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
Koo cofounder Mayank Bidawatka raises $4 million for new consumer tech startup Billion HeartsThe round, which was led by early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures, saw participation from General Catalyst and Athera Venture Par...
20 Nov, 2024, 06.00 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
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
Koo founder Mayank Bidawatka’s venture raises $250K in angel round, to be backed by 13 angel investorsMayank Bidawatka, cofounder of the now-defunct Koo, is launching a new venture called Billion Hearts Software Technologies. The startup aim...
18 Sep, 2024, 07.47 AM IST
Koo cofounder Mayank Bidawatka announces new venture Billion Hearts SoftwareMayank Bidawatka, cofounder of the now-defunct Koo, is launching a new venture called Billion Hearts Software Technologies. The startup aim...
17 Sep, 2024, 03.29 PM 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
ShareChat raises $16 million in debt financing; lays offs 5% of workforceThe new funding was provided by EDBI, a Singapore-based fund, which is also an investor in the home design and renovation platform Livspace...
04 Aug, 2024, 09.21 AM IST
Inside the rise and fall of Indian Twitter rival KooKoo, the Indian social media platform aiming to rival Twitter, has closed down due to unsuccessful acquisition negotiations. The company st...
08 Jul, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
Koo calls it a day; Paytm Bank, auditor lock hornsOnce touted as India’s response to Twitter, it’s curtains for homegrown microblogging app Koo. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech T...
03 Jul, 2024, 08.07 PM IST
Indian Twitter rival Koo shuts down after failed acquisition talks“Patient, long term capital is essential to build ambitious, world beating products from India be it in social media, Al, space, EV or othe...
03 Jul, 2024, 08.07 PM IST
Koo founders on why the social media app is shutting downOnce considered as a rival of X (previously Twitter), Tiger Global-backed Indian social media app Koo is shutting down operations. the comp...
03 Jul, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
KOO Shutting Down: Why India’s Twitter rival is closing operationsKoo, a homegrown social media platform and alternative to Twitter, is shutting down. Co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka...
03 Jul, 2024, 03.21 PM IST
Short form app Tiki announces closure; experts say Indian apps to benefitUsers will not be able to watch or create short videos or watch streams on Tiki after 11:59pm IST on June 27, it said. The app will also no...
11 Jun, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
New drone rules; one crore Koo installs; goodbye Yahoo NewsThe Drone Rules, 2021, reduces the number of forms and permissions required to be submitted by drone manufacturers and operators from 25 to...
26 Aug, 2021, 07.27 PM IST
ETtech Weekend Briefing: News wars split Big TechWe delve deep into the ongoing controversy, which has been in the making ever since media companies started to lose control of how their pu...
13 Feb, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
- Rise & Rise of China’s Internet Billionaires
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