Ultimately, a business cannot focus on building a product with great UX alone; the companies who thrive are those who are able to create exceptional experiences while solving major pain points for customers. I recently met with an entrepreneur who wanted to get some feedback on a pretty significant pivot in his startup’s strategy – […]
Wherefore Art Thou, Mentors? – Turning Mentors into Startup Coaches
Even though top mentors are nestled in the tight entrepreneurial networks of tier 1 cities, the startup ecosystem mustn’t work in isolation if it wants to see big things happen. What’s Happening in Incubation in India Today? What the startup ecosystem knows as an ‘incubator’ today is a concept primarily pulled from the hallowed palm […]
Mind the Knowledge Gap: Startups and Incubators Need to Build Their Foundations
This past year was pretty rough in Startup Land. Investors held their pocketbooks close to their chests as it was nearly unanimously decided that India’s entrepreneurs needed to take a good, hard look at the fundamental building blocks of their startups. Fortunately, that hasn’t slowed down the excitement and enthusiasm around entrepreneurship in the least […]
Speed2Seed Startup Summit 2016: Accelerating India’s next-gen startups
Initiated in 2015, Speed2Seed is a unique program supporting early-stage entrepreneurs emerging out of India’s incubators and accelerators to become strong, investment-ready startups.
Unitus Seed Fund invests in Urban Tailor, a growing e-tailoring service
With a robust 40% MoM growth, the company plans to expand to 20 cities by 2019.
Impact by Numbers: Here’s the Math
A look at the Finance vs. Social Impact philosophy: Can doing well and doing good co-exist? “Doing well while doing good” – is a sentence that sums up the ethos of Impact Investment. While it is gaining increasing acceptance, the connotations of “doing good” has been typically linked to “social impact” and “social entrepreneurship” which do […]
Unitus Seed Fund Launches StartHealth Competition with INR 10 Lakhs in Cash Prize
Philips Innovation Campus (Bangalore) to mentor shortlisted applicants; winners can pitch for investment of upto INR 2 crore 2 March, 2016, Bangalore: Unitus Seed Fund, India’s leading venture seed fund supporting startups innovating for the masses, announced the launch of the third edition of its StartHealth Competition. StartHealth Competition is a pan India challenge that […]
Unitus Seed Fund Invests in DriveU, India’s First and Fastest Growing On-Demand, Private Driver Service
DriveU plans to accelerate its market presence and disrupt the way people “drive” 29 February, 2016. Bangalore, India: Unitus Seed Fund, India’s most active seed fund supporting startups innovating for the masses, announced its investment in DriveU, a firm that aggregates on-demand drivers for private car owners in India. DriveU raises $1 million from Unitus […]
Unitus Seed Fund Invests in BetterPlace, India’s Leading Safety and Trust Platform
BetterPlace to accelerate technology development, operational capability and geographical presence for offering “Safety as a Service – SAAS” 16th February, 2016. Bangalore, India: Unitus Seed Fund, India’s most active seed fund supporting startups innovating for the masses, today announced an investment in BetterPlace Safety Solutions, a Bangalore-based digital background verification solution provider aiming to create “A […]
Unitus Seed Fund Expands Investment Advisory Committee
1 February, 2016. Bangalore, India – Unitus Seed Fund, India’s leading venture seed fund supporting startups innovating for the masses, announced the expansion of their Investment Advisory Committee with the addition of investor-entrepreneurs, Ganesh Rengaswamy and Padma Chandrasekaran. Unitus’ investment advisory committee advises the fund’s domestic and overseas investment decisions and strategy. Padma Chandrasekaran: Founder and […]