InShorts' Azhar Iqubal steps down from CEO role; cofounder Deepit Purkayastha to take overAzhar Iqubal, the co-founder and CEO of online news aggregator InShorts, has transitioned to the role of chairman, while co-founder Deepit ...
05 Apr, 2024, 01.15 PM IST
Radhika Gupta becomes a ‘Shark’! Edelweiss Mutual Fund CEO joins ‘Shark Tank India’ juryA desi adaptation of the American show of the same name, ‘Shark Tank India’ has proved to be a popular platform for budding entrepreneurs t...
05 Nov, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Inshorts raises $60 million from Vy Capital, existing investorsWith this, Inshorts—which also operates the location-based social media platform Public—has raised $140 million in the last one year from i...
15 Jul, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
Public App raises $41 million, valuation doubles to $250 millionPublic intends to utilise the capital to scale up infrastructure, grow content and to recruit more people.
24 Mar, 2021, 09.07 AM IST
Lee Fixel returns with Addition, leads $35m round in InshortsHis maiden bet in India from Addition comes at a time when New York-based Tiger Global has been actively investing in the country under Sco...
01 Oct, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
Advertisments drive profits for news app InShortsThe company is targeting a net revenue run rate of Rs 100 crore in FY2018, with revenue coming in through branded partnerships and sponsore...
04 Jan, 2018, 06.03 PM IST
Tiger Global plans to lead $15-million round of funding in InshortsAn investment in Inshorts comes after the startup has recently begun monetising through advertisements, brand-integrated content and has in...
25 Aug, 2017, 12.57 AM IST
4 out of 5 people support ban on liquor shops near highwaysAn overwhelming 79 per cent of people surveyed supported the Supreme Court's decision to ban liquor vends within 500 meters of national and...
19 Apr, 2017, 10.02 PM IST
Mediatech startups using machine learning to create personalised news feeds for usersFrom InShorts introducing quizzes to Dailyhunt's personalised news feed, they aim to increase end users' monthly time spent on the app.
28 Dec, 2016, 10.49 AM IST
Young Indians keen to work in startupsOut of the 51,629 users who responded to the question, more than 54% voted startup, 36% voted large corporation.
02 Sep, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
Inshorts moving to marketplace model: Azhar Iqubal, CEOInshorts, formerly known as News in Shorts, is working on personalisation of content as per user interests and working out a revenue-sharin...
09 May, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
News app Inshorts partners with over 30 content publishers, 5 e-commerce players“As we scale, we are opening up our platform to content publishers across the board to help them take advantage of our growth,” says Azhar ...
20 Apr, 2016, 03.15 PM IST
InShorts eyes monetization through sponsored contentTiger-Global backed news aggregator app InShorts is in talks to zero in on a steady revenue stream through sponsored content from consumer ...
16 Feb, 2016, 06.23 PM IST
Inshorts acquires app startup BetaGlideInshorts has acquired Palo Alto/Bengalurubased BetaGlide, a startup that builds technology to optimise mobile applications.
15 Oct, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
How Flipkart's Bansals splashed out on the IIT-Delhi networkThe Bansal brothers are known to support many startups, whose founders are alumni of IIT Delhi.
23 Aug, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
News In Shorts plans to add 100 jobs; rebrands as 'inshorts'News In Shorts, a mobile app that provides top news stories of the day in 60 words, is planning to hire over 100 people by year-end as a pa...
31 Jul, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
News in Shorts revamps its application, rebrands as "inshorts"It will now allow users to receive content from videos, infographics, podcasts and blogs and enable content discovery on a wide range of to...
31 Jul, 2015, 01.48 PM IST