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Bengaluru ranks 5th globally for tech VC investments in 2022: Report
The city's tech firms have raised $7.5 bn in tech venture capital investment so far in 2022 - more than any other year previously
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BlackBuck bounces back from Covid, reimagines its trucking business model
The Tiger Global and Sequoia-backed unicorn plans to deepen its reach from 100,000 villages currently to over 300,000 villages, and scale its existing businesses 3x by 2023
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Railways to invest Rs 50 cr a year in startups; innovators to retain IPR
Indian Railways will invest more than Rs 50 crore annually to fund startups, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, adding that unlike other such collaborations, IPR for innovations will remain with the innovator.
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Edtech firm Toprankers raises Rs 31 cr Series A from Sixth Sense Ventures
Edtech venture Toprankers has raised $4 million (about Rs 31.3 crore) in Series A funding from consumer fund Sixth Sense Ventures.
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Mobile-based PoS app QueueBuster raises Rs 63.3 cr in series A round
Funding led by Chiratae Ventures, Omidyar Network India and Flourish Ventures
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HSBC India to lend $250 million to high-growth, tech-led startups
Foreign lender HSBC India on Monday announced that it will lend USD 250 million to startups in the country.
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Has the Meesho incident highlighted the flip side of influencer marketing?
Of late, credibility of some influencers has come into question. Meesho sent legal notices to some social media influencers for tarnishing the image of the company. More about influencer marketing
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Teaching is still my first love: Alakh Pandey, CEO & founder PhysicsWallah
He is gearing up to launch educational content in nine languages, including, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam
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Fintech startup HostBook raises $3 mn in series A funding led by Razorpay
Hostbooks intends to utilise the Series-A funding to further scale its operations and enhance its existing product suite
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Beauty start-up Purplle raises $33 mn in funding, gets unicorn status
It is the second Indian startup this week to be valued at more than $1 billion, after edtech firm Physics Wallah.
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Cred raises $80 mn in funding led by GIC at $6.4-bn valuation: Report
The existing investors Tiger Global, Sofina Ventures, Alpha Wave Ventures and DF International also participated in the funding round, said a news report
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Co-living operator Hyphen raises $1 mn from investors to expand business
Co-living operator Hyphen on Thursday said it has raised USD 1 million (around Rs 8 crore) from investors to expand business
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Goldman-backed beauty startup Purplle becomes India's newest unicorn
Online cosmetics retailer Purplle raised capital at a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming the second billion-dollar company to be created in India this week despite souring investor sentiment on startups
Fish and meat startup FreshR raises $1.2 million in new funding round
Fish and meat distribution startup FreshR has raised USD 1.2 million (Rs 9.33 crore) in a funding round led by Axilor Ventures and 1crowd, a release said on Thursday.
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India's 101st unicorn: Edtech startup PW raises $100 mn in Series-A funding
Firm valued at $1.1 billion in funding round led by Westbridge and GSV Ventures
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Chennai-based SaaS co Kissflow launches new low-code/no-code work platform
Platform unifies the entire spectrum of work management for enterprise-wide users. This includes end-users, teams, team managers, process experts, citizen developers and IT developers
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Start-up leaders reap pre-IPO windfall, never mind post-listing fate
Delhivery, Paytm, Zomato, Policybazaar saw a sharp spike in the packages of 'key management personnel' in the year they filed their RHP
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Physis Capital hopes to start investing in promising startups by Oct
The fund, which aims to build a portfolio of 15-20 startups with minimum ticket size of USD 2 million, has recently received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India
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Garuda Aerospace picks 'farmer' MS Dhoni as shareholder, brand ambassador
To have MS Dhoni as a part of the Garuda Aerospace family is honestly a dream come true, says Garuda Aerospace CEO, Agnishwar Jayaprakash
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Why VCs are still backing Indian startups despite growth stocks crashing
Growth stocks like Indian companies Paytm, Zomato and Freshworks are some example of unicorns that went public recently but have performed poorly against the rest of the market
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