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

Nexus & Blume backed Ultrahuman Scoops $17.5 Mn in Series B

Metabolic fitness platform Ultrahuman announced on Tuesday that it has raised $17.5 Mn in Series B round. The round saw participation from well-known VC firms including Alpha Wave Incubation, Steadview Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures and Utsav Somani’s iSeed fund. Many high-profile HNIs and angel investors also took part in the series B round.…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 17, 20210Comments

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Healthifyme announces Equity Buyback worth $12Mn for Employees & Early Investors

Health tech Startup Healthifyme announced on Monday an equity buyback program worth $12 Mn or INR 90 Crore. The buyback program will give scores of its employees and early angel investors handsome return on their investment. The company said in its press release that nearly 100 employees constituting former and current employees will get benefit…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 16, 20210Comments

Tech news

Hackers have hacked T Mobile’s Server (Unconfirmed Report) – Top Tech News

Here are the top news from the world of technology….. 1) Hackers have hacked T Mobile’s Server, Report claims Several unconfirmed reports have claimed that hackers have hacked T Mobile’s server, resulting in a massive data breach. According to reports, data of nearly 100 Mn customers of T Mobile has been breached. The hacked data…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 16, 20210Comments

Tech news

Apple’s Child Abuse Features Triggers off Employee backlash – Top Tech News

1 Apple’s Child Abuse Features Triggers off Employee backlash The unabated backlash against Apple’s recent move to scan American customer’s iPhones and other devices has now got an interesting twist. The tech giant’s latest bold move is now facing relentless criticism from its own internal employees. According to Reuters, Apple’s internal Slack channel is flooded…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 13, 20210Comments

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Dailyhunt raises its largest funding round ($450 Mn) at $3Bn Valuation

Dailyhunt and Josh apps’ parent company VerSe Innovation on Thursday announced that it has raised $450 Mn from slew of existing and new PE investors. Siguler Guff, Baillie Gifford, Carlye Asia Partner Growth are among new PE investors who participated in the latest Series I round. Although the company hasn’t shed light on the post-funding…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 12, 20210Comments

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Nexus Venture Partner leads $2.5Mn Seed Funding Round in Mudrex

Crypto investment platform Mudrex announced on Tuesday that it has raised $2.5Mn in a seed funding round led by Nexus Venture Partner. The round also saw participation from Village Global as well as slew of angel investors including Cred’s Kunal Shah, Anand Chandrashekharan, and Anjali Bansal. Notably, the startup had earlier raised $750,000 from Y…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 10, 20210Comments

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UpGrad secures Unicorn Tag with $185 Mn fund raise

Ronnie Screwvala promoted edtech firm upGrad has successfully graduated to the unicorn category with a new fundraise of $185 Mn. Existing investor Temasek and two new investors International Finance Cooperation and IIF participated in the new round. The latest round, by the way, has propelled the Mumbai based startup to the coveted unicorn category. The…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 9, 20210Comments

Tech news

Amid China Tech Crackdown, ByteDance is eyeing for an IPO – Top Tech News

Here are the top tech news from the world of technology 1) Amid China Tech Crackdown, ByteDance is eyeing for an IPO Image Source: Flickr.com TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is planning for an IPO in Hong Kong stock market by early 2022, media reports claim. As per Financial Times, ByteDance management is currently proactively working…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 9, 20210Comments

Acquisitions

Vedantu claims Acquisition Talks with Byju’s as ‘baseless and false’

On Friday, a leading startup news portal Entrackr reported that Vedantu is the latest acquisition target of Byju’s. The news portal claimed that Byju’s is planning to buy the Pune based startup for $800Mn in a cash and stock deal. The report did not come as a surprise for many people as Byju’s has been…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 7, 20210Comments

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Remote Sales Platform Goodmeetings raises Pre-Series A funding

Tech startup Goodmeetings, which defines itself as a remote sales platform, announced on Friday that it has raised $1.7 Mn in a Pre-series A funding round. The announcement of Pre-series A round implies that the startup has raised a seed funding round, which probably wasn’t officially announced by the company. Chiratae Ventures spearheaded the pre-series…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 6, 20210Comments

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