Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1 billion for new funds, expands to AI agentsFormer prosecutor Katie Haun has secured $1 billion for new venture funds, focusing on crypto and blockchain companies, with a strategic bl...
04 May, 2026, 08.42 PM IST
Reclusive Turkmenistan shows signs of cautiously opening upTurkmenistan, a nation known for its secrecy, is witnessing a subtle shift. E-commerce and social media are gaining traction, signaling a n...
02 May, 2026, 12.19 PM IST
One of Iran's most powerful families founded its largest crypto exchange. It's used by the IRGC to move millionsIran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, is controlled by the sons of the influential Kharrazi family, who concealed their ties for...
02 May, 2026, 06.49 AM IST
Competition doesn’t limit growth in India: Groww’s Lalit Keshre on building a full-stack wealth platformAfter steering Groww to a blockbuster IPO in under a decade, Keshre was named Entrepreneur of the Year at The Economic Times Awards for Cor...
22 Apr, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
Tata to probe TCS Nashik case; Sharon Pais takes over MyntraTata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran has ordered a probe into the sexual harassment case at TCS Nashik. This and more in today's ETtech Top ...
13 Apr, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
Melinda Gates refuses to fund daughter’s startup, despite $31 billion net worthMelinda French Gates did not fund her daughter's startup. She wants her daughter to learn business independently. Phoebe Gates, along with ...
08 Jul, 2025, 11.47 PM IST
In depth: How can India's women-led startups beat gender funding gap?W hen Indian businesswoman Aditi Bhutia Madan recalls her childhood in Darjeeling, she remembers pine forests, Himalayan sunrises and her g...
28 Jun, 2023, 08.37 AM IST
Nigeria's female-led startups winning investors in fight to close cash gapAfrica's female-founded companies got just 3% of the $1.7 billion invested in the continent's startups in the past decade, according to eme...
14 Dec, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
View: Levelling the playing field for women foundersIndia’s female workforce participation is among the worst in South Asia at 24%. Surprisingly, the startup ecosystem isn’t doing much better...
10 Feb, 2022, 12.13 PM IST
Kalaari Capital launches CXXO, earmarks $10 million to back women foundersThe amount has been set aside from the existing fund of the Bengaluru-based venture capital firm.
28 Jul, 2021, 07.47 PM IST
Priyanka Chopra Jonas looks to invest in Indian startupsPriyanka Chopra said she is currently scouting for startups that are at the cross-section of tech and beauty and education
16 Jan, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
One of Uber’s most powerful women leaves to start a VC fundJust 12% of startup investment firms in the U.S. have women in decision-making roles with the power to write checks.
15 Jan, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
This equity free program aims to Rebalance the gender disparity in startup ecosystemLack of women in venture capital has become a status quo and therefore isn't being addressed as a problem altogether.
15 Apr, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
Women-run startups hindered by bias among male investorsAccording to the researchers in the US, men make up 90% of venture capitalists. This creates a "chicken and egg" situation faced by women e...
20 Nov, 2017, 11.19 PM IST
Women-run startups hindered by bias among male investorsAccording to the researchers from University of California, San Diego in the US, men make up 90 per cent of venture capitalists.
20 Nov, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
Japanese investment firm Dream Incubator looks for a dream run with 99Games99Games is best known for its game Star Chef which has over 1.5 million monthly active users and is most prominently played across the worl...
26 Jan, 2017, 01.38 AM IST
Intel's $125 million fund to fight gender and racial imbalance in Silicon ValleyThe fund, called Intel Diversity Fund, will invest in startups run by women and underrepresented minorities.
10 Jun, 2015, 02.52 PM IST