Startups

18 Jan 2022, 06:30

The best pay masters in the gig economy aren’t good enough

Flipkart, Urban Company and BigBasket have been the winners among all others by offering fair wages. But none of the workers are able to earn enough to have a ...

17 Jan 2022, 17:19

Nykaa's rival Purplle raises $38 million from Pantaloon’s CEO, Sequoia

Purplle has raised ₹257.43 crore ($38 million) in a Series D round. The company had closed a $140 million round in November ...

15 Jan 2022, 18:11

Prime Minister Modi declares January 16 as 'National Startup Day'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that January 16 will be celebrated as 'Startup' day and said that while small businesses are the s...

15 Jan 2022, 06:30

Anomalies that need to be fixed in India’s startup regulations

The government taxes capital gains from unlisted firms at 20%, whereas the same is taxed at 10% for listed firms. Even though the government of India...

14 Jan 2022, 13:53

Zomato-backed Shiprocket acquires B2B logistics aggregator platform Rocketbox

Logistics technology platform Shiprocket said on Friday it has acquired Rocketbox, a B2B logistics aggregator platform, for ...

14 Jan 2022, 11:15

Has IPO-bound OYO regained trust of its hotel partners?

As travel tech major OYO prepares for its much-awaited public listing, the continued satisfaction of its hotel partners and winning back dissatisfied...

13 Jan 2022, 13:54

Lead School joins Byju’s, Upgrad as the sixth edtech unicorn of India ⁠— and the second startup to hit a billion dollar valuation this year

Lead School has raised $100 million in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital. The company claims to work ...

13 Jan 2022, 13:11

Swiggy will deliver stuff on TVS Motors’ electric scooters

Swiggy has made a commitment to make deliveries spanning 8,00,000 kilometres per day through EVs by 2025. The partnership is in line with TVS Motors ...

12 Jan 2022, 15:17

INTERVIEW | This one-year-old startup raised $82 million led by Tiger Global to offer employees advance on their salaries

Refyne allows working professionals to get on-demand salaries within 60 seconds. The company is backed by DST...

11 Jan 2022, 11:10

Amazon-backed Good Glamm Group acquires 2 more startups, intends to invest ₹200 crore to boost influencer marketing

Good Glamm Group has decided to house its influencer marketing platforms under the Good Creator Co banner. Th...

07 Jan 2022, 16:16

After Deepinder Goyal and Kunal Shah, Info Edge backs this 10-month-old tech startup

GenieMode has raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Zomato’s earliest backers Info Edge Ventures. Geniemode is a B2B ...

07 Jan 2022, 12:08

Rupifi bags $25 million from Tiger Global, others to boost buy now pay later offering

B2B fintech payments platform Rupifi on Friday said it has raised $25 million in its Series-A round led by Bessemer Venture ...

06 Jan 2022, 17:32

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani makes a new purchase to take on Amazon and Swiggy in quick commerce

Reliance Retail has invested $200 million in Google-backed quick commerce company Dunzo. Dunzo’s valuation has nearly double...

05 Jan 2022, 18:11

Living Food raises $7.5 million in a funding round led by Amasia

Living Food, a first-party marketplace platform focused on fresh food, on Wednesday said it has raised USD 7.5 million (around Rs 55.8 crore) in a fu...

05 Jan 2022, 16:56

AI startup Fractal is now a unicorn after raising $360 million funding from TPG

Fractal offers artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics solutions to several Fortune 500 firms in the world. TPG’s Puneet ...

05 Jan 2022, 15:08

Paytm Mall loses its unicorn status

Paytm Mall was launched in 2016 as a hyperlocal offline-to-online (O2O) business. The company competed with Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal. Paytm too ...

05 Jan 2022, 10:00

Bombay Shaving Company raises ₹160 crore to test out international waters, may raise ₹300 crore more

Bombay Shaving Company plans to enter the US, Europe, Middle East and Australia. It raised ₹160 crore as a part of this plan...

04 Jan 2022, 17:17

CASHe raises ₹140 crore to offer personal loans, credit

Digital lending platform CASHe on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 140 crore of equity funding from its Singapore-based holding company TSLC Pte Ltd. Wi...