[Funding alert] D2C brand FRAAZO raises $11M led by Sixth Sense Ventures, NABVENTURES, and others

Mumbai-based D2C brand in the fresh vegetables and fruits space FRAAZO has announced the closing of a fresh $11 million Series A financing round of equity funding led by Sixth Sense…

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[Funding alert] Digit Insurance is raising $200M, valued at $3.5B

Digit Insurance, a Bengaluru-based general insurance company offering health, car, bike, and travel insurance, is raising up to $200 million from existing investor Faering Capital and new investors Sequoia Capital…

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How FamPay went from having to shut down operations during the pandemic, to growing its user base 10X in months

“Yeh bacche kya baat kar rahe hain.”(Translation: What are these kids talking about?”)Those were the words Sambhav Jain and Kush Taneja kept hearing in their initial days of starting out…

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[App Friday] Mitron TV’s free video editing app MontagePro crosses 500,000 downloads in two weeks

Mitron TV shot to fame last year after India banned TikTok and other Chinese apps.TikTok was a rage in the country, with over 200 million active users. Hence, its absence…

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PM Modi hails doctors’ contribution in saving lives from COVID-19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the contribution of doctors in saving lives from coronavirus and asserted that his government gave paramount importance to augmenting healthcare infrastructure to combat…

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Flipkart launches new app Shopsy to promote local entrepreneurship

India’s leading ecommerce marketplace Flipkart today announced the launch of Shopsy, an app that will enable Indians to start their online businesses without any investment. According to a statement by…

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How Cisco LaunchPad portfolio startup LetzConnect is helping universities operate online with its Virtual University Platform

The India Skills Report 2021 found that only 45.9 percent of youth are considered highly employable resources, which is significantly lower than 46.2 per cent in 2020. While several factors…

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