Girish Shetti

A writer with a passion for tech, marketing, and sports, he delivers captivating articles for the tech enthusiasts. Girish’s expertise in technology and startup analysis brings insightful content and the latest trends to our readers. He loves being the ‘first’ to know(and write) all that’s happening in the world of Tech and startups.

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Funding News

Youth Travel Hostel Startup goStops raises Angel Funding from Atraxn Partners

Full stack youth hostel startup goStops has raised undisclosed amount of capital from Angel Investment firm Atraxn Partners. Based in New Delhi, goStops is a premium chain of youth hostels catering to the millennials, especially those who fall under the category of backpackers. Pallavi-Agarwal-and-Pankaj-Parwanda-Founders-of-goStops Gostops co-founders Pallavi Agarwal and Pankaj Parwanda said that following the latest funding from…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 2, 20200Comments

News

Hyderabad based Hospitality Firm Drags Oyo to NCLT: Report

Conclave Infratech, a hospitality firm headquartered in Hyderabad, has moved an insolvency application in National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) Ahmedabad chapter against Oravel Stays – the parent company of Oyo Rooms. Image Source: Ritesh Agarwal's official Twitter handle According to Economic Times (ET), Conclave Infratech has moved the insolvency application citing breach of contract by Oyo. Conclave…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 2, 20200Comments

Not Just Startups

Coronavirus Crushes Samsung Galaxy S20’s Sales in South Korea

Today’s top trending news from the tech world touches on Samsung Galaxy S20, Lyft, Apple iPhone 11, Google Wear OS and Spacex 1 Samsung blames Coronavirus for disappointing sales of Galaxy S20 Image source: The Verge Coronavirus is adversely impacting almost everything in the tech world, from tech conferences and events to balance sheets…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 2, 20200Comments

Funding News

Weekly Funding Roundup: Investors pour huge Capital in BharatPe and Rupeek

In the wake of growing chorus around economic slowdown and impact of coronavirus, this week investor’s appetite for funding promising startups remained pretty resilient. The week witnessed some big funding rounds, after quite a few well known startups from fast rising sectors like fintech, healthcare and other sectors managed to get big funding cheques from investors. Here…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 29, 20200Comments

Funding News

Vogo Secures $20 Mn in Series C Round led by LGT Lightstone Aspada

Vogo, which operates dock based scooter sharing platform, has raised $20 Mn from LGT Lightstone Aspada and clutch of existing investors. Image courtesy: Vogo.in Existing investors that participated in this round included Matrix Partners India, Kalaari Capital and Stellaris Venture Partners. Vogo will use the funds for expansion across domestic market and to further ramp up its IOT…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 28, 20200Comments

Not Just Startups

Reddit CEO blasts TikTOK app, calls it ‘Fundamentally Parasitic’

1 Reddit CEO calls popular video sharing app TikTOK a ‘Parasite’ Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, image courtesy: Flickr The world has gone ga ga over TikTok app but Reddit CEO Steve Huffman had some pretty harsh things to say about the popular video sharing app. Speaking at a panel discussion, Huffman labeled the app…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 28, 20200Comments

Funding News

Vijay Shekhar Sharma backed AjnaLens raises $1.5 Mn in pre-Series A Round

AjnaLens, Augmented reality startup owned by Dimension NXG Pvt. Ltd, has raised $1.5 Mn in a pre-Series A round. Maharashtra Defence and Aerospace Venture Fund (MDAVF) led the round while several HNI investors including Nailesh Khimji, Chirayu Khimji, Jay Jesrani & Mohsin Group also participated in the round. AjnaLens raises $1.5 Mn in pre-Series A Round led…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 27, 20200Comments

Acquisitions

Freshworks Acquires Conversational AI Startup AnswerIQ

Freshworks on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Indo-American startup AnswerIQ Inc for undisclosed amount. This is the second acquisition in less than a year for the Chennai based SaaS startup, which also happens to be one of the proud Indian unicorn companies. Following the latest acquisition, Freshworks’ total acquisition tally has now reached to 12, making…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 27, 20200Comments

Funding News

Nexus backed Hasura Secures $9.9 Mn in Series A Funding Round

Hasura, a San Francisco and Bengaluru based software technology company, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $9.9 Mn in a series A round. Investment firm Vertex Ventures US spearheaded the funding round. Early-stage venture arm of SAP as well as existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Strive VC also participated in the round. Several independent angel…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 26, 20200Comments

News

Donald Trump’s word of praise for Oyo and Ritesh Agarwal

Oyo has been battered by lot of bad press in recent weeks, from news about massive job cuts to investor’s reported concerns over company’s ballooning losses. US President, Donald Trump...Image Source: Flickr But on Tuesday Oyo and its talismanic founder & CEO Ritesh Agrawal got much needed word of encouragement from none other than US President Donald…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 26, 20200Comments

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