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Bike taxi startup Rapido aims to add 500,000 autos across India by year-end
The firm said it is expanding its auto service to Bengaluru, taking the service to a total of 26 cities in the country
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Post fundraise, bicycle sharing startup MyByk eyes public transport linkage
Looks to partner with state govts in its endeavour to transform into a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform
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Sonu Sood launches rural B2B travel tech platform Travel Union
With a mission to support, digitally empower and build a leading travel agent community in rural India at zero investment, the firm aims to be the largest rural digital travel services platform
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Eat Better raises undisclosed funding from GetVantage to fuel expansion
The funds will be invested to fuel expansion by focusing on marketing and new product launches in the coming months
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SoftBank Group funding turns India start-up Mindtickle into unicorn
The latest funding takes the total capital raised to $281 million, including a $100 million round last November that was also led by SoftBank
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Karan Bajaj, who sold WhiteHat Jr to Byju's for $300 mn, decides to move on
Hands over baton to Trupti Mukker, a top executive at WhiteHat Jr and his classmate from IIM-Bangalore
 "Karan Bajaj, who sold WhiteHat Jr to Byju's for $300 mn, decides to move on")
Conversational AI firm yellow.ai raises $78.15 mn in Series C round
The company's AI-powered bots deliver automated customer experience on over 35 chat and voice channels, across more than 100 languages, handling over a billion interactions every quarter
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Employee health benefits startup Onsurity raises $16 mn from Quona, Nexus
The round also saw participation from healthcare entrepreneur Vivek Garipalli, the founder and CEO of Clover Healthcare
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Youth apparel brand The Souled Store raises Rs 75 cr in Series B funding
The company, which makes apparels from pop-culture themes like superheroes, movies, and cartoons, says it aims to cross Rs 1,000 crore GMV (gross merchandise value) by 2025
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StockGro raises $5 mn in pre-series A round, to use funds to get more users
StockGro now has leading fund managers, F&O traders, and algo traders driving their social groups, helping users learn various trading strategies
 "StockGro raises $5 mn in pre-series A round, to use funds to get more users")
Bhavin Turakhia's email startup Titan raises $30 mn, valued at $300 mn
It's the first funding raised by Titan. Along with investment from Automattic, Titan will also be able to leverage the huge presence of WordPress across the globe
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Infra.Market raises $125 mn funding led by Tiger Global, valued at $2.5 mn
Online marketplace for construction materials Infra.Market has raised USD 125 million (about Rs 928 crore) in Series D round led by Tiger Global, valuing the platform at USD 2.5 billion.
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New crop of niche edtech players help solve less obvious problems
Some use behavioural science and cognitive skills to help execs level up across crucial career cusps, others bank on AI-enabled counselling for students
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Cricket legend Virender Sehwag's brand 'VS by Sehwag' gets into e-commerce
The brand is set to acquire 5 mn customers across India in 5 years; is looking to achieve Rs 100 cr revenue via Omni-channel retail, over next 3 years
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StackBox raises $1.2mn funding from Ecosystem Ventures, others
With the fresh funding, the company plans to set up more fulfillment centres to service customers in different geographies and tech development.
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Agri-tech firm Krishify raises $2.7 mn from investors for expansion of biz
In a pre-Series A funding round, the company has raised funds led by Omidyar Network India, Ankur Capital, and existing investor Orios Ventures.
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This derivatives trader chose financial education over brokerage business
The man who hates seeing people losing money started Kredent InfoEdge, whose two platforms offer video courses on investing and a base for learners to dive into stock fundamentals and technicals
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Plug-and-play firm Quickshift raises $770,000 from Anicut Angel, Axilor
Quickshift is a tech fulfilment company providing solutions through a quick turnaround time. It is also an accelerator for brands in the D2C, e-commerce, B2B & retail spaces
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Dukaan launches social commerce platform, partners with D2C brand Bewakoof
The platform, Dukaan Plus, will help merchants source best quality products from the top D2C brands and earn commissions on each sale
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upGrad acquires global edtech firm KnowledgeHut for undisclosed sum
Edtech platform upGrad on Tuesday said it has acquired global firm KnowledgeHut for an undisclosed sum.
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