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Bhavin Turakhia-founded Zeta enters unicorn club with $1.4 bn valuation

Banking tech startup attains value after $250 mn funding from SoftBank

IPV backs salon-focused SaaS startup Glamplus with Rs 2-crore funding

Other investors in pre-series A round are Bounce co-Founder Anil G, Sadhan Enterprise MD-CEO Sachin Khandelwal, Transin CEO Sravan Kumar, Byju's AVP Abhishek Daiya and Shadowfax VP Anudeep Nagalia

Softbank-backed Oyo seeks $600-million loan amid virus surge: Report

Funds sought by hotel startup to bolster balance sheet, service older loans

Hyderabad based startup Skyroot Aerospace raises $11 mn Series A funding

Skyroot Aerospace on Thursday said it raised $11 million Series A funding from investors led by Greenko Group founders Anil Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli

Moglix raises $120 mn in funds, joins India's growing unicorn club

Industrial business-to-business company is the fourteenth Indian company this year to reach unicorn status

Startup Virohan raises $3 mn, says will train million paramedics by 2025

Company says it has trained over 5,500 people since the pandemic started last year.

How meat startups are leveraging technology to bring best quality produce

The trucks that move produce from farms to slaughter houses and retail stores have IoT-enabled trackers that track the produce and periodically send temperature data

Myelin Foundry raises pre-series A funding of $1 million from Japanese VC

The new round will be used to consolidate Myelin's products in the India video streaming market, and to expand into international markets

Fintech firm Groww enters Rs 32-trillion MF space with Indiabulls purchase

Groww said Sebi's recent change in sponsorship criteria for fintech companies has enabled it to enter into the asset management space

Indian researchers develop AI that may help in the fight against Covid-19

Given limited testing facilities for Covid-19, there's a rush to develop AI tools for quick analysis using X-rays. Experts say it can be very useful in smaller towns where access to CT scans is poor

Startups lean on remote-use devices to boost Covid-19 patient care at home

From monitoring vitals, to generating alerts on health crises, to keeping the family abreast at all times, these firms are doing their bit in the war against the pandemic

KFIN Tech buys 17% stake in Artivatic.ai, gets foot into insurtech space

Plans to raise it further; Artivatic.ai will use funding to broaden product portfolio, explore new business horizons and expand footprint in India and abroad

Jab shortage forces health startups to defer plans to vaccinate India Inc

Enterprises like 1mg, PharmEasy and Practo had drawn up initiatives to inoculate over a million employees from some of the country's top companies

BharatPe plans to disburse Rs 14,000 cr in business loans by March 2023

The fintech company, which is soon expected to become a unicorn, has raised Rs 50 crore in debt from Northern Arc Capital

Rubix Data Science raises Rs 6.2 crore from Cactus Venture, others

Proceeds will be invested in enhancing technology and analytics capabilities of the Rubix Automated Risk Management and Monitoring System (ARMS) platform

IIT Madras startup sets Guinness record for upskilling people in Python

They set the record for "most numbers of users to take a programming lesson in 24 hours"

Electrifying mobility: How entrepreneurs changed tack to survive pandemic

To survive the Covid-induced downturn, bike-sharing start-up Bounce changed its strategy and jumped on the EV bandwagon

Hyderabad-based startup aims to save lives with portable oxygenerator

Amid the shortage of medical oxygen in several parts of the country, the Hyderabad-based startup 'The Phi Factory' is aiming to save lives through its innovative and affordable portable oxygenerator

Adman turned investor Sajan Raj Kurup backs gaming firm Revenant Esports

The aim is to help Revenant Esports become a Rs 200 crore brand in the next 18 months

These entrepreneurs are turning their fleet into e-scooters after Covid hit

Bounce has crossed six million km on its electric scooters fleet, using a network of kirana owners, who have enabled over 150,000 battery swaps