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| Dec 4, 2024 | Investing in Skills is An Investment in Our Future According to SIDBI, India needs over 1 million additional workers with robotics expertise alone. | The global workforce is evolving in leaps and bounds, and every industry needs to reconsider skill requirements due to the rise of AI, automation, and digitalization.
Conventional jobs are constantly evolving, and new, previously unheard-of... |
| Aug 28, 2024 | HouseEazy's Rise and Exotel's Fall: A Tale of Two Startups | In the bustling world of startups, fortunes can shift like sand. One moment, a company is basking in the glow of investment; the next, it’s grappling with the fallout of a data breach. This week, two contrasting narratives emerged from the ... |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Exclusive: Customer conversation platform Exotel suffers data breach | Customer conversation platform Exotel has suffered a data breach that may have compromised details of its clients, sources familiar with the matter told Entrackr.
“A massive data breach was reported on Friday which happened last week. Exote... |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 5G uptake pales in comparison to 4G's initial growth in India | 4G technology is broadly credited with introducing Indians to the internet's vast potential
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel launched commercial 5G services in October 2022
One reason for the low uptake of 5G services is the high cost of 5G s... |
| Jan 30, 2024 | CEO da Samsung admite que Galaxy AI pode ter funções pagas no futuro | O melhor da tecnologia está no nosso canal no WhatsApp
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O Galaxy AI pode contar com versões pagas a partir de 2025. TM Roh, presidente da divisão de smartphones da Samsung, disse em uma entrevista para o jornal indiano ET Telecom... |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Samsung: ‘Paid’ Galaxy AI to Bring ‘More Powerful’ Features as It is Only Free for a Year | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 30 January 2024, 09:01 pm |
| Dec 23, 2023 | Телеком против стриминга: как интернет-провайдеры пытаются привлечь инвестиции в сетевую инфраструктуру | Телекомы во многих странах продвигают идею «налога на трафик» для поставщиков контента. Инициатива продиктована ростом цен на оптоволокно и постоянно возрастающей нагрузкой на сеть. Крупные поставщики контента выступают против, так как счит... |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Telecom Bill, 2023 tabled in the Lok Sabha: Key highlights | Union Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday tabled the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha. The bill aims to amend and consolidate laws relating to the development, expansion, and operation of t... |
| Oct 21, 2023 | FCC, общественный интернет и 5G: что с сетевым нейтралитетом | В июне мы говорили о затянувшемся кризисе в США из-за попыток реформировать сетевой нейтралитет, а также об инициативах по усилению позиций интернет-провайдеров в разных странах. Разберем, что изменилось с тех пор.
Фотография: Trent Geddes ... |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Vodafone Idea denies report of acquisition by Amazon, Musk's Starlink, Verizon | India’s telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi), which currently battles with the dominance of Airtel and Ambani’s Jio, the only known remaining players in the Indian telecom industry, has denied the media reports claiming that e-commerce giant... |
| Sep 14, 2023 | China’s Honor returns to the Indian smartphone market | Honor is a top five smartphone maker in its native China. After more than three years the company is returning to India with the Honor 90, its first new device for the world’s second largest smartphone market.
The new handset is already ava... |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Micromax eyes a steer into electric vehicles | Micromax Informatics once had a firm grip on the local mobile phone market in India, for a time passing stalwarts like Samsung, icons like Apple and many more to be the biggest handset maker of them all. But a mix of stronger (and cheaper) ... |
| Jul 12, 2023 | 5G IoT Roaming Connections Are About to Explode | Significant progress in IoT has resulted from the development of 5G technology. IoT devices can now function to their full potential thanks to the availability of ultra-fast, low-latency data transmission. The potential for Internet of Thin... |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Smartphone makers want India to take the fight to China and Vietnam further | Smartphone makers have urged the government to rationalise input tariffs.
The India Cellular and Electronics Association has called for reduction of tariffs to three slabs.
This, the body claims, will help India compete with other countries... |
| Jun 19, 2023 | Турецкий регулятор начал антимонопольное расследование против Google | Совет по конкуренции Турции начал расследование в отношении группы компаний, которые входят в конгломерат Alphabet, включая Google, пишет ТАСС со ссылкой на сайт антимонопольного регулятора.
Ведомство приняло решение о проведении предварите... |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Honor to revive smartphone business in India | Chinese phone brand Honor is reportedly planning a return to the Indian phone market, having withdrawn last June amid tightening scrutiny and geopolitical tensions. Honor’s Indian distribution partner PSAV Global has negotiated with former ... |
| Apr 24, 2023 | BSNL plans to deploy 200 4G towers everyday on final deployment: Ashwini Vaishnaw | Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are aggressively expanding the reach of their 5G connectivity in India. At a time, when the two telecom giants are working on making their 5G services available to their subscribers across the country, state-r... |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Apple CEO Tim Cook likely to visit India this month to launch Apple Store in Mumbai | Apple is all set to open doors to its first retail store in India soon. Apple’s first retail store is called ‘Apple BKC’ and it is located at the Jio World Drive mall in Mumbai near the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which it is named after. W... |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Airtel introduces a new family postpaid plan, two new Airtel Black plans to take on Jio | Airtel today a bunch of new plans for its subscribers in the country. The company has introduced a new family plan worth Rs 599 for its postpaid subscribers in the country. In addition to introducing a new family plan, the telecom giant has... |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Airtel’s 5G services to arrive in 300 cities in India by March 2023: Report | Bharti Airtel launched its 5G service, dubbed as Airtel 5G Plus, in India in October 2022 shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the service at India Mobile Congress 2022. Since then, the company has rolled out its 5G servic... |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Reliance Jio launches new 5G upgrade data pack: Check benefits | As Reliance Jio moves ahead with its deployment of 5G services in as many as 85 cities, it has launched a new data pack to encourage users to switch to the latest network. Jio is calling it the 5G Upgrade data pack. As the name suggests, th... |
| Jan 10, 2023 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: A Dispatch from the Great Tech Battlefront | Our first episode for 2023 features Dmitri Alperovitch, Paul Rosenzweig, and Jim Dempsey trying to cover a months’ worth of cyberlaw news. Dmitri and I open with an effort to summarize the state of the tech struggle between the U.S. and Chi... |
| Jan 2, 2023 | After iPhones, India wants Apple to make MacBooks, iPads: Report | Apple, at the moment manufactures its iPhones, including the iPhone 14, series in India. Now, the Indian government is eyeing setting up of manufacturing units for production of other Apple devices including MacBook and iPad in the country.... |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Tata likely to open exclusive Apple Stores in India soon: Report | Apple, as of now, sells all its products via its own e-retail platform and authorised resellers in India. Now, a new report says that the list of the company’s authorised resellers in India is about to get longer as Tata Group is planning t... |
| Oct 20, 2022 | BSNL to deploy 4G in January 2023, 5G in August 2023: Report | At a time when telecom companies including Jio and Airtel have started deploying their 5G services in India, BSNL is struggling to deploy its 4G network. While the state-owned telecom operator does offer 4G services, but they are not availa... |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Smartphone may hike prices of budget phones after Diwali: Report | Smartphone companies, as of now, are offering massive discounts on the purchase of their devices in India. Be it in the form of sale on their e-shops or via the festive sales hosted by e-retail platforms such as Amazon India and Flipkart, O... |
| Oct 18, 2022 | SpaceX applies for satellite connectivity license with DoT: Report | Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied for a Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license with the Department of Telecommunications, ET reported on Tuesday. The application could allow SpaceX to launch its Starlink service in I... |
| Oct 15, 2022 | This Week in Apps: Play Store revamp, Google antitrust suit updates, BeReal’s real traction | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly f... |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Govt Wants Apple, Samsung To Start 5G Services On Their Smartphones, Without Any Delay! | Apple and Airtel are reportedly meeting to find out why iPhones are not compatible with India’s 5G networks.
Mumbai, Delhi the lucky cities
Apparently the trillion dollar company is already testing 5G support on iPhones in Mumbai and New De... |
| Oct 12, 2022 | If you have an iPhone, you may not be able to use 5G before December | Apple reportedly rolls out an update to enable 5G services on iPhones starting in December.
The company is currently testing 5G services on its devices.
The Indian government has called for a meeting today to push smartphone makers to roll ... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Apple iPhone likely to get 5G support in India by December 2022: Report | Airtel recently rolled out its 5G network, dubbed as the Airtel 5G Plus, across eight cities in India. The list includes Delhi, Varanasi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Siliguri, and Nagpur. Even as a lot of Airtel subscribers with ... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | India to push Apple, Samsung to enable 5G support on their phones | India’s government is set to push handset makers, including Apple and Samsung, to expedite software upgrades on their phones to make them compatible with local 5G airwaves in the country — just days after kicking off the next-generation cel... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Airtel, Jio likely to price 5G plans at an affordable price to promote faster adoption: Report | Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially rolled out 5G services in India earlier this week. Shortly after, Airtel kicked off the roll out of its 5G services in India and Jio announced that it will start rolling out its own 5G services starti... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Reliance Jio and Airtel 5G prices may be affordable for now but expected to increase after wider rollout | Reliance Jio and Airtel are expected to announce their 5G tariffs in the coming days.
The companies are expected to offer 5G services at an affordable price.
Airtel’s 5G services have been launched in 8 cities, and Jio is expected to launch... |
| Sep 30, 2022 | BSNL inches closer to pan-India 4G launch: Check details | At a time when telecom companies in India, which includes Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), are gearing to launch 5G services in India, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is working on working on rolling out its 4G servic... |
| Sep 26, 2022 | Jio's 5G phone to cost under Rs 12,000: Report | Reliance Jio, back at RIL’s annual general meeting (AGM) confirmed that it was working with Google to develop an affordable 5G smartphone. However, at the time, the company didn’t divulge any further details about its upcoming smartphone. N... |
| Sep 6, 2022 | More 'Made in India' iPhones? Apple may ramp up local iPhone manufacturing | India is gradually becoming an important manufacturing hub for iPhones, with Apple making models as latest as the iPhone 13. This year, however, Apple may double down on the local production of iPhone units. According to Economic Times, App... |
| Sep 5, 2022 | IT Ministry summons Wikipedia officials for vandalism on cricketer’s page | The Indian Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has summoned officials from Wikipedia for vandalism on the page of cricketer Arshdeep Singh, the Economic Times reported on Monday. The ministry did not make the summons public... |
| Aug 12, 2022 | BGMI ban to lift soon? Krafton says will cooperate with Indian government | Krafton has reportedly said it is working with the Indian government towards a possible lift from the ban on Battlegrounds Mobile India, otherwise known as BGMI. Krafton’s chief financial officer, Bae Dong-geun said the company understands ... |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Jio, Airtel, Vi may increase tariffs ahead of 5G rollout in India | The 5G spectrum auction concluded in India with Jio purchasing 24,740MHz spectrum for Rs 88,078 crore, Airtel acquiring 19867.8MHz of the spectrum for Rs 43,084 crore and Vodafone Idea (Vi) acquiring 3300MHz in the mid-band 5G spectrum and ... |
| Jul 22, 2022 | BSNL 4G rollout may happen by 2024, while India prepares for 5G | BSNL, the state-own telecom company, will reportedly roll out its 4G services across India in 2023 — the year when 5G deployment is expected to enter the second phase. Economic Times has reported that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is work... |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Nothing’s Carl Pei says smartphone market isn’t very competitive right now | Nothing recently its first ever smartphone — the Nothing Phone (1) — at a global launch event. The phone will be up for sale in India starting July 21. Ahead of the phone’s sale, Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei has talked smartphones, whic... |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Госслужащим в Индии запретили пользоваться сервисами Nord VPN, ExpressVPN и Tor | Правительство Индии выпустило «Руководство по кибербезопасности для государственных служащих», в котором запретило пользоваться сервисами Nord VPN, ExpressVPN и Tor, а также хранить файлы в негосударственных облачных сервисах (таких как Goo... |
| Jun 17, 2022 | India expands its crackdown on VPN, bans its employees from using VPN and cloud services | The Indian government has banned its employees from using virtual private networks (VPN).
The government has also asked employees to avoid storing confidential documents on non-government cloud services.
The government is currently at logge... |
| Jun 15, 2022 | UIDAI plans to link Aadhaar with birth, death: Report | Aadhaar is one of the most important pieces of documents that an individual can have in India. It serves as both, a proof of identity and a proof of address. Now, the Indian government plans to link details pertaining to the birth and death... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Smartwatch demand grows at a record 13% YoY in Q2 | The news: Increased focus on health tracking and fitness and low average selling prices are both driving overall-wearable growth, per a new report from Counterpoint Research.
Watch for a smartwatch boom: The global smartwatch market recorde... |
| May 27, 2022 | Samsung Will Stop Selling These Phones In India: Only Rs 15,000 & Above Phones Will Be Sold By Samsung? | Samsung Will Stop Selling These Phones In India: Only Rs 15,000 & Above Phones Will Be Sold By Samsung?
Samsung is reportedly planning to exit the high-value and low-value feature phone market in India.
The process will be gradual with ... |
| May 24, 2022 | Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea are reportedly planning on increasing prices again | Indian telecom companies are reportedly looking to increase prices of plans.
Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea are reportedly planning on increasing prices by around 10%.
The companies are looking to increase the prices by Diwali.
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| May 24, 2022 | Jio, Airtel, Vi likely to hike tariff by Diwali 2022: Report | Three major telecom operators in India, that is, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea or Vi are likely to hike their tariffs later this year. As per a new report, this price hike is likely to happen by Diwali this year. Also Read -... |
| May 11, 2022 | Realme CEO Madhav Sheth says 5G phones under 10K aren’t coming in 2022 | Realme is aggressively launching 5G enables smartphones in India in the sub-20K market segment. In the past couple of months, the company has launched the 5G phones such as the Realme 9 5G and the Realme 9 Pro 5G all in price range under Rs... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Vodafone Idea, Airtel get a breather as government returns ₹22,000 crore worth of bank guarantees | The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has returned over ₹22,000 crore worth bank guarantees to Vodafone Idea and Airtel.
This comes as a relief especially to Vodafone Idea, which had given INR 15,000 crore worth guarantees, more than t... |
| Mar 24, 2022 | BSNL Will Not Be Privatized, Confirms Minister In Lok Sabha | The government was in favour of reviving it.
The Minister of State (MoS) for Communications Devusinh Chauhan told the Parliament that there is no plan to disinvest or privatise BSNL.
Contents
1 No Privatisation Planned
2 Revival Measures
3 ... |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Telcos reportedly urge government to skip local testing to avoid 5G phone shortage | Telcos have urged the government to review the local testing proposed for 5G smartphones.
The Telecom Engineering Center had called for local testing and certification of 5G smartphones from 2023.
Telcos have claimed that this would bring d... |
| Mar 16, 2022 | The newest iPhone factory will not be in China | Thanks to the ever-increasing demand for its smartphones, Apple seems to be constantly on the lookout for new facilities to manufacture the iPhone. So far, most of this demand has been met by massive production facilities in China, where co... |
| Mar 13, 2022 | BSNL Will Launch Both 4G and 5G NSA Network On August 15th, 2022: How Will It Work? | BSNL Will Launch Both 4G and 5G NSA Network On August 15th, 2022: How Will It Work?
BSNL will launch its commercial 4G services along with 5G network in Non-Standalone (NSA) mode by August 15.
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1 5G Plans
2 Consortium Providing Core... |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Vodafone Idea reportedly wants the government to release ₹15,000 crore bank guarantees ahead of its fundraising plan | Vodafone Idea has reportedly reached out to the Department of Telecom to release bank guarantees worth ₹15,000 crore.
The bank guarantees were given to the government with respect to the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and spectrum dues worth ... |
| Feb 23, 2022 | Vodafone Idea’s British parent could infuse capital in the telco after refusing to do so for several months | Vodafone Idea’s British parent, Vodafone Group, could reportedly infuse capital in the company after earlier refusing to do so.
This comes after the telco opted for the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and spectrum dues moratorium offered by th... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | BSNL 4G Will Launch In August, 2022: Confirmed By Telecom Minister; 4G Equipments To Be Bought By April | BSNL 4G Will Launch In August, 2022: Confirmed By Telecom Minister; 4G Equipments To Be Bought By April
BSNL is expected to launch its 4G commercial services in Q2 of fiscal 2022-23 after a purchase order (PO) for network equipment procurem... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Swiggy turns decacorn; closes $700 million round led by Invesco at $10.7 billion valuation | ETtech
Bengaluru: Food-ordering and instant grocery delivery platform, Swiggy has closed a $700 million funding round led by asset manager Invesco, the company said in a prepared statement on Monday.
With the current round, the Bengaluru-ba... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Wearable brand Boat joins local manufacturing bandwagon, signs JV with Dixon | Team TC 18 Jan, 2022
Imagine Marketing, the Delhi-based company that sells wearables and hearables under the brand name boAt, has signed a joint venture with contract manufacturer Dixon technologies to design and manufacture products in Ind... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Scripbox raises $21 million in funding round led by Accel Partners | ETtechThe leadership team at Scripbox.
Bengaluru: Online wealth manager Scripbox has raised $21 million in debt and equity, in a funding round led by Accel Partners.
Transpose Platform, DMI Alternative Investment Fund through The Sparkle Fu... |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Government owning Vodafone Idea is just half the task – the other half is to find the money | Vodafone Idea today announced the conversion of interest on its spectrum and AGR dues to equity, making the government the largest shareholder.
The government intervention might help Vodafone Idea raise debt to fund its business, but findin... |
| Jan 9, 2022 | Quality of call in India is Improving, says TRAI | The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that quality of calls offered by telecom service operators in India, which includes Reliance Industries’ Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nig... |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Realme to offer 5G in every smartphone priced above Rs 15,000: Report | Realme has mostly focused on the smartphone market in India but the company also entered the IoT segment with numerous products ranging from an Air Purifier to a smart bulb. The Chinese brand doesn’t plan to stop there. It plans to enter th... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Simplified raises $8.5 million in seed funding round led by Craft Ventures | ETtech
Mumbai: Simplified, an AI-powered content creation and marketing platform, said it has raised $8.5 million in a seed funding round led by Craft Ventures with participation from Khosla Ventures and Wing Venture Capital.
The company wi... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Bessemer Venture Partners raises $220 million India-focused fund | Getty Images
Bessemer Venture Partners, one of the oldest early-stage investors in the region, has for the first time raised a dedicated India-focused fund of $220 million.
The company first started investing in India 15 years back.
The cha... |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Fintech startup slice turns unicorn after raising $220 mn led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners | |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Slice turns unicorn after raising $220 million from Tiger Global, Insight Partners | Fintech startup slice turns unicorn after raising $220 mn led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners
Bengaluru: Slice, a new-age credit card startup which offers flexibility to pay bills, manage expenses and give reward points, said it has raise... |
| Nov 17, 2021 | SalaryBox gets $4 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, others | ETtechThe team at SalaryBox.
SalaryBox, an employee management app for small enterprises, has raised $4 million in seed funding from Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator Y Combinator and others to further its endeavour of bringing blue-... |
| Nov 10, 2021 | India’s 5G auctions to be delayed further due to extended trial period | India’s road to 5G adoption has had its fair share of hiccups, and it seems there will be a few bumps along the journey before there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. The Department of Telecommunications in India has extended the 5... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | HRtech startup Advantage Club raises $5 million from Y Combinator, others | ETtechFounded by Sourabh Deorah and Smriti Deorah in 2014, Advantage Club is an AI-enabled platform for driving employee engagement.
Mumbai: Advantage Club, an AI-enabled platform for driving employee engagement, has raised $5 million from ... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Elon Musk Partnering With Jio, Vi For Satellite Internet In India? Launch Date, USPs & More | It will begin its operations by first procuring a trial license.
SpaceX will begin talks with Indian telcos to partner up to provide satellite communication, or broadband from space, services in India.
It will do so through its satellite in... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Teachmint bags $78 million funding led by Rocketship.vc, Vulcan Capital | ETtechTeachmint founders (from left) Payoj Jain, Divyansh Bordia, Anshuman Kumar, Mihir Gupta
Education infrastructure startup Teachmint has raised $78 million in Series B funding round led by Rocketship.vc and Vulcan Capital with participa... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Thrasio raises $1 billion in funding led by Silver Lake | ETtechThe round valued the company at more than $5 billion.
Thrasio Holdings Inc., an aggregator of Amazon.com Inc. products, has raised more than $1 billion in a private funding round led by technology investor Silver Lake.
Silver Lake, a ... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Airtel, Vodafone Idea shares spike after government announces deadline for AGR dues moratorium | Airtel and Vodafone Idea shares have spiked after the government announced a deadline for opting for the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues moratorium.
Vodafone Idea share price has decreased by nearly 8% this month.
Airtel’s share price rea... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Reliance Jio cements its lead over Airtel in both total as well as active subscribers | irtel and Reliance Jio added 0.14 million and 0.65 million subscribers respectively.
Vodafone Idea reported a loss of 0.83 million subscribers in August.
Reliance Jio is now ahead of Airtel in both total and active subscribers.
Advertisemen... |
| Oct 18, 2021 | India's telecom rules might require smartphone teardowns, in-depth testing | Team TC 18 Oct, 2021
In a fresh bid to counter Chinese snooping on Indian citizens, India is mulling new regulations that would test all smartphones by Chinese brands to ensure they are not spying on them, reported Economic Times (ET).
Citi... |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Chinese smartphone brands under scrutiny, government to check components, pre-installed apps: Report | The Indian government has reportedly sent notices to Chinese smartphone brands Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi and OnePlus.
The notices require these companies to share details on the components used in their smartphones.
The purpose of this investigati... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | How Covid-19 Changed The Telco Industry Forever | CEO of Exacaster, a Customer Data Platform technology company specializing in the telecoms industry. |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Chalo raises $40 million in Series C led by Lightrock, Filter Capital | Bengaluru: Chalo, an app which helps riders track buses across cities, on Tuesday announced that it has raised about $40 million in its Series C funding round led by Lightrock India and Filter Capital. The round also saw participation from ... |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Esper gets $60 million in funding led by Insight Partners | ETtechIllustration: Rahul Awasthi
Android DevOps platform Esper has raised $60 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners, along with participation from existing investors including Scale Venture Partners, Madrona Ventures and Root... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | BP leads $25 million funding round in EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart | BluSmart is India's first and largest integrated EV ride-hailing and charging company, and aims to deliver safer, cleaner and more sustainable mobility.
New Delhi: BP Ventures has made its first direct investment in India by pumping in $13 ... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Fidelity, B Capital lead $570 mn funding in Meesho, valuation more than doubles to $4.9 bn | ETtechFounded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey (left) and Sanjeev Barnwal, Meesho started as a reseller platform for women entrepreneurs. This year, it started focusing on selling directly to consumers in direct competition with Flipkart and Amazon ... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Capital Float raises $50 million from Lightrock India, others | Gaurav Hinduja (left) and Sashank Rishyasringa, co-founders of Capital Float.
Mumbai: Digital lending startup Capital Float has raised $50 million in a round led by private equity firm Lightrock India. The equity round also saw participatio... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Finolex Cables under pressure after two advisory firms accuse the firm of poor corporate governance | Proxy advisory firms have flagged corporate governance issues at Finolex Cables and advised shareholders to vote against reappointment of three directors at the annual general meeting.
All eyes are now on the AGM scheduled for Wednesday, Se... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | Akudo bags $4.2 million in seed funding led by Y Combinator, others | ETtechAkudo founders Jagveer Gandhi, Lavika Aggarwal, Sajal Khanna and Amish Nevatia.
Akudo, a learning-focused neobank for teenagers, has raised $4.2 million in their seed round led by Y Combinator, JAFCO Asia, Incubate Fund India, and AET... |
| Sep 22, 2021 | 10% of early-stage startups working on blockchain: GSER 2021
Bitcoin miner Genesis Digital Assets raises $431M
Championing Web3 features in role-playing games — Here's why it matters
Nifty News: Snoop’s $17M NFT collection, movie sold as NFT, QAnon espouser sells tweets
Simplifying Web3 adop ...... | With venture capital funding seemingly prioritizing emerging technology, the blockchain industry experiences a significant influx of capital from corporate backers.
According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021 published on Wednesda... |
| Sep 22, 2021 | SoftBank backs Steven Mnuchin's $2.5 billion private equity fund | ReutersFormer US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin
Bengaluru/Dubai/Tokyo: SoftBank Group will invest in a $2.5 billion private equity fund set up by former US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Japanese conglomerate said on Wednesday wi... |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Locally manufactured iPhones dominate the Indian market as Foxconn and Winston increase production | iPhone manufacturers in India have increased production in the last few quarters.
The market share of Made in India increased from 17% in 2018 to 76% in 2021.
Its third partner is unable to start production due to COVID-related travel restr... |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Бета-тестирование Starlink завершится в октябре | Инна Бондарович 20 сентября 2021, 19:20 Бета-тестирование Starlink завершится в октябре
Гендиректор SpaceX Илон Маск сообщил в Twitter, что бета-тестирование интернет-сервиса Starlink закончится в октябре. Это на два месяца позже первоначал... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Ease of investment regulations will make India a more attractive destination: Asha Jadeja | Interview with Asha Jadeja Motwani – Founder Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation
Ms. Asha Jadeja Motwani is the founder of Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation, a philanthropist, angel investor, and an NFT evangelist. She has invested in over 100 ... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | ETtech Deals Digest: Apna, Mobile Premier League enter unicorn club | ETtechIndia has minted 27 startup unicorns in 2021 so far. (Illustration: Rahul Awasthi/ETtech)
Mumbai: India’s startup ecosystem minted two new unicorns this week—one of them the youngest to enter the coveted billion-dollar valuation club.... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | IPO-bound Pine Labs raises $100 million from US investment fund | ETtechPine Labs CEO Amrish Rau.
Mumbai: Pine Labs, which plans to go public in the US next year, said on Thursday that it has raised $100 million from US-based Invesco Developing Markets Fund. The new funding comes just months after it rais... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Bidgely raises $26 million from Moore Strategic Ventures, others | AgenciesThe SaaS (Software-as-a-service) startup had raised Rs 15 crore from IvyCap Ventures in March this year
New Delhi: Tech firm Bidgely on Thursday said it has raised $26 million (about Rs 190.8 crore) in funding led by Moore Strategic... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Flatheads raises $1 million in funding from We Founder Circle, Dexter Angels | AgenciesThe pre-series A funding round also witnessed participation from other investors including Gaurav Kapur (TV presenter and founder, Oaktree Sports), Sahil Barua (co-founder, Delhivery) and Radhika Ghai (Co-founder, ShopClues).
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| Sep 16, 2021 | Andreessen Horowitz in talks to make first India investment in CoinSwitch Kuber | ETtechCoinSwitch founders (from left) Ashish Singhal, Vimal Sagar and Govind Soni.
Bengaluru | Mumbai: Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to invest in CoinSwitch Kuber, a cryptocurrency platform for retail traders, people familiar with the mat... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Liquor startup Boutique Spirit Brands raises Rs 80 crore | ETtechRahul Gagerna, founder and CEO, Boutique Spirit Brands
Indian startup Boutique Spirit brands today announced raising Rs 80 crore in a combination of equity and debt by IIFL, Anicut Angel Fund, Kae Capital, Narendra Madhusudan Murkumbi... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Fintech startup Bright Money gets $31 million from Sequoia, others | ETtechThe team at Bright Money.
Fintech startup Bright Money has raised $31 million in series A round from Sequoia Capital India, Falcon Edge Capital and Hummingbird Ventures for an undisclosed valuation, the company announced on Thursday.
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| Sep 16, 2021 | Ayu Health gets $6.3-million funding from Vertex, Stellaris and others | ETtechFounded in 2019 by Karan Gupta, Himesh Joshi and Arjit Gupta, Ayu Health has more than 20 hospitals in its network in Chandigarh and Bengaluru.
Mumbai: Ayu Health, a health-tech startup that connects hospitals, has raised $6.3 million... |