SME

News and Trends

How This Alibaba-backed Hong Kong SME Financing Platform is Creating China Route

Qupital bills itself as the region's largest trade financing platform for small and medium enterprises

News and Trends

Small and Medium Businesses Get a shot in the arm in #Budget2018

The step comes as a relief post demonetization & GST that broke the back of MSMEs countrywide

Social Media

An SME's Guide to Leveraging Online Tools and Services For Digital Marketing

A strong online presence for any ambitious business today is no longer an option but a critical necessity.

Finance

This Fintech Startup is Solving the Numberz Puzzle for SMEs

The startup works on a simple premise: banking should be the catalyst to deliver higher growth rather than just being a separate stand alone activity.

Finance

How This Company is Bridging India's Debt Capital Market Gap

Reports suggest that there is a $380 billion gap in India's SME credit market

Growth Strategies

Access to Finance: The Biggest Hurdle for SME Growth

Smaller businesses tend to depend more on cash dealings and many habitually are poor record keepers.

Growth Strategies

SMEs: Don't Push Succession Under the Carpet

The family business not only acted as an internal job market for the extended family but also kept many generations together.

Technology

Democratizing Invoice Discounting Like Never Before

Jain along with his IIT Kanpur batchmate Manish Kumar, launched KredX - India's first marketplace for invoice discounting connecting SMEs and investors to unlock the value of blue chip invoices.

News and Trends

More Inclusive Taxation Would Help Economy Grow Faster

Overall, Union Budget is "balanced" with no negative surprises for economy in general.

News and Trends

Budget 2017: A Welcome Move on One crore Houses for the Poor

Affordable housing is a priority for this government and it was expected to get infrastructure status.

Finance

Unravelling the Funding Mantra of Ventureast

Entrepreneur spoke to Siddhartha Das, a General Partner, and has been with Ventureast since January 2006.

News and Trends

Most Fintech Companies Should Get Benefit From the Budget 2017

The investment in infrastructure to boost digital transactions should support the entire ecosystem.

Entrepreneurs

The Recap: Qatar Chamber's 2nd SMEs Conference

This year's edition of the conference was held under the framework of economic partnership between Qatar and Turkey, represented by the Union Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB).

News and Trends

SMEs Shifting Business Growth Online Have Big Hopes From Budget FY18

Breaking away from the colonial-era tradition the budget date has been advanced to 1stFebruary 2017 and the Railway budget's solo presentation has been done away with as it is unified with the Union Budget.

Growth Strategies

When We Solve a Problem for India, We Solve a Problem For the World Says Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Google launched 'The Digital Unlocked', a training program which is aimed at small and medium business enterprises.