This week, 22 Indian startups have collectively raised $113 million. This comprises three growth stage deals and 11 early stage funding deals. Details of eight startups funding deal remained undisclosed. Last week, 12 startups raised around $44.37 million including two growth stage and 10 early stage deals.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday that the priority of the Goa government is to provide support to the rapidly growing startup ecosystem. He said that the aim of the state government is to help these startups to transform their ideas into high growth startups and also try to raise funding for them.

Panaji: Making a strong pitch for Goa to be considered as a hub for innovation and research and development, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said that all necessary support will be provided to help convert ideas into high growth startups Sawant was speaking at the inaugural function of Goa Innovation and Startup Times at BITS Pilani, and said that mentorship, funding and incubation support will be provided to innovators and engineers who have business ideas

The ABCD programme is aimed at facilitating the transformation of civilian tech startups into defenceoriented applications and helping them discover defense applications, and assisting in securing funding for defense projects. During the four month program, startups will have the unique opportunity to collaborate with knowledge partners, including active and retired armed forces personnel.

The Union Minister noted the success of the Startup boom in the Space sector after the introduction of reforms, with over 150 Space Startups emerging. He also mentioned India s goal to achieve its first manned Space Mission Gagan Yaan by 2025, a lunar sample return mission, and the Bharatiya Antariksha Station (Indian Space Station) by 2035.

In a video message at the DATE with Tech event, the minister also drew attention to the issue of deepfakes. You have heard recently our Prime Minister call out the risks of deepfakes.

ShereKashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Saturday held a daylong conference GIS Exchange Meetup on World GIS Day to deliberate on startup opportunities in Geographical Information Systems.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has witnessed a remarkable surge in the number of startups, soaring from approximately 2,300 registered startups in the state in March 2021 to over 7,400 at present, announced state MSME minister TM Anbarasan on Friday Startups from Chennai secured over $1

Amid economic headwinds, a select group of startups is bucking the trend and hiring more hands. Ekkaa Electronics, Park+, and Borzo, among others, are hiring in large numbers across departments and job roles. The hiring is mainly centred around expansion plans for the next year. Besides, startups are looking for niche talent to prepare for the future and enter new markets.