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

Paytm invests in B2B Foodtech Startup HungerBox: Report

India’s largest digital payment company Paytm has invested $2.23 Mn (INR 15.99 Cr) in B2B food tech startup Hunger Box, according to reports. Private equity fund and existing investor Sabre Partners also participated in the funding round. B2B Foodtech Startup Hunger Box secures investment from Paytm As per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs filings accessed by…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 20, 20190Comments

Funding News

Weekly Funding Roundup: Meesho & ShareChat Raised this Week’s Biggest Funding

Some big names and big funding rounds. This is the most apt way to describe this week’s funding activities as India’s startup story continues to stay resilient amid the talks of economic slowdown. Here are the top 10 funding activities of this week as we rap up our weekly funding roundup section. Image by TheDigitalWay from…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 17, 20190Comments

interviews

Satyen kothari: Economic Slowdown will not Hurt Cube Wealth’s Growth

Despite all the information bubble, today most busy professionals in India still end up getting terrible investment advice. This crude and undesirable reality prepared Satyen Kothari for yet another entrepreneurship inning and eventually leading to the birth of Cube Wealth in 2016. Meanwhile, Satyen’s earlier innings boasts impressive credentials as a co-founder of Citrus Payment,…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 16, 20190Comments

Funding News

Twitter & others Pump $100 Mn in Regional Social Media Platform ShareChat

When ShareChat was founded four years ago, many were cautiously optimistic that there is a place for multi-language social media network for linguistically diverse country like India. Today this guarded optimism got its strongest validation after social media giant Twitter along with TrustBridge Partners pumped $100 Mn in ShareChat. Existing investors like Shunwei Capital, Lightspeed…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 16, 20190Comments

interviews

Achin Bhattacharyya: Notebook has always Believed in Delivering Quality Education to Students

Even if you’re paying scant attention to India’s burgeoning and ever evolving startup ecosystem, you simply cannot miss the buzz around Edtech sector. Today widely dubbed as one of the brightest spots in India’s growth story, Edtech sector over the years has churned out zealous startups that are tirelessly working to revolutionize India’s sluggish education…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 15, 20190Comments

interviews

Ranjit Nair Talks about Data Analytics and his company Germin8 in Exclusive Interview

“Technology is always ahead of its time.” Ranjit Nair was well aware of this cardinal principle when he along with his father founded data analytics company Germin8 in 2006. Founding a data analytics company as early as 2006 would have needed incredible foresight and today Ranjit would be certainly happy that his risk has paid…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 14, 20190Comments

Acquisitions

Ola acqui-hires Pikup.ai for Developing Deep Tech Solutions for Mobility

Bengaluru based Ride hailing major Ola on Tuesday acqui-hired artificial intelligence startup Pikup.ai. Since this was an acqui-hire, no financial transactions were involved in the deal. As is expected from an acquihire process, Pikup.ai’s Inder Singh and Ritwik Saikia along with its entire technical team will join Ola’s team. Ola acqui-hires Pikup.ai in its quest to…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 13, 20190Comments

Funding News

Meesho in Talks to Raise $150 -200 Mn from SoftBank

After becoming the first Indian startup to attract investment from Facebook, Meesho is likely to add another high-profile investor in its boardroom. According to sources, Bengaluru based startup is in talks with Japanese tech giant SoftBank to raise $150-200 million. Existing investors are also likely to participate in the fundraising exercise but the talks are…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 12, 20190Comments

Funding News

News aggregator startup Dailyhunt raises Rs 21 Cr in Series F funding

News aggregator startup Dailyhunt has secured $3 Mn (INR 21.75 Cr) in the ongoing Series F funding round. Stonebridge Capital was the sole investor in this round. It is still not clear whether the Bengaluru based startup will formally close the Series F round following the latest funding. News aggregator startup Dailyhunt secures Rs 21…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 9, 20190Comments

Funding News

Startup Accelerator ‘Risers Accelerator’ Picks up Stake in Three Promising Startups

Startup accelerator specialist 'Risers Accelerator' has funded three start-ups -- Cosmeto Food, Zeleno, and Playtoome - with a total investment of approx. Rs 11 Crore. Risers Accelerator is a conglomerate of 35 individuals based out of Delhi and has been aggressively promoting start-ups with good business potential. Delhi based startup accelerator ‘Risers Accelerator’ invests Rs 11…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 8, 20190Comments

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