9Unicorns 4th close at $50 mn, to hold India’s largest demo day on August 11-12

Early-stage startup fund 9Unicorns announced the fourth close of its first accelerator fund at $50 million with participation from key players and limited partners (LPs) including Haldiram’s, Indian Bank, Chona…

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Over 50 countries interested in CoWIN, India ready to share open-source software free: R S Sharma

About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, and Panama, have shown interest in having a CoWIN-like system to run their vaccination drive, a senior official said, adding India is ready…

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[Funding alert] 10club raises $40M in seed round to roll up ecommerce brands

Bengaluru-based 10club, one of the early movers in the ecommerce roll-up space, has raised $40 million in seed funding. The funding round was co-led by Fireside Ventures and an international investor…

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Facebook to publish interim compliance report as per IT rules on Jul 2, final report on Jul 15

Social media giant Facebook on Tuesday said it will publish an interim report on July 2 as mandated by the IT rules, and provide information on the number of content…

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‘Mass vaccination is India’s top-most and urgent priority now’ – 20 quotes from India’s COVID-19 struggle

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of compilations focuses on India’s COVID-19…

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With a ‘Humanising AI’ approach to problem solving, Tredence is leapfrogging enterprise AI adoption

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often celebrated as a tool for competitive advantage, differentiation and amplified productivity gains, however the approach towards value identification, developing solutions and realising their value still…

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[Funding alert] Quadria Capital-led consortium acquires stake in global topical drugs manufacturer Encube Ethicals

Asia’s private healthcare investor Quadria Capital and its co-investors including Gulf Islamic Investments, a UAE-based financial services company having assets under management of over $2.5 billion, on Tuesday announced a…

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Edtech startup Classplus aims to build products that help educators expand their reach

Noida-based B2B edtech startup Classplus, which raised three rounds of funding in 2020, saw its tutor base grow 10X and topline surge 400 percent during the pandemic. The mobile-first SaaS…

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