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.

2,213 articles published

News

OTT Video Delivery Startup Streamroot Raises $3.2 million in Fresh Funding

French startup Streamroot raises $3.2 million. Streamroot, a startup delivering innovative over-the-top (OTT) video delivery solutions, has secured fresh funding of $3.2 million from clutch of high profile VC firms. These VC firms include Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures and R/GA. Existing investor Partech Ventures also participated in the current round. With the latest round…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 8, 20170Comments

News

Co-working space Giant WeWork Opens second Center in Mumbai’s BKC

WeWork launches second center in India. The co-working space giant WeWork has officially opened its second center in India with the unveiling of “WeWork BKC” in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), one of the main economic hubs of the financial city Mumbai. This comes barely two months after WeWork raised the curtains over its first ever indian…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 8, 20170Comments

News

Artificial Intelligence is not stealing human jobs, Finds out Capgemini survey

AI is not whisking away jobs. The fear that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is stealing precious human jobs is sheer rubbish. This startling revelation has come forth through a recent global survey conducted by the IT consulting giant Capgemini. This Capgemini survey may actually end up busting some serious myths about AI’s negative impact on job sector,…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 8, 20170Comments

News

Credit scoring Startup CreditVidya Bags Fresh Funding from Matrix & Kalaari

fintech startup CreditVidya bags $5 m in fresh funding. Credit scoring startup CreditVidya has bagged nearly $5 Mn (Rs 32 crore) through fresh round of funding led by Matrix Partners India. Existing investor Kalaari Capital, which invested approximately $2 million last year, also participated in the round. As part of the pre-arranged deal, CreditVidya allotted 5,951 Series…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 7, 20170Comments

Utility focussed

IBM in Collaboration with MIT will Invest $240 million in New AI Lab

IBM to invest $240 million in a new AI lab. IBM and MIT university will be collaborating together to conduct a comprehensive research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at a new state-of-the art lab. This new lab will be called The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and IBM will be investing nearly $240 million in this new lab…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 7, 20170Comments

Featured Startups

Swish VR: Offering World’s Finest Viral Videos

Finally (and I literally mean it) we’ve an app that aims not just to redefine but also revolutionize our viral video experience. There can be little argument over the fact that for too long we’ve been waiting for good video apps that can helps us in getting rid of those pretentious and fake viral videos…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 6, 20170Comments

News

Online Saloon Startup Mazkara Acquires software firm BazingaLabs

Mazkara Acquires software firm BazingaLabs. Mazkara, which owns online salon platform Fabogo, has acquired Mumbai-based software firm BazingaLabs for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition deal is reportedly part cash and part equity. Mazkara said in an official statement that through this acquisition Fabogo will seek to leverage BazingaLabs’ expertise in mobile technology and thereby consolidate its…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 4, 20170Comments

News

True North and IDG Ventures Planning $20 M Investment in PolicyBazaar: Report

Private equity investor True North and venture capital firm IDG Ventures India are planning nearly $20 million investment in ETechAces Marketing and Consulting (parent company of online insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar), according to sources close to the matter. This investment is reportedly part of $78 million (Rs 500 crore) round led by asset management giant Wellington Management. This…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 4, 20170Comments

Funding News News

Weekly Funding Review: Healthcare Startups Grab Most Funds

Healthcare startups grabbed most amount of funds. It is no more raining funds for Indian startups. Since the mid-2015, funds have been hard to come by for most startup companies. Nonetheless, every week many promising startups still manage to win the faith of investors and this week was no different. What was special about this week…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 2, 20170Comments

News

Online Drug Seller 1mg Acquires Varanasi-based Dawailelo

1mg acquires Dawailelo for undisclosed amount. Online drug seller 1mg has acquired online healthcare consultation platform Dawailelo for an undisclosed amount, according to statement issued by the company. After acquisition formalities are completed, the Dawailelo staff will report to 1mg COO Tanmay Saksena, the statement added. This is online drug seller’s fourth acquisition. Its last three acquisition…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 1, 20170Comments

Girish Shetti

Best Choice for Creatives