[Funding alert] OaaS company Quantela raises $40M from digital infra focused fund Digital Alpha

Quantela Inc, a  Silicon Valley-headquartered and Hyderabad-based outcomes-as-a-service (OaaS) company working in the space of urban infrastructure digitisation, smart cities and IoT, has closed approximately $40 million in growth capital…

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India to share its CoWIN success story with countries showing interest

India will share the development story of Co-WIN, the digital platform that helped it launch and implement a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme, with more than 20 countries that have shown…

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‘The pandemic can stop schools, but it cannot stop education’ – 40 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 focus on India’s COVID-19…

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[Funding alert] Venture Catalysts and 9Unicorns invest in clean personal care brand The Switch Fix

Gurugram-based The Switch Fix, that offers specialised plant-based products that are sustainable, has raised a seed round on Tuesday, led by Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns, and Kushal Khandwala, Director of KIFS…

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Govt eases listing norms for companies having over Rs 1 lakh cr market capitalisation

Companies that have a market capitalisation of more than Rs 1 lakh crore at the time of listing can now sell just five percent of their shares, with the latest…

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[Funding alert] Bueno Finance raises $3M in seed round led by Goat Capital and JAM Fund

Y Combinator backed fintech startup Bueno Finance on Tuesday announced that it has raised $3 million in its seed round from a slew of investors such as Goat Capital, JAM Fund, Olive…

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Startup news and updates: daily roundup (June 22, 2021)

[Funding alert] Skillmatics raises $6M in Series A round led by Sequoia IndiaSkillmatics, a Mumbai-headquartered full-stack direct-to-consumer brand for educational products and games for children, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia…

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