Pfizer, Oxford COVID-19 vaccines reduces severity of the disease in elderly: pre-print study

Symptomatic COVID-19 infections in those 70+ years of age also decreased, three weeks after a single shot of either vaccine was given. The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 are…

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[Funding alert] All-Star Games raises $1.5M in pre-Series A round led by Lumikai

Gaming-focused venture fund Lumikai announced it has invested $1.5 million, along with Play Ventures, in a pre-Series A round in the Indian midcore sports studio All-Star Games (previously Deftouch).“We’re buzzing…

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Airbyte raises $5.2M for its open-source data integration platform – TechCrunch

Airbyte, an open-source data integration platform, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 million seed funding round led by Accel. Other investors include Y Combinator, 8VC, Segment co-founder Calvin…

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The Story of Neofarmers: An Interview With Tamzid Siddiq Spondon, Managing Director, Neofarmers

Successful entrepreneur Tamzid Siddiq Spondon shares the founding story of his most latest venture Neofarmers, talks about the steady rise of safe food in Bangladesh, the operational mechanics of Neofarmers,…

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‘Problem finding comes before problem solving’ – 40 quotes of the week from Indian startup journeys

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YS, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here). Share these 40 gems…

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Sequoia Capital India’s Surge invests $2M in sales engagement platform Outplay – TechCrunch

Outplay’s team members on a video call Sales engagement platforms (SEP) help sales teams automate and track the large number of tasks they need to do each day as they…

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[YS Learn] It is life after each setback and not the failure that defines you, says upGrad co-founder Ronnie S

Ronnie Screwvala is one of the most well-known faces in the Indian startup ecosystem. A serial entrepreneur, he founded the UTV Group in 1990 and grew it into a media…

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Offering a service that prioritizes the highest-paying gigs in the gig economy, Stoovo raises funding – TechCrunch

Semih Korkmaz and Hantz Févry launched Stoovo in 2019 as a way to help gig workers make the best use of their time. Févry, who immigrated to the U.S. from…

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