News Startups B2B upstart Bizongo secures $50Mn in fresh capital Mumbai-based B2B vendor-digitisation platform Bizongo has successfully secured a fresh $50 million… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 4, 20232 minute read
News Startups In a first, fintech unicorn Slice and North East Small Finance Bank announce merger, RBI approves In what is a first in India’s financial sector space, and could… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 4, 20233 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Greylock Partners launches $1Bn fund with focus on early-stage startups Greylock Partners has revealed its latest fund – Greylock 17 – which… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 4, 20232 minute read
News Startups Dunzo co-founder Dalvir Suri, also head of B2B business, leaves firm amid restructuring Dunzo, the embattled quick commerce startup which has been in the news… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 3, 20232 minute read
A.I. News Startups OpenAI mulls share sale, reportedly at a $80-90 Bn valuation If media reports are to go by, OpenAI the parent for the… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 27, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Byju’s plans 4k-5k job cuts in restructuring move: Reports Byju’s, once a shining beacon of success in the Indian startup ecosystem,… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 27, 20232 minute read
A.I. News Startups Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI upstart Anthropic Recent times have seen companies make moves to carve a large slice… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 25, 20232 minute read
News Startups Google-backed Kuku FM secures $25Mn to expand audio content library, enhance tech India’s appetite for audio content continues to rise, driven by affordable smartphones… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 20, 20232 minute read
News Startups Flipkart could invest $15-20Mn in its new credit marketplace, spin off as a new entity Walmart-owned Flipkart has been doubling down on developing its own offerings in… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 20, 20232 minute read
News Startups Byju’s lenders say company hid $533Mn in a Miami hedge fund that ran from a pancake shop: Report Byju’s financial and legal concerns are continuing to mount and direct narrative… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 13, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Oyo India and Europe heads depart months before a potential IPO Heads of Indian hospitality unicorn Oyo’s India and Europe business have left… Staff@The Tech PortalSeptember 6, 20231 minute read
Business News Startups India fintech majors Paytm and Pine Labs both launch a new payments soundbox that accepts cards via NFC Paytm had brought in a literal revolution of sorts, when it introduced… Staff@The Tech PortalSeptember 4, 20232 minute read
Gaming News Startups Indian Gaming major Nazara raises ₹100 crore from Zerodha founders In a strategic move, Nazara Technologies’ board has given the green light… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 4, 20232 minute read
Business News Startups Walmart pays $3.5Bn to buy out existing Flipkart shareholders, increases stake to over 80% In a strategic move, American retail giant Walmart revealed that it has… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 3, 20232 minute read
Enterprise News Startups Apollo.io, the B2B sales intelligence platform for revenue teams, racks up $100Mn in Series D, valued at $1.6Bn Apollo.io, a B2B sales intelligence platform that provides sales and marketing teams… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalAugust 29, 20232 minute read
Business News Startups Venture Capital Tiger Global exits Zomato, divests 1.44% stake for ₹1,124 crore Tiger Global is adding another handsome exit to its list of Indian… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 29, 20232 minute read
News Startups Zepto secures $200 million in Series E round, is India’s first unicorn in 2023 Despite questionable business models, quick commerce companies still seem to be lucrative… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 25, 20233 minute read
News Startups Wootz.work, a global sourcing platform for engineering products, gets seeded with $3.5Mn from Matrix, Nexus VP Wootz.work, a global sourcing platform that helps small businesses procure light engineering… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 22, 20232 minute read
News Privacy Startups DynamoFL, which uses generative AI for enterprise data privacy, nabs $15Mn in Series A from Nexus, others While privacy regulations, such as the GDPR, the Indian data protection bill… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalAugust 17, 20232 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital Zerodha to pump additional ₹1000 crore in startup investment arm Rainmatter with focus on long-term backing Zerodha, the country’s leading stock broker, has decided to allocate an additional… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 11, 20232 minute read
Business Electric News Startups Ola Electric’s operating revenue, loss, widen in FY22, parent ’Ola’ reports widening net loss Ola Electric, headed by Bhavish Aggarwal, has experienced a substantial surge in… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 11, 20232 minute read