Lightspeed eyes new India fund, plans smaller corpus of $300–350 million amid AI focusThe venture capital firm, which was initially looking to raise as much as $500 million for its fifth India fund, has now cut the target siz...
13 May, 2026, 10.10 AM IST
Groww investors reap bumper returns; Lightspeed’s India rethinkHappy Wednesday! Groww delivered strong gains to early investors after the IPO lock-in expired. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dis...
13 May, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
Inside the jury shaping the One Of A Kind Startup AwardsThe One of a Kind Startup Awards 2026, presented by The Economic Times and Cashfree Payments, is seeking India's most promising internet-fi...
12 May, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
Employee cries over toxic coworker, supportive boss says 'not a tear as long as...' and gives a 'simple formula' to overcome workplace stressA Reddit user shared a touching screenshot of messages from their manager after a toxic colleague made them cry at work. The manager comfor...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
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 parent Mohalla Tech reports 33% rise in FY24 operating revenue, 67% fall in Ebitda lossesFor the parent firm of the vernacular social media platform ShareChat and short video app Moj, live streaming contributed 56% to total oper...
26 Nov, 2024, 10.50 PM IST
ShareChat valuation drops 60% to under $2 billion post new fundingTwitter and Google-backed homegrown social media firm Sharechat has closed $49 million in debt financing through convertible debentures fro...
16 Apr, 2024, 07.11 AM IST
ShareChat appoints Gaurav Jain as chief business officerJain takes over at an important juncture for ShareChat. Company sources said revenue has gone up from Rs 332.69 crore in FY22 to Rs 540.21 ...
23 Nov, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
Interview | Focus is on profitability, growth at all costs never sustainable: ShareChat CEOThe Bengaluru-based firm, backed by Twitter and Snap Inc, has cut its cash burn down by a third compared to the same time last year, ShareC...
22 Feb, 2023, 11.43 AM IST
Sharechat asks The Wire to take down story on the Tek Fog appThe Indian social media company has asked The Wire to take down a report that claims Sharechat is used to spread fake news and propaganda.
19 Oct, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
ShareChat meets Sher KhanFrom Sharechat and Gupshup becoming India's latest startup unicorns, to Amazon touting its job creation milestone in India, here's a quick ...
08 Apr, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
ShareChat names Ajit Varghese as its Chief Commercial OfficerPrior to joining ShareChat, Varghese was the Global President at Wavemaker, a WPP-group global media network.
09 Dec, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
ShareChat adds $14 million to its Esop poolThe startup on Wednesday also announced 50% additional Esops as bonus for employees already holding shares in the company.
24 Sep, 2020, 08.06 AM IST
ShareChat adds $14 million to its ESOP pool, taking its ESOP pool to $35 millionThe scheme would be applicable for the existing employees who were on the company’s payroll on June 30, 2020. Presently, ShareChat employs ...
23 Sep, 2020, 11.54 AM IST
ShareChat acquires HPF Films for undisclosed amountStarted in 2018, HPF Films has produced 3500+ titles across different formats including web-series, digital ads, short films, and documenta...
16 Sep, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
ShareChat signs music deal with SaregamaShareChat said Saregama holds a catalogue spanning across genres like film and non- film songs, devotional music, ghazals & indipop in more...
10 Sep, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
ShareChat users can now pick songs from T-Series library to add to their videosIn June, Facebook signed a global licensing deal with Saregama.
26 Aug, 2020, 12.29 PM IST