VCs chasing Indian studios working on complex gamesIndian studios attract investors for midcore and hardcore games like BGMI and FreeFire. Despite talent shortage, studios like Mayhem and Li...
10 May, 2024, 06.11 AM IST
Centre Court Capital launches $42 million sports, gaming tech fundIndia is home to three gaming unicorns in Game 24X7, Dream11 and Mobile Premier League, besides having the world's second-largest populatio...
04 Apr, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
Amazon’s Bazaar to challenge Meesho; AI & edtechAmazon has started onboarding sellers from across the country and is asking them to list unbranded products, priced at Rs 600 or less. The ...
21 Feb, 2024, 07.46 AM IST
Byju’s breaking bad: Will Indian startups feel the aftershocks, and other top stories this week“Are you really surprised?" an edtech founder said, implying that industry executives have seen this blow-up coming for a while. “This will...
24 Jun, 2023, 07.38 AM IST
Byju’s troubles mount as board members, auditor Deloitte resign; Tata Digital rejigs top brassOn Thursday evening ETtech first broke the story of three of Byju’s key board members resigning. Soon after Deloitte, the edtech’s statutor...
23 Jun, 2023, 07.46 AM IST
Key Byju’s board members, auditor resign; Modi urges Micron to put India on semiconductor mapIt just doesn’t seem to end for Byju’s. As if loan defaults, losses, layoffs and other setbacks weren’t enough, three key board members of ...
22 Jun, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
Gaming focused VC Lumikai unveils Fund II, eyes $50 million corpusThe so-called Fund II follows Lumikai’s first fund that raised $40 million in 2020, a year after its inception. It has backed startups like...
22 Jun, 2023, 07.15 PM IST
Will Budget 2023 hike threshold for tax deduction at source on income from online games?The online gaming is in news due to various reasons. Budget 2022 announced to set up a task force committee to boost the domestic capacitie...
24 Jan, 2023, 10.34 AM IST
UP emerges top gaming destination; tier 2-3 towns outpacing metros: MPL reportUttar Pradesh has emerged as the top destination for mobile gamers, followed by Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and West Bengal, according to...
15 Jan, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Govt may seek deals for India-made chips; Google denied relief on second CCI orderDiscussions are likely to be held with countries that don’t have extensive semiconductor manufacturing capacities and currently procure chi...
12 Jan, 2023, 07.35 AM IST
Casual gaming startup Giga Fun Studios raises $2.4 million fundingThe startup, which plans to launch its first game in the second half of 2023, is aiming to build a portfolio of games that are culturally c...
11 Jan, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest | VerSe Innovation, Fetch Rewards, Nord Security raise fundsVerSe Innovation, the parent firm of online news aggregator DailyHunt and short-video platform Josh, signed definitive documents and raised...
08 Apr, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
Trouble-hit Trell gets a lifeline; crypto trading volumes dip amid new tax lawsTrell, which has been under a probe for financial irregularities, has sold around 10% stake in AppsForBharat to one of its existing investo...
04 Apr, 2022, 08.01 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Eruditus, Menlo Micro, CredAvenue raise fundsSoftBank-backed executive education-focussed startup Eruditus, technology company Menlo Micro and online debt marketplace CredAvenue were a...
11 Mar, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
Coders, studios in demand as India’s gaming industry boomsGrowing demand for entertainment, availability of design talent and rising investor interest are spurring video game development for mobile...
14 Nov, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
PharmEasy’s $300M booster shotIn today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch: Ant Group may face India curbs after IPOs of Zomato and Paytm, Twitter’s troubles in India continue, Co...
28 Jun, 2021, 07.28 AM IST
Demystify, disruption: Unplug! Unsettle! Unfold!E-Cell SIDTM launches virtual entrepreneurship - series in association with ETPrime.
26 Apr, 2021, 04.54 PM IST