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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Weekly Funding Roundup: 1mg & Unacademy Raised this Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds

Here are the top 10 funding activities of this week. The week gone by saw the glamour quotient returning back to the funding horizon. More on this and other funding rumors doing the rounds in this week’s weekly funding roundup. online pharmacy marketplace 1mg raised this week's biggest funding round 1mg: This week’s biggest funding round was…

ByGirish ShettiJune 29, 20190Comments

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GOQii gets Akshay Kumar as its New Investor

GOQii has just raised fresh funds as part of its ongoing series C round. But these fresh funds haven’t come for the Mumbai based tech fitness startup from an independent investor or VC firm. They have come from the pockets of one of Bollywood’s most celebrated stars, Akshay Kumar. Akshay Kumar invests undisclosed amount in GOQii Vishal…

ByGirish ShettiJune 28, 20190Comments

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WhatsApp is Almost Ready to Launch UPI Payment Services

The much-awaited disruption in India’s digital payment sector is probably only weeks away as WhatsApp is all set to launch its full-fledged UPI payments services in India. Following the beta launch last year, the messaging giant had to postpone the launch of its UPI payment services. This after RBI issued new directives in April that…

ByGirish ShettiJune 27, 20190Comments

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CureFit Scoops Up $120 Mn in latest Funding round

In its never-ending fundraising spree, CureFit has just concluded a $120 million funding round. The round saw the infusion of equity as well as debt and was led by existing investors including Chiratae Ventures, Accel Partners, Kalaari Capital and Oaktree Capital. CureFit raises $120 Mn from new & existing investor in latest round. The round also paved…

ByGirish ShettiJune 25, 20190Comments

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Binny Bansal Pares Down Flipkart Stake, Sells $76 million Worth shares

Binny Bansal, co-founder of India’s e-commerce behemoth Flipkart, has sold Flipkart shares worth $76 million (Rs 531 crore) to Walmart’s Luxembourg based subsidiary arm, according to business intelligence platform Paper.vc. This has brought Bansal’s stake in the Walmart owned company from 3.85% to 3.52%. Binny Bansal sells $76 million worth Flipkart shares to Walmart arm Bansal had…

ByGirish ShettiJune 24, 20190Comments

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Naspers plan to Invest $200 Mn in Capital Float hits Dead End

Capital Float and Naspers Ltd have called off their investment talks wherein the latter was planning to invest $200 million in the Fintech startup, according to Livemint report. Livemint claims that Sashank Rishyasringa, co-founder of Capital Float, has confirmed the news by an email. Capital Float and Naspers call off their investment talks Rishyasringa said that this…

ByGirish ShettiJune 24, 20190Comments

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Weekly Funding activities: Druva Raises $130 Mn to Become Latest Unicorn

Here is the recap of all the top funding activities that transacted during this week. Nearly $400 Mn was raised during the last 5 days by 15 startups spread across different sectors. Enlisted below are details top 10 funding activates of the last 5 days. Druva: This week’s biggest funding was raised by SaaS and data…

ByGirish ShettiJune 22, 20190Comments

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CureFit Eyeing Unicorn Tag with SoftBank Funding: Report

Fundraising has almost been a norm for health and fitness startup CureFit, which has been on a fundraising spree ever since its inception in 2016. But CureFit’s upcoming funding round may prove to be extra-special for two reasons. First is that this funding round is likely to backed by a powerful investor SoftBank and secondly…

ByGirish ShettiJune 21, 20190Comments

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SaaS startup Druva Raises $130 Mn to Achieve Unicorn Status

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Druva Inc has become the latest member to join India’s rapidly growing unicorn world. The Pune and California-based company’s market valuation rose little over $1 Bn after raising $130 million in its latest round. Existing investors Riverwood Capital, Tenaya Capital and Nexus Venture Partners spearheaded the round. Few new investors such as…

ByGirish ShettiJune 21, 20190Comments

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Why Facebook may not able to Launch Libra in India

Facebook on Wednesday unveiled the details of its much anticipated cryptocurrency’ Libra’ that is slated for an official launch next year. The social media’s giant’s entry into the fintech sector expectedly sent the entire world into tizzy. Due to regulatory issues Facebook may have to abort Libra's launch in India Libra will be launched through Facebook’s new…

ByGirish ShettiJune 20, 20190Comments

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