Lightspeed eyes new India fund, plans smaller corpus of $300–350 million amid AI focusThe venture capital firm, which was initially looking to raise as much as $500 million for its fifth India fund, has now cut the target siz...
Groww investors reap bumper returns; Lightspeed’s India rethinkHappy Wednesday! Groww delivered strong gains to early investors after the IPO lock-in expired. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dis...
Inside the jury shaping the One Of A Kind Startup AwardsThe One of a Kind Startup Awards 2026, presented by The Economic Times and Cashfree Payments, is seeking India's most promising internet-fi...
Ola alumni’s Manav Robotics in talks to raise $15-20 million from Blume, Qualcomm VenturesManav Robotics, a startup founded by former senior Ola executives Suvonil Chatterjee and Slokarth Dash, is in discussions with early-stage ...
IT rule tweaks only clarificatory, don't expand govt power: MeitY SecretarySocial groups warn oversight of online user content may increase censorship, industry pushes back against mandatory compliance with 'adviso...
Eloelo reports FY25 operating revenue at Rs 69.5 crore; expenses jump 67% on marketing spendsAs the live social entertainment startup’s business expanded, its expenses rose in tandem. Since its founding in July 2020 by Saurabh Pande...
ShareChat valuation drops 60% to under $2 billion post new fundingTwitter and Google-backed homegrown social media firm Sharechat has closed $49 million in debt financing through convertible debentures fro...
ShareChat launches certification programme for marketers, advertisers and brandsThe idea behind this free-of-cost, learning programme is to enable brands to leverage ShareChat and Moj’s network of more than 400 million ...
ShareChat CCO Ajit Varghese resigns, to leave company in JanuaryVarghese joined the company in 2020 as its CCO. He was pivotal in expanding the platform’s revenue efforts and building a monetisation appr...
Sharechat asks The Wire to take down story on the Tek Fog appThe Indian social media company has asked The Wire to take down a report that claims Sharechat is used to spread fake news and propaganda.
ShareChat closes $40 million in Pre-Series E funding to aid Moj's growthThis current round of funding will be utilised towards driving growth for Moj, the newly launched short video platform, ShareChat said.
ShareChat closes $40 million in Pre-Series E to aid Moj’s growthThis current round of funding will be utilised towards driving growth for Moj, the newly launched short video platform, it added. ShareChat...
ShareChat signs music deal with SaregamaShareChat said Saregama holds a catalogue spanning across genres like film and non- film songs, devotional music, ghazals & indipop in more...
ShareChat looks to raise $200 million as India bans Chinese appsShareChat and China’s ByteDance, which owns Helo and short videos platform TikTok, have been battling for the same next billion internet us...
ShareChat buys meme platform for undisclosed amountMemer’s product suite will be integrated into Twitter-backed ShareChat, making it more exciting to its users, the Bangalore-based company s...
Twitter may invest more than $50 million in ShareChatShareChat is among a new crop of regional-language content players tapping the next 100 million internet users in India.
ShareChat drags Bytedance to court over copyright rowBesides mentioning of ad-words ‘ambushing’, ShareChat in its submissions on Friday also alleged that Helo was a “complete copy” of its prod...