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An interesting movement is gaining ground in the US entrepreneurial space, driven by a group of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Initially dubbed the ‘Startup Founder Visa Movement‘, the initiative now has a home at StartupVisa.com. It hopes to change US government policy around the EB-5-Visa to allow entrepreneurs from other countries to get a visa [...]

Early stage or growth, raising capital has been tough for almost all companies since last October. Declining venture capital and private equity investment numbers over the last several months are evidence — see the latest Grant Thornton report here. For startups, especially, raising venture capital is a challenge even in fair weather. Each stage, from [...]

[media-credit name="Snigdha Sengupta" align="alignnone" width="150"][/media-credit]Few in the Indian startup eco-system understand young entrepreneurs and their travails as well as Laura Parkin, currently executive director of the Wadhwani Foundation. She is also a co-founder of NEN (National Entrepreneur Network), which is promoted by the foundation. Her earlier career has seen her play diverse roles, ranging from [...]

We’re entering the big season for startup and venture capital networking in India. Here’s an update on the marquee events to look out for in the next few months: BarCamp Mumbai 6 – This edition is at the SP Jain Institute in Andheri West on October 11. The wiki page is down for maintainence, but [...]

In the concluding part of the series, our panelists picked out startups that they particularly liked from the Proto.in Edition 6 showcase. 14 startups were showcased. Here are the seven VC favourites: Vigyaapan Technologies , eMart Solutions, HyCa Technologies, Vardenchi Motorcycles, Vrixx Education Solutions, BankBazaar, TouchMagix Media Panelists: Alok Mittal, Canaan Partners; Sateesh Andra, DFJ; [...]