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Jungle Ventures-backed BetterPlace raises $40 mn in series C funding

The firm is a SaaS platform for frontline workforce management, with a user base of 1,100 large enterprises

India public cloud service market to be worth $13 bn by 2026: Report

BFSI and manufacturing among leaders in public cloud adoption, as demand grows from other sectors

SaaS major Freshworks lays off 90 employees globally; 60 in India

The company's founder chief executive, Girish Mathrubootham too termed it as a structural change, rather than a company-wide layoff

Saas-based accounting platform Zoho Books has eyes on world markets

Zoho, which so far was focused on India, is expanding its footprint in countries such as Latin America, Mexico and Africa

Disruptive tech is fueling investment and innovation in Indian HR Tech

As the pandemic pushed organizations to work remotely, the HR Tech space saw an influx of investments

SaaS firm Prismforce raises $13.6 mn in funding for business expansion

The Mumbai-based company enables IT companies to build supply chains, deliver projects

SaaS platform Biz2X says it plans to hire 250 people by 2023 in India

Focus is to retain the right talent keeping in perspective the layoffs happening in the start-up ecosystem, says senior VP Anupama Garg

Indian startups need to deliver good profits in 3-5 yrs: Accel's Prakash

The top venture capitalist also predicted that at least 25 Indian unicorns will go for IPO in the next 3-5 years

Freshworks faces class action lawsuit in US for false statements during IPO

One of the two law firms suing Freshworks is urging investors who have incurred losses of $100,000 to join the litigation, asserting that the company has violated federal security laws

Metaverse in India: The challenge of buying land and painting houses

VR headsets are gradually becoming somewhat accessible, with an Oculus Go priced at Rs 22,000. Several start-up founders say they are also developing software for laptops and mobile devices.

Zoho's Vembu warns SaaS players of slowdown; sees growth, hiring decline

The company is betting big on tier II and tier III cities because it says a big part of the talent pool comes from there

Bessemer Venture leads $3.5 mn seed round for SaaS billing start-up Zenskar

Zenskar's flexible billing platform enables SaaS firms to handle usage-based pricing, subscriptions, nuanced discounts, credits, custom currencies, prepaid, post-paid, and ramp deals

Internet firm Sulekha says will focus on ed-tech, Saas businesses

Company aims to have 125 million people using its English language learning app

India poised to become next global SaaS capital, says EY-CII study

According to a study by EY and CII titled "India: The next global SaaS capital", India is poised to become the next SaaS capital over the next few years

SaaS solutions provider RevSure.AI raises $3.5 mn in seed funding

The investment was led by Innovation Endeavors, with participation from angel investors

SaaS company CleverTap Raises $105 mn in funding round led by CDPQ

It runs a cloud service that helps digital brands to increase customer retention

SaaS start-up SquadStack raises Rs 140 cr in Series B funding for expansion

The SaaS-enabled talent marketplace will use the Series B round fund to strengthen its team, increase its sales experts base and expand into new verticals

actyv.ai hires top industry leaders to head Customer Engagement and Banking verticals

Ambarish Ojha and Sumit Khaneja join enterprise SaaS platforms with B2B BNPL embedded

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SaaS startups gain favour as funding slows down for other companies

According to the Venture Intelligence data, year-to-date, SaaS start-ups have raised almost $1.8 billion