Nikhil Patwardhan
Economy
Delhi beats Bengaluru to be India's new startup capital
Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as India’s startup capital, adding over 5,000 recognized startups between April 2019 and December 2021, ahead ......
Economy
India becomes third-largest startup ecosystem in the world, affirms Economic Survey 2022
India has become the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world after the US and China, the Economic Survey released on ......
Finance
KKR-backed Avendus to buy Spark Capital's equities market business
Homegrown financial services firm Avendus Capital has executed an agreement to buy Spark Capital’s institutional equities arm in a bid ......
TMT
B2B startups tapping social media, playing rap songs to create funding buzz
Earlier this month, business-to-business (B2B) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Rocketlane played a rap song to announce their Series A funding. It went viral on social media with music entrepreneur Nikhil Chinappa offering to remix the rap. Likewise, ......
TMT
Ola rebrands quick commerce segment; aims to set up 500 'dark stores'
ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd, parent of ride-hailing company Ola, has rebranded its quick commerce business as Ola Dash and aims to set up ......
Finance
Zomato to set up NBFC, invests in two more startups amid plunge in stock
Online food delivery aggregator Zomato Ltd will set up a wholly-owned non-banking finance company (NBFC) and invest in two more ......
TMT
Akshay Kumar-backed Social Swag snags $3.5 mn from IMEF, others
Actor Akshay Kumar-backed content platform Social Swag on Friday said it has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A funding ......
Consumer
Lightspeed-backed Teachmint marks fourth acquisition in 2 months with MyClassCampus
Lightspeed Venture Partners-backed edtech platform Teachmint, operated by Teachmint Technologies Pvt Ltd, has bought MyClassCampus, an educational enterprise resource planning software, which enables campuses with end-to-end digitisation of ......
TMT
DealShare turns unicorn with $130 mn funding from Tiger Global, Alpha Wave, others
DealShare, a Jaipur based social commerce startup, owned and operated by Merabo Labs Pvt Ltd, has joined the coveted unicorn club after raising almost $130 million (Rs ......
TMT
SuperOps.ai, floated by former Freshworks employees, snags Series A from Addition, others
SuperOps.ai, a unified professional services automation (PSA) and remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform, has raised $14 million as a part ......