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Agritech start-up Ergos receives Rs 22.5 crore from UK's CDC Group

Agritech start-up Ergos on Wednesday said it has received Rs 22.5 crore (USD 3 million) from the UK's CDC Group as the closure to its Series-A round, which constituted Rs 81 crore (USD 11 million).

Byju's in talks to buy Aakash Educational Services for $700 million

New Delhi-based Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) is the biggest education organisation in India

Flipkart picks 8 finalists for startup accelerator program; $25,000 grant

The startups will now undergo a 16-week mentorship program and receive an equity-free grant of $25,000

Sequoia-backed Rebel Foods eyes global expansion of cloud kitchens

Raising funds to become next unicorn

Food-grocery marketplace Jumbotail completes $25 million fundraise

Tech startups including Jumbotail are poised to transform the kirana store ecosystem at an unprecedented pace and scale over the next few years

IPO street: From Zomato to InMobi, 2021 could be the year of start-ups

The country has realised the potential of start-ups that have disrupted traditional businesses (or ways of doing business) and have garnered large market share, across segments

Cosmetics startup Nykaa plans IPO, eyes $3 billion in valuation: Report

The cosmetics startup is backed by TPG

Hospitality firm Oyo raises Rs 54 crore from Hindustan Media Ventures

Hospitality firm Oyo has raised Rs 54 crore from Hindustan Media Ventures as part of Series F1 round

Temasek fund backs India startup bringing AI technology to farms

India's agritech space is abloom, with dozens of startups sprouting up in the last few years to disrupt dated farming practices

This startup set up by 21-year-olds tracks dead satellites and 'space junk'

Digantara, a company incubated at Indian Insitute of Science (IISc), aims to combat the growing problem of space debris by developing India's first space-based surveillance platform

The edtech founder who wants students to discover their innate talent

Vedantu co-founder Saurabh Saxena wants students to look beyond classroom and harness their creative genius through his third edtech startup Uable

Cred raises $81 million funding, undertakes $1.2 million buyback plan

This gives the fintech firm a post-money valuation of $806 million (about Rs 5,883 crore)

E-commerce to edtech, start-up firms bloom amid Covid-19 pandemic gloom

Massive beneficiary of the covid situation has been the startups which are growing rapidly on the back of digital adoption, which is witnessing an acceleration worth multiple years in just few months

InMobi Group: This Make-in-India innovator is raring to go places

Glance, the home-grown firm's newest business, has just received major funding from an unexpected source - Google - vaulting the 18 month-old-unit to Unicorn status

This former Facebook India head finds his sweet spot in vernacular content

Umang Bedi's firm VerSe capitalised on the ban on Chinese apps by launching 'Josh', which claims to have over 77 million monthly active users, 36 million daily users ad 1.5 billion video plays a day

Agritech charts a different course for the primary tiller of the land

From warehousing, water credit to farmland management, these start-ups are helping farmers thrive

Razorpay eyes $50 billion digital payment volume by December 2021

Fintech major Razorpay also launched new products

Online education company upGrad acquires recruitment firm Rekrut India

upGrad, an online higher education company, on Tuesday said it has acquired recruitment and staffing solutions company Rekrut India

Venture Catalyst plans to invest Rs 1,000 cr in about 150 startups in 2021

Early stage startup investor Venture Catalyst on Tuesday said it has plans to invest around Rs 1,000 crore in about 150 startups in 2021.

Edtech startup upGrad buys recruitment firm Rekrut India

The amount was undisclosed