We may destroy startups if we acquire them very young says Wipro's Rishad Premji | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580704205.1544878/WeWork-names-real-estate-veteran-Sandeep-Mathrani-its-new-ceo?ref=audio_experience

Large enterprises are turning to small, niche startups offering specific cyber security services, rather than depend on multinationals who provide end-to-end solutions.

“Many executives of large tech firms who were working in the US or in India saw this as an opportunity and started their own cybersecurity startups.”Within cyber security, some segments are too small a market for larger firms to invest in.

Startups say the government needs to step in and offer a testing and certification facility locally.Cost arbitrage also plays a role when most companies look at savings.

“Even as budgets tighten, companies have no choice but to protect themselves.

This is critical,” says EY’s Shrivastava.However, given the fact that some of these firms are starting to provide similar, and often unique, products and services at lower cost, a shift to niche is certainly under way. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580702405.623316/Cybersecurity-firms-shunning-dependence-on-MNCs?ref=audio_experience

Bengaluru | New Delhi: The Indian startup community sees this year’s budget proposals as an underwhelming response to what the sector needs.

The middle-class tax breaks may give rise to some consumption, but at the cost of savings.

And savings formation has been the underlying bedrock of our economy.

This isn't the best way of creating consumption and demand,” said Anand Lunia, founding partner of venture capital firm IndiaQuotient.

“Creation of single-window clearances ..is another step, as logistics is important and will act as a catalyst in driving economic growth,” he said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580700606.1360047/No-giant-leaps-by-FM,-only-baby-steps,-feel-startup?ref=audio_experience

Stage and sector-agnostic investment firm SAIF Partners has said it would be signing close to 15 deals in 2020.

SAIF Partners has also invested in unicorns such as digital payments platform Paytm, online ticketing platform BookMyShow and logistics startup Rivigo.

Deepak Gaur, managing director at SAIF Partners, told ET that the company has already completed some term-sheet stage transactions in January 2020.

He also emphasised that SAIF Partners core business is around early-stage investments even as it continues investing in late stages as well.

Besides backing startups, SAIF Partners is also looking to enter into deals with public companies. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580698809.2511196/Meesho,-Swiggy-Backer-SAIF-Partners-Targets-15-Investments-For-2020?ref=audio_experience

Since 2019, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has been playing matchmaker between Indian startups and Japanese VCs and corporations.

Edited excerpts of the interview:YourStory: How is JETRO enabling collaboration between Japanese companies and Indian startups?

As VCs, do you also favour IIT-IIM educated founders, something Indian VCs are often accused of?

There are some other players who are interested in teaming up with Indian startups and those are corporate VC funds or corporations themselves.

What we are telling founders is that if you were to partner with Japanese companies, this is another IPO option that you have. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580697010.599262/How-JETRO-plays-matchmaker-between-Indian-tech-startups-and-Japanese-VCs?ref=audio_experience

The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow," said William Pollard, an English clergyman.

They approached several freight companies with the idea of a simple platform for freight booking and shipment management, which received positive responses.

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Aditya Agarwalla and Sanjay Agarwalla, Founders of Kisan NetworkAgritech startup Kisan Network began life as a science project at Princeton.

OnTrack foundersOntrack Technologies, which claims to manage the fourth largest two-wheeler fleet in India, has a current user base of 35,000 customers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580695209.1442728/Keep-learning-and-keep-innovating-–-your-startup-fix-for-the-week?ref=audio_experience

The funding will be used to make and launch new language contentThe round also saw participation from investors in the US and ChinaEdtech startup Entri has closed a seed round of $1.4 Mn led by Good Capital.

Entri is a local language learning app for India that provides different types of learning content in vernacular languages for job aspirants.

Currently, there are more than three lakh questions and over 1,000 videos on Entri in 5 different local languages.

The platform has so far seen users consume more than 1 Cr minutes of video lessons and 27 Cr questions practiced in local languages.

We are targeting 10 Mn users and 300K paid users across the next 18 months,” Hisamuddin added. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580693406.4781857/Vernacular-Edtech-Startup-Entri-Bags-$1.4-Mn-In-Seed-Round-To-Add-More-Languages?ref=audio_experience

Among the many issues that beset the global economy, unemployment seems to raise a lot of alarm.

Mike Benioff, Ivanka Trump, Saadia Zahidi and Peter HummelgaardReskilling Revolution is an initiative that was launched by the WEF on January 22, to provide one billion people with better education, skills, and jobs by 2030.

Ivanka TrumpThe Advisor to the US President Donald Trump reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to contributing to the Reskilling Revolution through its Pledge to America’s Workers programme.

Marc BenioffMarc Benioff, Chairman and Co-CEO, Salesforce, said that the business world’s obsession to single-mindedly chase profit has costed the global economy enormously.

To achieve this, he highlighted three aspects that are required – education, skills to succeed, and adopting a multi-stakeholder approach. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580691606.7316024/Ivanka-Trump,-LinkedIn’s-Allen-Blue,-address-unemployment-through-reskilling-at-WEF,-Davos?ref=audio_experience

On Friday, ride-hailing unicorn Ola announced that it would be starting its operations in London from February 10.

Simon Smith, who was Managing Director, Ola, Australia, became Head of International Operations, Ola, last year.

Simon Smith, Head of International Ops, OlaEdited excerpts of the interview:YourStory: What are the key challenges of opening in a market like London?

London is a key market for Ola and we are committed to building presence across safety, driver-centricity, collaboration, and innovation.

Ola UK LaunchYS: What are Ola’s future plans for the UK? | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580689806.872461/[YS-Exclusive]-London-will-be-a-key-market-for-Ola-this-year:-Simon-Smith,-Head-of-International-Ops?ref=audio_experience

In this case, it may be easier to contact an online broker service for information regarding how to find lost shares.

Online Broker ServiceAn online broker carries out an electronic SRN search on your behalf.

The turnaround time for an electronic SRN search is usually 1 business day, meaning that an electronic search is often the fastest and easiest way to find lost shares.

You will have to comply with several identification steps before an SRN search can be completed on your behalf.

Still, your online broker will be able to talk you through this process. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580688011.56518/How-To-Find-Lost-Shares-Simply-–-Capital-Sources?ref=audio_experience