December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Startup
The model aims to assist computer systems to understand as many as 16 different Indian languages to resolve linguistic complexities involved in translation, transliteration, and understanding the sentiment of what the user meant in his/her search. Google, Google News, Google updates, Google officials, Meenakshi Lekhi, Personal Data Protection Bill 2019, Ola, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, China, Google data, Google […]
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IKEA to invest Rs 6k cr to expand ops in Maha; Navi Mumbai store opens today
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Business, investment, News
To broaden its reach in Mumbai, the company will open two additional IKEA city centre stores in the city next year. In Pune, the retailer has an online presence as of now. The firm has set a stiff target of reaching 100 million Indian customers by 2022 and plans to foray into Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR […]
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From India’s richest man to Amazon and 100s of startups: The great rush to win neighborhood stores
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / News
After spending more than a decade disrupting the neighborhood stores in the U.S. and several other markets, Amazon and Walmart are employing an unusual strategy in India to face off this competitor: Friending them. Walmart and Amazon, both of which face restrictions from New Delhi on what all they could do in India, have partnered with tens of thousands […]
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765 deals worth $8.4 billion: the state of Indian startup funding amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Funding, News, Startup
As compared to 2019, the funding raised in 2020 between Jan – Nov 15 saw a 30 percent decline. Overall, the investor sentiment remained positive. This year has been an unprecedented one for Indian startups. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that the last 10 to 11 months have wiped the slate clean for […]
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How India’s startup landscape changed in 2020
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Startup
Although Covid-19 delivered a brutal hand to the startup ecosystem, it has also been a catalyst for many—to reimagine, reengineer and refocus Until the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in India in March, the country’s startup ecosystem was variously described as “thriving”, “booming”, and “progressive”. India’s bourgeoning startup landscape had evolved from being in its […]
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This new tool from Google will help startups, researchers, others understand Indian languages better
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Startup
The model aims to assist computer systems to understand as many as 16 different Indian languages to resolve linguistic complexities involved in translation, transliteration, and understanding the sentiment of what the user meant in his/her search. Google, Google News, Google updates, Google officials, Meenakshi Lekhi, Personal Data Protection Bill 2019, Ola, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, China, Google data, Google […]
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ETtech Deals Digest: Zenoti, LeadSquared, Wakefit.co raise funds
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Angel Investment, Business, edtech, Funding, Startup
SaaS The Bengaluru-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm plans to utilise the fresh capital to expand globally and for potential mergers and acquisitions to strengthen its product SaaS startups bagged the largest funding rounds on. Zenoti, LeadSquared, Wakefit.co, Delhivery, Arya Collateral, PhonePe and Pagarbook were among the startups that raised funds within the last five days. Zenoti Zenoti, a cloud software provider […]
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OnlineSales Ai raises new round funding from IvyCap Ventures, Core91 VC & Others
December 18, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Business, Funding, Interview, News
OnlineSales Ai has secured an undisclosed amount in pre-Series B round funding from IvyCap Ventures. Led by IvyCap Ventures, and Core91 VC the new round funding also saw the participation from multiple institutions and angel investors including Vivek Bhargwa, Samrat Zaveri, Ramakant Sharma, Saurabh Dangwal, among others. Speaking on the investment in OnlineSales, Ashish Wadhwani, […]
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Indian edtech startups received over $2.22 billion funding in 2020: Report
December 17, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Business, edtech, Funding, Learning, Startup
Indian edtech new businesses have seen a add up to venture of $2.22 billion in 2020 as compared to $553 million in 2019, agreeing to Indian Private Value and Wander Capital Affiliation (IVCA) and PGA Labs information. At slightest 92 players pulled in financing in 2020, out of which 61 players gotten seed funding. Titled as ‘The Incredible Un-Lockdown: Indian Edtech’, the report specified that Indian online instruction stages have raised $4 billion within the final five a long time (2016-2020). “Indian edtech new businesses get an add up to venture of $2.22 billion […]
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India plans $60 billion speculations in the gas framework: Dharmendra Pradhan
December 17, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Business, investment, News
India’s first automated national-level gas trading platform was launched in June this year to promote and sustain an efficient and robust gas market and foster gas trading in the country. As of now, gas accounts for 6 per cent within the country’s add up to vitality mix. Petroleum Serve Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the government has arranged a $60-billion speculation for creating gas foundation within the nation till 2024, […]
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India signs $400 million project with World Bank to ensure destitute from COVID effect
December 17, 2020 / by Taniya Saini / Funding, investment, News
India on Wednesday signed a pact worth Dollar 400 million with the World Bank in a bid to aid the poor and vulnerable reeling under the coronavirus crisis. This is the second operation in a programmatic series of two as the first operation of Dollar 750 million was approved in May 2020. The Dollar 400 […]
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