WhatsApp Now Has 2 Billion Active Users – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 WhatsApp Now Has 2 Billion Active Users WhatsApp now has over 2 billion active users on its platform. Facebook which owns the messaging app has 2.5 billion users and Instagram has over 1 billion users (June 2018 data).…

ByTechPluto StaffFebruary 13, 20200Comments

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Brick&Blot Raises Pre-series A Funds from Sequoia and others

Brick&Blot’s parent company PluckWalk Technologies Pvt LTd has raised $1.5 Mn in a Pre-series A round. Sequoia’s scale up program, Surge, spearheaded the funding round. Arpit (L) and Jayesh Rajpurohit, co-founders Brick&Bolt Clutch of individual investors like Livspac’s founders Anuj Srivastava & Ramakant Sharma and Aakash Goel of Trifecta also contributed to the round. Brick&Blot, which is headquartered…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 12, 20200Comments

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Is Amazon Trying To Depose Trump? – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Is Amazon Trying To Depose Trump? Image Credits: Flickr cabriolet2008 What the United States Congress couldn't do is now been tried by e-commerce giant Amazon. Loosing out on a $10 billion deal from Pentagon has pinched it so much that…

ByTechPluto StaffFebruary 11, 20200Comments

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Fevicol’s brand owner Pidilite leads $40 Mn Round in Pepperfy

Online furniture market place Pepperfy has got a new high profile investor in the form of Pidilite, the brand owner of popular adhesive brand Fevicol. Adhesives manufacturer Pidilite leads $40 Mn round in Pepperfy Pidilite has led a $40 Mn funding round in Pepperfy, according to Economic Times (ET). The ET report further claims that existing investors…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 10, 20200Comments

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VR Recreates Dead Child – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 VR Recreates Dead Child, Ethical Or Not? Image Credit: roadtovr A South Korean documentary aired on national channel showed the process of recreation of a dead child so that the family can say a final goodbye. The virtual reality technology…

ByTechPluto StaffFebruary 10, 20200Comments

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Weekly Startup Funding: Byju’s & Waycool Scooped up Largest Funding Round

Unicorn edtech startup Byju’s played an rescue act at last minute to salvage this week’s funding scenario. However, the week’s biggest surprise came from the agritech space, since the week’s second largest funding round was raised by an agirtech startup. Byju’s & Waycool raised this week's largest funding This was the first…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 8, 20200Comments

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Agritech startup Waycool Foods Secures Series C Funding Round

B2B Agritech startup Waycool Foods has raised whooping $35 Mn in series C funding round led by venture capital firm Lightbox. This is the biggest funding round raised by Chennai based startup, which last year reportedly raised nearly Rs 120 crore in equity and debt financing round. Agritech startup Waycool Foods raises $35 Mn in fresh…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 7, 20200Comments

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Agri-Logistic Startup Leap India Leaps forward with series B funding

Agri-logistic startup, Leap India Food & Logistics, has added to its funding muscle after raising nearly Rs 164 crore in a series B funding round, according to Economic Times (ET). ET report claims that Danish SDG Investment Fund and existing investor Neev Fund spearheaded the round. former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan owns stake in Leap…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 6, 20200Comments

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Snapdeal co-founders Peddles Investment in Bicycle Startup Frog

AlphaVector, which operates India’s home grown bicycle brand Frog, has raised undisclosed amount of capital from Avaana Capital and Titan Capital. Apart from these two firms, no other investors reportedly participated in the funding round. Kunal Bahl, Co-founder of Snapdeal. Titan Capital is an investment arm of Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, marking their entry…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 5, 20200Comments

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An unboxing of the Budget 2020 with a side of bettering your Personal Finances

The Budget 2020 has brought mixed feelings among the common man as well as some industry experts. Although the longest ever budget speech has brought relief to some it has aroused confusion in most others. We got some clarity by watching Akash Banerjee’s ‘Unboxing Budget 2020 - Highlights & Analysis’. While he provided us with some much-needed information…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 4, 20200Comments

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