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15% of start-ups have halted operations due to Covid-19 pandemic: Report

The impact of Covid-19 has been severe on the Indian start-up ecosystem during the lockdown as 15 per cent of start-ups have halted operations

Start-ups offer a chance to network with industry leaders as mentors

Singapore-based Tigerhall, for instance, allows people to become members of an influential group and then depending on their career goals, matches them up with a suitable mentor

How this law firm is taking legal-tech mainstream in the time of Covid-19

There's a trove of digital-data solutions that the legal fraternity has begun to adopt in the post-pandemic world. And Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is at the thick of it

This ex-Apple techie is helping India's blue-collar workers find jobs

Nirmit Parikh went undercover as a factory hand in Ahmedabad for a few days before the lockdown, to understand the ground realities of grey and blue-collar workers

Ergos raises Rs 38.5 crore from Chiratae Ventures, Aavishkaar Capital

Agri-tech start up Ergos Business Solutions on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 38.5 crore in Series A round with fresh investment from Chiratae Ventures and Aavishkaar Capital

Chargebee, start-up that helps companies in billing, raises $55 mn

Insight Partners led the financing round, with existing investors Steadview Capital and Tiger Global joining in. The nine-year-old start-up has raised $105 million to date

Mobility start-up eBikeGO partners with ASSAR to promote electric bikes

eBikeGO said it has roped in reform-centric advance service firm ASSAR as its strategic partner, to promote and deploy over 10,000 electric bikes to various e-commerce and logistics companies.

Clover Health to go public via $3.7 billion deal with Social Capital

The combined cash-and-stock deal includes a $100 million investment from venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya and $50 million from Hedosophia

Google defers Indian in-app fees by 6 months after angry startups complain

Startups were upset about the commission fee and also criticised several other Google Play Store policies for hurting their businesses

Homegrown startups take on Google, Facebook for 'India's digital dreams'

The Indian group is considering lobbying with the government to have global technology companies such as Google and Facebook become "local"

Indian unicorns diversifying to newer biz segments ahead of mega-IPO plans

A slew of Indian firms, including Flipkart, Byju's and Zomato, is building a path to profitability and diversifying into newer business segments ahead of mega-IPO plans

'Dukaan tech' start-ups help kirana stores and small traders go online

They are deploying easy-to-use platforms for SMBs, helping them go online in as little as 30 seconds

This IIT engineer is building a 'Toppr' of an app in the edtech space

Zishaan Hayath would rather build his enterprise ground up than go for an acquisition

Indian startups raised up to $63 billion since 2016, spawn 27 unicorns

The startups ecosystem has raised as much as $63 billion in growth capital between 2016 and 2020, when they spawned 27 unicorns

India's Pixxel partners with Momentus for second satellite launch

Bengaluru-headquartered Pixxel is building a constellation of cutting-edge earth imaging small satellites that can provide real-time remote sensing data across the world

Shoutout apps that bring you birthday greetings from a film or sports star

Personalised video messages, text messages from celebrities' verified social media handles and live interactive sessions are three key models through which fan and celebrity interact

Parliamentary panel bats for abolishing LTCG on startup investments

This should apply to investments made through collective investment vehicles such as angel funds, alternate investment funds and investment LLPs

Meet the Tamil Nadu-born techie who is helping Zoom connect the world

Velchamy Sankarlingam, who heads the firm's engineering and product dept, reports directly to CEO Eric S Yuan, who was his colleague at WebEx

Ronnie Screwvala's upGrad aims to take higher education offerings overseas

upGrad has earmarked Rs 500 crore for investments in the next 18-24 months for its overseas expansion

Reverie: Startup that helps firms connect with users in Indian languages

Reverie is a full-stack Indian-language product and technology company with several tools to create content, conversion of speech to text and text to speech