Key takeaways from top D2C brands on Day 1 at Brands of New India Mega Summit

YourStory's Brands of New India Mega Summit 2022, kicked off today with a stellar lineup of founders, business leaders, emerging entrepreneurs, and ecosystem enablers from across the country.Ananth Narayanan, Founder…

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Nothing appoints ex-Dyson Head of Design and Product Experience Adam Bates

Carl Pei-founded London-based consumer tech company Nothing on Friday said it appointed Adam Bates as its Design Director. In this new role, Adam will focus on launching Nothing’s first design…

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[Funding roundup] Social Swag, MoooFarm, Infurnia, VDOC, others raise early-stage rounds

Content platform Social Swag raises $3.5M from IMEF, Unicorn India VenturesSocial Swag, which was started by actor Rana Daggubatti and others, raised $3.5 million from IMEF and Unicorn India Ventures. The…

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Flipkart Wholesale brings voice search capability to its platform

Flipkart Wholesale, the digital B2B marketplace of India’s homegrown Flipkart Group, on Friday announced the launch of the Voice Search feature on its platform. Currently available in English and Hindi, this…

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Google to invest up to $1B in a partnership with Airtel as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund

Google and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) on Friday announced that they will partner on a long-term, multi-year  agreement to accelerate the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. Together, they will work to…

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Why data privacy and security have become increasingly important for growth in a hybrid world

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago changed everything — from how we work to the way we interact and transact. Thanks to the rapid adoption of digital…

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How Chingari is integrating crypto on its short video platform

Bengaluru-based short video app Chingari recently raised $15 million in its Series A extension round from Republic Capital, Onmobile, JPIN Venture Catalysts, Hill Harbour, and others.   Sumit Ghosh, Co-founder and CEO,…

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‘Open innovation is the future’ – 35 quotes of the week on entrepreneurship and leadership

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous edition here). Share these 35 gems…

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