Tech news, India
July 2018
- Entropik secures $1.1M for emotion-reading AI system
- A brief intro to the 10 winning AI startups from the recent NASSCOM Game Changer AI Awards
- AI Task Force submits report to Defence Ministry on use of AI in achieving military superiority
- Uttar Pradesh gov’t to use blockchain to secure land and revenue records
- Oracle to support blockchain startups to meet growing demand for distributed ledger technology
- Bharat Innovation Fund marks first close of $100M early-stage deep-tech fund
- India considers establishing national e-commerce regulator
- Vokal p2p knowledge-sharing platform for non-English internet users secures $5M
- Nspira edtech startup secures $75M for end-to-end tech solutions in the education industry
- Edureka online education startup raises $2M, aiming for 6-fold revenue growth in 3 years
- An intro to i2i Funding, a P2P lending platform
- YES Bank expands fintech accelerator scope to include agritech and cleantech
- MatchMove enables South Asia’s 1st contactless prepaid Mastercard
- Leena AI HR tech startup lands Y Combinator as new investor
- The Ken raises $1.5M on the back of successful one-article-per-day subscription-based journalism
- SaffronStays ‘micro-hospitality’ startup secures $2M to help homeowners monetize their properties
- A brief intro to the 6 startups selected for the Target India accelerator
- Government launches Smart Cities fellowship and internship programs
- Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to provide 10M homes with Smart City features by December
- China’s Toutiao launches Helo social networking app, set to compete with ShareChat, Clip on content aggregation
- Invest India and Business France sign MOU around startup ecosystem investment and cooperation
- Shuttl bus services startup raises $11M from Amazon India and others on back of 60K monthly users
- Arka Venture Labs launches with $6M corpus, aiming at seed and pre-seed investments in B2B startups
- Goa IT Policy 2018 event aims to lay groundwork for creation of 10K jobs
- India overtakes France to become the world’s 6th largest economy
- An overview of the changing face of startup investment in India
- $250M fund preps for launch, aiming for US, India, and Southeast Asia startup investment
- AyurUniverse, online health and wellness startup, secures $1M with plans for AI and VR growth
