ShareChat to lay off another 5% employees to cut costsThe Google-backed vernacular social media firm plans to reduce its total employee count to 500 by March 2025. It had 650-700 employees as o...
16 Jan, 2025, 09.06 AM IST
ShareChat appoints TikTok’s Nitin Jain as CTOAs CTO, Jain will lead the development and application of technology across both ShareChat and Moj platforms. Jain has played a key role in...
10 Dec, 2024, 01.03 PM IST
Board-founder brouhahas: Lessons from the OpenAI-Sam Altman saga; and other top tech, startup stories this weekThe entire tech world was glued to the drama as we followed the events unfold on Elon Musk’s X ( formerly Twitter). Props to the US tech pr...
25 Nov, 2023, 07.57 AM IST
Fintechs bank on credit cards for growth; ShareChat’s FY23 losses jump to over Rs 4,000 croreFintech heavyweights such as Cred and PhonePe are exploring cross-selling options and forging partnerships with banks to act as distributio...
21 Nov, 2023, 07.42 AM IST
ShareChat cofounders Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Pratap Singh to step downSharechat cofounders Bhanu Pratap Singh and Farid Ahsan will step down from their active roles at the social media platform, cofounder and ...
25 Jan, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
How skilling institutes are aiding smart hiring in IndiaA skill development institute, Masai has cracked the code to teach web development and data analytics from scratch, enabling companies to s...
19 Oct, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
From Shark Tank India judges to top startups and investors: Key speakers at ET Soonicorns SummitScheduled for 8-9 September, the ET Soonicorns Summit will feature top startup entrepreneurs, Shark Tank India judges, investors, and indus...
07 Sep, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
Tiger ready to reward portfolio toppers; Rishi Arora becomes Blinkit cofounderTiger Global, which bet big on several late-stage startups and helped mint many unicorns in a record-breaking 2021, is changing tact after ...
11 Jul, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
Web3 creator monetisation platform Fanztar raises Rs 5 crore in funding led by India QuotientFanztar plans to use the funds to develop new products and expand its technological and commercial teams. Fanztar will also use the capital...
12 May, 2022, 11.55 AM IST
Meesho appoints Debdoot Mukherjee as chief data scientistDebdoot Mukherjee will oversee the company’s efforts to make every pillar of the e-commerce marketplace smarter and more efficient with the...
30 Mar, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
The SaaS gold rushIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: BrowserStack have become the most-valued Indian SaaS startup; Twitter's tussle wih the gover...
17 Jun, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Lockdown bluesHarsh lockdowns have brought e-commerce to a halt in some states, which means that while overall demand for online shopping is still up, it...
12 Apr, 2021, 08.10 AM IST
Tony Fadell, others to speak at Lightspeed's startup mentoring programThe six-week program offers one on one mentoring from the experts of the startup world.
14 Dec, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
Competition intensifies: Local Video streaming apps look to sign on TikTok celebsIn the last month, as demand for the big-name stars from TikTok intensified, creators have begun demanding fees ranging from Rs 3 lakh to R...
23 Jul, 2020, 12.36 AM IST
For Indian startups, a new surge of Asian investors means rethinking everythingIndian startups, coming off a couple of years when funding had dried up, are getting attention of Asian investors.
15 Jul, 2018, 01.57 PM IST
Ecommerce is passé. Moonshot ideas will grab attention of startups in 2017Moonshot ideas will grab the eyeballs - unique fintech models, an open source programming language, media and traditional businesses with a...
20 Jan, 2017, 01.04 AM IST