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Hiver Raises $4 Mn Debt Funding From Singapore-Based Mars Growth Capital
San Jose and Bengaluru-based customer support solutions startup Hiver has raised $4 Mn in debt financing from Singapore-based debt fund Mars Growth Capital. Mars Growth Capital is a joint venture...
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Lending Tech Startup ePayLater Raises INR 18 Cr From Pravega Ventures, Others
Lending tech startup ePayLater has raised INR 18 Cr from Pravega Ventures and from internal investors. The Mumbai-headquartered company will use the funds to make further inroads in the B2B and SME...
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KreditBee Raises $75 Mn Led By PremjiInvest, South Korea’s Mirae; Xiaomi And...
Lending tech platform KreditBee has secured an investment of $75 Mn (INR 544 Cr) in a Series C funding round led by Azim Premji’s PremjiInvest and South Korea’s Mirae Asset Venture, a deal which sees...
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Privacy More Important Than Your Worth, Says Supreme Court In Notice To...
In a sharp rebuke to Facebook and WhatsApp in the case of the privacy policy update, the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde has issued notices to Facebook and WhatsApp in an intervention application in...
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PolicyBazaar Close To Finalising Bankers For IPO At $3.5 Bn Valuation
Delhi NCR-based insurance and financial services aggregator PolicyBazaar is reportedly preparing to list publicly via a INR 4,000 Cr (approximately $540 Mn) initial public offering (IPO), as per news...
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Unacademy Acquires TapChief To Focus On Higher Education, Placements With...
Unacademy has announced the acquisition of Bengaluru-based professional networking and recruitment platform TapChief to launch Unacademy Pro, which would be the company’s vertical for higher education,...
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Amazon Kicks Off ‘Make In India’ Push: Will This Ease Pressure From CAIT, Govt?
Even as it fights fires on multiple fronts with pressure from traders’ groups, the Indian government’s rules around foreign investments, as well as a legal battle with Future Group over the...
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Just 35 Sellers Accounted For Two-Thirds Of Amazon India Sales In Early 2019,...
In what could potentially result in a major investigation by Indian authorities, a report today claimed that Amazon had systematically misrepresented facts, twisted statements and tried tricks to avoid...
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Shiprocket Raises $27 Mn From Tribe Capital, March Capital After D2C-Powered...
New Delhi-based logistics aggregator Shiprocket has raised $27 Mn in a mix of primary and secondary share transactions from US-based venture capitalists Tribe Capital and March Capital. DST Global’s...
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Apple Wants Bigger Piece Of Upcoming ‘Make In India’ Incentives For iPad...
With India looking to boost its manufacturing industry with production-linked incentives for major electronics and hardware manufacturers, US tech giant Apple is said to be looking for a bigger...
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Neobank Open Acquires GST Automation Startup Optobizz For $5 Mn
Mengaluru-based neobanking platform Open has acquired goods and services tax (GST) and financial automation startup Optobizz for $5 Mn in a stock-plus-cash deal, that will see all 35 Optobizz employees...
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Zomato Raises $250 Mn Led By Kora Management At $5.4 Bn Valuation
Zomato has raised $250 Mn (over INR 1,800 Cr) in fresh funding from existing investors Tiger Global, Kora and others, which brings the valuation of the food delivery unicorn to over $5.4 Bn . “Zomato...
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Movers And Shakers Of The Week [February 22- February 27]
We bring to you the latest edition of movers and shakers of the week in the Indian startup ecosystem. Digital payments giant Paytm witnessed three resignations this week. Its chief business officer...
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CFOs In Tech: Delhivery’s Amit Agarwal On The Evolving Role Of A CFO, IPO...
The Covid-19-driven lockdowns across the country (and all over the globe) were the black swan, literally bringing most physical operations to a standstill. But it is safe to say that the internet...
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Putting The Spotlight On The Coolest Women In India’s Product Ecosystem
The tech world has always been dominated by men. In Silicon Valley parlance, the culture of the ‘tech bros’ has defined product building for so long that many of them are not attuned to half of the...
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Despite Zostel’s Claims Of Victory, Stalemate Continues In Tribunal Case...
The three-year-long OYO vs Zostel (ZO Rooms) battle over execution of term sheet agreements after failed merger talks in 2015 took a fresh turn on March 06, 2021, but both sides continue to be at...
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CFOs In Tech: 1mg’s Mayank Gupta On Startup’s Growth, Tech Play And The...
Ecommerce has been growing exponentially, and today, online marketplaces have become an integral part of how people are shopping. The digital environment offers umpteen benefits. It is always...
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On International Women’s Day, Inc42 Shines The Spotlight On The 50 Coolest...
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was the first marketing manager at Google. Marissa Mayer started an immensely successful associate product manager (APM) programme at Google prior to her stint as Yahoo’s...
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Quizizz Bags $12.5 Mn In Series A To Bolster School-Centric Product, Expand...
Edtech and gamified training platform Quizizz has announced a $12.5 Mn Series A funding round led by Eight Roads Ventures with participation from GSV Ventures, Rocketship VC and existing investors...
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Electric Vehicles This Week: Ola’s Massive EV Factory In Tamil Nadu; Delhi’s...
Ride-hailing platform Ola has made a big shift towards becoming an two-wheeler original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and this week, the company unveiled the plans for Ola FutureFactory, touted to be...
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