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Within months of $1Mn pre-seed, Better Opinions now lands $2.5Mn from Metaplanet, others

‘Better Opinions’, a rather unique startup that lets users trade their opinions…
PolicyBazaar

Policybazaar confirms IT systems hack, says no “significant customer data” was exposed

Cyberattacks and data breaches have become increasingly common over the years, as…
Byju's

Lawmaker Karti P. Chidambaram asks Indian fraud regulator to investigate edtech decacorn Byju’s finances

Karti P. Chidambaram, an Indian Lawmaker who is a Member of Parliament,…

With nearly 30Mn digital health records done, Eka Care raises $15 Mn in Series A round

Bengaluru based healthcare tech startup Eka Care has raised $15 Mn in…

Travel portal Cleartrip suffers data breach, hackers post stolen data for sale on the dark web

Once again, Flipkart-owned online travel aggregator Cleartrip has been the victim of…

Credit line fintech OneCard becomes India’s latest unicorn post $100 Mn series D round

Pune-based fintech OneCard has become the lastest to grace the lineup of…

Lightspeed raises $500 Mn Fund IV, to invest in early-stage startups across India, Southeast Asia

As they say, technology can never be stopped. The potential in tech-startup…
Byju's

Byju’s yet to receive $250 million of its recent $800Mn fundraise

Earlier this year, edtech decacorn Byju’s announced the closure of its $800-million…

Unacademy to shut down global test prep arm, management to take paycuts

Edtech unicorn Unacademy will be winding up the books for its global…

Tiger Global to cut back on writing checks for the next two quarters

The current economic downturn has seen companies scramble to stay afloat and…

Ola delays yearly appraisal, begins layoffs across verticals: Report

According to reports, Ride hailing unicorn Ola has deferred impending yearly appraisals,…

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…
Lenskart

Lenskart acquires Japanese eyewear firm Owndays

Eyewear unicorn Lenskart is acquiring a majority stake in Japanese eyewear firm…
Byju's

Mass layoffs at $22Bn-valued Byju’s, pushes back payments for $1 Bn Aakash acquisition: Report

Byju Raveendran’s Byju’s, India’s highest valued startup and torchbearer of the Indian…
Zomato

Days within Blinkit acquisition, Zomato sheds off $1Bn in market cap as shares plummet

Zomato, one of India’s earliest tech unicorns, hasn’t had the best of…

Google backs SME financing platform Progcap in latest $40Mn Series C fundraise

Despite India’s fintech infrastructure growing by leaps and bounds, credit and financing…

Battery Smart raises $25M in Series A to create a pan-India battery swapping network

New-Delhi based startup Battery Smart, which runs battery swapping stations for EVs…

YC backed EV Infra startup Statiq lands $26 Mn in latest round

Gurugram-based EV infrastructure startup Statiq has raised $25.7 Mn (About ₹200 Cr)…
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…