[Funding alert] SoftBank in talks to invest around $450M in Swiggy; valuation to rise to $5B

SoftBank is in advanced talks on investing around $450 million (around Rs 3,348 crore) in the food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy.The deal is likely to peg the valuation of…

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Chitra Santhe artist insights on the role and business of art

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YS, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 525 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets…

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[Jobs Roundup] Work with new messaging tech unicorn Gupshup with these openings

Earlier this month, Gupshup, the Silicon Valley-headquartered conversational messaging tech startup co-founded by IIT-Bombay alumni Beerud Sheth, raised $100 million in funding from Tiger Global at a valuation of $1.4…

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[The Turning Point] Why this banker decided to launch test prep startup ixamBee

Growing up in a village near Nainital in Uttarakhand, Chandraprakash Joshi wanted to crack a government job. He managed to, but recalls how the lack of guidance almost derailed his…

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