South African Celebrity based startup MyFanPark Forays into Indian Market

After months of anticipation, South African celebrity based startup MyFanPark has finally forayed into the Indian market. MyFanPark essentially helps fans to get personalized video messages from their favorite celebrities. Shailendra Singh, Former MD of Percept Ltd (left) MyFanPark has made quite a name for itself back in South Africa. The startup was selected amongst South Africa’s…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 17, 20200Comments

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Not Desi Clones but another Chinese app is filling the TikTok Void

Indian government’s decision to ban popular video sharing app TikTok threw TikTok’s millions of users up for grab. It virtually opened up a lucrative market that TikTok’s desi clones simply found difficult to resist, opening a battle ground that is now witnessing an intense competition. Fuelled by patriotic zeal and riding high on atam nirbhar…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 17, 20200Comments

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ShareChat’s Moj leapfrogs Mitron and Chingari with 50Mn Download on Play store

ShareChat’s short video app Moj has leapfrogged its nearest rivals like Mitron and Chingari by crossing 50 Mn download mark on the play store. Both Motron and Chingari boast over 10 Mn download on the play store. All these apps, the desi clones of Tik Tok, are trying very hard to fill the vacuum left over…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 15, 20200Comments

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U Gro Capital reports Net Profit of Rs 3.73 Crore in Q1 FY21

U Gro Capital, which offers loan to capital-starved SME sector, on Thursday announced first Q1 results for FY21. The BSE listed NBFC reported a net profit or PAT (profit after tax) of Rs 3.73 crore and a healthy CRAR of 99.42% for the first quarter of the current financial year. The company’s quarterly profit seems…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 13, 20200Comments

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How Manish Sisodia took a Jibe on India’s Online Education

With schools and colleges being indefinitely closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, India’s edutech sector is witnessing unprecedented boom. Students and even working professionals from across the country are logging into online education platforms to fill the current vacuum. This not surprisingly has resulted in impressive growth of free as well as paid subscriptions for the…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 13, 20200Comments

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Sequoia Surge winds up its Third batch, Surge 04 to begin from November

Sequoia Surge, a special accelerator program run by Sequoia, on Wednesday winded up its third batch. Spread across 14 weeks long, total 15 startups were selected for Sequoia Surge 03 program. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, this time almost all the sessions of Surge 03 were held online. Participants made extensive use of Surge…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 11, 20200Comments

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Bengaluru based edutech startup Winuall raises Second Funding Round

Bengaluru based edutech startup Winuall on Monday raised second round of funds from investors. The startup, however, did not disclose the amount it raised from the investors. Winuall’s latest fundraising comes barely two months after it raised seed funding from Ola’s co-founder Ankit Bhatia, Milkbasket’s Head of Engineering Nitin Gupta along with other angel investors. The…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 10, 20200Comments

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Flipkart Launches its own Startup Accelerator Program – Flipkart Leap

With the mission to help Indian startups flourish as part of the Atam Nribhar campaign, Flipkart on Monday announced its first ever startup accelerator program called Flipkart Leap. With the application for startups mostly likely to start from today itself, Flipkart Leap will be open for B2B as well as B2C startups. Flipkart Leap - Flipkart…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 10, 20200Comments

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Unacademy’s nearly 20 Staff Members tested Covid-19 Positive

Nearly 20 staff members of Edutech major Unacademy have been tested COVID-19 positive. Unacademy’s co-founder & CEO Gaurav Munjal has confirmed this news on his official twitter handle. Most of these 20 staff members reportedly belong to housekeeping and administration staff. According to reports, no one from Unacademy’s top management team has been so far…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 8, 20200Comments

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Zomato Introduces Period Leaves for its Female Employees

In a welcome move, Zomato on Saturday announced that from now on its female employees can avail up to10 day paid leaves for coping up with menstruation problems. This technically means that from now on Zomato’s female colleagues can avail 10 day extra leaves than its male counterparts. However, the Gurugram based company has specifically…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 8, 20200Comments

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