Dailyhunt’s funding juggernaut continues, secures $100Mn fresh funding

Dailyhunt ended the year 2020 with a bang. The news aggregator app, which is run and operated by Verse Innovation, put the curtain down on the coronavirus inflicted year with massive funding from Google and Microsoft. Now it has started 2021 on a similar fashion, after the startup’s parent company announced on Monday it has…

ByGirish ShettiFebruary 8, 20210Comments

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

News

Chinese App Snack Video crosses 100 Mn download on Google Play Store

Chinese short video sharing app Snack Video has now crossed 100 Mn download mark on Google play store, virtually becoming the no 1 short video sharing app of India. This despite all the hype around the made in India apps that are today trying very hard to capture the Indian market by riding high on…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 1, 20200Comments

News

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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