Year in Review: These startups shut shop in 2024In 2024, Indian startups experienced a challenging reality check. While the year celebrated the emergence of six new unicorns and signs of ...
27 Dec, 2024, 09.48 AM IST
Nithin Kamath-backed edtech Stoa School shuts downFounded in October 2020 by Aditya Kulkarni and Raj Kunkolienkar, the Bengaluru-based company offered a six-month MBA programme, competing w...
12 Nov, 2024, 08.43 PM IST
Swiggy’s Rs 5,085 crore raise ahead of IPO; PB Fintech’s financialsThe anchor portion of Swiggy's initial public offering (IPO) closed on Tuesday. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
06 Nov, 2024, 07.32 AM IST
Irdai red tape, archaic processes led to health tech startup Kenko’s fall: Cofounder Aniruddha Sen allegesKenko, founded in 2019, was trying to build a subscription-based health insurance product to protect its users against hospitalisation and ...
06 Nov, 2024, 12.02 AM IST
Swiggy vs Zomato; Lenskart valuation revisedSwiggy’s initial public offering (IPO) anchor portion opens on Tuesday and the public issue on Wednesday. This and more in today’s ETtech T...
05 Nov, 2024, 08.20 PM IST
Tiger Global-backed Toplyne shuts down, returns investor capitalThe sales software provider for product-led companies is the latest addition to a growing list of startups to shut operations. The company ...
12 Oct, 2024, 10.44 AM IST
Spiritual tech startup My Tirth India shuts shop due to fund crunchFounder and CEO Indraneel Dasgupta said the startup is grappling with a fund shortage after the demise of Subrata Roy, the principal shareh...
26 Aug, 2024, 06.18 PM IST
Kenko Health shuts down; investors drag insurtech startup to NCLTThe Peak XV Partners and Orios Venture Partners-backed company has not paid staff salaries for the last few months. Last month it had laid ...
23 Aug, 2024, 10.56 PM IST
Top startup & tech stories this weekWelcome to a brand new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter. The week was packed with important stories broken by our repor...
15 Jun, 2024, 07.22 AM IST
Zepto’s mega financing; shareholder battle at Kenko HealthHappy Wednesday! Zepto is holding talks with investment fund DST Global and venture capital firm Lightspeed for funding. Details on this an...
12 Jun, 2024, 07.26 AM IST
Insurtech startup Kenko Health stares at shutdown: What went wrong?Insurtech startup Kenko Health is facing closure due to a shareholder battle and funding issues. The company, backed by Peak XV Partners an...
12 Jun, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Startups in queue for insurance licence face stricter normsBacking of a large local investor, considerable net worth of promoter and founder are among key requirements laid down by the sector regula...
06 Apr, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
We aim to ease patient burden via innovative healthcare financing: Aniruddha Sen, Kenko HealthCurrently, Kenko Health is operating out of 40 cities across India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Nagpur, Indore, Lucknow, Vi...
28 Mar, 2023, 06.12 PM IST
VC firm Fundamental VC launches maiden fund; target corpus of $130 millionThe sector-agnostic fund will invest in pre-seed and seed rounds across consumer internet, healthcare, insurance, financial services, Softw...
24 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Kenko Health raises $12 million led by Sequoia Capital IndiaExisting investors Beenext, Orios, 9Unicorns and Waveform also participated in the funding round. The company previously raised $1.7 millio...
15 Feb, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Big data and bullet train drive India-Japan strategic ties aheadForeign direct investment by Japanese companies has also soared, reaching $3.7 billion in 2016, its second-highest level ever.
16 Dec, 2017, 07.14 AM IST
JICA extends Rs 9,000 crore concenssional loans to Chennai MetroJICA provides assistance in forms of loans, grant and technical cooperation so that the emerging countries can strengthen the capabilities.
15 May, 2017, 06.21 PM IST