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Delhi startup founders gift car to employee

'I’m shaking': Delhi startup founders gift SUV to first employee for his ‘loyalty’; internet calls it ‘real appreciation’

January 14, 2026 11:53 am

In a viral video, Siddhant Sabharwal, the co-founder of Bluorng, is heard reflecting on the highs and lows of working together and the constant presence of his first employee, Rahul Ojha, through it all.

The 90-minute talks must have a minimum participation of 100 students and must be targeted towards undergraduates, postgraduates, and research scholars, besides interested faculty members. Founders invited for the programmes should preferably be associated with incubators, startups, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), or innovation ecosystems. (Express Photo)

SPPU to fund ‘startup talks’ in colleges; institutes to get up to Rs 14,000 to invite young entrepreneurs for lectures

January 06, 2026 2:09 pm

The SPPU initiative will provide for two interactive talks by young founders, focusing on their entrepreneurial journeys. The 90-minute sessions must have a minimum participation of 100 students.

Quintrans was founded in 2021, but it was really born much earlier in conversations (Express)

Pune Inc | 'It feels like validation': $750K pre-seed funding for a company started by 4 fresh-out-of-college engineers

December 23, 2025 3:28 pm

Quintrans was founded in 2021, but the idea was conceived during conversations between four students, the current founders of the firm, during their college days at MIT-WPU Pune.

The policy introduces new funding models, DeepTech initiatives, and regional growth labs to expand Karnataka’s innovation ecosystem.

Karnataka’s new startup policy targets setting up 25,000 startups over next 5 years

November 06, 2025 10:10 pm

10,000 startups to be located in clusters outside Bengaluru.

Bengaluru kids paper bag startup Eco Wala

‘Forget Shark Tank…’: Bengaluru kids’ Rs 10 paper bag startup Eco Wala steals billionaire Harsh Goenka’s heart

November 04, 2025 2:48 pm

What truly stands out is their clever Rs 10-a-month subscription model, where customers receive two handmade paper bags delivered to their homes every Sunday.

‘IITians should transform their viewpoint from being job seekers to being job creators’: IIT Kharagpur director at Idea Exchange

November 03, 2025 6:40 am

A mechanical engineer by training, he is known for his work in fluid mechanics, biomedical engineering and affordable health and diagnostics

Infosys office boy Dadasaheb Bhagat builds India's Canva

Rs 4,000 a month to building 'India's Canva': 10th-pass Dadasaheb Bhagat from Maharashtra village earns PM Narendra Modi’s praise

October 15, 2025 5:15 pm

Bhagat comes from a drought-prone village in Beed, Maharashtra. With little focus on education in his family, he completed only the 10th grade and a basic ITI course for blue-collar work.

Top 10 most valuable unicorns startup companies in 2025

Top 8 most valuable unicorns of 2025: This AI company leads with $500 billion valuation, Mukesh Ambani’s startup is at this rank

October 10, 2025 3:21 pm

Top 8 most valuable unicorn startup companies list in 2025: OpenAI becomes the first private company to reach a $500 billion valuation, leading the world’s most valuable unicorns.

Ragini Das leads Google's India Startups unit

Who is Ragini Das? Rejected by Google 12 years ago, she now leads its startup arm in India

October 07, 2025 5:43 pm

Ragini Das’s career journey began in 2013 when she interviewed with Google and Zomato. Although she didn’t clear Google’s final round at that time, she joined Zomato.