Amazon India is looking to broaden the scope of its digital payments service after receiving the prepaid payment instrument (PPI)
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Darwinbox raises $4 million in Series A funding from Lightspeed
Darwinbox, a human resources software-as-a-service startup, has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round from Lightspeed India Partners,
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Boltt Sports leveraging artificial intelligence in its application for better healthcare monitoring
Boltt, a personal health assistant application created by Boltt Sports Technology, tracks health, training, sleep and nutrition, and gives real-time
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Flipkart launches its maiden private fashion label Divastri
Flipkart, the largest online fashion retailer in the domestic market after acquiring Myntra and Jabong, has launched its first private
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Freshdesk reorganizes itself into a umbrella parent Freshworks
Freshdesk, a domestic Software as a Service (SaaS) startup, has rebranded itself and will now exist under the Freshworks umbrella.
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Snapchat acquires location analytics startup Placed in a $200 million deal
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has acquired Placed, a consumer location analytic startup, for ~$200 million. The acquisition of
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Grab eyes financial technology business; to raise fresh capital
Grab, the biggest ride-hailing firm in South-East Asia and Uber’s foremost competitor, is planning to venture into financial services business,
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Zomato finalizes the acquisition of Runnr
Zomato, the online restaurant menu and food ordering startup, is finalizing the deal to buy hyper local delivery startup Runnr
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Spinny raises $1 million from Blume Ventures
Spinny, the online ecommerce startup for trading pre-owned cars, has raised $1 million from Blume Ventures, Indian Angel Network and
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Quiklo ventures into education finance; to provide study loans
Quiklo, the financial technology startup, has ventured into education finance services sector, and will provide students loans to pay course
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