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CBInsights - The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail

From lack of product-market fit to disharmony on the team, CBInsights break down the top 20 reasons for startup failure by analyzing 101 startup failure post-mortems.

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Why Startups Fail: Top 20 Reasons l CB Insights

From lack of product-market fit to disharmony on the team, we break down the top 20 reasons for startup failure by analyzing 101 startup failure post-mortems. After we compiled our list of startup failure post-mortems, one of the most frequent requests we got was to use these posts to figure out the main reasons why startups failed.

Dockabl, Zoho, Druva - 5 SaaS startups that are making it big in India


As per YourStory Media, below are five SaaS-based companies in India that are making it big in the market:-

1. Dockabl - SaaS-based HR Tech startup, co-founded by Samarth Masson and Sanjeev Grover, aims to enable organisations to perform better by providing continuous performance management through a set of modules.

2. RateGain - A leading provider of SaaS products to travel and hospitality companies which help with cognitive revenue management, smart e-distribution, and brand engagement to make more revenue every day.

3. Zoho Corporation - Chennai-based SaaS behemoth founded by Sridhar Vembu in 1996, the company, at present, offers more than 30 SaaS-based apps to help companies increase productivity, manage projects, boost sales, and handle IT support.

4. Druva - Founded by Jaspreet Singh, along with Milind Borate in 2008, Druva offers complete data protection to its customers by providing services like data recovery, data migration, ransomware protection, and cloud backup on demand.

5. CleverTap - Founded by Anand Jain, Suresh Kondamudi, and Sunil Thomas in 2013, CleverTap is a mobile marketing startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to boost user retention.

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Dockabl, Zoho, Druva - 5 SaaS startups that are making it big in India

After the lockdown was implemented many were forced to work from their homes, which gave SaaS startups an opportunity to provide them with efficient products to ease their job. As per Markets&Markets, sectors such as ecommerce, software-as-a-service (SaaS), healthcare, and enterprise technology are likely to see growth and create investment opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.

Startup Accelators: NASSCOM picks 17 deep tech startups under fourth cohort


IT industry body NASSCOM on Friday announced the fourth batch of its 'DeepTech Club,' under which 17 startups have been chosen for four-month-long guidance, enterprise connect sessions, and exposure to investors, and the global startup ecosystem, according to a statement.

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (#AI), internet of things (#IoT), #blockchain, machine learning (#ML), and virtual reality (#VR) are leading the startup space, and attracting interest and activity, NASSCOM noted. The fourth batch includes startups working in areas like AI, natural language processing (#NLP), immersive technologies, IoT, #computervision, and #quantumcomputing, the statement said.

Some of the startups chosen are Devnagri, Exxar, and Stylumia Intelligence Technology.

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NASSCOM picks 17 deep tech startups under fourth cohort

IT industry body NASSCOM on Friday announced the fourth batch of its ' DeepTech Club,' under which 17 startups have been chosen for mentoring. Under the fourth cohort, 17 startups were selected for four-month-long guidance, enterprise connect sessions, and exposure to investors, and the global startup ecosystem, according to a statement.

Cisco LaunchPad - Startups: 6th Cohort


The following are the Cisco LaunchPad startups for 6th cohort:-

1. SatSure - Leverages advances in satellite remote sensing, machine learning and big data analytics to provide answers to large area questions across multiple domains.

2. Ederlabs - Focused on building secure AI technologies that help enterprises and other organizations adopt trusted and scalable AI practices.

3. Vernacular.ai - Integrates voice & conversational intelligence into products through an independent platform that is always learning.

4. Probus Sense - Helps distribution utilities digitize their distribution grid and have clear visibility of their network through our integrated end to end IoT platform.

5. Clean Slate Technologies: IoT and RTLS solutions provider helping customers boost productivity from location intelligence. It offers multi-sensor hardware tags, proprietary indoor tracking software engines and a customizable intelligence platform that enable live location visibility, process monitoring, deviation alerts and data-driven insights for continuous process improvement.

6. Cloudneeti - A software company with innovative solutions for continuous cloud security, data privacy, and compliance assurance.

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Cisco LaunchPad - Startups

Clean Slate is IoT and RTLS solutions provider helping customers boost productivity from location intelligence. It offers multi-sensor hardware tags (Kreto), proprietary indoor tracking software engines (inLocate 1.0, 4.0 and 6,0) and a customizable intelligence platform that enable live location visibility, process monitoring, deviation alerts and data-driven insights for continuous process improvement.