VCC Startups
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Restaurant reservation app Eatigo acquires Ressy, enters India
TripAdvisor-backed restaurant reservation app Eatigo has entered the Indian market with the acquisition of Ressy, an app that provides last-minute ......
People
Lendingkart's NBFC arm names Piyush Kabra CFO
Piyush Kabra, CFO of Lendingkart FinanceLendingkart Finance Ltd, the non-banking finance arm of fintech company Lendingkart Group, has elevated ......
Finance
Kunal Khattar of advantEdge Partners on backing startups, key sectors and more
Noida-based investment firm advantEdge Partners has invested in a number of companies over the past couple of years and is ......
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Former SoftBank COO Nikesh Arora in the race for Uber CEO's job
Former SoftBank Group Corp chief operating officer Nikesh Arora is in the running to become the CEO of Uber Technologies ......
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Lifestyle brand Chumbak raises $1.7 mn from Blacksoil, angel investor
Bangalore-based Chumbak Design Private Limited, which sells designer-led consumer products, has raised Rs 11 crore ($1.7 million) via equity and ......
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Realty analytics startup QwikSpec raises pre-Series A funding
Bengaluru-based construction site operations and analytics platform QwikSpec, which is operated by Xlsys Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised $540,000 (Rs ......
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Subscription-based drinks app Foom raises seed funding
Bangalore-based startup for drinks Foom has raised Rs 30 lakh (around $46,000) in seed funding from a Delhi-based investor, a ......
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Rajan Anandan, 500 Startups invest in chatbot tool Bottr.me
Chatbot creation tool Bottr.me has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from 500 Startups, Purvi Capital, Google India’s managing director ......
Opinion
How India's ed-tech sector can grow and the challenges it must overcome
Sanjay BansalThe Indian education system is often the subject of debate over outdated curriculum, rote learning, rising cost, poor ......
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Amazon Pay gets $20 mn from parent, rolls out third-party payment services
American online retail giant Amazon has infused $20 million (Rs 130 crore) in Amazon Pay, with the much talked about ......
