Business News Tumultous week sees steep fall in U.S. tech stocks Last one has been a long week for Wall Street and companies,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 6, 2021
Business Culture & Policy Facebook Global Internet News Facebook-parent Meta launches initiatives to protect women users across its platforms The internet continues to be an unsafe place, especially increasingly for women.… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 4, 2021
Business China News China’s Uber rival Didi Chuxing to delist from the US While 2021 has been a friend of Indian startups (resulting in a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 3, 2021
Business Global News Amazon’s Marketplace is its most profitable segment, clocking in over $120Bn built on seller fees: Report Amazon’s policies continue to face scrutiny, as a recent report showed that… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 2, 2021
Business Global News Amazon, Apple fined $225Mn by Italy’s antitrust regulator Italy’s antitrust authority has fined both Apple and Amazon for a total… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 2, 2021
Business Culture & Policy News UK competition regulator orders Facebook parent ‘Meta’ to sell Giphy It seems that the matter of the acquisition of Giphy by Meta… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 2021
Acquisitions Business Global News Edtech leader upGrad expands beyond domestic borders, acquires Australia’s Global Study Partners Education has undergone a revolution over the past one-and-a-half year, and while… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 29, 2021
Business News Startups Fresh $200M fundraise catapults fintech ‘Slice’ to unicorn status Unicorns in India have sprung up like crazy in the past 11… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 29, 2021
Business News B2B e-commerce upstart Udaan to now enter consumer-focused grocery business With the changing times, companies have resorted to stepping out of their… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 25, 2021
Business Internet News Netflix is acquiring Scanline VFX, the German visual effects studio behind ‘Stranger Things’, ‘GOT’ among others Netflix wants to push the pedal on visual content. And while its… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalNovember 23, 2021
Business News Paytm says it clocked $11.2Bn in Oct’21 “GMV”, but that isn’t arresting its share price slide Paytm, the digital payments giant that had a forgettable public market debut… Deepanshu KhandelwalandSoumyadeep SarkarNovember 22, 2021
Business Crypto News Fintech startup Defy snaps up $5.5Mn to create India’s first social crypto exchange platform 2021 has been kind to the startup sector in India, clocking many… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 18, 2021
Business Global News Grammarly raises a staggering $200Mn in fresh fundraise Grammarly, the popular writing correction platform that has literally become a writer-household… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 18, 2021
Business Bitsgap Releases Scalper Bot for High-Frequency Crypto Trading on KuCoin On Nov. 15, Bitsgap, a leading provider of automated solutions for crypto… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalNovember 18, 2021
Business News Paytm makes an expected, muted public market debut at ₹1950, shares continue to slide 2021 has a been a year of reckoning for India’s startup ecosystem.… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 18, 2021
Business News Startups Venture Capital Better Capital raises $15.28 million for its maiden fund 2021 has become the golden year for the startup ecosystem in the… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 17, 2021
Business Crypto Culture & Policy News India could soon allow Cryptocurrency as an asset, but not a legal tender There has been a buzz for quite some time, about India —… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 17, 2021
Apps Business News Twitter is acquiring Threader, a platform that eases users in finding popular tweet threads Twitter has been making acquisitions left and right this year, and Threader… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 16, 2021
Business News PolicyBazaar debuts on public markets, shares list at over 22% premium on IPO price 2021 is turning out to be a truly golden one for India’s… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 15, 2021
Business Global News Days after Twitter poll, Musk sells $5Bn worth of Tesla shares Billionaire technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, has sold about $5 billion worth of… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 11, 2021
Business Electric Global News EV maker Rivian values itself at $65 billion in IPO, shares priced at $78 apiece Rivian, the electric vehicle maker that aimed at rivalling Tesla but is… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 10, 2021
Business News Startups Nykaa makes strong stock market debut, lists at nearly 80% premium on opening day Fashion e-commerce upstart Nykaa, which is among a slew of first generation… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 10, 2021
Business Global News Security software firm McAfee acquired by investor consortium for over $14 billion The latest acquisition this year came in the form of security software… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 9, 2021
Business China Enterprise Global News SoftBank’s Vision Fund clocks worst-ever performance in Q3 2021 2021 has been less demanding than the previous year – it fostered… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 9, 2021
Business Gadgetry News Microsoft unveils Loop, its all-new collaboration tool as the company looks to up its productivity game Microsoft’s Ignite IT Pro conference unveiled its new collaboration tool to Office… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 3, 2021
