[App Friday] An invite-only iOS tool is creating ripples in Silicon Valley again, and it’s not Clubhouse

Is new tech making the old come back? After the breakout success of Clubhouse that has revived the lost art of oral communication and intimacy of aural experiences, Dispo — another…

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Apply for loans from anywhere, anytime and get in-principle approvals

Despite the wide banking network, Indian MSMEs still face challenges while securing finance from formal banking channels due to convoluted lending procedures, tedious paperwork, inflexible collateral requirements and slow disbursements.…

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Neobanking platform Open acquires tax filing platform Optobizz for $5M

Open, a neo-banking platform for SMEs, on Thursday announced the acquisition of Optobizz — a goods and services tax and financial automation startup for $5 million. Open caters to over…

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[Funding alert] Leverage Edu raises Rs 47 Cr investment led by Tomorrow Capital and others

Leverage Edtech has raised Rs 47 crore ($6.5 million) Series A funding led by Tomorrow Capital, who invested Rs 26.5 Crore. Existing investors Blume Ventures and DSG Consumer Partners pumped…

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Five Indian-origin persons, Indian activist feature in TIME magazine’s list of 100 emerging leaders

Five Indian-origin personalities, including Twitter's top lawyer Vijaya Gadde, and UK's finance minister Rishi Sunak, and an Indian activist feature in TIME magazine's annual list of 100 emerging leaders who…

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[Funding alert] EV logistics startup eBikeGo raises $1.5M in pre-Series A round

Amritsar-based EV logistics platform eBikeGo on Thursday said it has raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A round from a group of overseas and Indian investors. Bollywood Singer Sukhbir Singh, Dr Brahmanand…

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Incredible opportunity to reimagine learning for what comes next: Sunder Pichai

The need to learn and teach from anywhere will not stop even after the COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end, Google's India-born CEO Sunder Pichai has said, asserting there is…

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