ups raise funding of Rs 40 lakh as part of its programme to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses.
ZipDial has recently been acquired by Twitter.
The Indian startup, which was already working as a partner with Twitter, offers services like missed calls for user verification and alerts to its customers.
The report is based on data collated from 5 large angel groups.
Investments in 2015 reach a record high of $46.4 million with 193 deals.
Recently, he had surprised many by talking of net neutrality
New listing on the BSE will create more jobs, say experts.
Two IIT-B grads cracked the cab aggregator code, tasted success & failure.
Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated.
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