Large enterprises and corporates are increasingly driving the demand for coworking spaces, followed by SMEs and startups.

Speaking to Inc42, Karan Virwani, the head of WeWork India or “CWeO” told us that the key differentiators for WeWork India include identifying what new businesses need and fuelling creativity through various on-ground events, amenities and activities.

13 Reasons Why WeWork Is Different From Other Coworking Spaces In IndiaHere’s a detailed look at what WeWork counts as differentiation factors in the coworking space, straight from Virwani.

Designed For Specialists, Projects:Enterprises have widely used coworking spaces for specialist project teams which are characterised as multi-disciplined, secret, time-sensitive or short-lived.

Coworking spaces are a natural foil for these teams as they foster a creative and dynamic environment, ideal for this purpose. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573893005.440089/India-Boss-Karan-Virwani-On-How-WeWork-Is-Different-From-Other-Coworking-Companies?ref=audio_experience

Bill Gates, who was on a three-day visit to India, also said something along the same lines.

“Overall, I am a believer that most technologies can be shaped to have more benefits than negatives,” said Bill Gates in a media interview recently.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started work in India more than a decade ago and since then been supporting many startups in the health sector.

Healthtech Startups In IndiaThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting NIRAMAI in its endeavour to detect early-stage breast cancer.

He said that India has incredible potential, whether it is in the health sector, or the IT sector. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573889405.4739761/India-Has-Incredible-Potential-In-The-Health-Sector:-Bill-Gates?ref=audio_experience

This is a profile of Ahmedabad’s Torchit, which has taken an initiative to empower the visually impaired with its assistive tech.

The lack of assistive tech is a major hindrance in the overall development of the differently-abled.

But Ahmedabad-based Torchit has a tech solution that hopes to make navigation around rooms and closed spaces easier for the visually-impaired.

Cofounded by Hunny Bhagchandani, Torchit brings ultrasonic sensors and sonar-like ability to white canes that the visually-impaired usually carry around.

Within India, Torchit’s home state of Gujarat and neighbouring Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, along with Delhi NCR have seen the highest adoption. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573887606.4197578/How-Ahmedabad’s-Torchit-Aids-The-Visually-Impaired-With-Assistive-Tech?ref=audio_experience

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"We are aggressively looking at expanding our presence in the country.

"It's a massive market, we are (all) still collectively scratching the surface of potential of the market.

There is space for all the players to be around as long as you are relevant, there is merit.

We know our consumers love variety and are very excited to try new cuisines and restaurants.

With Uber Eats, we hope to make this easy for them so they can access great food choices every day," Kotecha said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573884004.197212/Uber-Eats-focuses-on-aggressive-expansion-in-India?ref=audio_experience

With 5G coming into picture, 26Ghz and 28 Ghz have emerged as the most important bands for 5G transmission, due to the higher spectrum capacity.

China, Japan and Russia are opposing the use of the 26 Ghz band as they’re planning to use it for their military operations.

But the Department of Telecommunication has already accepted accepted ISRO’s demand to use 26 Ghz band.

The COAI added that the DoT will only have around 1.25 to 1.5 Ghz of spectrum in 26 Ghz for 5G services, whereas an operator would require at least 1 Ghz.

Moreover, the industry body added that India’s approach at the WRC depicts that the 26 Ghz and 40 Ghz bands are not the country’s priorities. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573882205.628272/India-Unlikely-To-Allow-Commercial-5G-Use-On-26-Ghz-On-ISRO’s-Demand?ref=audio_experience

And while every organisation has an HR team and function, few are able to effectively use technology to solve many needs and requirements of the employee.

“We were working for the likes of McKinsey and EY and those companies themselves had bad systems.

Darwin founders Rohit, Jayant, Chaitanya"I was surprised to see that the founders were not able to speak about the HR function at a board meeting.

The buying company did not worry much about the attrition rate, but Jayant asked the pharma founder to dig into their HR data.

Jayant explains that there were three different HR software in that office, making data capture even more difficult. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573880405.526264/[The-Turning-Point]-Why-these-McKinsey-and-EY-consultants-built-a-HR-product-now-used-by-Bisleri,-Swiggy,-and?ref=audio_experience

Calling India its fastest-growing market, Quora is looking to expand its user base in the country with support for more regional languages natively, as well as establishing its first India office.

Now it’s also adding Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu to the mix, covering a whole lot of Indian regional language users.

Earlier this month, Google News announced that it is adding native support for more Indian languages, while Twitter also customised its UI to support Indian regional languages this year.

A KPMG and Google India study pointed out that the regional language internet users have surpassed the english internet users.

As of 2016, India had 234 Mn regional language internet users, compared to 175 Mn English internet users, the report added. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573878605.4046988/Quora-To-Set-Up-First-Office-In-India;-Adds-Gujarati,-Telugu-Support?ref=audio_experience

We bring to you the latest edition of Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week!

Overall, this week 16 startups raised around $33.12 Mn funding totally and one startup acquisitions took place in the Indian startup ecosystem.

Indian Startup Funding Of The Week1.

Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sun Mobility’s Chetan Maini and Sandeep Maini in the ongoing funding round of the startup.

Stay tuned for the next week edition of Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week! | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573875005.6368968/Funding-Galore:-Indian-Startup-Funding-Of-The-Week?ref=audio_experience

The fourth edition of the annual Chitra Kala Sangam exhibition featured 170 artworks by 30 artists.

She has completed over 60 artworks, priced from Rs 3,500 to Rs 10,000; some of them are done using knives and ball-pens.

Nanda sees success for herself in appreciation, awards, visibility, and being able to share her skills with other aspiring artists.

Improve upon your strengths, rather than comparing your work with other forms of arts and trying to work around those,” she advises aspiring artists.

She advises aspiring artists to keep innovating, try new methodologies, broaden their approach, and develop their signature styles. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573873206.7423084/Expression,-excellence,-empowerment:-what-we-can-learn-about-success-from-the-artists-of-the-Chitra-Kala-Sangam-exhibition?ref=audio_experience