TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Financial Intelligence Unit, an Indian government agency which scrutinizes financial transactions, said Thursday nine global crypto exchanges — including Binance, Kraken, Kucoin and Mexc — are operating “illegally” in the country without complying with the local anti-money laundering act and asked the IT Ministry to block their (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Today, there are two emerging databases addressing this obstacle: 1) The BRIDGE Registry 2) OnGood Global Directory of Verified NGOs. Global internet users to reach 4.2 Generation Z (currently 19 and younger) is mobile-first and mobile-only – and 27% of the global population. WhatsApp Payments are launching soon in India.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Facebook is testing Instagram’s Reels feature in India, Business Insider reports. The news emerged just days after the Indian government banned TikTok along with 58 other China-based apps. The news emerged just days after the Indian government banned TikTok along with 58 other China-based apps.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

It’s the nineteenth Indian startup to become a unicorn this year (up from 11 last year) as several high-profile global investors double down in the South Asian market. The new round — a Series E — was led by Tiger Global and valued the New Delhi-based startup at $2.85 Tiger Global in talks to back BharatPe at $2.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

are increasingly going global, but recent regulatory crackdowns in China , which instructed local K-12 tutoring startups to go nonprofit, have led to a chill among check-writers looking at the country. And everyone seems to be looking to India as the next geographic testing ground. Edtech investors based in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We propose that governments should systematically support funding for their diaspora founders, not just founders locally. Our proposal is that many governments that are not major tech hubs (i.e., China, Israel and India) should stop restricting themselves to supporting locally domiciled VC funds. Canada and Europe.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. trade publishers (and some in India and the UK), and over 1,000 international members in 35 countries today. The draft can be downloaded from WIPO.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tiger Global’s latest investment in India is Vecmocon , a startup building solutions to bring safety and reliability alongside intelligence and health monitoring to light electric vehicles (EVs), addressing concerns that are curtailing the sales of electric scooters in the South Asian market.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. Gallucci noted that there was one statistic that matters to him: “There are 39 million girls globally that should be in secondary education, and who are not.” It provides returns for decades. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Existing investors, including Lightspeed India and Sequoia Capital India, also participated in the round, which brings the five-year-old startup’s raise to-date to about $35 million. “In HR tech and SaaS space, we are now only behind SAP and Oracle in India in terms of revenue,” he said. . Image Credits: Darwinbox.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

The title, PUBG Mobile, amassed over 50 million monthly active users in India, becoming the most popular mobile game in the country, until it landed on the list of apps New Delhi ordered to block over national security concerns. Krafton’s investments in India so far. Krafton’s India team (Image credits: Krafton India).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Canada, Europe and India. These publisher agreements have also included permissions to distribute books outside the United States: most frequently, we are provided global rights. Now, more than 30,000 current copyrighted books are available globally on Bookshare to thousands of users. •

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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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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

TikTok says it will stop offering its social video app in Hong Kong after the region adopted a new national security law granting expanded powers to the mainland Chinese government. “In Google, Facebook, and Twitter have already stopped processing requests for user data from the Hong Kong government.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

That’s why we’re beyond excited to host the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Global Finals on July 22 starting at 9:00 a.m. (PT). So, without further ado, meet seven of the world’s best purpose-driven startups as they vie to be crowned the Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 global winner.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Glade Brook, Nexus, Breyer Capital, Lachy Groom, Global Founders Capital, and Contrary Capital also participated in the round, which brings its to-date raise to $160 million. Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra had returned to India for a break shortly before the pandemic engulfed the nation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

ND-Burma member groups regularly send observers, at great personal risk, across Burma’s borders with India, Bangladesh, Thailand and China. Participants at the 2012 global Martus Users Group Meeting Benetech is committed to doing this kind of ongoing development to help advance the broader human rights movement.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Discovered more than a century ago in South Sudan, excelsa coffee is exciting cash-strapped locals and drawing interest from the international community amid a global coffee crisis caused mainly by climate change. The government says companies can operate safely, but warned them to focus on business. “Coffee needs peace.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Joy of Giving Week is a "festival of philanthropy" held October 2 through 8 all over India in conjunction with Mohandas Gandhi's birthday. Nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and corporations organize events bringing awareness to fundraising and volunteering. Image: BiGTech logo ( NASSCOM Foundation ).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

To fill funding gaps, VCs boost efforts to find India’s standout early-stage startups. “The app is already being used by over 50,000 elected officials, government authorities and citizen journalists to connect with their locality. Tiger Global in talks to invest in young Indian social network at $170M valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Also, the startup offers full-stack solutions ranging from discovery, pricing and payments to compliance, government contracts, delivery and performance tracking. The startup is also working on tools to let creators easily access studios across India and even get PR opportunities, said Gupta.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Indian electric mobility startup Magenta Mobility has closed a $22 million Series A1 round, backed by $11 million each from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure and BP Ventures. The company partners with local and global OEMs to supply its fleet, such as Tata Motors, Mahindra, Piago, Omega Seiki and Euler, among others.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In recent quarters, as the market has turned, many promised deals have fallen apart globally. billion in India, has lost a considerable amount of value in the past one year, too. The deal would have allowed Prosus, which already owns fast-growing PayU, to dominate the market of payments processing in India. Why is the $4.7

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

A notice from India’s central bank this week has thrown a wrench into the ecosystem, scrutinizing just who all can lend. Some of these firms, the government agencies have claimed over the past two years, may be engaging in money laundering schemes. For nearly all fintech startups, lending has long been the end game.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support. If our Bookshare team is trying to help a blind student in India get a book she needs for university, make it easy for us to do that. The base draft accomplishes that, and mirrors the effective exception in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

I learned new things, especially from my social entrepreneur peers and other nontraditional attendees like the Young Global Leaders and the Tech Pioneers (the Forum invites a handful of new tech company founders to attend). China and India were big topics of this Forum. We danced at the India party. We ate fondue.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

government and states like Texas. In this grantmaking area, too, The Fund was key to Bookshare’s global expansion and to our ability to better serve low-income users, in developing and developed countries alike. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ashneer Grover, a founder and the public face of BharatPe, has resigned from the board and left the managing director position he held at the Tiger Global-backed Indian fintech startup following weeks-long turmoil at the firm as it undertakes what it says is an an all-encompassing review of business practices and fraud allegations.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

A Twitter spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that Gandhi submitted a copy of an authorization letter from the people in the image to the company’s India Grievance Channel , and his account was reinstated. On August 10th, the government determined that Twitter was in compliance with the rules.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Amazon, through its India-focused Smbhav Venture Fund , has led a $104 million Series D financing round in the Bengaluru-headquartered startup, the two said Tuesday. The wet market commands the lion’s share in all meat and fish sale in India, offering customers the ability to inspect each item before reaching for their wallet.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Reliance has backed Philadelphia-based AI and robotics startup Exyn , the Indian conglomerate disclosed in a stock exchange filing on Thursday, making further inroads in startups globally. Reliance Strategic Business Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has acquired a 23.3% ” The startup had a turnover of $4.32

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management , the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 Lee Fixel is leaving Tiger Global. A year ago, Tiger Global, which employs 100 people altogether, was reportedly managing $36.2 billion in capital commitments. billion in assets.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Gogoro answered that question today by announcing a strategic partnership with Hero MotoCorp , one of the world’s largest two-wheeled vehicle maker and the market leader in India , where it is headquartered. Gogoro and Hero MotoCorp’s agreement includes a joint venture to build a battery swapping network in India.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Globally, BNPL has seen the most growth in the consumer segment and has driven retail consumption and lending over the past few years. B2B commerce in India is moving online. E-commerce has seen tremendous growth in India over the past decade. India’s B2B e-commerce space has developed rapidly since 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Bengaluru-headquartered startup said it has raised $350 million and anticipates raising up to another $650 million as part of the round in a remarkable feat at a time when fundraising activity has slowed down globally as investors become cautious. General Atlantic led the first tranche of the investment.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. India is of course one of the world's oldest civilizations, and is also the largest democracy in the world. Of the 3 million NGOs that operate in India, most are small and dependent on volunteers.

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