Xiaomi further localizes India supply chain via BYD, DBG partnerships – TC

China’s Xiaomi had dominated the Indian smartphone market for three consecutive years until recently losing the top spot to Samsung. It has played by the Indian government’s rulebook to support…

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Why are we still dating LinkedIn in 2021? – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TC’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. Before…

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute? – TC

A little less than three years ago at the Computer Science Museum in Mountain View, Calif. the founders of a young company hailing from Cambridge, England addressed a crowd of…

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Aequs Private Limited to set up India’s first toy cluster in Karnataka

Aequs Private Limited is developing a 400-acre toy manufacturing cluster at Koppal in Karnataka at an investment of $500 million, its Chairman Aravind Melligeri said."Toy industry globally is a $90…

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Jio launches new JioPhone offer to accelerate ‘2G-mukt Bharat’ movement

Reliance on Friday announced a new offer that bundles JioPhone device and two years of unlimited services for Rs 1,999, as it pledged to accelerate the market transition towards '2G-mukt…

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Is the Indian startup ecosystem poised for a stampede with 2 new additions in just 2 months?

And the countdown begins… especially if you’ve heard and have been tracking the projections for the number of unicorns that will emerge from the Indian startup ecosystem.Only two months into…

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Shell to acquire German energy company Next Kraftwerke as it aims to be a leading provider of clean power-as-a-service

Image credit: Next Kraftwerke/LinkedInSubject to regulatory approval, Shell Overseas Investments BV (Shell) is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Next Kraftwerke from VC investors, including High-Tech Gründerfonds…

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