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STARTUPS
12 major league edtech VCs discuss top trends, opportunities
Ready or not, edtech has been shoved into the spotlight as millions of students shifted to remote learning due to…
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Finance
Investors tell Indian startups to ‘prepare for the worst’ as Covid-19 uncertainty continues
Just three months after capping what was the best year for Indian startups, having raised a record $14.5 billion in…
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Trends
Divesting from one facial recognition startup, Microsoft ends outside investments in the tech
Microsoft is pulling out of an investment in an Israeli facial recognition technology developer as part of a broader policy…
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Trends
Inside Udaan’s push to digitize India’s B2B retail market
During a recent visit, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella reiterated his company’s commitment to India and revealed a new fund…
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STARTUPS
Lightspeed-backed WorkOS launches to help startup services become enterprise-ready
With the explosive popularity of B2B services startups, it was only natural that a B2B startup would come along that’s…
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Trends
Karius raises $165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases in a drop of blood
“What Karius is good at is identifying those novel microbes before they become an outbreak like coronavirus,” says Mickey Kertesz,…
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Trends
Lightspeed leads Laiye’s $42M round to bet on Chinese enterprise IT
Laiye, a Chinese startup that offers robotic process automation services to several major tech firms in the nation and government…
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Trends
Ritesh Agarwal to invest $700M in Oyo’s new $1.5B financing round
India’s largest budget lodging startup Oyo Hotels and Homes said today it plans to raise about $1.5 billion as part…
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STARTUPS
Arceo.ai raises $37 million to expand cyber insurance coverage and access
Critical cyber attacks on both businesses and individuals have been grabbing headlines at an alarming rate. Cybersecurity has moved from…
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