Rajeev Misra’s $7 billion fund eyes more India play; SRK may say bye to Byju’sIt's been exactly a year since Rajeev Misra stepped back as the top boss of Japanese multi-billion dollar conglomerate SoftBank’s tech-focu...
04 Jul, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
TikTok’s future hangs in balance amid possible US ban & other top tech stories this weekEarlier this week TikTok said it has more than 150 million monthly users (nearly half the population) in the US, up from 100 million just a...
25 Mar, 2023, 07.44 AM IST
These 6 Indian startups are among world's top 100 unicornsData shows that while the number of unicorns globally increased to 1,204 in 2022 from 959 in 2021, the cumulative valuation of new unicorns...
21 Mar, 2023, 04.07 PM IST
Automatic for the people: robots in the workplaceThe move comes amid a liquidity squeeze following the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to hike interest rates, even as startups are s...
04 Jun, 2022, 08.07 AM IST
Bytedance looks for a route back to India via partnershipResponding to ET’s query on the development, a senior government official said that “there have been no formal talks with us yet. But, we h...
01 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
ByteDance to shut edtech business in IndiaThe decision follows after weeks of discussion in which it also explored migrating the team in India to work with the European edtech team.
22 Nov, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
Global capital will come to India regardless of China developments: GGV Capital's TungThere are hedge fund-related investment firms aggressively backing Indian startups and many late-stage investors are increasingly doing Ser...
06 Sep, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
Cloudtail India to shut down in May 2022In today's Top 5: Amazon India's biggest seller is halting operations from next May, UpGrad is joining the startup unicorn club, and Paytm ...
09 Aug, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
From Tiger to Temasek, investors scarred by China edtech assaultChina is considering asking edtech startups to go non-profit, potentially wiping out a big chunk of the billions that private equity and ve...
24 Jul, 2021, 08.20 PM IST
Logistics SaaS startup FarEye raises $100 million from TCV, othersFarEye’s existing investors Eight Roads Ventures, Fundamentum and Honeywell also participated in the round
25 May, 2021, 04.21 PM IST
Bengal cops fight fake newsAlso in today's ETtech Top 5 newsletter: Karnataka's flip-flop on delivery of non-essential goods, ByteDance bets on video e-commerce in fi...
10 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
Haryana shuns, Karnataka fundsIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: Gurugram could soon face a mass startup exodus due to a recent policy while Karnataka could ...
08 Apr, 2021, 07.56 AM IST
Cred ArmyFrom Cred becoming India's latest startup unicorn, Clubhouse rolling out monetisation for creators and Bytedance receiving a temporary reli...
06 Apr, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
ETtech Morning Dispatch on 29 Jan. 2021: Top tech news to start your dayFrom the rise and fall of ByteDance in the country to Indian punters getting onto the GameStop gravy train, here's a look at the top tech n...
29 Jan, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
TikTok parent company, ByteDance, halts hiring in India; tries to retain employeesThe company, which has 2,000 employees in India, is trying to hold on to staff amid discussions of a sale of TikTok with Microsoft and Twit...
12 Aug, 2020, 09.46 AM IST
ByteDance in talks to invest in edtech firm Lido LearningA potential investment by ByteDance, the world’s most richly valued startup, will be intriguing, given the pressure it faces globally, and ...
24 Jul, 2020, 07.24 AM IST
With TikTok back in play, advertisers clock inChinese short video application emerging as a popular platform for brands such as Pepsi, Myntra
07 May, 2019, 09.40 AM IST