Have plans, need money

Without institutional support, start-ups risk being too early for their time.

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted start-ups just like other businesses; but industrious entrepreneurs have turned the crisis brought about by the pandemic on its head, and created opportunities out of it. From selling local honey to comfortable clothing for pregnant women, and from setting up co-working space for millennials to selling home-cooked meals, start-ups have ventured into wide-ranging service areas to cater to the needs of consumers. In many cases, they have catered exactly to the "new normal" of the post-pandemic age, a case in point being the growth of apps delivering food and beverages as more and more consumers prefer eating and drinking safely at home rather than going out.