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D2C fashion brand Bewakoof raises Rs 30 cr from IvyCap Ventures

Founded in 2012, Bewakoof claims to have registered revenue of over Rs 200 crore in financial year 2019.

Cashify announces ESOP buyback plan worth $1 million for employees

Cashify is a re-commerce marketplace that sells and buys used electronic gadgets

Startup A-listers buy out Chinese investor Shunwei's stake in Koo

Koo has so far raised $4.1 mn in Series A funding from existing investors Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and 3one4 Capital.

Startups to gain as investment rules ease for pvt domestic pension funds

Indian capital has yet played a small role in the growth of domestic startups, but that could change after the ministry freed alternative investment funds

How Ankit Nagori is finding the right ingredients for Eat.Fit to succeed

A failed venture, a tryst at Flipkart and the blow of the pandemic all provided learnings to the IIT grad, who is now well on his way to make his enterprise a success story

Jungle Ventures, Sequoia back overseas edtech startup Leap in $17-mn round

The Silicon Valley-headquartered startup will use the new capital to expand its product portfolio

B2B startup Udaan sees demand for electronic products rising in lockdowns

400 sellers clocked sales worth Rs 1 crore each on website for gadgets last year, says company

Ratan Tata-backed startup Generic Aadhar launches pharmacy aggregator app

The startup procures generic medicines from around nine major pharmaceutical manufacturers

Kabeer Biswas and team pulled Dunzo out of Covid, aim to go global

The Google-backed delivery and e-commerce firm is planning to expand its services to about 25 such cities in India from about 8 cities and is also looking to go global and tap dense locations

IPV, Vijay Shekhar Sharma lead angel round in homegrown OTT startup Stage

The company says it's the only artist-based OTT platform in the country with content in art forms such as comedy, poetry, folk, and storytelling

Zomato supporting both parties: CEO Deepinder Goyal on Bengaluru 'assault'

Zomato said Wednesday it had delisted Kamaraj after a content creator, Hitesha Chandranee, posted videos on social media saying the Zomato executive hit her

Icertis valuation trebles to $2.8 billion after a fundraise of $80-million

Icertis has now raised over $280 million, and the current financing nearly triples the valuation of its Series E round in July 2019

Oyo's Singapore subsidiary secures $200 million term loan from SoftBank

Hospitality major OYO Hotels & Homes' Singaporean subsidiary has received a term loan from SoftBank

Temasek backs future funds of impact investor LeapFrog with $500 mn

In India, LeapFrog has so far deployed capital across nine companies

Explained: How open-source software is powering India's startup ecosystem

Using open-source software gives startups the access to a powerful community and better tools

This IIT grad is taking on MNC giants with her $100 mn beauty brand

Before the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, Vineeta Singh's firm SUGAR had already crossed Rs 100 crore in net revenue and posted an 85% YoY growth rate

An eldertech start-up is looking to keep seniors healthy and happy

The year gone by has triggered serious concern for the ageing population, a segment of society that has forever struggled with a pervasive and never-ending epidemic: Loneliness

Lightspeed Ventures, Wipro Ventures, others invest $48 mn in Yugabyte

So far the company has raised $103 million, including a $30 million capital fund announced in June last year

A peek into the startup incubation drives of India's next-rung campuses

Not all great ideas are nurtured at IITs and IIMs; many enterprises with formidable products today have come from the country's deeper regions and have received parenting at lesser known institutes

Flipkart ramps up grocery operations; expands reach to over 50 cities

The pandemic has led to a sharp growth in consumer demand for e-grocery, not only in metros but also from tier 2 cities and beyond