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IIT Delhi rolls out $1B endowment fund; gets contributions from Binny and...
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, the premier educational institute in the country, has set an ambitious roadmap as it plans to create an endowment fund to the tune of $1 billion by...
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How this startup scaled from local in-person tuitions to a blended edtech model
In recent years, Byju's has emerged a runaway success in India, displaying the powerful impact that technology can have on scaling and accessibility in education. What started off as an offline...
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[YS Exclusive] 76 startups and counting: why 500 Startups is betting on India
Courtney Powell originally came to know of 500 Startups when she went through Batch 4 of their San Francisco-based seed accelerator programme in 2012 as the Co-founder and CEO of PublikDemand. She went...
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How this Bengaluru startup helps individuals choose the right loan in under...
Only a meagre five percent of the 15,000 loan applications processed every day in India's banking and financial institutions end up getting loans. One might wonder what happens to the rest of them....
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AB InBev’s Diane Wauters on working with 12k Indian farmers in 5 years and...
In her current position as the Sustainability & Agricultural Development Director, APAC for Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), Diane Wauters has worked with 4,000 Indian farmers in three years. Now,...
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[Funding alert] Podcast startup Kuku FM raises funding from 3one4 Capital,...
Mumbai-based podcast startup Kuku FM announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount from the dream team of VCs- 3one4 Capital, Shunwei Capital (a Chinese investment firm spun off from handset-maker...
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Housejoy CEO explains why the startup got into the $15B home construction...
Over the last two years, home services startup Housejoy was looking at business lines that could scale quickly. Housejoy started with the premise of using tech to solve the gap in the market for...
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[Funding alert] LambdaTest raises another Pre-Series A round of $2M led by...
LambdaTest, a browser compatibility and automation testing platform, announced that it has received Pre-Series A funding of $2 million. The round was led by Blume Ventures and saw active participation...
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WATCH: The week that was – from the turning point of ClearTax to the journey...
Turning points are never planned. Today, ClearTax might be one of the leading players in the tax filing and investment segment, but how did Founder Archit Gupta, a software engineer, get started on the...
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How Freshworks’ Girish Mathrubootham is readying to create an iPhone-like...
Girish Mathrubootham, or “G” as he is referred to among his colleagues at Freshworks, set the tone for a revolution in 2010. The success of his startup led to the branding of India as a B2B SaaS...
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This HR tech startup uses AI to help India Inc make inclusive hires
Globally, diversity and inclusion play a vital role in the HR department of corporations. Companies spend much resources formulating ideal workplace policies that take into account a hire’s talent and...
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I had to convince my dad that tech businesses can make money: Sunder Raju,...
When you meet Sunder Raju, the 65-year-old Chairman of Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT), you will see a lot of simplicity. He comes from a family that thrived in the hospitality business for...
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The future of IT is to drive efficiency and work on automated platforms, says...
Pradeep Kar, Chairman and Founder of Bengaluru-headquartered Microland Limited, was nothing short of a trend-setter during the late 80s and early 90s. Before starting Microland, Pradeep founded three...
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[Funding alert] BookingJini raises Rs 3 Cr in seed round from Mumbai Angels...
Bhubaneswar-based startup BookingJini, which helps hotels increase direct bookings on their website using a SaaS product, has raised Rs 3 crore in seed funding from Mumbai Angels Network. The deal was...
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OnePlus wants India to drive global R&D with Rs 1,000 Cr spend: India GM...
As India goes digital, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has conquered the premium segment of the industry with a 40-percent market share, according to Counterpoint Market Monitor. It has taken it five...
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How Bengaluru-based startup 100Pillars builds and renovates homes without...
Building a house is a dream for any individual. Renovating a legacy property is a labour of love. Yet, the Indian construction industry is known for its lack of transparency and riddled with problems....
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[Funding alert] B2B SaaS unicorn Freshworks raises $150M, now valued at $3.5...
Freshworks Inc. today announced that it has signed definitive agreements for a $150 million Series H round of funding at a post-financing valuation of $3.5 billion. The round was led by existing...
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WATCH: The week that was - from Xiaomi's success in India to startups going...
We want to kick-start this weekend with a story that makes you believe about in the power of content. Content writing and creation is the need of the hour to help secure business connections and market...
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How this husband-wife duo bootstrapped their farm-to-plate company into a Rs...
When you enter Cunningham Road in Bengaluru, you will find a mix of old stone buildings and modern architecture. Nestled in this maze is Neo Foods, a food company that sells its products online and in...
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From an investment of Rs 40 lakh to Rs 20 Cr revenue, how Ufaber found...
After passing out from IIT-Bombay in 2004, Rohit Jain and Anirudh Swarnkar, both engineers, worked in corporate jobs for a year. However, the duo soon realised that they had a passion for teaching and...
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