NEWS AT A GLANCE
'Info Edge' and Others Invest in E-Commerce Platform 'ShopKirana'
'Mumbai Angels Network' Invests in Startup 'Fric Bergen'
Walmart India Shuffles Top Management, Appoints New Head
Priyanka Chopra-Backed 'Bumble' Debuts in India
Zomato signs in 'Durga Raghunath' to accelerate growth in businesses>

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DIPP to rank states on startup ecosystem

Hey startups! Here’s some good news for you! The startup galaxy gets a pat from the Centre as it takes an initiative to rank states and union territories. This would be on the basis of measures being taken by them to promote budding entrepreneurs, as per Government reports. “We have discussed the initial framework. Soon,…
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John Jacobs’ eyeing US, Canada market

Here's the story of an eyewear entrepreneur Sambuddha Bhattacharya, co-founder of John Jacobs Eyewear, is steering the journey of building India’s first real eyewear brand. His vision for the business and brand is crisp and clear - Luxury Eyewear at Honest Prices. Sambuddha had worked across venture capital and entrepreneurship roles and most recently was…
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P2P startups to get backed by NBFCs soon

Here’s some good news for P2P startups... After a recent notification by the Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) said that the central bank has identified peer-to-peer lending(P2P) startups as a special category of non-banking finance companies(NBFCs). This will be regulated by the bank regulator. The notification provides a ground for the release of…
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