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Ola Electric disputes sales, registration issues.

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…
Raveendran alleges misconduct as Byju’s struggles.

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…
Quick-commerce firms accused of predatory pricing

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…
ShareChat Jeet11

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.

Fantasy esports startup FanClash bags $40 Mn in Series B round

FanClash, a Gurugram-based Fantasy gaming startup, has attracted $40 Mn in Series…

upGrad’s valuation doubles as it picks up $225Mn in latest fundraise

The pandemic was instrumental in ensuring that online education rose to prominence…

Carl Pei’s ‘Nothing’ gets $200Mn backing, teases debut smartphone launch

Carl Pei’s Nothing has bagged a $200Mn backed by Alphabet’s venture arm EQT Ventures and Apple’s Tony Fadell for its debut smartphone launch.

Groyyo lands $40Mn in Tiger Global led Series A for its B2B manufacturing and supply chain platform

Groyyo claims to have empowered over 400+ manufacturers across 150+ product categories and is clocking $100 million+ annualised topline.

Snapdeal, Unicommerce, and Stellaro consolidated under one, ‘AceVector’ group

India’s multi-billion-dollar retail industry (slated to reach nearly $2 trillion by 2030)…

Aerotime, an app that declutters calendars to enhance workplace productivity, gets seeded with $2Mn

Bengaluru based workplace optimization app Aerotime has raised $2Mn in a seed…

Goldman backed online beauty retailer Purplle raises $33Mn, turns unicorn

Mumbai-based online self-care and beauty product retail platform Purplle has raised $33…

Pepper Content gets $14Mn in latest round for its content marketplace, eyes US expansion

Pepper Content, the Indian content marketplace that helps nearly 100K creators earn…