Indonesian payments infra startup Xendit raises $64.6M in Accel-led Series B – TechCrunch

Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation is happening all over the world. And Southeast Asia is no exception. Indonesia’s Xendit, a startup focused on building digital payments infrastructure for…

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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, pays Rs 250

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad took the first dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine in Patna on Tuesday, for which he paid Rs 250. All the Union Ministers…

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Flipboard expands its local coverage to more than 1,000 cities and towns – TechCrunch

News aggregator Flipboard‘s local coverage is making what product lead Brian Gottesman described as a “quantum leap,” expanding from 60 topics (a.k.a. cities, towns and communities that you can follow)…

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Nigerian founders-turn-investors are now running syndicate funds – TechCrunch

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi, co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors.…

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Beam raises $80M as the dental insurer looks to keep up rapid historical growth – TechCrunch

This morning Beam, an insurtech startup that provides dental coverage to corporate employees, announced that it has closed an $80 million Series E. Mercato-affiliated Traverse led the investment, with Nationwide insurance…

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Spectrum auction ends with Rs 77,815 Cr bids; Jio top buyer with Rs 57,122 Cr

India's first auction of telecom spectrum in five years ended on Tuesday with Rs 77,814.80 crore of airwaves being bought, mostly by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio.Over 2,250 MHz of…

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James Webb telescope clears functional tests, inches closer to planned 31 Oct launch- Technology News, FP

FP TrendingMar 02, 2021 19:04:33 ISTThe final functional performance tests of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), due to launch on 31 October 2021, have been completed. In a blog post published on…

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Flink, the Berlin-based grocery delivery startup that operates its own ‘dark stores’, raises $52M – TechCrunch

The on-demand grocery delivery industry in Europe (and beyond) continues to heat up amidst the pandemic, including a plethora of startups taking a vertical approach by operating their own delivery…

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Dell Startup Challenge Season 5 is here! Win $5,000 worth of Dell technology for your startup and more

Are you an early-stage startup with major aspirations? Or have an innovative startup idea that could disrupt the market? Are you looking for that perfect platform to transform your business…

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