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Rash decisions, insecurity and burnout: The dark side of India’s startup funding boom

India’s epic and unprecented startup funding boom has birthed unicorns, minted millionaires and taken companies public at record valuations. In the process though, founders are getting burnt out, employees are veering towards fraud and insecurity is driving people to the dark side. Moneycontrol takes a look.   Chaitanya Ramalingegowda Chaitanya Ramalingegowda feels nothing. His company, …

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Huge opportunities for Korean firms in India’s startup ecosystem: Piyush Goyal

Huge opportunities exist for Korean investors in India’s startup ecosystem and both the countries need to increase collaboration in sectors such as automobile, textiles, food processing, and chemicals to enhance economic ties, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. The minister also invited Korean businesses to invest in India.   Korean investors “Korean …

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India an opportunity which will dwarf many other countries’ startup ecosystems: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma

“Indian entrepreneurs already handle uncertainty as if it is a norm, not a special condition. That is the beauty of Indian entrepreneurship. We are underestimating the impact that Indian will have on global technologies,” he said.   Paytm Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Thursday said that while many people may underestimate India’s …

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Edtech startup Brightchamps valued at nearly $500 million with Premji Invest-led funding

Premji Invest has led a new round of funding of $51 million, along with participation from edtech-focused investor GSV Ventures, Flipkart cofounder Binny Bansal-backed 021 Capital and Singapore-based venture fund Beenext.   EDtech Startup Edtech startup Brightchamps, which offers online courses on programming, artificial intelligence, design thinking and financial literacy to kids aged 6-16 years, …

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US firm acquires Kozhikode-based startup

Global payments provider Blackhawk Network announced its acquisition of Rybbon, a digital rewards platform based in Kozhikode, with office in Washington DC, US. Rybbon has over 1,100 customers on the rewards platform, managing over 50,000 campaigns that have delivered rewards to recipients in 160 countries. Digital platform By joining with Blackhawk, Rybbon can now expand …

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Meet this lady from Kolkata whose passion has helped her to cure people of critical ailments.

An interest in astrology coupled with the passion to resolve problems of near and dear ones since childhood led an MBA professional to work as an astrologer, palmist, and tarot card reader. Spare a few minutes to know more about her fascinating career…   The beginning Hailing from Jaipur in Rajasthan, Aparna Dwivedi was attracted …

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The notion now offers free credits to any startup globally, partners with AWS and Stripe.

Two years ago, Notion partnered with dozens of accelerators and incubators to provide free credits for its work collaboration platform to its portfolio startups. The firm is now aggressively making the program open to all startups.   New startup program The notion is launching a new startup program Tuesday to offer a credit of at …

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Sony’s new VC to roll the dice on Indian startups

Tokyo-based Sony Corp. is creating an India-focused venture capital arm that will act as a co-investor in startups alongside celebrities such as movie stars and sports personalities and seek to participate in the funding boom it has provided. place several unicorns. For the past 12 months, people familiar with the development told ET.   Sony’s …

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Powered by Unacademy and upGrad’s mega deals, Indian startups raised $10.8 billion in the last two months

Indian tech startups have raised $10.8 billion in the last two months, a report by business intelligence firm Tracxn reported. The report further revealed that 256 deals were cracked in July and August 2021.   Tech startup The Indian tech startup ecosystem had raised $6.5 billion across 412 deals in the April to June quarter …

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Meet this woman from Delhi whose timely and wise decisions made her a successful entrepreneur

Unwavering determination and resoluteness define Jasmeet Kaur, a young woman entrepreneur from Delhi who has fought every battle of her life fearlessly and has always emerged as a winner…Spare a few minutes to know more about her life. Expertise in various fields Ms. Jasmeet Kaur, a successful businesswoman with expertise in corporate travel, education, and …

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