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SC grants protection from arrest to shaadi.com founder in fraud case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal and two others protection from arrest for two weeks in a case related to alleged fraud by a user of the matrimonial platform. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria set aside a Telangana High Court order refusing to quash the proceedings against Mittal and sent the matter back to the high court for fresh consideration. The apex court also asked Mittal to approach the high court for interim bail. The case stems from a Hyderabad woman's allegation that she was defrauded of Rs 11 lakh by a man who used a fake profile on shaadi.com and that the platform failed to properly verify user details. "Since the quashing petition has not been decided on merits, we set aside the impugned order and remit the matter to the high court to consideration on merits. Accordingly the criminal cases are restored to their original file. The same shall be dealt with by the high court on its merits. This court has not ...

Twitterati slams Bharat Matrimony over new Holi video advertisement

Twitter users called out against the matrimonial website for hurting religious sentiments, and linking a festival with an important issue

Betterhalf raises $8.5 mn funding from FinSight Ventures, Insta co-founder

Betterhalf, a matrimony app for urban Indians, has raised USD 8.5 million in funding from FinSight Ventures and various investors including Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, Arash Ferdowsi, co-founder of Dropbox and others. The other key investors who participated in the round included Rebel Fund, Nurture Ventures, Leonis Investissement, Derek Callow (Ex CMO of Bumble), Scott Belsky (Founder of Behance), Brendan O'Driscoll (Ex Product Head of Spotify), Manik Gupta (Ex-CPO or chief product officer of Uber), Punit Soni (Ex CPO of Flipkart), and Ravish Naresh (co-founder and CEO of Khatabook). Betterhalf, in a statement, said it has raised USD 8.5 million in funding from FinSight Ventures (Bumble ex-investor), Instagram co-founder as well as others. Betterhalf, said it is "uniquely positioned as a new-age matrimony platform" and "envisions building a super app unicorn of Indian matrimony and full-stack tech-enabled wedding services as the company's growth pillars". "Betterhalf is

Matrimony.com's app for LGBTQIA+ hopes to offer safe, serious matchmaking

To register, govt ID a must; app also verifies user pictures to weed out fake profiles

The entrepreneur who came out much the wiser after her dream ended early

Picking up ideas that are not too far ahead of their time, scalability and pivoting at the right time are key for success of any start-up, says this young entrepreneur

New rules soon for matrimonial sites

Users will be required to upload true copies of supporting documents such as proof of identity and address