Dutch Tesla rival Lightyear raises €40.2M to fuel the first deliveries of its solar EV by 2021-end

Image credit: LightyearWith a mission to provide clean mobility everywhere, the Netherlands-based solar electric car company, Lightyear, has raised $48M (approx €40.2M) in a fresh round of funding led by…

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[Weekly funding roundup] Venture investments continue to remain lacklustre; Indian startups raise $113M

Venture funding into Indian startups in the second week of March has more than doubled as compared to the previous week. However, the momentum is still lacklustre as total investments…

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Following GitHub, GitLab replaces default branch name from ‘master’ with ‘main’ to weed out master/slave references

Image credits: GitLabFollowing the footsteps of GitHub, GitLab, a web-based open source Git repository manager, has changed the default branch name from ‘master’ to ‘main’. This move comes as a…

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India’s Top Child Rights Body Asks Netflix To Take Down Its Latest Original Series Bombay Begums

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked Netflix to retract content and publish a detailed action report, failing which legal action will be taken against the OTTThe…

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[Funding alert] Nexprt raises $200K in angel round from Titan Capital, others

Nexprt, a cross-border digital commerce platform that connects MSMEs from India and global importers, has raised $200,000 funding from Titan Capital and other angel investors. The startup plans to use this…

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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Nazara Technologies’ IPO of 5.3M shares to open on March 17, fixes price band

Gaming and sports media platform Nazara Technologies said it plans to sell nearly 5.3 million shares in an initial public offering, at a price between Rs Rs 1,100 and Rs…

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