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New Indo-Japan fund of funds set up for emerging technology startups
Japanese funds investing in Indian companies is not new. SoftBank is the biggest example with investment in companies like OYO Rooms and Flipkart. Other smaller funds such as the UTEC have invested in...
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WATCH: We want to shape the future in a sustainable manner, says SwissRe...
With technology set to disrupt insurance, a $5 trillion dollar industry, Swiss Re Group, one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance and insurance, is working to “make the world more...
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WATCH: How Dailyhunt wants to reach Bharat’s 400M people with a focus on...
What has 19 billion pageviews, 100 million downloads, 2,000 publishers, 50,000 stringers, and 20,000 regular news contributors? The answer is Bengaluru-based Dailyhunt.In eight years, this startup has...
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How blockchain startups are aiming to build trust among humans with...
Blockchain was proposed as a technology that could bring together untrusting human ecosystems. From there arose decentralised apps and networks with an argument that consensus mechanisms can challenge...
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[Funding alert] Streak AI closes $1M pre-Series A round from 3One4Capital
Bengaluru-based financial technology startup Streak AI Technologies has raised pre-Series A funding of $1 million. The round was led by 3one4 Capital and saw participation from existing investor...
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WATCH: This IIT alumni's data science startup is making collaboration easy...
Aakash NS and Siddhant Ujjain were aiming for the sky and beyond when they named their data science startup Jovian, the adjectival form of Jupiter. The duo, who in 2013 graduated in computer science...
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Here’s how Delhi-based IoT startup DataCultr is helping enterprises connect,...
Let’s imagine a bank lends a certain amount to an individual to buy the latest smartphone. The only way it can track the customer is his interest payments; if the payments stop and the customer...
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WATCH: The week that was – a roundup of the top news and trends in the...
For B2B marketplace, IndiaMart InterMesh, it was raining good news last week. The company that began with just Rs 40,000 launched its Rs 474 crore IPO, which was oversubscribed 36 times on the final...
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WATCH: Let this risk-assessment startup tell you if your real estate...
Sudeep Anandapuram's personal experience in trying to buy a home of his own led him to start up Zippserv along with his friend Debasis Hota in 2016.A techie, Sudeep returned to India from the US in...
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Crypto startup Mudrex by IIT alumni lets traders automate and track their...
India’s cryptocurrency future may appear bleak, especially after Koinex, one of the country’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, recently shut down trading services. But that – and the delays by the...
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WATCH: This Coimbatore-based incubator wants to Cultiv8 an ecosystem to help...
India’s startup ecosystem may be booming, but there remains a significant gap between early-stage companies and investors/industry, especially in Tier II and III towns. That’s why incubators are vital,...
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[Funding alert] Degreed raises $75M in equity and venture debt funding from...
US-based workforce learning and skill-tracking platform Degreed announced that it had raised $35 million in equity funding from existing investors Owl Ventures, Jump Capital, Signal Peak Ventures and...
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[YS Exclusive] Robotaxis, fuel cells, and battery tech will be mainstream by...
With technology, environmental and safety concerns, user demands, and government regulations evolving at breakneck speed, the automobile industry is hurtling towards an interesting future. And as the...
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Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman reduces GST for EVs to 5pc, announces tax...
In her maiden Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a slew of announcements to encourage electric vehicle (EV) manufacture and adoption in India, including a reduction of Goods and...
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Budget 2019: Government announces Zero Budget Farming to save farmers from...
Agriculture in India is in need of a fillip. On one hand, water is running out and our fields are filled with chemical fertilisers. On the other hand, technology intervention in this industry is low....
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WATCH: The week that was – a roundup of the top news and trends in the...
It's been an amazing week at YourStory as our reporters spoke to some wonderful entrepreneurs who want to impact India's economic growth. Founder Shradha Sharma met with Amit Agarwal, the man who helms...
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WATCH: This insurtech startup aims to go the extra mile to find you the best...
After working in insurance analytics and customer experience in the US and Southeast Asia for over two decades, Mallesh Reddy returned to India and started up with InsureMile in early 2017. He decided...
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IBM closes landmark acquisition of Red Hat for $34B, defines open, hybrid...
IBM and Red Hat announced that they have closed a transaction under which IBM acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190 per share in cash, representing a total equity...
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WATCH: How BPL Medical Technologies is tapping innovation and partnerships to...
In 1967, TPG Nambiar founded BPL Medical Technologies in Kerala in a bid to show the world that India could manufacture its own ECG and medical tech products. However, this did not work and its...
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[Funding alert] Logistics tech startup Ezyhaul raises $16M in Series B round...
Ezyhaul, a Singapore-headquartered logistics tech startup, has raised $16 million in Series B funding from an undisclosed set of high-net worth investors and institutions. The startup is looking to...
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