The Chips to Start-up Programme is playing a central role in strengthening India’s indigenous semiconductor chip design ecosystem by enabling large-scale skill development, infrastructure access, and hands-on chip design across academic institutions and startups nationwide
Days after cancelling his official tour to the Swiss Alpine town of Davos to take part in the WEF meet, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said he will attend the event.
The startups that were rewarded under ELEVATE programme, included 103 ELEVATE 2025 winners, 33 ELEVATE Unnati (which supports start-ups by the SC/ST community) winners and 10 ELEVATE Minorities (empowering entrepreneurs from Minority communities) 2025 start-ups with a total committed grant of Rs 38.85 crores.
HCLTech’s Abhay Chaturvedi expressed strong optimism about Madhya Pradesh’s potential to become a significant technology and AI hub. He highlighted the state’s large pool of skilled professionals, strategic central location, and improving infrastructure as key strengths. While acknowledging MP is currently behind states like Karnataka, he believes the gap can be bridged quickly with the right push. The discussion also covered how AI can propel national initiatives like ‘Make in India’ and HCLTech’s interest in expanding its footprint in the state.
The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad, along with TeamLease EdTech Ltd, has launched an online M.Tech course in Computer Science and Engineering. The admission process is ongoing, and candidates who are interested and eligible can apply for it through the official website of IIIT Dharwad.
The Government of Karnataka, through its Department of Electronics, IT & BT, on January 19 announced the release of ₹1.93 crore, one of the largest grants under Beyond Bengaluru mission, to Vertex Managed Workspace, Mangaluru.
Karnataka Digital Economy Mission facilitated the grant release through close ecosystem coordination, playing a key role in implementing the Beyond Bengaluru strategy in Karnataka’s emerging tech hubs, including Mangaluru
The Karnataka government, on Monday, through its Information Technology and Biotechnology Department, announced the release of one of the largest grants from the Beyond Bengaluru (BB) mission, ₹1.92 crore, to Mangaluru-based Vertex Managed Workspace.
The Department of Electronics, IT & BT, Government of Karnataka has unveiled the Karnataka Startup Policy 2025–2030, laying out an ambitious blueprint to position the state as a global innovation and deep-tech hub over the next five years. The policy was launched as part of National Startup Month during a felicitation ceremony in Bengaluru honouring 146 Idea2PoC winners under the ELEVATE 2025 programme.
THE state government on Sat-urday announced ELEVATE NxT and a Rs 75-crore Beyond Bengaluru Cluster Seed Fund, as a push to deepen and decen-tralise the state’s startup ecosystem.
The Karnataka govt has recognised 146 start ups under its flagship Elevate 2025 programme, extending Rs 38.8 crore in grant support to early-stage ventures, underscoring the state’s continued push to strengthen its startup ecc system. Of the selected start ups, 43% are women-lec while an equal proportion are based outside Bengaluru, reflecting a focus on inclusive and regionally balanced entrepreneurship.
The year 2025 was the ‘year of solar’, when India’s solar power sector broke many records. Now, 2026 is likely to go down in history as the ‘year of energy storage’ — because recent developments in battery energy storage systems (BESS) offer some important cues.
With the ambition of giving a stronger boost to entrepreneurship over the next five years, setting up 25,000 new startups in the state, and developing Karnataka as a global innovation hub, the state government has formulated the ‘Startup Policy 2025–2030’, said Minister Priyank Kharge.
US firm Blackstone has finalised a structured investment in Mumbai-based Al cloud startup Neysa, initially putting in $50-75 million. The deal allows Blackstone to increase its stake to a controlling position if certain business milestones are met. Neysa was last valued at $120-130 million, and has raised $50 million in funding across two rounds till now.
THE state government on Sat-urday announced ELEVATE NxT and a Rs 75-crore Beyond Bengaluru Cluster Seed Fund, as a push to deepen and decen-tralise the state’s startup ecosystem.
The Government of Karnataka, through its Department of Electronics, IT & BT, today announced the release of one of the largest grants from Beyond Bengaluru mission to Vertex Managed Workspace, Mangaluru, marking a major milestone in the state’s mission to build strong technology hubs beyond Bengaluru.
The announcement was made by Shri Priyank Kharge, Hon’ble Minister for Electronics, IT & BT, Government of Karnataka & its department & Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), and Mr. Gurudatta Shenoy, Managing Partner, Vertex Managed Workspace.
The ₹1.93 crore grant, issued through the Department of Electronics, IT & BT, is aimed at supporting coworking and enterprise-grade managed workspaces outside Bengaluru, signalling a sharper focus on regional execution, not just policy intent.
The Government of Karnataka, through its Department of Electronics, IT & BT, today announced the release of one of the largest grants from Beyond Bengaluru mission to Vertex Managed Workspace, Mangaluru, marking a major milestone in the state’s mission to build strong technology hubs beyond Bengaluru.
The announcement was made by Shri Priyank Kharge, Hon’ble Minister for Electronics, IT & BT, Government of Karnataka & its department & Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), and Mr. Gurudatta Shenoy, Managing Partner, Vertex Managed Workspace.
Karnataka has attracted new industrial investment proposals worth ₹1.53 lakh crore in the 11 months following the Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) held in February last year, Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil said on Saturday.
The investments are over and above the commitments secured during the GIM.
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