Netflix’s $420 Million India Investment – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Netflix's $420 Million India Investment, Will It Increase Subscriber Base? Netflix is going to produce more India specific content for its audience. For the world's largest streaming service provider, India is a big market. “You’ll start to see a…

ByTechPluto StaffDecember 9, 20190Comments

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Uber’s Safety Report Is Unbelievable – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Uber's Safety Report Is Unbelievable, Over 6000 Sexual Assualt Cases! Image Credits: Flickr Wayne S. Grazio Uber has released its long-awaited safety report for the period 2017 - 2018. And the results are shocking. There are over 6000 sexual assault…

ByTechPluto StaffDecember 6, 20190Comments

News

It’s Official: Flipkart Pumps $60 Mn in Logistics Startup Shadowfax

After months of speculations, Flipkart has finally led a $ 60 Mn funding round in popular logistics startup Shadowfax. Media reports were rife since August that Walmart owned company has signed a term sheet to pump $ 40 -50 Mn funds in the Bengaluru headquartered logistic firm. Techpluto had also covered a story on its…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 6, 20190Comments

Featured Startups

RestCase: A Platform that can Supercharge your API Development process

Company: RestCase Funding: Bootstrapped Industry: Software and Application testing Competitors: Stoplight.io and SwaggerHub Headquarter: Israel Software testing is unarguably one of the most important components in the entire software development cycle and therefore the importance of API development platform on this front cannot be more overstated. Although today there is certainly no dearth of API development platforms, there is surely a…

ByAnkit KumarDecember 5, 20190Comments

interviews

Current Economic Slowdown is temporary, Claims LoanTap’s CEO in Exclusive Interview

The dominant narrative around India’s Fintech sector has mostly revolved around payment and mobile wallets, with today many B2C and B2B players competing in these categories having already achieved brand status. However, amid the entire deafening chorus around payment and mobile wallets, digital credit startups like LoanTap are enacting an unlikely success story that is…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 5, 20190Comments

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Huawei Challenges FCC – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Huawei Challenges FCC, Files Legal Petition Against Latest Restrictions Huawei has decided to challenge the latest restriction from FCC that bans the use of federal funds for the purchase of equipment from it. It has challenged this FCC…

ByTechPluto StaffDecember 5, 20190Comments

Funding News

Co-living startup Zolostays Secures $7 Mn in Latest Round

Co-living startup Zolostays has secured second funding of this year, after raising $7 Mn from Trifecta Capital in a series C round. The startup had earlier raised $30 Mn from plethora of investors like Nexus Venture and Mirae Asset. Nikhil Sikri, Zolostays' co-founder & CEO The $7 Mn fundraising comes amid reports that Zolostays was in advanced…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 5, 20190Comments

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CCI Gives Green Signal to Hyundai and Kia’s Investment in Ola

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has brushed aside monopolistic concerns to give an official nod to Hyundai and Kia’s investment in Ola and Ola electric. Following the regulatory approval, both (Ola as well as Ola Electric) has jointly received Rs 2,244 crore from South Korean auto giants. As per the regulatory filings with MCA,…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 4, 20190Comments

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Sundar Takes Reins From Larry – Top Trending Stories

Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look! #5 Sundar Takes Reins From Larry, Now Also Controls Google Parent Alphabet Image Credit: Flickr Larry Page the CEO of Google's parent firm Alphabet has stepped down from his post and has handed over the reins to Google CEO Sundar Pichai.…

ByTechPluto StaffDecember 4, 20190Comments

Funding News

BookMyShow’s Southeast Asia Business Raises First ever External Funding

BookMyShow’s Southeast Asian (SEA) business, which is operated by Bigtree Entertainment Singapore Pvt Ltd, has raised undisclosed amount of funding from Jungle Ventures. Jungle Ventures is a prominent venture capital firm that specializes in early stage funding. In all probability, the latest funding assumes huge importance as it is for the first time that BookMyShow…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 3, 20190Comments

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