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
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...
07 Apr, 2026, 10.11 PM 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 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 ...
27 Feb, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
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...
28 Dec, 2022, 11.27 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 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
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...
10 Sep, 2020, 12.41 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 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...
27 Apr, 2020, 02.31 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 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...
31 Oct, 2018, 07.28 AM IST