How this Dell Foundation-backed startup used WhatsApp to deliver learning to 10M rural stud

Jairaj Bhattacharya dipped his toes in the education sector back in 2009. As a project officer at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, he was leading a cross-country team that was tasked with…

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This VC fund has backed startups that just have plans on paper, and continues to spot early trends

After nine years of reading the market trends and backing entrepreneurs, many of whom approach them with plans just on paper, India Quotient, the homegrown early-stage venture capital (VC) fund…

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How fintech startup PhonePe navigated COVID-19 and set itself up for the post-pandemic world

A year ago, getting poked in the ribcage by people trying to board a Mumbai local during rush hour was the only danger standing in a throng of hundreds posed.…

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DPIIT to hold meetings with industry, trader bodies on FDI in ecommerce

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will hold a host of meetings with industry and trader associations this month on issues pertaining to foreign direct investment…

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[Funding alert] Google’s assistant investment programme invests in mental health startup Wysa

Google, via its assistant investment programme, has invested an undisclosed amount in Wysa, the AI-based Indian mental health startup, marking the fund's first investment in Asia."We’ve been refining what works…

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The story of a startup born in the middle of a pandemic and how it got its first cheque from 100X.VC

“I am sharing our term sheet by mail now. Please go through the same, and let me know”.These are words that any first-generation entrepreneur would go to any lengths to…

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Despite pandemic-led delays, here are the top 5 ISRO missions waiting to take off

The year 2020 saw the announcement of new reforms in India’s space sector, which were likely to bring 'a new era for tech entrepreneurs and exciting opportunities for private players’.In…

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Government to put in place safeguards to prevent data misuse by unauthorised persons: Draft ecommerce policy

The government would lay down principles for the usage of data for the development of any industry, where such norms do not already exist, and put in place adequate safeguards…

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