startups
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Behind Sequoia's alert to its portfolio firms on law firm Algo Legal
The unusual letter from venture capital major Sequoia India last week to its portfolio companies, severing business ties with...
Finance
Slice backer seed firm 8i Ventures hopes to mint two more unicorns
A single unicorn-backer early-stage investor 8i Ventures’ founding partner Vikram Chachra hopes to mint at least two more...
TMT
TikTok-owner ByteDance exits DailyHunt, Josh parent VerSe
Chinese investor ByteDance has fully exited VerSe Innovation, the parent company of content aggregator DailyHunt and short video...
TMT
Edtech churn disrupts online teaching, brings tutors back to classroom
Ranjita L, a mathematics teacher at St Mary’s Convent School in Ghaziabad, is back in the classroom – the chalk-and-blackboard...
Finance
Startups rope in agencies to place fired employees
Indian startups are dialling outplacement firms to help retrenched employees secure a job. In the past few months, several startups...
People
The despair of new economy workers as the funding crunch hits home
On his wedding day, Mayank Dubey, a senior business development associate at edtech startup Lido Learning, was told that his ......
Finance
Companies raise $723 mn this week with majority from 3 deals alone
Companies raised $723.1 million in venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funding this week, nearly 37% higher than last...
TMT
Awaiting final dues, Lido Learning ex-employees take the fight to social media
Several former employees and tutors working with the once-promising edtech startup Lido Learning are awaiting their dues after...
Finance
India's growth story of unicorns worked very well until it did not
A few years ago, I was a part of a literature festival where Snapdeal founder Kunal Bahl was almost given ......
Finance
Zilingo's letter firing Bose lists several charges but skips fraud
The termination letter to Zilingo co-founder and chief executive Ankiti Bose lists at least four causes—including insubordination,...
