TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The company has kickstarted the new wave of layoffs, which affects the engineering teams at its food and ride-hailing businesses. Monday’s layoff adds to a growing list of job cuts across the Indian startup ecosystem this year, where over 10,000 roles have been eliminated this year in part because of the market downturn.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Millions of small businesses globally, especially in emerging markets, have stayed offline for the better part of the past decade. Nigerian startup Kippa , attempting to improve the life cycle of these small businesses with its finance management app, has raised $3.2 million in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Tala , an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. She discovered that many people she talked to in emerging markets were creditworthy but lacked immediate access to credit and quick loans.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

One Impression, an Indian influencer marketing platform that does business in markets including Indonesia, Dubai, Europe and the U.S., The Gurugram-based startup is building an Amazon-like platform to help brands quickly find relevant influencers for their marketing campaigns.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Arzooo, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring the “best of e-commerce” to physical stores, has raised $70 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its retail platform across the South Asian market. They power 75% of all consumer durable purchases in India, said Khan. Image Credits: Arzooo.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

InVideo ’s $15 million Series A financing round was led by Sequoia Capital India. Prateek Sharma, VP at Sequoia Capital India, said that InVideo is part of a growing number of startups in India that are building a SaaS platform for the world. Some of these customers are white-labeling InVideo platform to their own clients.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

On a clear afternoon, Laxmi (name changed) was sitting in her office in Gujarat, India, when she received a message from her distant relative, saying that they received some of her “morphed” nude photos from multiple phone numbers on WhatsApp along with a text that reads, “loan thief.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Magna International, a Canadian mobility technology company that builds sensor-based systems for cars like driver monitoring systems and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is entering the micromobility market. Magna enters the micromobility and battery swapping market by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Koko Networks , a Kenya-based bio-fuel technology enterprise, has extended its business to cover other fast-moving consumer goods through a new tech platform that will capitalize on its established distribution networks in low-income neighborhoods.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

India’s Zomato raises $100M from Tiger Global, says it is planning to file for IPO next year. The Gurgaon-headquartered startup, which acquired the Indian food delivery business of Uber early this year, competes with Prosus Ventures-backed Swiggy in India. Unlike Western markets such as the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Indian fintech KreditBee has raised an additional $100 million in a funding round, it said, as the lender looks to scale its business in the South Asian market. The company says its hope is to serve the 400 million new-to-credit customers in India.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

But long before it began talking about the business, Zepto had captured immense interest from the local startup community as people began voicing their opinion about the business. Heavily-backed players Swiggy and BlinkIt (formerly known as Grofers) have also entered the instant grocery delivery business in recent months.

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MAY 8, 2020

By obtaining a free WhatsApp for Business Account and managing it on the desktop version, a nonprofit can integrate WhatsApp into its storytelling toolbox. 3) Business Profile. In the WhatsApp Business app, a nonprofit can build a profile that includes up to 500 fundraising campaigns and product and service catalogues.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

Now China’s embassy in India is saying that all of these investigations that India is doing into Chinese firms are bad for business. Perhaps, or maybe it is India being cautious. Talk about your good business models! was faring during the global venture capital market slowdown. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based human resource management platform, has raised $15 million in a new financing round as the Indian startup looks to further expand in the country and Southeast Asian markets. “In HR tech and SaaS space, we are now only behind SAP and Oracle in India in terms of revenue,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

These are business applications that companies tend to build themselves to give them access to data in a more streamlined and visual way. The company currently has 95 employees, spread across 16 countries with the majority so far in India, followed by the United States and Nigeria, he said.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

After a four-and-a-half-year ban, Shein, the Chinese fast-fashion giant, is making a comeback in India a market it was abruptly shut out of in 2020 alongside more than 200 other Chinese apps. Shein’s re-entry into the country could further invigorate India’s textile industry.

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Tableau

MARCH 23, 2022

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Tableau. Harnessing data effectively will create many opportunities for your business to solve problems and thrive. Read this Forbes article about data-driven decision making to learn more about integrating data into many business workflows. Jessica Murguia. Kristin Adderson. April 13, 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

India is the second largest demographic represented in the new batch. The world’s second largest internet market has delivered 43 startups in the new batch, another record figure in the history of the storied venture firm. For companies in India, founders no longer have to spend three months away from their customers or teams.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

The 12-year-old startup, which counts SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund and Tiger Global among its investors, is among a handful of startups that is attempting to upend India’s insurance market , which is largely commanded by state and bank-backed insurers. In India only a fraction of the nation’s 1.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Shares of Delhivery hit an all-time low of 317 Indian rupees ($3.88) Wednesday, cutting its market cap to $2.8 At the current share price, Delhivery’s market cap has shrunk to $2.8 The startup reported muted quarterly business growth last month, stating that its supply chain service and truckload business volume had shrunk.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

In a statement, the central bank said that it had taken the decision to ensure competition in the payment system market. The suspension in WhatsApp’s second biggest market is the latest setback for Facebook’s payment ambitions. The suspension in WhatsApp’s second biggest market is the latest setback for Facebook’s payment ambitions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The investment will help the startup “further strengthen its presence in the business banking space,” it said. ” Razorpay accepts, processes and disburses money online for small businesses and enterprises — essentially everything Stripe does in the U.S. and several other developed markets. .”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It would appear that OpenAI’s Chat GPT allying with Bing will not be the only threat to Google’s search business model in the future. With its release of WhatsApp Business app (WAB), Meta is effectively building a sort of rival search engine to Google to keep us all inside the app. While this may not trouble U.S. per month).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Once overlooked, agritech startups are beginning to have a moment in India. RTP Global and existing investors Sequoia Capital India, FMO, Omnivore and AgFunder also participated, bringing the startup’s to-date raise to over $46 million. Agritech startup DeHaat raises $12M to reach more farmers in India.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

AnyMind acquired ENGAWA, a Japan-based cross-border marketing company, in January last year with its Series C proceeds. Moindy’s founder became the company’s country manager in Thailand and POKKT’s co-founders are now the company’s COO and managing director in India and the Middle East, respectively, Sogo added.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Spinny, a Gurgaon-based startup that operates a platform to facilitate the purchase and sale of used cars , is the latest firm to become a unicorn in the world’s second-largest internet market. The startup has grown its business by four times in the current calendar year, the source said, requesting anonymity as the figures are not public.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Meesho — which counts Sequoia Capital India, Y Combinator, and Elevation Capital among its earliest investors — operates a three-sided marketplace that connects suppliers (manufacturers and distributors) and resellers with customers on social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. Meesho founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Oyo is ready to explore the public markets. The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 to name a few markets. The startup plans to deploy over $330 million to repay its debt.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, targeting businesses and governments that are looking to upskill workers to give them tech expertise more relevant to modern demands.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The California-based firm, which started its journey in India and rivals Salesforce, said it plans to sell 28.5 Freshworks, which counts Accel, Sequoia Capital India, Tiger Global and CapitalG among its existing investors, develops and offers a variety of business software tools, from CRM to help-desk software.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

India has long harbored a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and it’s not uncommon to see people leaving jobs to set up their own businesses. Nevertheless, investors are optimistic about their prospects in the country and feel that the global slowdown is helping founders focus more on building and strengthening their core business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After scoring a job at the development firm Dalberg, then working in India and Ethiopia, Pal returned to the U.S. to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School. We have conviction that Joro can build a great product and a great business. The world will be a better place because of what Joro will bring to market.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Case in point: Itilite , a Bengaluru, India-based company developing T&E software, today announced that it raised $29 million in a Series C round co-led by Tiger Global and existing investor Dharana Capital with participation from Matrix Partners and Tenacity Ventures. Thus, Itilite was born.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can follow the show on Twitter here and myself here. The deal is reported to be worth around $500 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

million in the past year, or about 20% of the credit card holder base in India. CRED is one of the most talked-about startups in India, in part because of the scale at which its valuation has soared and the amount of capital it has been able to raise in such a short period. .” CRED has nearly doubled its customer base to about 5.9

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

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. “Indian vendors were just not able to compete in any of these levers — product, marketing, channel, etc.

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