Flexspaces have witnessed exponential growth in India in recent years. These flexible office solutions offer a versatile alternative to traditional office setups. They are characterized by shared workspaces, innovative designs, and a vibrant community of professionals from various industries. Flexspaces provide freelancers, startups, and established corporations with an environment that promotes collaboration, creativity, and productivity.

Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) today organized an awareness programme on Innovation to Startups aimed at nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit among the students of Government Degree College Doda. The orientation program was held under the overall supervision of Director, JKEDI, Ajaz Ahmed Bhat.

Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has invited applications from designers, freelance artists and students for the Branding Challenge contest to be held as part of the fifth edition of the Huddle Global conclave. The conclave is scheduled to be held in Kovalam from November 16 to 18. The contest is aimed at developing compelling branding strategies for impactful products created by startups and technologies from R&D institutes.

The 15 startups which received the funding were, Arthum, Bepure, Buckmint, Cutbox, Dailybee, Datavio, Flabs, Hatchfast, HYRGPT, JoySpoon, MiClient, Offside, Sprentzo, THAP and Wastefull Insights Mumbai based venture capital firm 100X.VC said that its investment about USD 2.3 million in 15 startups that belong to its 10th class.

Similarly, Noida based startup Attero forayed into electronic waste management back in 2008, long before the topic was even prominently discussed. Not only companies, but some individuals, too, have taken it upon themselves, and are playing an active role in fighting the menace.

This week, 17 Indian startups raised about $339 million in funding. Electric vehicle manufacturer Ola Electric alone raised a $240 million Series E funding round. Importantly, this deal accounts for nearly 71% of the overall funding raised during the week.

India s top science adviser has asked science and technology clusters to collaborate with deep tech startups and strive to become self sustainable in the future. Referring to the recently announced draft National Deep Tech Startup Policy, Professor A K Sood, the principal scientific adviser to the government, has suggested that the clusters can effectively collaborate with the deep tech startups operating under this policy framework, according to an official statement.

Indian generative AI startups had raised over half a billion dollars as of May 2023. (Image by Steve Johnson via Unsplash) USheadquartered consultancy McKinsey estimates that generative AI could add $4.4 trillion to the global economy annually. According to the report by McKinsey, startups will significantly automate half of the world s work by 2060.