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  • Former IndiaAI mission advisor Aakrit Vaish to launch Activate, an AI fund with a $75 million corpus

    General Catalyst, Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, Harsh Jain of Dream 11 are among the notable limited partners (LPs) of the fund, sources told Moneycontrol. Activate has already signed its first term sheet.

  • Higher employee costs of Mumbai is better than high attrition rate of Bengaluru: Startup founders

    According to UpGrad MD Mayank Kumar, paying 5-10% higher costs in Mumbai than in cities like Gurugram is still justified by the quality talent and lower attrition rates found in the financial capital.

  • Newly formed association of Mumbai startup founders met Maha Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

    The Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM) consists of Mumbai-based startup founders that have come together in a first-of-its-kind initiative to establish brand Mumbai as a startup hub.

  • Mumbai startup founders team up to form ‘brand Mumbai’

    Mumbai currently houses a sixth or about 18 of the country’s 108 unicorns, the third most after Bengaluru and Delhi/NCR (National Capital Region), but has never been recognised as a startup hub, primarily due to high cost of living

  • Jio Haptik expects 10-fold revenue growth to $100 mn by 2026

    Haptik co-founder and CEO Aakrit Vaish told Haptik co-founder and CEO Aakrit Vaish told PTI.

  • Flat.to partners with AIESEC, NMIMS & TSEC

    Flat.to is a real estate listing website announcing its official launch in Mumbai. The site connects college students with brokers and owners to find flats.

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