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The Gurugram-based company plans to raise ₹8,430 crore through an IPO. OYO’s revised efforts to raise money from the public comes at a time when PE a...

The US-based machine learning developer platform will use the investment to expand its specialized technology team and product development. The round saw participation from Eniac Ventures and AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant among others.The platform aims to automate repetitive tasks in the ML pipeline.

Paul Ravindranath, the head of Google Accelerator in India, says that the challenges that women entrepreneurs face go beyond funding.

The brother-sister duo of Vinay and Raksha Kothari set up their small candy startup in 2018 and started delivering the stock to retail stores and opening micro units in nearby villages.It recently won a $20,000 equity-free grant and $100,000 AWS Credits in Amazon’s startup accelerator programme.The digital startup claims to generate ₹2.5 crore revenue per month and plans to become a ₹500 crore company within the next five years.

Inflexor Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners led the funding round that also saw participation from VedaVC.

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) company Mensa Brands on Monday said it has acquired healthfood startup MyFitness for an undisclosed...

Solethreads, a casual footwear brand offer a wide and fun range like grass flip flops, graphic footwear, Yoga slings in addition to the comfortable and anti-skid versions.It participated in Amazon’s startup accelerator programme, securing $50,000 in an equity-free grant after a month-long mentorship programme. The company also clocked a ₹50 lakh gross merchandise value (GMV) on Amazon in just four months after launching on the e-commerce platform.

Electric mobility startup Yulu raises $82 million in Series B funding

Solethreads, EcoRight and Go Desi cumulatively receive $100,000 as an equity-free grant from Amazon.Over 1,000 entries were received for Amazon Global Selling Propel Startup Accelerator Season 2 launched earlier in the year to help Indian startups go global.The 15 shortlisted startups underwent an 8-week mentorship programme organized by Amazon.

The funding round was led by Unicorn India Ventures. Daalchini now aims to focus on expanding its industry footprint and fur...

The funding round was led by the Asian venture capital arm of SIG, SIG Venture Capital.The company plans to utilize the capital to hire senior management personnel across various verticals.The fintech company will also be partnering with more BFSI players.

Indian space tech startup Skyroot Aerospace raises $51 million in GIC-led funding round

Funding winter is here for tech startups and will go on for 12-18 months: Tracxn

HNIs from tier 2 towns of industrial belts are now placing their bets on new-age companies, say VC and PE fund managers. Wea...

The Pune-based company secured funding from a consortium led by Women’s World Banking Asset Management. The company intends to use the Series D funds...

20 startups join the Indian unicorn club in 2022, taking the total number of Indian unicorns to 106. With their combined val...

Conquest is a student-run startup accelerator run by 30 engineering students of BITS Pilani.It started as a B-plan competition by the founders of GreyOrange during their college days at BITS Pilani. The 7-week accelerator programme will finally culminate in a Demo Day.

MamaEarth, Encube Ethicals and 19 others make it to Hurun’s best PE-backed firms’ list

Stocktwits, the original social platform for investors and traders across various asset classes, including stocks, crypto and other emerging investments, makes successful headway in the Indian market.An exclusive webinar was held with market veteran Shankar Sharma on August 7.The organisation targeted 50+ leading educational institutions, including IIMs, IITs, SRCC, ISB, St. Stephen’s, IIFT, and others, to help retail investors navigate bear markets.

The start-up is designed to pair senior citizens with young graduates to form meaningful friendships.Goodfellows offers a freemium subscription model.The platform also offers short term internships as well as jobs to graduates that allows them to apply their knowledge in this space.

Finding the right talent, high cost of expansion are the biggest challenges for Indian startups who wish to expand into the US.According to a report by CII in 2020, around 155 Indian companies created nearly 125,000 jobs in the US with investments of over $22 billion. Companies that want to expand to the US need to spend considerable money and time in order to do so.

Flexible office space provider WeWork co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann has received around $350 million funding from top investment fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) for his upcoming new rental real estate business, called Flow. The investment puts Flow's valuation at over $1 billion (a unicorn status) and the startup is yet to be launched.