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General Catalyst on its $5 billion India bet and going beyond venture capital to company creationVenture capital by itself is not enough. You need a platform mindset if you’re truly going to transform industries in a world where every r...
Playbook Partners to invest $20 million each in 12-15 companies over 2 yearsThe firm's investment portfolio includes companies like Myntra, PolicyBazaar, InMobi, Nazara Technologies, Rapido, and Renee, among others....
Playbook Partners to invest USD 20 million each in 12-15 companies over 2 yearsPlaybook Partners plans to invest USD 20 million in 12-15 companies over the next two years, targeting high-potential ventures across vario...
IT firms trim bench strength; GCCs focus on complianceHappy Thursday! The country’s top IT firms have seen a massive drop in their bench strength, i.e. employees not on active projects. Find ou...
FAME 3 rollout soon; Euler Motors fundraiseThe next edition of the electric vehicle incentive scheme is likely to be unveiled within months of the new government taking charge. Detai...
Dairy fintech startup Digivriddhi raises $6 million in funding led by Omidyar Network IndiaFounded in 2019 by Ragavan Venkatesan, DGV provides dairy farmers and micro-enterprises access to institutional credit. It plans to use the...
Musk-Modi US bonhomie and Tesla’s India plans; Mumbai drone startup Ideaforge's IPO journeyTesla will vroom into India “as soon as humanly possible”, says its boss Elon Musk. The Twitter CEO was addressing reporters after his meet...
VC fund General Catalyst stresses on governance in Indian startupsInstances of financial misappropriation in the last 12-18 months including at startups such as BharatPe, Zilingo and GoMechanic have prompt...
B2B startups cornered $8.5 billion in funding over past eight years: Matrix reportCorner funds across 500 rounds since 2015, with six unicorns formed in the segment: Matrix report
VC firm Unitus Ventures brings on board Sanjiv Rangrass and Raj NooyiRangrass joins as a venture partner and will lead the firm’s investment strategy in the climate sector - a focus sector for the next fund t...
VC fund General Catalyst looks to boost its India investmentsAt the vanguard of this drive into India will be former SoftBank investor Deep Nishar, who joined General Catalyst in January, and former S...
CCI finds Google’s Play Store payments policy ‘unfair’; General Catalyst to double down on IndiaFurther hearings on the findings of the probe will begin shortly, the sources said. Google will then have a chance to present its argument,...
Volatile markets keep tech IPOs on hold; K’taka moves SC on gaming lawA number of startups, including Delhivery, PharmEasy and Oyo, have had to postpone their IPO plans until the high volatility in global mark...
Google in funding talks with Meesho; Indians double down on cryptoGoogle, which has already invested in six Indian startups this year, is now in talks with social commerce platform Meesho for a $50-75 mill...
Rebel unicorn spreads its wings; Zomato CEO joins Unacademy boardWhen Rebel Foods raised $175 million and became the 31st Indian startup unicorn of 2021 earlier this month, it said it would use some of th...
FarMart gets $10-million funding from Matrix Partners India, othersFarMart, an agri-focused SaaS startup, will use the funding to expand its distribution network across the country, scale product capabiliti...
Govt-Twitter faceoff escalates over India IT rulesIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch, Twitter and Google break silence on India's IT rules after WhatsApp sues government; the board of BigBa...
Lightspeed selects 17 startups for its Extreme Entrepreneurs programThese startups were selected from a pool of more than 1,200 across India and Southeast Asia.
A look at startups solving India-specific problemsMany startups have moved beyond the idea of imitating successful business models and are working towards tackling uniquely Indian problems.