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😠 Leave India, where they even tax your popcorn – statement from a startup founder has sparked a lot of aggressive discussions 💬 🚀 The founder, who returned to India after studying at top institutes in the U.S., set up a business employing 30 pe

Summing Up this Week: 1. Indian startups registered $151 million in VC funding across 23 deals, compared with the $210 million they raised last week. 2. IPO-bound Ola Electric bagged the biggest cheque this week, securing $50 Mn in debt funding fro

This Week's Hottest: Summing up the Biggest Indian start-up/Tech news! 1. OKX, one of the largest crypto exchanges in terms of trading volume, is shutting down its services in India. Citing local regulatory hurdles, the Seychelles-headquartered exch

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 "𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗶 𝗸𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮" 𝗜𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿? Born in 2000 in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, Ishan Sharma pursued Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BITS Pilani, Goa. Duri

In India, the industry takes to take the regulatory provisions a bit too lightly. Paytm is the recent example of someone having to pay heavily for it. It was doing roaring business to which RBI put an abrupt stop on 15 March 2024 for violations of re

Top News of the day: 1. Elon Musk and Sam Altman have agreed to expedite a trial regarding OpenAI's shift from non-profit to for-profit. 2. Zepto, a quick commerce platform, is now offering fast delivery of Apple products, including the iPhone 16e,

Top News of the Day: 1. Foxconn chief to meet Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on August 16 2. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he initially thought Microsoft partnering with ChatGPT maker OpenAI "was the stupidest idea" he had ever heard. 3. Warren B

Top News of the Week: 1. Funding: - 35 Indian startups raised around $261.21 million in funding, this week - On a weekly basis, startup funding bounced back by nearly 125% to $261.21 million as compared to around $116 million raised during the pre

The Harsh Reality of Venture Capital: Recently, I spoke with a founder who had a fantastic business idea, but he was struggling to secure venture capital funding. Got myself thinking: why do some great ideas never get the backing they need? The tr

Top News of the Week: 1. Funding: - On a weekly basis, startup funding surged 170% to $906.7 million as compared to around $336.45 million raised during the previous week. - 41 Indian startups raised around $906.7 million in funding this week. T