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RBI 'not comfortable' with bitcoin, evaluating cryptocurrencies
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has a group looking into cryptocurrencies as legal tender, a senior official said on ......
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China crackdown on initial coin offerings causes cryptocurrency chaos
China’s move last week to ban initial coin offerings (ICO) has caused chaos among start-ups looking to raise money through ......
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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to leave company
Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook Inc, will leave the messaging service company to start a new ......
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Online lending startup Rubique in talks to raise $20 mn in Series B round
Mumbai-based fintech startup Rubique is in an advanced stage of talks with Chinese and UAE venture capital firms besides existing ......
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Credit Suisse-owned NEXT backs people analytics firm Sapience; IAN exits
Pune-based software company Sapience Analytics Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount from Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors.This investment ......
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Sequoia India leads Series B round in Southeast Asian fashion firm Zilingo
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India and German investment firm Burda Principal Investments have led a $17-million (Rs 108.7 crore) ......
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This startup lets urbanites play FarmVille on real agricultural land
In 2009, a virtual farming game by the name of FarmVille took the Internet and, more specifically, Facebook by storm. ......
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DIPP to move cabinet note on credit guarantee fund for startups
To help early-stage ventures overcome fund crunch, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will move a cabinet note ......
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Amazon to build $5-bn second headquarters in US
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would build a $5 billion second headquarters in North America, kicking off a competition ......
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Meet the five ed-tech ventures selected for EduGild's fourth accelerator batch
EduGild, an ed-tech accelerator run by the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, has selected five startups for its fourth batch, ......