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Uber

Uber looks to sell 7.8% stake in Zomato as it reports positive free cash flow in latest earnings

As Uber reported extremely encouraging financial results yesterday with not so positive…
Zomato

Zomato net revenue up 18% QoQ as losses reduce

Zomato reported its first quarter (Q1’23) financials late evening yesterday, and there…
Zomato

Zomato reorganising itself under a new parent named ‘Eternal’, with each business headed by its own CEO: Report

Zomato, while faring decently at the time of its Indian stock market…

Sports activities discovery app Hudle adds $1Mn to its Series A from Inflection Point Ventures

Hudle, a mobile app that lets users discover and book sports activities…
India, Economy

Vahak lands $14Mn for its logistics marketplace that aims to help India’s truck drivers earn better

Contrary to other platforms, Vahak facilitates direct connections with truck drivers rather than bringing orders to transporters.

FinBox lands $15Mn for its B2B digital credit infrastructure stack, Flipkart, Aditya Birla group participate

Finbox, a fintech that provides B2B digital credit infrastructure to consumer fintech…

Groyyo lands $40Mn in Tiger Global led Series A for its B2B manufacturing and supply chain platform

Groyyo claims to have empowered over 400+ manufacturers across 150+ product categories and is clocking $100 million+ annualised topline.

Pepper Content gets $14Mn in latest round for its content marketplace, eyes US expansion

Pepper Content, the Indian content marketplace that helps nearly 100K creators earn…

Uni, the fintech behind Pay 1/3rd credit card, lands $6.4Mn in debt from Stride Ventures

Fintech startup Uni, which offers short-term credit options for youth, has announced…

Apple announces ‘Freeform’, its own version of a digital whiteboard

With COVID restricting people to homes, leading to work from home becoming…

Synaptic gets $20Mn in Series B to equip investors with insights using alternative data on companies

Synaptic is aiming to position itself as an alternative source of data on companies, as against what is currently available in the market.

HappyLocate taps $1.1Mn in pre-Series A to help companies avoid employee relocation hassles

Let’s face it, relocation for a new job — both from your…

ApnaKlub gets $10Mn in Series A to address challenges in India’s FMCG distribution system

ApnaKlub allows anyone with a smartphone to earn supplemental income by aggregating demand and supplying FMCG goods to retail (kirana) stores in their local community.

FREED lands $2.8Mn from Inflection Point & others to help consumers eliminate large, unsecured debts

With the growth in retail credit, mounting NPAs and low recovery rates on late-stage delinquencies, FREED is attempting to solve a $15 billion NPA problem.
Reliance

Reliance won’t go ahead with its $3.4Bn Future Group deal

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance has officially announced calling-off one of India’s most controversial corporate mergers — its $3.4Bn deal with Future Group.

Virtual recruitment platform EXPERTIA AI gets $1.2Mn in seed to grow business, hire tech talent

With the COVID 19 pandemic pushing literally everything virtual, recruitments and HR…

Observe.AI gets $125Mn in Series C to make contact centers efficient using AI-powered intelligence

In a world where we are increasingly receiving regular — often unwanted…

Medfin gets $15Mn Series B backing to help consumers find affordable surgery options in India

While healthtech startups took a chunk of the investment capital in past…

Elevation Capital announces new $670Mn India fund, one of the largest India-focused VC funds till date

Elevation Capital, formerly known as SAIF Partners, and a name that has…