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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Acko Insurance becomes the latest Unicorn with $224 Mn funding

Logo of insurance startup Acko General Insurance Insurance tech startup Acko Insurance announced on Wednesday that it has raised $224 Mn in the latest round. Private equity major General Atlantic led the round while Canada’s largest pension fund, CPPIB, and Lightspeed growth were among the new investors who participated in this round. Existing investors including…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 28, 20210Comments

Funding News

Paytm Insurance brings Swiss Re to its Cap Table

Paytm's founder & CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Digital payment major Paytm announced on Wednesday that its sister firm, Paytm Insurance ltd, has entered a strategic partnership with Swiss Re. Based in Switzerland’s capital Zurich, Swiss Re is a reinsurance company. In all likelihood, this is Swiss Re’s first ever investment in India. This…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 27, 20210Comments

Tech

Google posts record profit amid regulatory crackdown – Top Tech News

Here are the top trending news from the world of technology 1) Google posts record profit amid regulatory crackdown Google may be facing regulatory crackdown and anti-trust actions in several countries but its adverse impact have barely shown up in its latest quarterly earnings. Google’s parent company Alphabet INC reported during the third quarter…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 27, 20210Comments

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Masai School raises undisclosed amount of funding from 21 Angel Investors including Kunal Shah and Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Boot coding startup Masai School has raised undisclosed amount of funding from 21 high profile angel investors. This is a rare investment round given that Masai School has raised angel investment round right after raising Series A round led by Omidyar network less than a year ago. Who’s who of the Indian startup industry has…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 26, 20210Comments

Tech

Tesla hits Trillion Dollar Valuation – Top Tech News

1 Tesla becomes a Trillion dollar company Elon Musk standing besides Tesla car...Image source: Flickr Tesla Inc on Monday surpassed $1 trillion valuation. Tesla’s shares surge as much as 14.9% to reach the level of $1045 during intraday trading on Monday. Even Elon Musk expressed his utter surprise over dramatic jump in Tesla’s stock prices…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 26, 20210Comments

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Teachmint secures $78 million in Series B round led by Rocketship.vc and Vulcan Capital

Teachmint, which help teachers to digitize their classrooms, has raised $78 Bn in a Series B round. Rocketship.vc and Vulcan Capital spearheaded the round while new investors Goodwater Capital and Epiq Capital joined company’s cap table. Existing investors Learn Capital, CM Ventures, Lightspeed India and Better Capital also double down their investment in the company.…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 25, 20210Comments

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Groww secures $251 Mn in Series E at $3 Bn Valuation

Investment startup Groww, which focuses especially on young millennials, has just announced that it has raised $251 Mn as part of Series E funding round. Iconiq Growth led the round while slew of new investors as well as existing investors also participated in the funding round. The existing investors that took part in the funding…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 25, 20210Comments

Acquisitions

To scale up its Cloud Kitchen Biz, Curefoods Acquires slew of cloud kitchen brands

Cloud Kitchen startup Curefoods, started by CureFit co-founder Ankit Nagori, announced on Friday that it has acquired 6 cloud kitchen brands in one swoop. The Bengaluru based company has said that it will continue to maintain a strong appetite for acquisition as it plans to onboard 25 more cloud kitchen brands in near future. The…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 22, 20210Comments

Tech

WeWork makes its stock market debut (finally) – Top Tech News

Here are the top trending news from the world of technology 1 WeWork makes a stock market debut (finally) Image Source: Flickr The beleaguered co-working startup WeWork finally made its debut on the American stock market on Thursday. WeWork, which was once backed by Soft Bank, went public with the help of SPAC merger…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 22, 20210Comments

Tech news

PayPal has approached Pinterest for Acquisition – Top Tech News

Here are the top trending news from the world of Technology 1 PayPal has approached Pinterest for Acquisition Image Credit: Flickr Official Gates Payment giant PayPal is exploring the acquisition of social media company Pinterest for nearly $45 Bn, according to media reports. If the deal goes through then it will go down as the biggest…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 21, 20210Comments

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