Tech startup news
in June 2018
- India: Frapperz home services startup pivots to become Spotle AI-driven recruitment platform
- India: Cashify ‘recommerce’ startup secures $12M for online mobile sales and instant payments
- India: Picostone secures $800K for affordable smart home automation solutions
- India: InMobi advertising tech startup partners Microsoft for AI-based marketing insights
- India: SigTuple medical tech startup raises $19M for AI-driven diagnostics and more
- India: Tamil Nadu government to launch startup policy and Innovation Voucher Scheme with $2.94M corpus
- India: An intro to ‘The Kai’, gesture-based wearable tech for digital interaction
- India: Clinivantage IoT-focused healthtech startup raises $1M
- India: Naya Raipur becomes country’s 10th smart city, launching Integrated Command and Control Centre
- India: Government to launch nationwide IndiaChain blockchain infrastructure platform
- India: My Crop Technologies and SocialCops startups feature in World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers list
- India: Wickedride online motorbike-and-scooter rental startup gains $9.1M
- India: Swiggy food delivery startup raises $210M based on $1.3BN valuation
- India: National Strategy For Artificial Intelligence released (pdf)
- India: eShakti womenswear e-tailer raises $10.1M
- Securities and Exchange Board of India to look at measures to facilitate startup listings
- India: Nivesh mutual fund investment platform gains $450K funding with 200-city network
- India: Chillr mobile payments startup with 100M daily users acquired by Sweden’s Truecaller
- India: Pixr8 News business news portal owner raises $37K from angel investor
- India: IndiQube coworking space startup secures $15M
- India’s Cashify ‘recommerce’ startup partners China’s AiHuiShou for international growth
- Boeing India to launch tech centre focusing on IoT, blockchain, analytics, enterprise resource planning and software for aerospace
- India: An intro to the startups focusing on safety for India’s women travelers
- India: CredAble supply chain financing startup secures $14.8M
- Chinese VC Fosun adds focus on early-stage startups in India
- India: Inshorts news curation app now using AI to condense articles into 60-word summaries
- India: $29.6M fund launched to bet on early-stage tech startups
- India: Startups are reshaping the agricultural landscape, a sector employing half of the nation’s 1.3BN people
- India: A brief intro to TenPi Technologies, end-to-end IoT solutions startup
- India: Over 13M people expected to work from coworking spaces by 2020
- India: Meesho ‘social commerce’ startup lands $11.5M
- India: Venture Gurukool launches int’l roadshow for startups to fundraise from China
- India: GladAge blockchain startup aims for transparency and efficiency in aged-care
- India: Annapurna microfinance lender raises $23.2M
- India: An intro to Strata Enviro’s IoT-connected outdoor air pollution controllers
- India: An intro to Uplodefoodie SaaS startup, focusing on the gaps in restaurant industry’s backend
- India: Hey Deedee all-women last mile delivery startup lands $500K
- India: Trapigo startup set to deliver local delicacies direct to your train seat
- India: N/Core incubator selects 8 non-profit startups for Cisco-backed program focusing on social and economic problems
- India: Google launches Neighbourly app to connect people in the same locality
- India: Stellapps lands funding for agtech and internet-of-things tech focusing on the dairy industry
- India: An intro to Rajasthan’s E-Sakhi program, an initiative to digitally empower women
- India: PhonePe payments app breaks 100M user mark, hits $20BN annualised transaction value
- Indian PM launches 3 digital payments apps during Singapore visit in internationalisation move
- India: CoinTribe credit-based lending marketplace for SMEs raises over $10M
- India: Estimates suggest over 13M people will operate out of coworking spaces by 2020
- China: India’s OYO budget hospitality chain launches in 26 cities with 11K rooms
- Singapore: Tribe Theory entrepreneur-focused accommodation startup expands to India and Indonesia 3 months after launch
- MoU signed between Enterprise Singapore and The Indus Entrepreneurs Singapore to foster collaboration and market-entry
