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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Oyo may have Already Started Laying Off Employees; Over 3000 Workers Laid Off

Last week Oyo Rooms confirmed the worst fears of economic slowdown and consolidation finally hitting the Indian startup industry, after the Gurgaon based company announced that it is firing nearly 20% of its Indian workforce in coming weeks. Company’s founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal did not specified about any exact deadline though it was assumed…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 20, 20200Comments

Funding News

Weekly Startup Funding: Fintech Startup EpiFi Raised this Week’s Biggest Funding Round

The dull and subdued funding scenario continued this week as well, with big funding round being conspicuously absent for the second straight week of the New Year. The only silver lining in this otherwise dull week was that there was good number of small funding rounds. This strongly indicates investor’s resilient appetite for funding despite…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 19, 20200Comments

News

Will Piyush Goyal’s Controversial Statement on Amazon Upset Foreign Investors

Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is currently on a India tour and the world’s richest man made the start to his India tour with a bang, announcing a fresh $1 Bn investment in the country. Conventionally, this should have cheered up the Modi government, especially when the Indian economy is witnessing a slowdown. Image Source:…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 17, 20200Comments

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Goldman Sachs Dumps Uber Stake After Disappointing IPO

Uber’s IPO turned out to be the biggest dud of 2019, with investors clearly giving thumbs down to one of the most anticipated IPOs last year. The market’s lukewarm response was result of Uber’s highly stressed balance sheet and inability to convince investors about its long term revenue model. Therefore it was highly expected that…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 16, 20200Comments

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Matrix Partners & Others Pump Funds in Edtech Startup Toddle

Education is one of the evergreen businesses and therefore no wonder edtech has been one of the sunrise sectors. Investors have gone all out to pump capital in the edtech industry and their unwavering support has helped many edtech companies in becoming household brands. Be it the unicorn startup Byju’s, Unacademy or UpGrad. Image Source: Flickr…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 15, 20200Comments

Utility focussed

Celebrity Engagement Platform Wysh Raises Fresh Funds in Series A Round

Today masses mostly interact with their popular celebrities either through Twitter or Instagram, which are highly over-crowded platforms and where the scope of personalized messaging is very minimal. Trying to address this critical gap is celebrity messaging and engagement platform Wysh. The platform has raised $2 Mn in series A round that was led by…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 14, 20200Comments

News

Oyo May Soon Fire Nearly 20% of its Indian Workforce: Report

The year 2020 might prove to be the year when Indian startups will have to wake up from their slumber and smell the coffee. And the ongoing economic slowdown may only further increase the vulnerability of Indian startups that are already under enormous pressure to streamline their balance sheet. The first cracks of this vulnerability…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 14, 20200Comments

Funding News

Top Funding News: Testbook and Rheo Scoop up Fresh Funds

We may be barely in the second week of 2020 but Indian startups have already started warming for the fundraising pace to pick up. Whether this pace eventually picks up or not will be known in coming months. However, on Wednesday two exciting startups – Testbook and Rheo - announced that they have raised fresh…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 8, 20200Comments

News

To boost Startups, Indian Govt Planning Special Advisory Panel

The upcoming union budget may spell some good news for the Indian startup industry, with plans to setup advisory panel for fostering the growth of Indian startups is already on the cards. According to Economic Times, this advisory panel will include some of the biggest names from the Indian startup industry including Ola’s Bhavish Agarwal…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 8, 20200Comments

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Baidu CEO’s India Visit Triggers Investment Talks

Influx of several Chinese companies including biggies like Alibaba and Tencent into the Indian economy over the years has now morphed into major debating topic amongst the Industry titans. With many claiming this to be an overarching power of globalization that can even blunt the political tensions simmering between two neighboring giants while others perceive…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 6, 20200Comments

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