🚀 Calling all Startups!
Startup India, DPIIT in collaboration with NRDC (NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION), is excited to announce the Startup Grand Challenge.
📌 Theme: Make Smart, Make Local – Rethink Products, Redefine Possibilities
This is a golden opportunity for startups to:
✅ Gain access to NRDC’s incubation centre
✅ Leverage 360-degree support from NRDC for growth and scale
✅ Redefine products with innovation, sustainability, and local impact
If you’re building solutions that can transform India’s product landscape – this challenge is for you! 🌟
Last date to apply : 15 October 2025
#StartupIndia#Innovation#Entrepreneurship#MakeInIndia#SmartLocal#NRDC#StartupChallenge#BuildForIndia
Tide commits ₹6,000 Cr to India — Fintech company announces major 5-year investment plan, creating ~800 jobs and deepening its footprint in the Indian market. 🇮🇳 #Fintech#IndiaStartups
You don’t need a perfect idea.
You need courage to start, patience to learn, and discipline to continue.
The market rewards execution, not excuses. 🚀
#Motivation#StartupLife
India’s startup scene isn’t slowing down — it’s evolving.
Fewer vanity metrics, more real impact.
Build for the long game.
Dream big, execute small, stay consistent.
The next unicorns will be built quietly in co-working spaces today. 💪🚀
#StartupIndia#Motivation
What to watch next:
•Which AI & EV plays scale sustainably
•How regulation & capital constraints shape fintech
•Whether India can convert funding rank into global wins
Which story surprised you most today? 👇
India funding down, but still rising in rank — In the first 9 months of 2025, Indian tech startups raised $7.7B (↓23 % YoY). Yet India has now overtaken Germany & France to become the 3rd most funded startup market globally. #Ecosystem#FundingTrends
Every sunrise gives you two choices — hit snooze or hit your goals.
Start small, stay consistent, and let your effort speak louder than excuses. 💪🚀
#MondayMotivation#StartupIndia
Startup life: where you work 80 hours a week, get paid in equity, and hope your app doesn’t become the next MySpace. 🚀💸
#StartupIndia#StartupGrind#HustleCulture
Nothing like pitching a startup idea to investors… and realizing your ‘unicorn’ is actually just a slightly fancier goat. 🦄🐐
#StartupIndia#StartupLife#VCProblems
🌟 Driving the next wave of deep-tech innovation!
SIG Tattva | CVC Arm of Somany Impresa Group, has announced a ₹3.5 crore investment in Crion Technologies, the pioneers behind Clonos — a digital twin platform redefining asset management with IoT, AI, AR/VR, and cloud.
But that’s not all 🚀
Alongside this, SIG Tattva has launched its flagship ‘Pilot Before Pitch’ (PBP) program — an industry-first model that allows start-ups to validate solutions in real-world industrial environments before scaling.
The initiative brought together leading VCs, academia, start-ups, and industry leaders, showcasing how collaboration can accelerate breakthrough innovation at scale.
This dual milestone marks a big step towards building one of India’s most collaborative deep-tech ecosystems. 🌐✨
Know more: lnkd.in/gseVn72j#StartupIndia#DPIIT#DeepTech#StartupEcosystem#Innovation#VentureCapital#OpenInnovation#PilotBeforePitch#SIGTattva#CrionTechnologies#DigitalTwin
🌏 Meanwhile, in India: Blinkit-AI raised $1.2M to accelerate AI integration in its platform. The domestic AI arms race is heating up.
And on a broader scale — India’s now Google’s top AI search testbed, showing the country’s role in the next wave of innovation.
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🇪🇺 On the policy front, the European Union is prepping to introduce a uniform startup regulation (“28th regime”) to simplify scaling across member states. A much-needed shakeup for cross-border founders in Europe.
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🚀 Thread: Today’s Big Moves in the Startup World
From sky-high valuations to global regulatory shifts, here’s what’s making waves in the startup ecosystem today 👇