Internet News Netflix, Hotstar embrace UPI Autopay as the technology becomes more mainstream The UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Autopay technology has revolutionized the digital payments… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 7, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Bangladesh’s largest B2B commerce startup ‘ShopUp’ raises $75 million led by Valar Ventures The growth of the startup culture in South East Asia has been… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 7, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Delhivery raises $76.4 million from Lee Fixel’s Addition as it preps to go public in the next two quarters Delhivery, the homegrown delivery and e-commerce start-up, has been quite busy from… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 6, 2021
News Space Inspiration4, SpaceX’s maiden all-civilian space launch set to occur on September 15 Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson are some of the biggest… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 6, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Deep tech SaaS start-up NeuroPixel.AI raises $825,000 in seed funding Deep tech SaaS start-up NeuroPixel.AI has raised $825,000 in a seed funding… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 6, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Dukaan raises $11Mn as it looks to take India’s ‘kirana’ stores online India’s kirana store space still continues to dominate the retail sector, and… Upneet SinghSeptember 6, 2021
Business News Startups Zomato to shut down its subsidiaries in Singapore and UK A few months after Zomato’s blockbuster IPO smashed its way into the… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 3, 2021
Culture & Policy News Virgin Galactic grounded by FAA for deviating from planned trajectory during July spaceflight Back in July, Richard Branson set the precedent for his fellow billionaires,… Upneet SinghSeptember 3, 2021
Culture & Policy News India’s Supreme Court expresses concern over fake news spreading through YouTube channels Holding social media intermediaries accountable for content on their platforms has been… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 3, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News India’s new ‘Account Aggregator’ system aims to democratize credit and extend financial services to masses The payments sector in India went through a revolution with the launch… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 2, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News India launches antitrust investigation against Apple’s in-app payments system: Report Apple is one of the biggest smartphone makers in the world. However,… Upneet SinghSeptember 2, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital AppsForBharat, a product studio for devotional products, raises $10Mn in Series A AppsForBharat, a spiritual-tech company, has raised $10Mn as India continues to adopt… Upneet SinghSeptember 2, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital New-age investing startup ‘dezerv.’ raises $7 Mn led by Elevation Capital and Matrix Partners India Invest-tech platform dezerv has raised an astounding $7 million in its maiden… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 2, 2021
Apps Internet News Apple to now let media apps bypass App Store commission rule The market is becoming increasingly tough for Apple, which continues to face… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 2, 2021
Apps Internet News Twitter rolls out paid subscription feature ‘Super Follows’ for iOS users in US and Canada Twitter has been focussing on ways to bring about monetization for creators,… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 2, 2021
Apps Internet News Facebook enters the fantasy gaming arena with Facebook Fantasy Games, available on main app in US and Canada Facebook, the king of social media, is now entering the realm of… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 1, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital YC backed Codingal raises $1.2Mn to add 500K students on its code learning platform Edtech start-up and leading start-up Codingal has raised $1.2 million in its… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 1, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Trifecta Capital launches its third fund worth $200Mn to invest in emerging startups Venture Debt fund Trifecta Capital has announced a new $200Mn fund that… Upneet SinghSeptember 1, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital ‘1Bridge’, an ecommerce startup focusing on India’s rural economy, raises $2.5Mn in seed Bengaluru-based RubanBridge (1Bridge) has raised $2.5 million in its latest funding round… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 1, 2021
Apps Internet News South Korea becomes first country to pass bill curbing Google, Apple’s dominance in app market The days of unchecked expansion of giants such as Google and Apple… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 1, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Two-wheeler buying and financing innovator ‘OTO’ raises $6Mn led by Matrix Partners With 2021 having scripted a remarkable turnaround for the Indian start-up ecosystem,… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 31, 2021