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The Travelers Companies to take over InsurTech firm Simply Business for $490Mn

Simply Business, an online insurance platform for SMEs, is being acquired by…

Invite-only professional chat platform VentureApp nabs $4Mn for a wider rollout

Ryan Moore, a partner at Accomplice has led an investment round for professional…

Israel-based car diagnostics app Engie launches in the UK

Engie, an Israel-based startup offering a car diagnostics device and app is…
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Snapdeal’s parent Jasper Infotech invests additional Rs 30 crore in its payments unit Freecharge

Jasper Infotech, the parent company of e-commerce startup Snapdeal, has now invested…
avanti finance

Tata Trusts, Lockheed Martin & DST join hands to invest $2Mn in tech-based social startups annually

Tata Trusts also finally seems to be embracing the advent of technology…
Uber

And Waymo has filed an injunction against Uber

Uber’s bad luck continues. Although in all honesty, we could have seen…
Oculus, ZeniMax, VR

Court dismisses Total Recall lawsuit against Oculus

Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey seems to have something about him, that compels…

Uber drivers run into trouble with Hong Kong and Thailand authorities

Uber seems to have run into a bad patch as far as…

Student housing startup ‘your-space’ raises half a million dollars in its angel round

Millions of students in India walk out in strange cities for education…

Property Share raises undisclosed seed for its unique, fractional property ownership platform

Property Share, a Bengaluru-based startup that enables its users to go for…
snapchat, spectacles, snap

Snap has opened its second pop-up shop in Venice, LA

Snap has opened up a temporary store on the Venice boardwalk. The…
Airbnb

Airbnb raises a massive $1 Billion round at $31 Billion valuation

Airbnb has finally closed its round F of funding. The round which…
Uber

Uber has finally received a self-driving vehicle test permit for Californian roads

Finally! Uber has received a permit which now allows its self-driving cars…

Zone Startups India plans 2nd cohort of empoWer accelerator program for women entrepreneurs

On this International Woman’s Day, Zone Startups India has announced that they will…

Parentune, social network for parents, raises funding from Kae Capital and Segnel Ventures

Parentune.com, an online social networking platform for parents, has announced that it…

Anand Chandrasekaran invests in fundraising platform LetsVenture

Anand Chandrasekaran, prolific angel investor and former chief product officer of Snapdeal,…
Uber

Uber’s AI Labs head Gary Marcus steps down just 4 months post his appointment

In light of recent allegations, Uber seems to be faced with a mass…
Kaggle

Google has confirmed its Kaggle acquisition

Google has finally confirmed its Kaggle acquisition. Rumors of the same first…
startup india

Startup India partners with Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center to launch Milestone Makers programme

The country’s entrepreneurial initiative Startup India has now partnered with San Francisco-based Nasdaq Entrepreneurial…

Twelve startups score around $12.75 million funding at Pitch@Rashtrapati Bhavan event

The Indian Government has been promoting entrepreneurship and extending support for startups…