Goyal’s first interaction with startup industry leaders at the post-event ceremony Elimination of the so-called ‘Angel Tax’ He is expected to provide insight into the government’s effort to further support the new-age economy, which has seen several companies go public this year. The minister, who presented Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry (BHASKAR) Initiative On Monday, the meeting is expected to serve as a hub where startups, investors, service providers and government agencies can come together to collaborate, exchange ideas and accelerate growth, updating the who’s who of the startup world on the issues that top the government agenda for the coming months.
Omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenscart Business Card took top honors as the Startup of the Year was declared at a meet in Bengaluru on September 11. The 10-member jury chose eight winners from a shortlist of 41 contenders after deliberating for over 2.5 hours. Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Capital, was chosen as the winner of the coveted Midas Touch Award for Best Investor, while the award for The Bootstrap champion was Boult—which sells headphones and smart watches. The Best Innovator award went to Bengaluru-based BrainSight artificial intelligencewhich is developing tools for neurosurgeons and psychiatrists to detect mental health symptoms faster and better, while Geetansh Bamania, founder of furniture and electronics rental startup Rentomojo, was chosen as the winner. in the Comeback Kid category While ClaimBuddy was tried The best on campus. Hardika Shah, founder of Kinara Capital—a non-banking financial company (NBFC) that provides loans to small businesses with a special focus on women business owners—was the winner in the Women Ahead category. Haqdarshak, which helps people access government social security services, Won in the Social Enterprise category.
Joining Nilekani at the historic event were Mithun Sacheti, Founder, CaratLane; Nyrika Holkar, CEO, Godrej & Boyce; Ritesh Arora, Co-Founder and CEO, Browserstack; Albinder Dhindsa, CEO, Blinkit; Sumer Juneja, Managing Partner and Head, India and EMEA, SoftBank; Nikhil Kamath, Co-Founder, Zerodha; Nandita Sinha, CEO, Myntra; Prativa Mohapatra, Managing Director, Adobe India; and cricketer Shubman Gill.
The Economic Times Startup Awards, launched in 2015, have charted this remarkable rise in entrepreneurial activity and recognised a host of winners, from ride-hailing app Ola to food delivery platforms. Zomato and Swiggy, the business software maker Freshworks, the hotel room aggregator Oyo, the logistics provider Delhiveryleading fintech companies such as Zerodha and Razorpay, and business-to-business commerce firm OfBusiness, over the past nine editions.
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