Culture & Policy News Startups Ola Cabs CEO Hemant Bakshi quits within 3 months of joining Ola, the Indian ride-hailing upstart that rivals Uber in India, is seeing… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 30, 20242 minute read
News Startups Flipkart’s attempt to acquire majority stake in Zepto hits a roadblock: Report Flipkart, which has been attempting a quick commerce venture for a while,… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 19, 20242 minute read
Gaming News Startups LightFury Games secures $8.5Mn for ambitious AAA, console game development India’s game development startup sector, which has largely been dominated by startups… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 17, 20243 minute read
News Startups Procmart gets $30Mn in Series B from Fundamentum, others for its B2B procurement marketplace Procmart, a B2B marketplace that helps India’s traditional businesses get access to… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 16, 20242 minute read
News Startups Zepto surpasses $1Bn in annual sales: Goldman Sachs Quick commerce, a segment that saw meteoric rise during and post COVID,… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 4, 20242 minute read
A.I. News Startups AI sales platform SiftHub raises $5.5Mn in seed to help teams derive insights from scattered sales data With social media platforms increasing the number of sales channels that product… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalApril 4, 20242 minute read
News Startups Byju’s Raveendran offers renounced shares amid latest attempts to save firm Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran seems to be making a final dash at… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 30, 20242 minute read
News Startups Ultrahuman, makers of health-tracking smart ring, snaps $35Mn in Series B Ultrahuman, the Bengaluru-based wearable tech startup focused on health monitoring, has secured… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 20, 20242 minute read
News Startups Continued financial troubles force India’s Byju’s to vacate most offices, shifts employees to WFH Byju’s, the once high-flying, $22bn valued Indian edtech story, is finding it… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 12, 20243 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Thrasio, once a top Amazon sellers’ aggregator, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thrasio, which became popular for its then investor-craze model of aggregating and… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 28, 20242 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Byju’s faces shareholder rebellion following vote to remove founder Byju Raveendran as CEO Byju’s, the edtech giant, is embroiled in a shareholder rebellion as investors… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20243 minute read
Electric News Startups Vidyut lands $10Mn in debt/equity Series A for its unique battery rental model for small commercial EVs Vidyut Tech, an EV startup that helps significantly reduce ownership costs for… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 20, 20242 minute read
News Startups Neodocs raises $2Mn in seed round for its smartphone-based, at-home test kits Neodocs, a health-tech startup that so far functioned in stealth, is moving… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 8, 20242 minute read
News Startups Khyaal, an online platform for senior citizen wellness, gets seeded with $4.2Mn from Inventus, SVQuad Khyaal, an online app with a myriad of services focused around wellness… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 6, 20242 minute read
News Startups Paytm under investigation for FEMA violations amid regulatory scrutiny: Reuters Paytm, the troubled Indian fintech giant, has now found itself under the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 5, 20242 minute read
News Startups Ola, Uber to operate under new fixed fare structure in Indian state of Karnataka The transportation regulator in India’s southern IT Hub of Karntaka, has now… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 5, 20243 minute read
News Startups Paytm to cut ties with Paytm Payments Bank amidst regulatory ban Yesterday, the Reserve bank of India (RBI) imposed further restrictions on Paytm… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 1, 20243 minute read
News Startups Fidelity marks down Meesho’s valuation to $3.5 billion Adding to a growing, not-so-favourable list of high-profile Indian unicorns getting their… Praneetha BandaruJanuary 30, 20242 minute read
Business News Startups Byju’s cuts valuation by over 99% in latest rights issue Byju’s, the prominent Bengaluru-based edtech giant, is reportedly open to accepting a… Srihari RishabhJanuary 29, 20243 minute read
News Startups Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, seeks funding at $2Bn valuation: Report Byju’s, the Bengaluru-based edtech giant, which has been in all sorts of… Praneetha BandaruJanuary 23, 20243 minute read
News Startups ZestMoney, once valued at $450Mn, sold to DMI a month after shut down ZestMoney, the Indian buy-now-pay-later fintech backed by Goldman Sachs and valued at… Praneetha BandaruJanuary 18, 20242 minute read