AamarPay’s Ambition and The Art of Entrepreneurship: Ishtiaque Sarwar, Founder, AamarPay

Ishtiaque Sarwar is a serial entrepreneur and Founder and Managing Director of Dhaka-based fin-tech company aamarPay. In this wide-ranging interview, Mr. Sarwar talks about how aamarPay came into being, the evolution…

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Google backs one-year-old Indian startup DotPe in $27.5 million fundraise – TC

Google’s latest investment in India is a startup that is helping businesses come online. One-year-old DotPe, a Gurgaon-based startup, said on Friday it has raised $27.5 million in its Series…

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After founding two startups, why this entrepreneur decided to start a global VC fund

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Dhruv Washishth realised a gap within the Indian startup and VC ecosystem — there was a need for a younger VC fund managed by younger people. “The…

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UK’s biggest tech IPO? EV unicorn Arrival lists its shares on NASDAQ at $13B valuation

Image credit: ArrivalArrival, the UK-based electric vehicle startup, has exploded onto the global automotive scene a couple of years back, after working in stealth mode for a few years until…

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British fintech unicorn PPRO raises an additional €76.35M in funding from JPMorgan Chase, Eldridge

Current CEO Simon Black | Image credit: PPROPPRO, the London-based fintech company, that provides local payment infrastructure for online commerce, has raised an additional $90M (approx €76.35M) in a funding…

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PPRO extends latest round to $270M, adding JPMorgan and Eldridge to grow its localized payments platform – TechCrunch

In January, localized payments provider PPRO became the latest fintech-as-a-service startup to hit a billion-dollar valuation when it closed $180 million in funding. As a mark of how payments and…

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While other startups develop alt-proteins for meat replacement, Nourish Ingredients focuses on fat – TechCrunch

Plant-based meat replacements have commanded a huge amount of investor and consumer attention in the decade or more since new entrants like Beyond Meat first burst onto the scene. These…

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