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Mayank Bidawatka: Koo cofounder Mayank Bidawatka announces new venture Billion Hearts Software
Mayank Bidawatka, cofounder of homegrown microblogging platform Koo, which shut down in July, is now starting a new venture called Billion Hearts Software Technologies, he…
Bizongo: Bizongo carves out BizongoFin, BizongoBuy as new businesses with senior appointments
B2B e-commerce platform Bizongo split its raw material marketplace BizongoBuy and embedded supply chain finance platform Biognosis into new and larger businesses, each to be…
The future of VC funding: Is the funding spring here? Veteran investors to spill the beans beyond hype and uncertainty at ET Soonicorns Summit 2024
India’s Venture Capital (VC) ecosystem showed exemplary resilience through a funding winter, wherein the funding plummeted by a substantial 65%–from $27.5 billion in 2022 to…
Browserstack: SaaS unicorn Browserstack acquires Berlin-based startup Bird Eats Bug
Accel-backed mobile and web software testing platform Browserstack has acquired Berlin-based bug reporting startup Bird Eats Bug in a $20 million deal. Valued at $4…
Bluestone funding: Bluestone bags Rs 900 crore in pre-IPO round, to file draft papers this year
Jewellery retailer Bluestone has closed a Rs 900-crore financing round that more than doubles the IPO-bound firm’s valuation to $970 million, or Rs 8,100 crore,…
wealthtech startups: VCs fire up wealthtech investments as stock market surge ignites HNI boom
The expansion of stock markets and wealth generation in the country is opening up new opportunities for sector-focused wealthtech startups. And venture firms are pouring…
cybersecurity startups: Indian cybersecurity startups poised for strong growth amid rising global spend: Accel’s Prayank Swaroop
India’s cybersecurity market has posted a compounded annual growth rate of 25 per cent since 2019, crossing the USD 6 billion mark in 2023, and…
BlackBuck: Truck aggregator BlackBuck files for IPO, to raise Rs 550 crore
Accel and Flipkart-backed truck aggregator BlackBuck has filed the draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for an initial…
Koo shuts down: Inside the rise and fall of Indian Twitter rival Koo
Homegrown social media platform Koo, which had pitched itself as a rival to X (previously Twitter) has shut shop as talks for an acquisition by…
Swiggy: Swiggy appoints Suparna Mitra as new independent director
Food-delivery and quick commerce major Swiggy has appointed Suparna Mitra as an independent director to its board, the firm said in a statement on Thursday….