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Byju’s scores another $200 million in ongoing round, this time from General Atlantic

Byju’s funding juggernaut looks in no mood to stop. The company is…

Firstcry, the ecommerce store for baby products, gets another $150M from Softbank, valuation past $1B

Firstcry, the Indian ecommerce + offline retailer that specialises in baby products,…
ShareChat Jeet11

Twitter-backed ShareChat enters fantasy sports with ‘Jeet11’

Fantasy sports has suddenly become hot pie in India. With the ever-growing…

Digital insurance provider Acko appoints former Google Exec Vishwanath Ramarao as tech and product head

Digital general insurance provider Acko announced the appointment of Vishwanath Ramarao as…

Leap India secures ₹164 crore (~$23.6M) for its tech-enabled agri warehousing, supply chain and logistics solution

Leap India, which provides services like agricultural warehousing, supply chain, and logistics…
GetMeAShop

Instamojo acquires Times Internet-owned GetMeAShop

Bangalore-based fintech Instamojo, has announced that it has acquired Times Internet-owned startup…

WeWork opens two new co-Working centres in India, one each in Bengaluru and Mumbai

WeWork India is expanding its operations in India by adding two new…
Oyo

OYO lay offs reach US, over 350 employees being let go across multiple verticals: Report

Oyo lay-offs, something that has been on a rise for some time…

WeWork has a new CEO and he is a real estate veteran, not tech

A failed IPO and billions of dollars of investor money, and WeWork…
Abound raises $14M to expand remittances.

Fintech startups OkCredit, Khatabook, BharatPe and Niyo apply for NBFC licenses: Report

Amid a rather dilapidated economy, India’s lending sector has seen increased activity…
Ola Electric disputes sales, registration issues.

Ola to commence London operations from February 10th

After proving its mantle in the Indian market, Ola has set its…

Cloud kitchen upstart Faasos picks up $5.4 million in fresh round from Alteria Capital

Alteria Capital is in the news for its second investment in as…

Doubtnut gets $15 million in a new Tencent-led round for its multi-lingual online learning platform

In yet another display of the tremendous financial faith investors are putting…
Adonmo

Adonmo secures $3 million from Alibaba’s Bace Capital for its contextually-targeted outdoor advertising platform

Ad-tech startup Adonmo, which touts itself as India’s first contextually-targeted digital out-of-home…

Infosys exits Danish startup UNSILO for $800K, less than half of its original $2 million investment

Infosys has announced that the company has completed sale of its stake…

UrbanClap is now ‘Urban Company’, announces six new service-specific sub brands

In an announcement which had quite a lot of social media hype…

Insurance startup Acko is raising $4.2 million in debt funding from Alteria Capital

Online insurance startup Acko, is continuing to raise more money. According to…
Ather

Electric scooter maker Ather Energy launches Ather 450X, a performance focused take on the original 450

Ather Energy, the Hero Motocorp backed electric scooter maker has announced a…

Zetwerk secures $2.2 million funding from InnoVen Capital

Zetwerk, a Bangalore-based startup which operates a manufacturing services platform, has secured…
Cred

Cred, a platform that lets you collect reward points on credit card purchases, spent ₹64 crore with zero revenue

Freecharge founder Kunal Shah launched his second startup named Cred in November…