News Startups Venture Capital Social commerce startup Trell raises $45Mn to expand influencer led shopping platform E-commerce, a thing that was unheard of a decade ago and has… Upneet SinghJuly 12, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Flipkart raises $3.6Bn at a $37.6Bn valuation as it preps for an early 2022 IPO While 2020 was the year of aggressive growth, 2021 has been the… Upneet SinghJuly 12, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter appoints resident grievance officer in compliance with IT rules Twitter Inc. might have been the last social media platform to agree… Manasi VarmaJuly 12, 2021
Futurism News Space Virgin Galactic creates history, flies Richard Branson and crew to space and back In what was perhaps unconceivable for well near our nearest past, Richard… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJuly 11, 2021
Business News President Amit Nayyar and four other top execs quit Paytm ahead of upcoming IPO: Report Fintech and online payments platform Paytm has been gearing up for its… Manasi VarmaJuly 9, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News WhatsApp temporarily holds new privacy policy roll out in India, will await passing of new data protection bill Messaging platform WhatsApp has been in quite a bit of trouble with… Manasi VarmaJuly 9, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Ola raises $500Mm from Temasek and Warburg Pincus as it pushes the pedal on electric scooter production Coming at a time when its business has been hit hard by… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 9, 2021
Electric News Transportation Ola founder shares update on electric scooter production Homegrown ride-hailing platform Ola is all set to jump on the bandwagon… Manasi VarmaJuly 8, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Ex US prez Donald Trump files class-action lawsuits against Google, Facebook, and Twitter Former President Donald Trump is not one to accept defeat easily, as… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 8, 2021
Business News Startups Zomato IPO opens next week, priced at ₹72-76 per share Zomato, one of the biggest companies to emerge from India’s burgeoning startup… Upneet SinghJuly 8, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Social e-commerce platform DealShare raises $144Mn to fund expansion India based social e-commerce start-up DealShare has raised $144 million in its… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 8, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Google faces new antitrust lawsuit filed by US state attorney generals, targeting Play Store commission Seems like Google has really not had any time to catch its… Manasi VarmaJuly 8, 2021
Culture & Policy News NCLAT orders scrapping of corporate insolvency case against OYO In what is good news for hotel aggregator platform OYO Hotels &… Manasi VarmaJuly 7, 2021
Culture & Policy News Ravi Shankar Prasad, the man behind India’s controversial new IT laws, resigns amid Cabinet reshuffle Even as the latest IT rules continue to bind the major social… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 7, 2021
Business Internet News PhonePe further widens gap with GPay, owns 46% market share of UPI in June UPI payments have been becoming increasingly popular in India over the past… Manasi VarmaJuly 7, 2021
Business News Startups PayU in talks to acquire BillDesk in what might be the second-largest Indian internet-based acquisition to date: Report One of the largest acquisitions in the internet-based solutions segment may be… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 7, 2021
Culture & Policy News Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI contract amid Amazon-Microsoft dispute It seems that the Jedi are not returning after all. More than… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 7, 2021
Gadgets News Nintendo announces new Switch model with a 7-inch OLED screen Video game fans, and especially those who are loyal to Nintendo, sure… Manasi VarmaJuly 7, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News No protection will be given to Twitter for non-compliance with IT rules: Delhi HC The feud between Twitter and the ruling BJP government just got rougher… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 6, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Merchants fintech services major Pine Labs closes $600Mn investment round ahead of IPO With its IPO (which is likely to take place in the US)… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 6, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy News NRAI writes to CCI, alleging Swiggy and Zomato’s unfair practices hurt restaurants Online food ordering and delivery platforms Zomato and Swiggy have become heavily… Manasi VarmaJuly 5, 2021