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Zypp Electric to deploy 100,000 more e-scooters for Zomato by 2024

The plan is a part of Zomato's plan to go completely electric by 2030

India retains third spot as a unicorn hub, shows Hurun report

The report also mentioned that India and China produce more offshore unicorns than any other country

CFOs in demand at startups amid funding winter, profitability woes

An increasing number of tech companies and startups are scouting for experts ranging from CFO's to industry executives to manage financial affairs and corporate governance amid a funding winter

This startup is disrupting the QSR model with AI- & IoT-driven kitchen tech

Set up in a college hostel back in 2014, Mukunda Foods has sold its products to about 6,000 restaurants that make Chinese, South Indian, Mughlai and other genres

'Startups in India bringing down unemployment rate in the country'

Any NGO registered as a private limited company with a novel idea that meets the set criteria can be taken up as a startup

Once booming, Indian start-ups set for more pain as funding crunch worsens

"Indian startups are not catering to a billion consumers. All of them are selling to the same 100 million"

Number of startups rose to 90,000 in nine years, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that in the last nine years, the number of startups in the country increased to 90,000 due to promotion of the startup culture by the Modi government

Indian startups move court to stop Google's new in-app billing system

The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) last month asked India's antitrust regulator to investigate Google for devising a new system startups say still charges them a high service fee

IBA reaching out to start-ups for funding needs, says DPIIT official

Only DPIIT-registered start-ups are eligible for funding under various support schemes of the industry department

Lightspeed backs workspace startup 'OfficeBanao' with $6 mn in funding

The firm transforms the entire office development experience using technology with an end-to-end solution across stages of design, procurement, and execution

Funding in Indian startups dips 75% in Q1 2023, no new unicorn in 3 months

Indian startups raised a total of $2.8 billion in funds in the first quarter of 2023, a massive 75 per cent lower compared to the same period in the previous year ($11.9 billion)

Cold chain startup Celcius raises Rs 100 crore from IvyCap, others

The company aims to use the funds for tech innovations to solve the fragmented nature of the cold supply chain and reduce wastage of perishables

VCs focusing more on due diligence amid startup funding slowdown: Report

According to data by Venture Intelligence, the aggregate venture funding fell from $11.34 billion between January and March 2022 to $2.19 billion in the same period this year

India Accelerator announces Dubai foray, will invest $20 mn in start-ups

Incubator will provide start-up founders with four-month training in business growth

Indian startup funding dives 75% YoY to $2.8 bn in Q1 of CY 2023: Tracxn

Deal values dip sequentially as well; despite this India emerges as second-highest funded nation, behind the US

B2B start-up ElasticRun takes a step back, to focus on core strategy

ElasticRun extends the reach of a brand's direct distribution network to deep rural markets

Curefoods raises Rs 300 cr in round led by Binny Bansal's investment fund

Cloud kitchen company says it will use financing to expand reach and diversify in offline market

Nykaa expects BPC biz FY23 revenue growth rates 30%, Q4 performance robust

In its regulatory filing, Nykaa said that in Q4 FY23, against the backdrop of subdued industry growth, Tier 1 consumers have demonstrated sustained consumption

Global investors slash valuation of Indian unicorns amid funding winter

Investors are looking to mark down the valuations of top Indian tech firms in the range of 20 per cent to 50 per cent, according to analysts

How Souled Store is riding young India's swelling pop culture wave

The Souled Store's target audience is young Indians in the age group of 16-30 years, a bulk of which is middle class - the biggest segment in India