In a bid to strengthen its real-estate vertical, online classifieds platform Quikr has announced the acquisition of Chennai-based India Property...
Startups
Ed-tech platform MadGuy Labs bags $150,000 funding from Gray Matter Capital
MadGuy Labs, a Hyderabad-based online test preparation platform for government jobs, has announced that it has received around $150,000 in a funding...
Walmart Labs acqui-hires AI and machine learning startup Int.AI
Walmart Labs India, which is the local product development division of US retail giant Walmart, has announced that it has acqui-hired an Artificial...
300K DAUs and 1.5 Mn MAUs — Qureka cracks the online gaming code in India
India is still pretty far when it comes to taking online Gaming seriously. Neither is there a strong community base (even though every other High...
Ninjacart raises $34.6 million in Series B funding from Accel, Syngenta and others
In a bid to expand its operations to new geographies, Bengaluru-based agritech startup Ninjacart has scooped up $34.6 million (INR 250 crore) in its...
Video entertainment app Roposo raises $10 million in a new funding round
After pivoting from being a fashion discovery platform model to a generic video entertainment platform, Roposo has now received a needed financial...
Byju’s scores $400 million in a fresh round at a $4 Billion valuation
India’s ed-tech sector is getting a massive financial push today. Online tutoring platform Byju’s, has now raised $400 million in a fresh...
Bengaluru-based mattress maker Wakefit bags ₹65 crore funding from Sequoia Capital
Wakefit, a Bengaluru-based company that makes mattress and sleep-related products, has announced that it has secured ₹65 crore funding from...
Car financing startup OTO Capital secures ₹5 crore in seed round
OTO Capital, a Mumbai-based car financing startup has raised around ₹5 crore in its seed funding round which was led by funding platform Venture...
Google has acquired popular train tracking app ‘Where is my Train’
Popular Android app ‘Where is my Train’, which offers several ways to track locations of trains on Indian railways (world’s third...
Tencent Music investor files lawsuit, days before its $1.2 Billion IPO
Tencent Music’s IPO — the most recent talk of the town and the street in tech community — continues to ride on the whirlwind year...
Zomato debuts its events business with multi-city food carnival Zomaland
Zomato, one of the leading restaurant discovery and food delivery startup in the Indian market, has announced its foray into the events space with...
Chinese A.I. upstart Megvii is raising $500Mn at a $3.5Bn valuation
There’s more money pouring into China’s maturing technology and startup ecosystem. According to a Reuters report, Megvii, the Chinese AI...
Softbank Vision Fund nearing its $100 Billion mark
Softbank’s much talked about ‘Vision Fund’ — which by the way has already been used by the company for quite a few...
Zomato acquires drone startup TechEagle, sets up stage for drone powered deliveries
Is Zomato seriously looking for a drone-based hub-to-hub delivery angle ? From the acquisition it has just made, pretty much seems like that. The...
Infibeam invests ₹6 crore in Mumbai-based Instant Global Paytech
Infibeam, India’s first e-commerce startup to get listed, has announced that it made a strategic investment worth ₹6 crore in Instant...
Singapore’s Grab could invest $100 million in OYO
Singapore-based ride-hailing upstart Grab, is reportedly in talks with Oyo for investing around $100 million in the hotel marketplace. According to...
Minneapolis-based Insurtech upstart Bright Health raises $ 200Mn in Series C, now valued at $950 Mn
The insurance space which many claim as being quite unremarkable over the past few years, is now witnessing a huge shift thanks to the introduction...
Medical tourism startup Hospals raises $1.5 million from Spiral Ventures and Venture Catalysts
Danish Ahmed, who co-founded e-commerce marketplace Yebhi, is now working on transforming the medical tourism space in India with Hospals. His...
GOQii secures fresh funds from Mitsui and others, will make entry into Japan
Healthcare-focused wearables’ brand GOQii, has announced that it has raised a Series B funding round led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd...
Tutoring platform Vedantu raises $11 million from Omidyar and Accel
Vedantu, an online tutoring platform, has announced that it has raised $11 million in its Series B funding round, which was led by Omidyar Network...