BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has funded 61 startups across sectors in the last four months, according to Priyank Kharge , Karnataka minister of IT, biotechnology and tourism. "We are (sector) agnostic, we go by the idea," Kharge said while addressing the Open House organised by The Economic Times with the Karnataka government at WeWork Galaxy . "By next level, it is not just funding, not all startups need funding--it could be idea validation, mentorship, legal, trademark registration, IP. Whatever the startups need, we will do that. Kharge, who also handles tourism, is using startups to streamline processes in the sector.

Source: Economic Times August 14, 2017 03:11 UTC