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Paytm

President Amit Nayyar and four other top execs quit Paytm ahead of upcoming IPO: Report

Fintech and online payments platform Paytm has been gearing up for its…
Zomato

Zomato IPO opens next week, priced at ₹72-76 per share

Zomato, one of the biggest companies to emerge from India’s burgeoning startup…
PhonePe

PhonePe further widens gap with GPay, owns 46% market share of UPI in June

UPI payments have been becoming increasingly popular in India over the past…
Payu

PayU in talks to acquire BillDesk in what might be the second-largest Indian internet-based acquisition to date: Report

One of the largest acquisitions in the internet-based solutions segment may be…

Swedish firm MTG acquires PlaySimple, operator of 9 word games, for $360Mn

People have been stuck in their homes for over an year now,…

Didi Chuxing raises $4.4 billion in biggest Chinese IPO in the US since 2014

In April, we had reported that Didi Chuxing, Uber’s Chinese counterpart and…
Jio

Reliance Jio and NXP Semiconductors collaborate on 5G hardware for upcoming Jio Phones

After joining forces with Google for the software side of its new…
Surge

Sequoia Capital’s largest cohort to date for Surge includes 23 start-ups

The fifth (and largest) cohort of venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India’s…

Zomato reportedly invests $120Mn in Grofers, valuation soars past $1Bn

Both Zomato and Grofers have ridden through the tough times of 2020,…

Leading language-learning app Duolingo files for IPO

With the onset of the pandemic, the shift to online education has…

Etsy acquires Brazilian competitor El07 for $217Mn

Etsy, the popular online marketplace focused around creative products, has acquired El07,…

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance clocks $73Bn in revenue, announces new energy business, Google partnership and more

Reliance, India’s biggest conglomerate, touched never seen before heights over the past…

Number of unicorn startups up by 43% this year, US leads with 154, India adds 11

To say that the startup culture around the world has flourished this…
Unacademy

Unacademy unveils Graphy Creator grant worth ₹100 Cr to help teachers set up online schools on its platform

With schools and colleges still closed in India (and a large part…
Paytm

Paytm seeks shareholder approval to sell $1.6Bn worth of shares in upcoming IPO

Paytm, the digital payments platform that everyone in India is familiar with,…
BharatPe

Payments upstart BharatPe could get fresh capital boost at a $2.5Bn valuation: Report

Investment and Capital Fund giant Tiger Global has been making many significant…

Spotify acquires podcast discovery platform Podz

Spotify has become the “go-to” place for music for most people, and…

Nazara to acquire a majority stake in PublishMe-Middle East’s biggest mobile game publishing agency

The gaming industry has been booming over the past year, a phenomena…