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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UPI Payment app Google Tez is likely to be renamed as Google Pay: Sources

Google Tez, one of the top three UPI payment players in India, is soon likely to get a new name. Top sources have hinted a leading business publication that Google Inc. has decided to merge Google Tez with its global payment services Google Pay. Google Pay was created earlier this year after unifying together old…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 23, 20180Comments

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Jaipur based Recommerce startup InstaCash receives undisclosed funding

Recommerce startup InstaCash has secured undisclosed funding from Singapore headquartered recommerce company CompAsia. CompAsia sells quality refurbished smartphones and tablets in Singapore and other Asian countries. InstaCash will use the funds to consolidate its presence in India and lucrative foreign markets such as Southeast Asia and East Asia. The Jaipur based company enables consumers to sell…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 22, 20180Comments

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Delhi based Food Startup Sattviko raises Undisclosed funding from angel investors

Delhi based Healthy and hygienic food startup Sattviko has raised undisclosed amount from clutch of individual investors. The investment round was led by Ashish Gupta, founder of well-known venture capital firm Helion Venture. The round also saw participation by Sunil Chandiramani and others senior private equity professionals. Sattviko, inspired from the word sattvik (pure food), was…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 22, 20180Comments

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Almora: This Blockchain startup aims to become a leading Crypto Investment Bank

Almora In a glance Headquarters: Gurugram Founder: Vajahaath Hussain Funds raised: Bootstrapped Vajahaath Hussain, founder & CEO of Almora Almora is a brainchild of Vajahaath Hussain, a young budding entrepreneur whose restless entrepreneurial spirit is certainly symbolic of India’s modern economic aspirations. By the way, Hussain’s voyage into the blockchain world is not his first entrepreneurial mission. He has already…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 22, 20180Comments

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Solar energy startup Cygni Energy raises $6.4 Mn through debt & equity funding

Solar energy startup Cygni Energy has successfully raised $6.4 million as the company looks to cater the increasing demand for solar energy across the country. The company raised the funds via combination of equity funding and debt. The equity funding was spearheaded by early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners, while the debt funding was done…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 21, 20180Comments

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Capital Float buys Personal Finance startup Walnut for $30 Mn

Fintech startup Capital Float has acquired personal finance management firm Walnut for $30 Mn. The deal marks Capital Float’s first ever acquisition, which comes on the back of its recent foray into the consumer financing space. On the outset, the acquisition seems to have been done to consolidate Amazon and Sequoia backed company’s newly launched…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 21, 20180Comments

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Women Travel Startup WoVoyage receives funding from Singapore based investors

Like everything else, even traveling and recreation is heavily tilted towards men. In order to break this ruthless domination, a unique startup like WoVoyage was founded by Rashmi Chadha in 2016. WoVoyage is a travel startup dedicated to only women. This unique travel startup on Monday raised undisclosed amount from two angel investors based in…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 20, 20180Comments

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PropTiger.com & Makaan.com’s Parent firm receives $35 Mn from Citigroup

Citi Group’s Singapore division has pumped $35 million (nearly Rs 245 crore) in Elara Technologies, which owns online real estate startups Housing.com, PropTiger.com and Makaan.com. According to reports, the funds were raised through debt instrument. Elara Technologies, which is also based in Singapore, will use the latest fund infusion for various business expansion purposes. This includes…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 20, 20180Comments

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Auto giant Hyundai Motor picks up stake in car rental startup Revv

South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor has picked up undisclosed stake in self-drive car rental startup Revv. Both companies have refused to divulge the financial details of the deal. Hyundai is already one of the formidable players in India’s auto market and is vying to close the gap with current market leader Maruti Suzuki. The deal…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 20, 20180Comments

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Is India’s homegrown Messaging app Hike facing Uncertain Future?

We Indians are never short of patriotic fervor. Patriotism and nationalism simply runs too deep in our veins. Something that was in full display in all its grandeur few days back, when the entire India came together to celebrate India’s 72nd Independence Day. However, our unquestionable self-pride about our country takes a huge beating when…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 20, 20180Comments

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