Page 44 - Startups

Unicorns staring at fund woes, drop in valuation amid Covid-19 outbreak

Curbs on investment by Chinese investors a major roadblock

Looking overseas: WhiteHat Jr making an aggressive bid to go global

Coding start-up growing at 150%; has 3 million registered users

Byju's raises $200 mn in fresh funding; valuation surges to $12 bn

BlackRock, T Rowe Price participate in the round; the edtech major's valuation has risen by over $1 bn since last round of fundraising

Aakash+BYJU'S' Chaudhry invests $4 million in HR automation firm HONO

HONO raises $5 mn in Series A round to double size of operations

Over 10 Indian start-ups may mop up at least $10 billion in IPO rush

Market boom, success of global start-ups key drivers

Byju's in talks to acquire US target, likely to bid for Chegg or 2U

The Indian education pioneer is the country's most valuable startup, with a valuation of $22 billion

ApnaKlub raises $10 mn in series A funding round from Tiger Global

ApnaKlub allows anyone with a smartphone and an entrepreneurial drive to earn supplemental income by aggregating demand and supplying FMCG goods to retail (kirana) stores in their local community

Shopflo raises seed funding of $2.6 mn from Tiger Global and TQ Ventures

First time that Tiger Global has invested in a startup at pre-product stage

Upskilling platform Josh Talks raises $3.5 mn from Ankur Capital, others

The firm previously raised $1.5 mn from the New York-based Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)

President Kovind bats for entry of startups into education, health sectors

Kovind was addressing a gathering here in Maharashtra after inaugurating the permanent campus of the Indian Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur. The premier institute was established in 2015.

Explained: Why India is adding unicorns at a slower pace than 2021

According to a recent survey by Iron Pillar Funds, India is set to have 250 unicorns by 2025

A century in style: Fintech firm Open becomes India's 100th unicorn

The countdown for 100 unicorns had begun early in the year itself but the Russian attack on Ukraine had paused the startups' rush to touch the $1-billion valuation

Edtech startup HiCounselor raises $1.8 million in funding

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KSUM's innovation grants to startups crosses Rs 25 cr

The state-run Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has provided over Rs 25 crore as innovation grant to a wide range of technology and product startups since 2017

NFT programming start-up Revise raises $3.5 mn in funding led by Alpha Wave

Revise offers developers the rails to program NFTs to interact with apps and data

India has world's fastest growing start-up eco-system, says PM Modi

PM Modi said India is headed for a robust economy and the country's consumption of semi-conductors is expected to cross $110 billion by 2030 and has the world's fastest growing start-up eco-system

Need for ethics, corporate governance standards in startups: Piyush Goyal

While Goyal did mention the name of the startup, his statement comes after there have been several reports of corporate governance lapses at the unicorn Bharat Pe over the last few months.

Startups should focus on smaller cities, social issues: DPIIT Secy Jain

Civil servant says these places hold business opportunities and can help build startup ecosystem.

Focus on tier 2, 3 cities: DPIIT Secretary Anurag Jain to startups

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary also called upon startups to look for sustainable solutions for the problems being faced by the society at large

Fintech start-up Actlogica raises seed funding from Zerodha's venture arm

The husband-wife duo of Ameet Ayare and Archana Anoor founded Actlogica in 2015 to aid wealth managers and investment management professionals