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...
13 May, 2026, 10.10 AM IST
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...
13 May, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
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...
12 May, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
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 ...
10 Apr, 2026, 10.01 AM IST
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...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
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...
16 Apr, 2024, 07.11 AM IST
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.
19 Oct, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
ShareChat parent raises $255 million from Google, Times Group, others; valuation jumps to $5 billionExisting backers like Temasek also participated in the latest round, which comes at a time when investors have become skittish amid a fundi...
17 Jun, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
Google backs India's ShareChat in $300 million funding round at $5 billion valuationShareChat was last valued at $3.7 billion in a $266 million funding round from investors including Alkeon Capital and Temasek. The firm als...
30 May, 2022, 03.16 PM IST
ShareChat parent raises $266 million at $3.7 billion valuationThe investment was led by Alkeon Capital with participation from new and existing investors including Temasek, Moore Strategic Ventures (MS...
16 Dec, 2021, 12.42 PM IST
ShareChat valuation jumps to $2.1 billion with $502 million fundraiseSocial network plans to acquire 1 billion users, build creator economy
09 Apr, 2021, 07.48 AM IST
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.
25 Sep, 2020, 07.54 AM IST
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...
24 Sep, 2020, 06.50 PM IST
Google in talks with ShareChat as latter scouts for $150-200 millionShareChat owns a regional language social media platform that competed with ByteDance's recently banned Helo and a new short-video app Moj,...
17 Aug, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
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.
07 Jun, 2019, 08.07 AM IST
ShareChat raises $18.2 million from Xiaomi, ShunWei, othersThe funds raised are being used for machine learning and artificial intelligence technology, with a major focus on expanding both the techn...
19 Jan, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
ShareChat raises $1.35 million in seed funding led by SAIF PartnersThe Bengaluru-based firm was also selected for the second batch of the Google's Launchpad accelerator in Mountain View, California, along w...
13 Jul, 2016, 08.04 PM IST