[Funding alert] Taxiforsure Raghunandan G’s new fintech startup Zolve raises $15M led by Accel Partners, Light

Global neobank Zolve has raised $15 million in a seed round led by Accel Partners and Lightspeed Ventures. The round marked the first investment by Founder Collective, an investor in…

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‘There is no right or wrong pitch — each one is as unique as a snowflake’ – 35 quotes of the week from Indian

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

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[Startup Bharat] Kochi-based Incoff helps businesses and teams connect with coworking spaces

The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed down the growth of coworking spaces, but things are bound to get back on track as things open up.India is the second largest market…

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[Product Roadmap] BigHaat’s focus on digitisation led to 5x growth in transactions in the last 24 months

Sateesh Nakula, Sachin Nandwana, and Raj Kancham came from different backgrounds and had decades of experience across startups, corporates, and public sector firms among them. But, they had one thing…

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Customer engagement software firm Freshworks crosses $300M in ARR

Customer engagement software company Freshworks, Inc has announced that it surpassed $300 million in ARR, growing the business by 40 percent year-over-year despite the unprecedented economic times induced by COVID-19.Freshworks’…

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Bitcoin crosses the $50,000 mark for the first time across major future exchanges

After a wild week in which Bitcoin soared to new heights, the cryptocurrency crossed the $50,000 mark early Tuesday.Bitcoin rallied throughout the week as more companies signalled that the volatile…

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Mastercard partners with Razorpay to drive digital payments acceptance by small businesses

Global payments solution major Mastercard on Tuesday said it has partnered with fintech player Razorpay to drive digital payments acceptance by small businesses and startups in the country.The partnership will…

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