VC firms going beyond investing to nurture start-ups VC firms going beyond investing to nurture start-ups A clutch of investors is organising intense sessions bringing together experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders to mentor and handhold founders
Helping deeptech ventures to blossom Helping deeptech ventures to blossom Arali Ventures invests at seed stage in start-ups
Where creating wealth for founders, investors is a mission ITI Growth Opportunities, which provides seed funding for start-ups, is sector-agnostic
This tech-enabled coach helps you achieve fitness goals SCERMLIND’s wearable device collects health data under various parameters during intense exercise
A one-stop hub to organise all the non-core services konektUP helps start-ups manage HR, IT, legal, finance and marketing functions
Doing a little more to make tests fail-safe Srikanth Ganesan’s start-up develops digital device for paperless examinations
Taking the boredom out of online surveys SurveySparrow provides SaaS-based platform that makes it more engaging for customers to give feedback
Wooing Mahabali with food and fashion God’s own country is all dressed up for Onam after two muted years but the rain should not dampen the celebrations
The rising spectre of bio-crimes How newly emerging ‘synthetic biology’ enables wrongdoings — from illegal gene editing to home-cooked drugs and neuro-hacking
Challenging times ahead for e-buses High prices, lack of raw materials, poor charging infrastructure, limited financing and low product availability could inhibit the expected growth in
Russia Oil Price Cap: Why it is all noise, and no signal Given complications in implementation, there will be no impact for now on Indian oil and gas
U Gro Capital NCD offers up to 10.5% interest: Should you invest? The coupons are higher than those on fixed deposits. But weigh the risks before investing
Are the best days over for this fund that gave over 33x return since launch? Launched in 2002, ABSL Frontline Equity was good for early investors who held on, but has failed to sustain its form
Auroville: An utopian search for a better world Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit
Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century
Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up
