[Funding alert] Flipkart raises $3.6B at $37.6B valuation from SoftBank, Tiger Global, Walmart, others

India’s leading ecommerce marketplace Flipkart today said it raised $3.6 billion funding from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Tiger Global, Walmart, and other sovereign funds at a post-money valuation of $37.6…

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[Funding alert] Bikry app raises $1.3M led by YCombinator

Bikry app (by Bizrise Technologies), an all-in-one platform to take business online, has secured $1.3 million in funding led by YCombinator, the Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator, along with participation from…

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Swiggy elevates Phani Kishan to co-founder in “ode to a Swiggster” who helped enable the foodtech startup’s journey

Foodtech unicorn Swiggy elevated Phani Kishan, an early employee of the startup since 2015, to Co-founder role in a move that founder Sriharsha Majety termed an "an ode to (a)…

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We Founder Circle invests in three agri-tech startup deals worth $2.5M

Mumbai-based startup investment platform We Founder Circle (WFC) on Monday said it participated in three agritech startup investment deals worth $2.5 million. These agri-tech portfolio startups include — Anveshan, an organic food startup with…

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[Funding alert] Ola Electric raises $100M long term debt from Bank of Baroda

Ola Electric and Bank of Baroda today signed a 10-year $100 million debt towards the funding and financial closure of Phase 1 of the Ola Futurefactory, Ola's global manufacturing hub for…

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This Gurugram-based medtech startup is working to ensure faster and accurate TB diagnosis

According to the World Health Organization, despite being a preventable and curable disease, 1.5 million people die from TB each year – making it the world’s top infectious killer.India, which…

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STPI inaugurates Atal Incubation Centre in Bengaluru for startups in healthcare, IoT, and ecommerce

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) on Saturday announced the inauguration of Atal Incubation Centre (AIC), a centre of excellence (CoE), in Bengaluru. STPI-Bengaluru was shortlisted by the Atal Innovation…

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