Business News Startups 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,… Guntas SinghJuly 21, 20222 minute read
Apps News Startups 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… Guntas SinghJuly 19, 20222 minute read
News Security Startups 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… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 18, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups 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… Guntas SinghJuly 15, 20222 minute read
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… Guntas SinghJuly 12, 20222 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital 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… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 12, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups Unacademy to shut down global test prep arm, management to take paycuts Edtech unicorn Unacademy will be winding up the books for its global… Guntas SinghJuly 12, 20222 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital 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… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 11, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Ola delays yearly appraisal, begins layoffs across verticals: Report According to reports, Ride hailing unicorn Ola has deferred impending yearly appraisals,… Guntas SinghJuly 9, 20221 minute read
News Startups 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… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 6, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups Lenskart acquires Japanese eyewear firm Owndays Eyewear unicorn Lenskart is acquiring a majority stake in Japanese eyewear firm… Guntas SinghJune 30, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups 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… Guntas SinghJune 29, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups 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… Guntas SinghJune 28, 20222 minute read
News Startups 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… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 28, 20222 minute read
Electric News Startups 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… Guntas SinghJune 27, 20222 minute read
Electric News Startups 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)… Guntas SinghJune 26, 20222 minute read
Business Enterprise News Startups Pine Labs acquires API Infrastructure firm Setu for $70-75 Mn Ahead of its plans to expand into the United States, Pine Labs… Guntas SinghJune 24, 20222 minute read
News Startups 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. Staff@The Tech PortalJune 21, 20222 minute read
News Startups 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… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 20, 20222 minute read
Apps News Startups Sharechat raises $255 Mn, closes series H round at $5 Bn valuation ShareChat earlier raised $266 million as a part of this round in December last year. The company is now valued at $5 billion. Guntas SinghJune 17, 20221 minute read
Apps Gaming News Startups Fantasy esports startup FanClash bags $40 Mn in Series B round FanClash, a Gurugram-based Fantasy gaming startup, has attracted $40 Mn in Series… Guntas SinghJune 17, 20222 minute read