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From gig work to grey-collar jobs, what India’s digital economy missedIndia's non-laptop workforce, comprising blue- and grey-collar jobs, remains trapped in informality and exploitation, failing to benefit fr...- Rise of micro companionship: Social media 2.0 is changing the conversationIndia’s creator economy is branching out beyond short videos and livestreams, quietly building a parallel income stream around paid convers...
- Hyperlocal startup Lokal forays into new verticals to support hiring and farming in Tier 2, 3 citiesLokal has launched two new apps, Sahi Jobs and AgriLokal, to empower India's vernacular internet users. Sahi Jobs offers a verified job mar...
- India Quotient raises $129 million in its fifth & largest fund till dateIndia Quotient, a seed-to-early-stage venture capital fund, has successfully raised $129 million for its fifth fund. The firm also announce...
- Social entertainment startup Eloelo raises $13.5 million from Play VenturesFounded in July 2020 by Saurabh Pandey, Eloelo offers live video and audio streaming combined with gamification and micropayments, allowing...
- TikTok to invest $1.5 billion in GoTo's Indonesia ecommerce businessChinese short-video making platform TikTok on Monday committed to invest $1.5 billion in Indonesian firm GoTo's e-commerce unit Tokopedia t...
- Sony Innovation Fund invests in webtoon start up firm 'Toonsutra'Toonsutra has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from the Sony Innovation Fund (SIF). Along with Toonsutra, SIF has supported startups...
- ETtech Deals Digest: Indian startups remain parched as funding taps stay dry in scorching summerThis week, Indian startups raised $97 million across 18 rounds.
- Content startup Lokal raises $14.6 million funding from Global Brain, SIF, othersThe Bengaluru-headquartered company will use the fresh funds to expand in existing markets, launch new categories and product capabilities,...
- Thaggede le! English job sites finally have a worthy adversary in IndiaA RedSeer report said that regional-first apps are increasingly solving for the third cohort, and are able to address a large TAM (total ad...
- Pankhuri Shrivastava had a pandemic wedding in December 2020, her last social post was about hiring difficultiesThe serial entrepreneur passed away at 32 on Friday due to a sudden cardiac arrest.
- 3One4 Capital expands leadership team with promotions, hiringSiddarth Pai, founding partner and chief financial officer, said India’s early-stage investor ecosystem has been radically transformed and ...
- Startups help blue collar workers start their own gigsMany startups are aiming to upskill and reskill the new breed of micro-preneurs across states such as Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh ...
- Local language content cos help stem fake infoJosh Talks has added advisories in eight regional languages to all its videos and started a special series featuring doctors and medical pr...
- Regional language focused startup Lokal raises $3 million fundingThe round also saw participation from Twitch cofounder Kevin Lin, Xiaomi Indonesia head Alvin Tse, South Korea-based VC firm Starling Ventu...
- Here's why investors are queuing up to back Indian language content startupsThe first wave of Indian language content startups with entertainment as the theme has already garnered a lot of attention from investors i...
- India Quotient to get 25x returns in Sharechat deal1-2% stake picked up by China’s Hillhouse Capital in a deal pegged at around Rs 50 crore.
- Anna Hazare starts hunger strike for LokpalHazare had sat on a similar hunger strike in 2011 to demand the then Congress-led UPA government for setting up a Lokpal to investigate cor...
- Loksatta hopes to fill AAP vacuum in Bengaluru civic pollsAlso significant is an undercurrent of enthusiasm, the party hopes to swing AAP votes in its favour, with AAP not contesting this time.
- Jan Lokpal Bill: Team Anna wants Rahul, Chavan as negotiators?The government is inclining to the idea of putting PM under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill to mollify the anti-graft crusaders.
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