Business News Startups Private equity major Blackstone to acquire majority stake in online learning platform Simplilearn Private equity fund Blackstone has announced that it will be acquiring majority… Manasi VarmaJuly 19, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Lenskart raises $220 million as it eyes expansion in SE Asia and the Middle East The IPO of food delivery giant Zomato may be the talk of… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 19, 2021
Internet News Pegasus spy scandal reportedly engulfed 300 Indians including politicians, journalists and businessmen The wild west of Internet is filled with malice and unforeseeable threats,… Upneet SinghJuly 19, 2021
Business News Zoom is acquiring cloud call center company Five9 in a $14.7Bn all stock deal Video conferencing platform Zoom, which has become a household name during the… Manasi VarmaJuly 19, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Voice assistant-as-a-service startup ‘Slang Labs’ raises $500k in Google led funding Slang Labs, one of the industry leaders in India in terms of… Manasi VarmaJuly 17, 2021
Business News Startups Zomato IPO closes, shares over-subscribed by 38 times Zomato, a company that has been operating in loss ever since it… Upneet SinghJuly 17, 2021
Business News Reliance Retail to acquire majority stake in Just Dial for ₹3,497 crore Local search and listings platform Just Dial Ltd., which prides itself in… Manasi VarmaJuly 16, 2021
Business News Startups Logistics upstart Delhivery bags $100 million from FedEx Express as it eyes global expansion Home-grown logistics and supply chain management firm Delhivery has just raked in… Manasi VarmaJuly 16, 2021
Business News Startups Payments giant Paytm files for a $2.2 Bn IPO Well, the day is finally here. After months and months of speculations… Upneet SinghJuly 16, 2021
Business Mobile News Xiaomi breaks into the top two largest smartphone vendors globally for Q2 2021 Xiaomi has dominated the Indian smartphone market for quite some time now,… Upneet SinghJuly 16, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Popular news aggregation app Inshorts raises $60Mn in new funding round led by Vy Capital The latest in a list of firms that have benefited from the… Manasi VarmaJuly 16, 2021
Business News Startups Venture Capital OYO raises $660 million debt fund to clear past debts and strengthen balance sheet Hospitality and hotel aggregation platform OYO Hotels and Homes, on Friday, revealed… Manasi VarmaJuly 16, 2021
Apps Internet News WhatsApp rolls out public beta for improved multidevice support WhatsApp was introduced as a mobile phone app when it was first… Upneet SinghJuly 16, 2021
Culture & Policy News SpaceX warned by FAA that its Starship launch tower in Texas is “unapproved” Elon Musk has a ton of dreams when it comes to his… Manasi VarmaJuly 15, 2021
Internet News Google sets up second cloud region in India at Delhi-NCR In a bid to extend its service offerings to customers in India… Manasi VarmaJuly 15, 2021
Apps Internet News Twitter to pull the plug on Fleets from August 3rd owing to lack of usage Social media platforms, by large, usually follow the same blue print. A… Upneet SinghJuly 15, 2021
Apps Business News Netflix will diversify into video games, hires former FB exec as VP of Game Development Netflix, the biggest video streaming service in the world, is now planning… Manasi VarmaJuly 15, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital OneCode, a startup that aims to mobilize sales agents across India, raises $5Mn led by Sequoia India’s Surge OneCode, a company that aims to digitize the sales ecosystem of India,… Upneet SinghJuly 15, 2021
Internet News Twitter says largest number of account information demands in second half of 2020 came from Indian government Social networking giant Twitter has been at loggerheads with the Indian government… Manasi VarmaJuly 15, 2021
Business News Startups Blockbuster opening for Zomato IPO, shares oversubscribed by 5% on day 1 of bidding Zomato is one of the biggest startups to emerge from India, and… Upneet SinghJuly 15, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News RBI bans MasterCard from issuing new cards amid data storage row In a blow to credit and debit card vendor MasterCard, the Reserve… Manasi VarmaJuly 14, 2021