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
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 dials up China's Tencent to raise $200 million in fundingTwitter-backed ShareChat, which operates TikTok's Indian rival Moj, may choose to route the funding via a Europe-based entity to avoid the ...
25 Feb, 2021, 09.28 AM IST
Google may lead $300 million round in ShareChat appShareChat caters to non-metro users in 15 languages. The company says it has about 160 million monthly active users.
12 Feb, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
Google in talks to buy social media platform ShareChatSocial media firm may be valued at about $1.03 billion; founders may retain a small stake; current investors likely to exit
24 Nov, 2020, 10.18 AM 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
ShareChat raises $40 million in bridge roundShareChat's existing investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Saif Partners, Twitter, TrustBridge Partners, India Quotient and Shunwe...
27 Jul, 2020, 12.21 PM IST
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...
01 Jul, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
ShareChat names Manohar Charan as new vice presidentHe led a series of M&A transactions when he was with PropTiger, including acquisitions like Housing.com and Makaan.com.
14 Apr, 2020, 02.11 PM 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 Rs 720 crore, valuation may touch Rs 3.3k crRound led by Shunwei Capital, along with Morningside & DST Global affiliate Jesmond.
20 Sep, 2018, 08.44 AM IST
ShareChat Valuation Jumps 7x to $460 millionRound led by existing backer Shunwei Capital with new investors Morningside and a DST Global affiliate
19 Sep, 2018, 09.27 PM IST
Xiaomi leads $100 mn push in ShareChatThe fresh funding will see ShareChat, one of the hottest consumer internet startups in the country, rack up a valuation of $400 million or ...
05 Jun, 2018, 11.07 AM IST