ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $309.7 million this week; up 3.3x on-yearStartups across seed, early, and late stages raised the funds through 25 deals, compared to 75 in the year-ago period.
04 Apr, 2025, 07.47 PM IST
Lenders turn to AI; Flipkart re-ups war chestHappy Thursday! Lenders are turning to fintech startups for smarter debt collection solutions as unsecured loan stress rises. This and more...
03 Apr, 2025, 09.12 AM IST
After nearing ‘zero runway,’ Pratilipi closes $20 million round at a slashed valuationThe deal, however, has been struck at a significantly lower post-funding valuation of $100 million, as per cofounder and CEO Ranjeet Pratap...
03 Apr, 2025, 09.09 AM IST
Gaming firm Krafton backs South Korean IMM Investment's maiden India fundThe fund will primarily target growth-stage companies with strong potential for an initial public offering, leveraging South Korean experti...
29 Oct, 2024, 12.35 PM IST
Gemba Capital ropes in banking expert Somak Ghosh in its advisory boardGhosh brings more than 30 years of experience across corporate and development banking, venture capital. He started his career in 1993 and ...
21 Oct, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Gemba Capital ropes in Ranjeet Pratap Singh as consumer tech venture advisorIn his advisory role, Singh will guide Gemba Capital’s investment team in evaluating consumer tech deals and mentor portfolio companies wit...
09 Oct, 2024, 06.14 PM IST
Sebi nod for Swiggy IPO; US court holds Byju’s in defaultThe top court in Delaware has held that Byju’s defaulted on a $1.5-billion loan from US lenders. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
24 Sep, 2024, 08.49 PM IST
Pratilipi raises $48 million in funding led by KraftonExisting investor, Omidyar Network India, also participated in the round along with a clutch of startup founders, including Gaurav Munjal, ...
14 Jul, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
WEH Ventures launches Rs 100-crore second fund for startupsWEH Ventures’ second fund has so far raised well over half its targeted corpus from CEOs and CXOs of major corporations in India and family...
01 Jun, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
IVM Podcast hires Sanjeev Mehta as business headThe appointment follows IVM Podcasts’ acquisition by Tencent-funded publishing platform Pratilipi last month.
03 Dec, 2020, 07.33 PM IST
Starved of openings, Chinese Cos cross Great Wall to IndiaFewer Chinese startups going public, uncertainty after trade spat with US & sobering of valuations post WeWork.
28 Jan, 2020, 12.29 PM IST
Bharat Stage 2.0: Small towners rev up startup engine for non-metrosThese ventures, not necessarily based in the founders’ hometowns, are targeting a market familiar to the entrepreneurs and their founding t...
24 Dec, 2019, 09.39 AM IST
Content firm Pratilipi raises Rs 105 croreNexus Venture Partners, Omidyar Network India, Shunwei Capital, Contrarian Vriddhi Fund and WEH Ventures also participated in the round, ta...
06 Jun, 2019, 07.56 AM IST
Nexus Venture Partners gets $313 million for its investment fundNexus has about $1.2 billion in assets under management and its previous fund raising was $450 million in mid-2015.
04 Jun, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Self-publishing platform Pratilipi earns Rs 28 crore in a series-A roundThe funds raised are being used for further building out the product’s features by personalising it for users, as well as hiring tech talen...
05 Feb, 2018, 09.04 AM IST
Regional language apps all the rage, to have 250 million users in next 3 yearsAbout 250 million Indians from smaller towns and cities will come online in the next three to four years to create content and converse in ...
05 Dec, 2016, 02.01 AM IST
Who said Indians won’t pay for E-booksWriter trapped in an engineer’s body, Sharma plunged into entrepreneurship with the intention of liberating literature from publishers, usi...
18 Jul, 2016, 06.01 AM IST