ShareChat corners $266 Mn in fresh funding round led by Alkeon Capital

Vernacular social media & short video platform ShareChat announced on Thursday that it has raised $266 Mn in a fresh funding round led by Alkeon Capital. Existing investors including Temasek Holdings and Moore Strategic Ventures. The Bengaluru based company said that it has been valued $3.7 Bn in the new funding round. This is…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 16, 20210Comments

Tech news

Netflix brings more offline content with automatic download feature – Top Tech News

Here are the top tech news from the world of technology…check it out… 1 Netflix brings more offline content with automatic download feature Starting today streaming giant Netflix will be adding its offline content catalogue by rolling out the ‘automatic download feature.’ When this news feature is activated, the Netflix app will download the customized…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 22, 20210Comments

News

Wavemaker’s Ex Global President is ShareChat’s New Chief Commercial Officer

India’s home grown social media platform ShareChat has appointed Ajit Varghese as its Chief Commercial Officer. Ajit Varghese is one of the leading names in the global advertising industry. With more than 25 years’ experience in scaling business operations and building robust businesses around different content avenues, Varghese brings to table a vast experience as…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 9, 20200Comments

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ShareChat’s Moj Onboards Bollywood Choreographer Remo D’Souza for Dance Campaign

ShareChat’s recently launched video sharing app Moj has on-boarded popular Bollywood choreographer Remo D’Souza for creating dance reality competition on its platform. Dubbed as #MojwithRemo, this competition will invite Moj users to dance to the tune of some of the superhit Bollywood songs. #MojwithRemo will be part of the recently unveiled #MojwithD campaign. Remo will select…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 8, 20200Comments

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Amazon Echo’s all new look is simply Adorable & Cute – Top Trending News

Here is Today’s top trending news from the world of technology 1 Amazon Echo’s all new look is simply Adorable & Cute Amazon on Thursday kick started its latest hardware event by unveiling a new look for its Amazon Echo device, which will be available in spherical shape. While the Echo’s brand new…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 25, 20200Comments

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ShareChat infuses $14 Million to its ESOP pool, takes its ESOP pool to $35 Mn

Social media company ShareChat has decided to reward its existing employees by allotting fresh equity shares worth $14 Mn under its ESOP pool. With the fresh infusion of $14 Mn equity shares, the Bengaluru based company’s ESOP pool now stands at approximately $35 Mn. With the latest ESOP pool top-up, the company said that it has…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 23, 20200Comments

Acquisitions

ShareChat Acquires Digital Content Startup HPF Films for undisclosed amount

Social media company ShareChat has acquired video production startup HPF films for an undisclosed amount. Incorporated in 2018, HPF is officially known as Heri Pheri Fillms and is based out of Bengaluru. Notably, the latest development comes barely three weeks after ShareChat had acquired hyper local information platform Circle Internet. Two back-to-back acquisitions clearly suggest that…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 16, 20200Comments

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Twitter backed ShareChat is the latest Startup to opt for Mass Layoff

Bengaluru based ShareChat has joined the layoff bandwagon, after the company announced on Wednesday that it will lay off 101 employees as a part of cost cutting measure. ShareChat’s Co-founder and CEO Ankush Sachdeva announced the layoff decision through a mail that was sent to all employees on early Wednesday morning. Economic Times accessed the copy…

ByGirish ShettiMay 20, 20200Comments

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ShareChat Announces a Special Mother’s Day Campaign

Social media Platform ShareChat on Friday announced that it will launch special five day campaign to commemorate Mother’s Day this Sunday. The campaign will be known as #MAA4ME campaign and will start on 9th May, exactly a day before Mother’s Day. Image Source: ShareChat Twitter account ShareChat will run this special campaign across 15 languages on its…

ByGirish ShettiMay 8, 20200Comments

Funding News

Weekly Funding Roundup: Meesho & ShareChat Raised this Week’s Biggest Funding

Some big names and big funding rounds. This is the most apt way to describe this week’s funding activities as India’s startup story continues to stay resilient amid the talks of economic slowdown. Here are the top 10 funding activities of this week as we rap up our weekly funding roundup section. Image by TheDigitalWay from…

ByGirish ShettiAugust 17, 20190Comments

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