The initiative was taken after the I&B minister reiterated the need to have an independent association to curb online fake news

Not a single new-age media company with a special focus on digital is part of the founding team

Besides taking self-regulatory measures, the DNPA will work with the government and other associations to promote the digital ecosystem

The Government of Gujarat has an ambitious aim to facilitate 2,000 startups by 2021

Gujarat has 184 startups recognised by the state till date

The Vibrant Gujarat Startup And Technology Summit (VGSTS) 2018 aims to propel the growth of startups in the state

There exists a significant opportunity to invest in brands that offer urban-centric solutions, according to Kanwaljit Singh of Fireside Ventures

Singh says 50% of Fireside investments are outside FMCG,CPG space

“We are trying to build an ecosystem of platforms, in talks with the likes of Flipkart, Amazon, BigBasket,” Singh said.

Freshworks raised $100 Mn in funding from Sequoia, Accel Partners, and CapitalG at a valuation of $1.5 Bn to join the much-coveted unicorn club

The company raised a $5 Mn Series B funding round led by Tiger Global in 2012 after just one meeting with Lee Fixel

Girish shared that because Freshworks is backed by both Accel Partners and Tiger Global, they call themselves ‘Accelerated Tiger’

The product companies in India are still struggling as they generally require much more capital and come with higher risks

In this week’s Startup 101 series, Prasanna Krishnamoorthy helps young startups understand the lifecycle of product development from ideation to release

Krishnamoorthy says you should start with learning what customers want and are ready to pay for

The seven-member inter-ministerial committee has recommended that the Payments Regulatory Board (PRB) be made an independent authority

The draft PSS (Amendment) Bill suggests a different composition of the PRB where four members will be appointed by the government

Payments startups see this as a progressive move and an important step towards the recognition of payments as an independent sector

The webinar was part of ‘The Rising Freelance Economy’, a series of webinars by Inc42 in association with PayPal

Upskilling at the pace of technological growth seen as an imperative to succeed

PayPal nurtures the freelancing ecosystem by allowing students to continue freelancing even when employed with the company

• In a bid to encourage startups and innovation, the EU’s new copyright directive exempts small and micro platforms from its rules
• Article 11 — the ‘link tax’ — requires Google, Facebook & Twitter-like platforms to pay authors and publishers against their links shared on these platforms
• Article 13 — the ‘upload filter’ — requires Google, Facebook, Youtube, etc to stop users' sharing of unlicensed copyrighted content on their platforms