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This IIT engineer is building a 'Toppr' of an app in the edtech space

Zishaan Hayath would rather build his enterprise ground up than go for an acquisition

Indian startups raised up to $63 billion since 2016, spawn 27 unicorns

The startups ecosystem has raised as much as $63 billion in growth capital between 2016 and 2020, when they spawned 27 unicorns

India's Pixxel partners with Momentus for second satellite launch

Bengaluru-headquartered Pixxel is building a constellation of cutting-edge earth imaging small satellites that can provide real-time remote sensing data across the world

Shoutout apps that bring you birthday greetings from a film or sports star

Personalised video messages, text messages from celebrities' verified social media handles and live interactive sessions are three key models through which fan and celebrity interact

Parliamentary panel bats for abolishing LTCG on startup investments

This should apply to investments made through collective investment vehicles such as angel funds, alternate investment funds and investment LLPs

Meet the Tamil Nadu-born techie who is helping Zoom connect the world

Velchamy Sankarlingam, who heads the firm's engineering and product dept, reports directly to CEO Eric S Yuan, who was his colleague at WebEx

Ronnie Screwvala's upGrad aims to take higher education offerings overseas

upGrad has earmarked Rs 500 crore for investments in the next 18-24 months for its overseas expansion

Reverie: Startup that helps firms connect with users in Indian languages

Reverie is a full-stack Indian-language product and technology company with several tools to create content, conversion of speech to text and text to speech

Developer tools start-up Hasura raises $25 million in Series B funding

Lightspeed Venture Partners leads round, with participation from existing investors Vertex Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Strive VC and SAP.iO Fund

Mental health start-ups capitalise on pandemic-led demand for services

Many are discovering new revenue streams by adopting a digital-first approach and fostering ties with corporate clients to roll out customised solutions

Agri-tech startup Aibono raises Rs 15 cr for business growth, expansion

The Bengaluru based firn is an end-to-end aggregator platform that connects premium perishable vegetables from farm to fork

Unacademy turns into unicorn after SoftBank-led funding round

Valuation jumps 3-fold in last six months to $1.45 billion; becomes the second unicorn in edtech space after Byju's

Unacademy is like the Netflix for live education: CEO Gaurav Munjal

In an interview with Samreen Ahmad and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra, Gaurav Munjal of Unacademy says the Covid-19 pandemic may have shortened the time the company has taken to achieve $1.45 billion valuation

This IITian and ex-Infy techie is creating India's first kiddie dairy brand

Gaurav Haran's firm has launched its Nutrinos brand of yoghurt in three flavours, and will soon be coming out with cheese-based snacks and flavoured milk as well

Venture Catalysts raises Rs 100 cr for investing in over 100 startups

Angel investor Venture Catalysts (VC) on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 100 crore for a new fund which will invest in over 100 Indian startups.

9Unicorns makes first close of Rs 100 cr for its new fund for start-ups

The fund intends to offer $100,000 for 5-7% equity per start-up

Info Edge founder wants a hat-trick after Zomato, PolicyBazaar success

To pump in money more aggressively, Sanjeev Bikhchandani's company has set up its own alternative investment fund, Info Edge Ventures, for early stage investments

IIT Kanpur-backed startup Phool.co raises $1.4 mn in pre-Series A funding

Phool.co says it converts floral waste at temples into charcoal-free luxury incense products

Accel wants to democratise access to knowledge for startup community

Accel's SeedToScale platform aims to share highly-curated insights, networks and playbooks from founders, investors and operators with the startup founders

Start-ups to soon start getting capital from Uttar Pradesh Start-up Fund

The Uttar Pradesh Startup Fund is fast gaining traction and will soon start disbursing growth capital to the state-based entities.