‘Technology has immensely lowered the barriers for humans to connect’ – 25 quotes of the week on digital trans

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YS, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of quotes focuses on the increasing…

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How Dilipkumar Khandelwal found his footing in the Indian startup ecosystem as an angel investor

Angel investor Dilipkumar Khandelwal comes from a business family. While his heart was always inclined towards entrepreneurship, at the same time, he was interested in exploring how businesses can scale…

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This education fintech startup has disbursed Rs 800 Cr in ‘study abroad’ loans using a unique risk scoring mod

Education may be priceless, but it does come at a cost. Especially in a developing country like India, where millions of students are unable to afford higher education. Sample this: India’s…

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How this fintech startup is providing India’s blue-collar workers with access to credit

India has more than 300 million blue collar workers, and the number is growing as new graduates are added to the workforce every year and agricultural employment drops.Logistics/delivery, manufacturing, and…

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From improving cancer treatments to saving the bees, these are the companies in IndieBio’s latest class – TechCrunch

Ultra-precise cancer therapies! Human-like hair grown from plants! A way to potentially save the bees! The spectrum of companies coming out of IndieBio has always been pretty wild, and its…

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Cymbio raises $7M to help brands expand to more e-commerce markets – TechCrunch

Cymbio, a Tel Aviv-based startup focused on what it calls “brand-to-retailer connectivity,” announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding. CEO Roy Avidor, who founded the…

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How to recruit data scientists without paying top dollar – TechCrunch

Tianhui Michael Li is founder of The Data Incubator, an eight-week fellowship to help Ph.D.s and postdocs transition from academia into industry. Previously, he headed monetization data science at Foursquare…

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