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Inshorts is a news app that selects latest and best news from multiple national and international sources and summarises them to present in a short and crisp 60 words or less format, personalized for you, in both, English or Hindi. All summarised stories contain only headlines and facts, no opinions, to help you stay informed with the current affairs. Whether it’s the latest government policies or shakeups in bollywood, we get them covered and delivered super fast! Get updated with the latest news and current affairs in a jiffy!

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Location: Philippines, Batangas

Employees: 501-1000

Phone: +91 120 462 8102

Total raised: $95M

Founded date: 2013

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Funding Rounds 2

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
15.07.2021	-	$60M	-
30.09.2020	-	$35M	-

Mentions in press and media 27

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19.09.2024	Way2News raised $14 M Series B funding from WestBridge	Venture capitalist Sashi Reddi and WestBridge Capital led the $14 million Series B round that hyperlocal news platform Way2News raised. According to a press release from the company, Way2News will use the new funds to concentrate on growing...
17.09.2024	Way2News bags $14M funding in Series B round led by Westbridge Capital Recommended Stories For You	Hyperlocal news platform Way2News has bagged $14 million in Series B funding, led by WestBridge Capital, with participation from venture capitalist Sashi Reddi. Both investors are doubling down after their previous involvement in a $16.75 m...
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05.04.2024	InShorts elevates Deepit Purkayastha as CEO, Azhar Iqubal becomes chairman	News aggregator InShorts has announced changes in company leadership. Azhar Iqubal, the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of InShorts will now be the company’s chairman. Iqubal has been leading the Noida-based firm since its ince...
27.10.2021	Lenovo Launches Next-Generation of Data Science Workstations	Last Updated on October 27, 2021 by Editorial Team Author(s): Towards AI Team Source: Lenovo In a world where the data growth rate is growing exponentially, using artificial intelligence (AI) to help businesses make more educated decisions ...
27.10.2021	Lenovo Launches Next-Generation of Data Science Workstations	Author(s): Towards AI Team Source: Lenovo In a world where the data growth rate is growing exponentially, using artificial intelligence (AI) to help businesses make more educated decisions is a useful tool. Ninety percent of the world’s dat...
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16.07.2021	Indian news aggregating app Inshorts raises US$ 60M	-
15.07.2021	[Funding alert] Inshorts raises $60M from Vy Capital and existing investors	Inshorts the news aggregator app, has raised $60 million in funding from Vy Capital with participation from existing investors. Following this funding round, Inshorts has raised $140 million in the last one year from investors including Ad...
15.07.2021	Indian news app Inshorts raises $60m funding led by Vy Capital	Inshorts, which operates eponymous news app Inshorts and location-based social media platform Public, has secured $60 million in a funding round led by technology-focused venture capital firm Vy Capital, along with the participation of exis...
15.07.2021	Inshorts raises $60 million from Vy Capital and existing investors	News app Inshorts on Thursday said it has raised USD 60 million (about Rs 445 crore) in funding from Vy Capital and existing investors. Inshorts also operates a location-based social media platform Public. With this, the company has raised ...
15.07.2021	Inshorts raises $60 Mn in a new round led by Vy Capital	News aggregator Inshorts, which also operates location-based social media platform Public, has secured $60 million in a funding round led by Vy Capital with participation from existing investors. The fresh fund has come less than four month...
15.07.2021	Inshorts raises $60 mn from Vy Capital, others	Inshorts raises $60 mn from Vy Capital, othersPremiumAzhar Iqubal, co-founder and CEO of Inshorts and Public. 2 min read . Updated: 15 Jul 2021, 11:23 PM IST Tarush Bhalla In March, Inshorts’ affiliate Public had raised ₹300 crore from A91 ...
15.07.2021	Inshorts raises $60 million from Vy Capital, existing investors	ETtechInshorts founder Azhar Iqubal. Mumbai: Online news aggregator InShorts has secured $60 million in funding from Vy Capital and existing investors. The startup is backed by Lee Fixel’s Addition, Tiger Global, SIG, A91 Partners and Tangl...
15.07.2021	News aggregation app Inshorts raises $60 million from Vy Capital and existing investors	Short news aggregator Inshorts on Thursday said it has secured $60 million in funding from Vy Capital with participation from existing investors. Advertisement Inshorts, which also operates location-based social media platform Public, has r...
15.07.2021	India’s Inshorts raises $60 million following Public social network app growth	Indian startup Inshorts, which operates an eponymous news aggregator service, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as its two-year-old bet — launch of a new social media app called Public — continues to impress, the startup confi...
15.07.2021	Indian news app Inshorts raises $60m funding led by Vy Capital	Premium Inshorts, which operates eponymous news app Inshorts and location-based social media platform Public, has secured $60 million in a funding round led by technology-focused venture capital firm Vy Capital, along with the participation...
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06.11.2020	A New Bollywood Movie Plays Into Transphobic Stereotypes, Yet Again	Last year, Naavya Singh went to audition for Laxmii, an upcoming Bollywood film that is slated for a release next week. It’s a comedy-horror by south Indian director Raghava Lawrence, about a man possessed by a ghost of a transgender woman....
30.09.2020	Lee Fixel’s Addition leads $35 million investment in India’s Inshorts	Inshorts, which operates a popular news aggregator app in India, has raised $35 million in a new financing round led by Lee Fixel’s Addition as the Indian startup looks to scale its adjacent, social network platform. For Fixel, who wrote se...
30.09.2020	Lee Fixel's Addition makes first India deal, leads $35 million round in InShorts	Representative image Lee Fixel, one of the earliest large investors in the Indian startup space, is back. Fixel, who left Tiger Global Management in 2019 to set up Addition, a $1.2-billion fund, has led a $35 million round in InShorts, best...
30.09.2020	Lee Fixel’s VC firm ‘Addition’ leads $35 Mn round in Inshorts	Former Tiger Global executive Lee Fixel’s new venture capital firm ‘Addition’ has led a $35 million funding round in news media startup Inshorts. Addition was launched in September 2019 in the US. The round also saw participation from SIG G...
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-	Exclusive: Content Discovery Startup Inshorts Raises $5 Mn Funding From Tiger Global	Noida-based content discovery app Inshorts has raised $5 Mn funding from Tiger Global Management’s Singapore investment vehicle, Internet Fund III Pte Holdings. The investment, as per the company’s filings, was made in Inshorts’ Singapore-r...
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Inshorts

Investors 4

Funding Rounds 2

Mentions in press and media 27

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