2021 Year In Review | The Year Of The UnicornWhat was for a better part of a decade a trickle developed into a stampede as almost 39 startups achieved billion-dollar valuations this ye...
13 Jan, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
2021 Year in Review | Defining moments in India’s crypto saga this yearIndia’s crypto market grew 641% from July 2020 to June 2021, helping turn a region spanning central and southern Asia and Oceania into one ...
28 Dec, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
Paytm: The AftermathPaytm's wretched market debut -- after it conducted India's biggest IPO -- has already sent ripples through India's wider fintech and start...
23 Nov, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
Google in funding talks with Meesho; Indians double down on cryptoGoogle, which has already invested in six Indian startups this year, is now in talks with social commerce platform Meesho for a $50-75 mill...
22 Oct, 2021, 06.29 AM IST
Ecomm sales boom in festive season; PharmEasy raises $350 millionFrom refrigerators to clothes, ecommerce firms accounted for a higher share of total sales than they did this time last year. Read on to fi...
18 Oct, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Three more unicorns, Byju’s gets even biggerIndia’s biggest startup got even bigger in the week to Oct. 8, even as the unicorn club added three more members. The ‘Unicorn Class of 202...
08 Oct, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
What A16z’s CoinSwitch bet means; MyGlamm's Rs 500-crore acquisitionNow that Andreessen Horowitz's deal with CoinSwitch Kuber is official, we take a look at the details, and what this means for India’s start...
07 Oct, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Tata Digital's startup moves; ZestMoney CEO on women in fintechTata Digital plans to offer stock options to prospective employees and revamp its organisational structure to attract the best talent aroun...
07 Oct, 2021, 01.43 AM IST
Andreessen Horowitz's first India bet makes CoinSwitch Kuber a unicornCoinSwitch Kuber’s valuation surges nearly four times to $1.9 billion, making the Bengaluru-based startup the 30th Indian unicorn so far th...
06 Oct, 2021, 02.43 PM IST
A16z in talks for first India bet; Byju’s buys againAndreessen Horowitz, the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm, is close to making its first investment in a startup in India—cryptoc...
17 Sep, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Tata Digital's cosmetics play; Byju's acquires TynkerTwo weeks ago we reported that Tata Digital was postponing its SuperApp launch. Now, our sources tell us the company is wrapping up plans t...
17 Sep, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
Andreessen Horowitz in talks to make first India investment in CoinSwitch KuberAndreessen Horowitz, among Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, is in talks to invest in CoinSwitch Kuber. If the deal goes through ...
16 Sep, 2021, 07.09 PM IST
Startups raise the roof in 2021In today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Fundraising by Indian startups in the first half of 2021 exceeds all of last year's; Zomato IPO is pric...
07 Jul, 2021, 11.41 AM IST
Court comes down hard on TwitterIn today’s ETtech Top 5 Newsletter: Delhi High Court gives government a free hand on Twitter; Pine Labs gets funding at $3.5 billion valuat...
06 Jul, 2021, 09.43 PM IST
#CryptoCrash, but Indian investors are still bullish on bitcoinIndian cryptocurrency investors flocked CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX after the latest bitcoin price crash, so much so that cash deposited at...
24 Jun, 2021, 01.11 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Razorpay, Chargebee raise fundsIndia’s fast-growing fintech and digital payments sector continues to attract investors.
23 Apr, 2021, 07.37 PM IST
Coinswitch Kuber valued at $500 million after raising $25 million from TigerTiger Global's investment comes despite reports that the government is working on legislation that seeks to ban all cryptocurrencies.
22 Apr, 2021, 03.05 PM IST