Maharashtra: Digital payments giant Paytm, on Sunday (June 28), announced that it has processed close to INR 1,500 Cr in salaries and other benefits for over 5K medium and large enterprises through its Paytm Payouts service. The Paytm Payout services, which was launched in this year, is a digital money transfer service that offers an API or Paytm for Business Dashboard to make bulk payments to bank accounts, UPI addresses and Paytm wallets instantly. They look to help businesses make payments to their employees, vendors & business partners. These payments…
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WWF Report Highlights Lack Of Policy Support For Startups, SMEs !!
On World MSME Day (June 27) the World Wild Fund (WWF) India, has said that only a few policies target the renewable energy startup ecosystem. In a report titled, ‘Clean energy policy landscape in the SME sector,’ it said, while almost 140 government interventions focus directly or indirectly on clean energy and startups, only 38 policies actually target them. “Policy support can be an important catalyst in accelerating clean energy adoption and scale up. This report maps the clean energy policy landscape in the SME sector, and provides recommendations that…
Read MoreAmazon agrees to buy self-driving technology startup Zoox !!
Amazon has just taken its boldest step yet into self-driving vehicles, acquiring six-year-old start-up Zoox, the Comapany announced Friday. Amazon said the deal will help bring Zoox’s “vision of autonomous ride-hailing to reality.” Zoox will continue to operate as a standalone business within Amazon, with CEO Aicha Evans and Jesse Levinson, the company’s co-founder and CTO, continuing to lead the team, Amazon said. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the Financial Times previously reported that Amazon would pay more than $1.2 billion to acquire Zoox. An Amazon spokesperson declined…
Read MoreNew round values Byju’s at $10.5 bn !!
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Byju’s raised about $100 million from US technology investor Bond, propelling the education startup to a $10.5 billion valuation. The latest fundraise has made Byju’s the India’s second-most valued startup , overtaking hospitality unicorn Oyo, which was last valued at $10 billion. Paytm was valued at $16 billion late last year when it raised $1 billion in a round led by T Rowe Price and existing investors Ant Financial and SoftBank Vision Fund. Byju’s raised the capital from Bond, co-founded by Mary Meeker, at a valuation of $10.5 billion. Byju’s had in…
Read MoreMary Meeker’s fund invests in India edtech startup BYJU’s !!
Bangalore: BYJU’S – The Learning App is the common brand name for Think and Learn Private Ltd., a Indian educational technology (edtech) and online tutoring firm founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran at Bangalore. In March 2019, it was the world’s most valued edtech company at $5.4 billion (Rs 37,000 crore). Byju’s has claimed on 27 May 2020 that they have gained Rs. 2,800cr revenue in FY20. In July 2019, BYJU’s won the sponsorship rights for the Indian cricket team jersey, replacing its former sponsor Oppo, Shah Rukh Khan is the brand ambassador for BYJU’S. Mary Meeker’s venture capital fund Bond Capital has backed online education…
Read More‘North-East can become organic hub of India, have global identity’: PM Modi
Kolkata: North-East India can become a huge hub of organic farming and the capital for organic products with its own identity in the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. “Just like Sikkim, the entire North-East can become a huge hub for organic farming. It can become an organic capital. It can bring about a revolution if the Indian Chamber of Commerce wants. You can create its global identity. If you want, you capture the global market with such products,” said PM Modi. Sikkim became the first state in…
Read MoreDell Technologies partners with Nasscom to help SMEs, startups !!
Bengaluru: Dell Technologies has partnered with technology services industry body Nasscom to help small and medium enterprises, startups with products and services at competitive prices. Dell’s association with Nasscom is set to impact more than 2400 SMEs, and 9000 plus startups that are part of Nasscom 10,000 start-ups network. They will be provided with exclusive offers and rates on Dell’s Client and Infrastructure solutions, said Dell Technologies in a press release. This partnership aims to ensure smooth operations and business continuity for these small scale businesses during such a challenging time and to build a robust…
Read MoreSequoia India Backs AI-Based Sales Solutions Provider In $8 Mln Round !!
Bengaluru: Salesken.ai, a start-up that provides artificial intelligence-based tools to improve sales, has raised $8 million in a Series A round from Sequoia India. The round also saw existing investors such as Unitus Venture and Michael and Susan Dell Foundation making a partial exit. Founded in 2019 by Sreeraman Vaidyanathan and Surga Thilakan, Salesken’s proprietary technology uses machine learning and data science tools to learn successful sales tactics and help teams with real-time intelligence to land more deals. The Bengaluru-based company said the new funds would be used for further development…
Read MoreThis Social Commerce Start-Up Is Creating a New Way To Shop For Bharat !!
Jaipur: The spectacular entry of Reliance Jio and the subsequent disruption in Internet data usage led to the creation of unimaginable possibilities. Millions of people were going to be able to access the Internet for the first time, and most of them were going to be mobile-first as well. About 4 years later, the expected disruption has happened, and while content platforms such as TikTok have probably been the biggest gainers so far, online commerce is not too far behind. There’s the likes of Facebook-backed Meesho and Mumbai-based Shop101, which…
Read MoreThis Indian Start-Up Wants To Bring More Customers To the Digital Payments Landscape !!
Bengaluru: Akash Sinha has always had the proverbial entrepreneurial itch. From trying to build a social network for workplaces to running a portal that would match entrance exam scores with the qualifying institutions during his undergraduation, he has dabbled a fair bit into starting up to know how it works. “It’s always been about looking at the problems in the market and trying to solve them; that’s what you do as an entrepreneur,” he says. Sinha is now the co-founder and chief executive officer of Cashfree, a payments and banking…
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