Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, in his 2024-2025 budget speech, announced that shops and establishments will be allowed to open till 1am in Bengaluru and 10 other corporation areas to boost trade and commerce.
In the report, about 50 percent of founders see fundraising becoming easier over the next year. However, over 55.5 percent of the founders which makes up about 139 in total said that startups need to have a minimum runway of about 18 months.
The study was conducted by Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Kanpur along with researchers from Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) Switzerland and University Helsinki, Finland.