Startups OYO appoints Ankit Gupta as COO & SVP of Frontier Businesses OYO has been making major changes to its senior management and in… Jeet SutharDecember 21, 20191 minute read
E-commerce Startups Lenskart scores $231M in a Series G round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.5B valuation India’s Lenskart, an online retailer of spectacles, sunglasses and literally all things… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 20, 20192 minute read
Startups Neobanking startup Kaleidofin raises ₹36 crore Series A funding led by Oikocredit Ever since India’s aggressive push towards digital financial services for the unbanked,… Jeet SutharDecember 20, 20192 minute read
Business Startups Court in Germany bans Uber services via rental cars Uber services via rental cars have been banned by a German court… Upneet SinghDecember 19, 20191 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Startups OYO to reportedly lay off 2000 employees by February 2020 OYO, the multi-billion dollar Indian hotel aggregator upstart, may finally be showing… Upneet SinghDecember 19, 20192 minute read
Startups Fintech startup ZestMoney secures new $15 million funding led by Goldman Sachs ZestMoney, an Indian fintech startup that is helping secure loans and make… Jeet SutharDecember 19, 20191 minute read
Startups German intercity bus aggregator Flixbus to soon start operations in India Flixbus started its operation as an intercity bus aggregator in Germany around… Jeet SutharDecember 18, 20191 minute read
Startups Ed-tech startup Byju’s reveals that it is now profitable One of India’s most valued and celebrated tech companies, Byju’s, has revealed… Jeet SutharDecember 18, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Startups Online skilling platform for professionals Springboard announces $11M Series A from Reach Capital, IFC and others Springboard, a silicon valley headquartered online learning platform has announced today, raising… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 18, 20192 minute read
Business Startups WeWork fetches mega $1.75B financing deal from Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs has pledged to bail out WeWork by introducing a line… Upneet SinghDecember 18, 20192 minute read
Startups B2B food tech startup HungerBox raises $12 million in Series C round HungerBox, a food tech startup that has onboarded some of the largest… Jeet SutharDecember 17, 20191 minute read
Startups Bus aggregator Shuttl adds $2.5Mn to its just concluded Series C round Amazon and Google backed Indian bus aggregator platform Shuttl, has just added… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 17, 20191 minute read
Startups Swiggy’s losses inflate to ₹2,363 crores in FY19 The food delivery market in India has grown astronomically in the past… Upneet SinghDecember 16, 20192 minute read
Business Internet Startups Reliance Industries acquires majority stake in NowFloats for $20 million Indian business conglomerate Reliance Industries, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani,… Upneet SinghDecember 13, 20192 minute read
Startups Praveen Akkriraju from SoftBank Vision Fund steps down Praveen Akkiraju, managing partner at Softbank’s Vision Fund is stepping down from… Upneet SinghDecember 12, 20192 minute read
Startups Reelgood gets $6.75 million funding to expand its content discovery service Reelgood, a platform which aims to make it easier for online media… Jeet SutharDecember 7, 20191 minute read
Global Startups Israel’s Crescendo Venture Partners announces first close of its $80-$100M early-stage fund Israel will soon see more money being pumped into the country’s thriving… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalDecember 6, 20192 minute read
E-commerce Startups Flipkart leads $60 million round in hyperlocal logistics startup ‘Shadowfax’ The Amazon vs Flipkart ecommerce battle in India is heating up. Walmart owned… Upneet SinghDecember 6, 20192 minute read
Startups Uber received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in U.S. last year Uber, one of the world’s leading ride-hailing startup, has today revealed that… Jeet SutharDecember 6, 20192 minute read
Startups CarDekho scores $70M in fresh round to fund international expansion Online auto marketplace CarDekho has today announced raising of $70 million in… Upneet SinghDecember 5, 20192 minute read
News Startups SoftBank leads $100 million round in financial services platform Konfio Japan’s Softbank Group Corp is leading a $100 million investment round in… Jeet SutharDecember 3, 20191 minute read