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Food-grocery marketplace Jumbotail completes $25 million fundraise

Tech startups including Jumbotail are poised to transform the kirana store ecosystem at an unprecedented pace and scale over the next few years

India added 1,600 tech start-up, 12 unicorns in 2020: Nasscom report

Depending on headwinds, 2021 promises to be a positive year for Indian tech start-ups - marching steadily towards a trillion-dollar digital economy goal

The long-term growth opportunity 2021 presents

The digital super cycle will encompass progress in all areas and will accelerate further on advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence

IPO street: From Zomato to InMobi, 2021 could be the year of start-ups

The country has realised the potential of start-ups that have disrupted traditional businesses (or ways of doing business) and have garnered large market share, across segments

Samsung to support 21 homegrown startups' participation at CES 2021

Samsung said it will support 21 homegrown startups' participation in the world's largest tech expo CES 2021 next week as the company vows to bolster its startup incubator programmes

Udaan bounces back after Covid-19 doldrums; in talks to raise $150-200 mn

Udaan has products across categories such as lifestyle, electronics, home and kitchen

Beauty start-up Nykaa listing likely this year at $3-bn value: Report

Deliberations are ongoing and details of the offering including the size and timeline could change

Indonesia's Gojek, Tokopedia in advanced $18 billion merger talks: Report

Gojek is now a one-stop shop for a multitude of services whereas Tokopedia is a marketplace which, unlike rivals such as Bukalapak, does not hold its own inventory

Urban Company's FY20 loss widens to Rs 155 cr, revenue doubles to Rs 263 cr

Urban Company saw its consolidated losses widen to Rs 155.17 crore in financial year 2020 on account of higher expenditure

Today's Indian start-ups are tomorrow's MNCs: Prime Minister Modi

The Indian start-ups of today are the Multinational Corporations of tomorrow that can go a long way in achieving the goal of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', the PM said

Amazon signs deal to acquire podcast production firm Wondery

Amazon recently revealed that it has signed a deal to acquire podcast startup Wondery

The Year That Was: How startups survived 2020 with resilience, pivots, hope

In the startup world, the Covid-19 pandemic was an eye-opener. The highly funded and well-paying startups were in fact the first to let go of their employees

Co-working player Smartworks to add 3 million sq ft office space in FY22

Several projects already under discussion, firm is also offering clients option to downsize or upsize across the geographies they operate in

E-commerce to edtech, start-up firms bloom amid Covid-19 pandemic gloom

Massive beneficiary of the covid situation has been the startups which are growing rapidly on the back of digital adoption, which is witnessing an acceleration worth multiple years in just few months

InMobi Group: This Make-in-India innovator is raring to go places

Glance, the home-grown firm's newest business, has just received major funding from an unexpected source - Google - vaulting the 18 month-old-unit to Unicorn status

Working on startup policy for students wanting to have own biz: Kejriwal

The Delhi government is working on a startup policy to help students who have excellent ideas and want to start their own businesses, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday

Jewellery start-up Melorra enters offline retail, plans 350 stores in 6 yrs

Company to invest $50 mn on foray; stores will be located at malls and high streets across India and range from 500-1,500 sq ft

Venture Catalysts Group to invest Rs 1,000 cr in start-ups in 2021

The Mumbai-based investment firm VCats runs an incubator and a SEBI registered accelerator fund 9Unicorns

Amazon's Zoox unveils 'Robotaxi' for future ride-hailing service

The vehicle, which Zoox describes as a driverless carriage or robotaxi, can carry as many as four passengers

Start-ups from IISc, IITs tweak their innovations to address Covid crisis

As soon as the Covid-19 pandemic struck, many start-ups incubated at IISc's Society for Innovation and Development began work on repurposing their innovations