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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Amid outage, Wazrix crosses $350 Mn in Daily Trading Volume

India’s largest crypto exchange Wazrix has surpassed $270 Mn in trading volume. This has prompted the company to claim that this is the highest ever trading volume clocked by any cryptocurrency exchange in India. Wazrix’’s founder Nischal Shetty broke the news on his Twitter handle. The company has achieved this new milestone barely a day after…

ByGirish ShettiApril 5, 20210Comments

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Breakdown of Chingari’s Pre-series A funding; Salman Khan comes on Board

India’s home-grown short video app Chingari announced on Thursday that it has raised $13 Mn as part of its Pre-Series A funding. Following this news, Techpluto accessed Chingari’s regulatory filings so that we could give a complete breakdown of the funding to our readers. According to the regulatory filings, the Bengaluru based company has allotted 34,631…

ByGirish ShettiApril 2, 20210Comments

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Livestock focused startup Brainwired raises fresh Funding in Bridge round at 5Cr Valuation

Livestock focused and agritech startup Brainwired announced on Thursday that it has raised undisclosed amount of funding in a bridge round led by Agility Venture Partners. Other top angel investors including Dhianu Das and Nandi Mehta and Mumbai Angels also participated in the round. The startup is now valued at 5 Cr following the latest…

ByGirish ShettiApril 1, 20210Comments

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Rapido to offer Free Auto Rides to Delhi NCR citizens to support COVID Vaccination Drive

Bike taxi major Rapido on Wednesday announced a great philanthropic initiative for supporting the ongoing COVID vaccination drive. Rapido said that it will provide free Rapido Auto rides to and from COVID- 19 vaccination centres for Delhi NCR citizens. Named as #RideToVaccinate, the company aims to offer a safe and accessible commute option to senior…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 31, 20210Comments

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HealthPlix Grabs $13.5 Mn in a extended series B round led by Lightspeed

Healthtech startup HealthPlix has landed fresh capital of $13.5 Mn as part of its ongoing series B round. While Lightspeed Ventures led the round, other high-profile investors & existing investors like Kalaaria Capital, Chiratae Ventures and JSW Ventures also particptated in the round. Although not confirmed, there is a liklehood that the Bengaluru based firm…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 31, 20210Comments

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Byju’s Kickstarts 2021’s maiden funding round, raises around $400-450 Mn

The COVID Inflicted 2020 proved to be a watershed year for India’s nascent edtech sector and more so for Byju’s, with the latter emerging as the numero uno player of the online education sector. Although Byju’s had already emerged as a market leader long time back, 2020 firmly confirmed its supreme status as the edtech…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 29, 20210Comments

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Social commerce Platform CityMall grabs fresh funding of $11 Mn

Social commerce and online grocery platform CityMall has bagged a fresh funding of $11Mn in a Series A round led by Accel Partners. Existing and other high profile investors like Elevation capital and Jungle Ventures also participated in the round. The latest proceeding has come barely 6 months after CityMall raised $3Mn in a seed funding…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 25, 20210Comments

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Urban Company & LetsVenture create open-source ESOP Framework for Startups

India’s leading home service marketplace Urban Company has rolled out an open source ESOP framework policy for India’s startup ecosystem. To create this framework policy, it has collaborated with MyStartupEquity, a cap table and ESOP management product by investment firm LetsVenture. Urban Company and MyStartupEquity claim that ESOP is a generally tedious process and they plan…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 23, 20210Comments

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Clubhouse’s anticipated Android launch will take few more months – Top Tech News

Here are the top trending news from the world of technology…check it out 1 Clubhouse’s anticipated Android launch will take few more months Over the last few months, Audio app Clubhouse has emerged as one of the biggest things in the social media world. However, the only blip in its triumphal success is its…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 23, 20210Comments

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Donald Trump may soon launch his own social media platform – Top Trending News

Here are the top trending news from the world of technology.....check it out 1 Donald Trump may soon launch his own social media platform After all the leading social media platforms boycotted Donald Trump following the unprecedented Capitol riot, the former US president is trying to stage a comeback in the social media world.…

ByGirish ShettiMarch 22, 20210Comments

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