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Fintechs have leveraged the gaps in traditional financial institutions and processes to provide increased efficiency and productivity. They have been a vehicle of financial inclusion

Falling valuations, slowing funding rounds add to woes; move aimed at conserving cash and shore up profitability

Curbs on investment by Chinese investors a major roadblock

In 2021, when the buzz is around start-ups going for IPOs and celebration of Indian entrepreneurship, it's also time to acknowledge the role of global players in the journey to stardom

It was Garg and not the company, who took responsibility for compensating the Japanese investment giant SoftBank for any losses, reports TechCrunch

The Vision Fund swung to a loss of 2.64 trillion yen ($20.5 billion) for the year ended Mar. 31, compared with a 4.03 trillion yen profit in the previous year

'We have to prepare for the worst; be in defence mode,' says Masayoshi Son, company CEO and founder

Social commerce is expected to be about a $70 billion market opportunity in the next few years

Existing investors Menlo Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners also participate; company's total funding to date is $213 million

Last week, firm said it was integrating grocery biz within the core app to offer users unified shopping while driving stronger synergies across customer acquisition, technology, product and talent

The acquisition of Gambit brings together Glance's scale and lock screen centric innovation with Gambit's expertise and understanding of the gaming ecosystem

Oyo made preliminary filings in September aiming for an IPO in early 2022

Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Group Corp.'s billionaire founder, checks the chart. Then again. Another time. And once more for good measure

Softbank Vision Funds India Holdings (Cayman) holds a 17.47 per cent stake in Paytm

The British company will shed 12 per cent to 15 per cent of staff in the UK and the US, Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas said in a memo to staff, according to a person familiar with the matter

This is part of the global strategy of Softbank globally to not be on boards of listed firms

Japanese tech conglomerate expects it would have fewer regulatory issues to tackle with strategy.

Japanese investor SoftBank Investment Advisers is in talks with Tatas and Mahindras for a stake buy in one of their subsidiaries, a top official said on Friday.

To understand the tech infrastructure, one also needs to understand the consumer category we are tapping into, says Barnwal

The Indian blockchain start-up's massive funding round has many implications for Web3 companies and VCs in the crypto arena