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
News Startups Venture Capital Logistics and supply chain management integrator Locad raises $4.9 million in seed round While many companies have had to suffer a setback due to the… Manasi VarmaJuly 5, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Online furniture and appliance rental firm Furlenco raises $140 Mn to fuel international expansion A host of Indian start-ups have raised capital through funds during the… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 5, 2021
Apps Internet News Facebook takes down 30 million pieces of content in compliance with India’s new IT rules Major social media intermediaries have bowed down to the Centre and its… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 3, 2021
Business News Startups Swedish firm MTG acquires PlaySimple, operator of 9 word games, for $360Mn People have been stuck in their homes for over an year now,… Upneet SinghJuly 2, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Gaming and entertainment platform WinZO raises $65 million in Series C funding In yet another stroke of good news for the Indian start-up ecosystem… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 2, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News UPI records all-time high of 2.8 Bn transactions worth ₹5.47 lakh crores in June The pandemic sent waves across the digital payments sector, raising it to… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 2, 2021
Culture & Policy News Entry of Big Tech firms into India’s financial services presents challenges to stability and governance of the ecosystem: RBI Big tech companies have penetrated into many sectors, and continue to expand… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 2, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital ION Energy, a startup that improves life of lithium ion batteries, raises $3.6Mn from Amazon’s climate pledge fund Five-year-old energy-tech start-up ION Energy has raised $3.6 million in a pre-Series… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 2021
Apps Internet News Flipkart launches Shopsy, a Shopify like platform to help small businesses go online Walmart owned Flipkart is trying its hand at building a Shopify of… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 2021
Apps Internet News Instagram working on ‘Exclusive Stories’, a feature that is similar to ‘Super Follow’ on Twitter Tech giants are facing scrutiny across the globe, thanks to a massive… Upneet SinghJuly 1, 2021
Business China News Didi Chuxing raises $4.4 billion in biggest Chinese IPO in the US since 2014 In April, we had reported that Didi Chuxing, Uber’s Chinese counterpart and… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 2021
Futurism News Space SpaceX blasts off 88 satellites into orbit as part of Transporter-2 mission, marks first onshore landing of Falcon 9 first stage SpaceX has launched one mission after the other, whether it be leading… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 1, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Razorpay founders and senior execs launch ‘MarsShot Ventures’ angel fund Fintech start-ups are having the time of their lives during the pandemic,… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Online pharmacy TABLT raises $3Mn from Siti Cable for pan India growth Healthcare has become more important than ever before, especially with the 2nd… Upneet SinghJune 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Google publishes first transparency report under IT rules, says it received more than 27,000 complaints in April The new IT rules have come into effect, binding the major social… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Internet News Server leak puts Byju’s student data at risk, now resolved With the shift to online education thanks to the pandemic, edtech start-ups… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Business Internet News Reliance Jio and NXP Semiconductors collaborate on 5G hardware for upcoming Jio Phones After joining forces with Google for the software side of its new… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook backs India’s new IT rules, says they “make sense” The new IT rules have been a source of contention between major… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
Business News Startups Sequoia Capital’s largest cohort to date for Surge includes 23 start-ups The fifth (and largest) cohort of venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India’s… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Gamified learning platform Quizizz raises $31.5Mn to expand teams across US and India With the sudden shift in education favoring remote learning solutions, edtech startups… Upneet SinghJune 30, 2021