[Funding alert] Used car leasing startup PumPumPum raises Rs 5.5 Cr in pre-Series A round led by Inflection Po
Gurugram-based startup PumPumPum, which offers used car leasing in the corporate and retail segment, on Friday announced that it has raised Rs 5.5 crore in pre-Series A round led by…
[Funding alert] Fintech startup Safexpay raises $6M from T Choithrams BVI, Ardor
Safexpay, a four-year-old B2B fintech startup, on Thursday said it has raised $6 million (about Rs 44 crore) in funding from two investors at a valuation of $ 100 million.The…
Hiring activities rise marginally in March, says Naukri jobs index
Hiring activities rose marginally with job listings rising to 2,436 in March compared to February this year, according to a report.The increase of three percent in job listings on a…
In conversation with IBM Design Director Manish Vashist on the importance of design
CII’s annual Global Knowledge Summit is being held entirely online on April 8-9 this week. The theme of the 16th summit is Transforming Knowledge Management for Hybrid Learning and Hybrid…
Alteria Capital announces first close of venture debt fund at Rs 1325 Cr
The venture debt fund, Alteria Capital, has announced the close of its second fund. The fund stated that Alteria Capital II has been heavily oversubscribed, and has exceeded the target…
ShareChat and Gupshup turn unicorns
Looks like the new fiscal has opened the floodgates for Indian startups to enter the unicorn club.Two more startups — ShareChat and Gupshup — are the latest entrants to the…
[App Fridays] Stashcook, a free recipe management and meal planner service, is a delight
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, one of the most commonly heard refrains has been, ‘Dining in is the new dining out’. Dining in includes both food orders…
This Hyderabad startup helps schools and institutes access loans to improve quality of education
India’s education sector, despite ranking amongst the largest in the world with 250 million school-going students, is one of the most severely underfunded. Even though public schools can access government…
[Startup Bharat] How 4 friends from Bihar are providing people in rural areas access to affordable healthcare
A desire to study took Suman Sourav, Rituraj Swamy, Mohammad Amanullah, and Prince Kumar from various parts of Bihar to Patna in 2014. Their aim was one: higher studies. They…