Tech news: India
India’s tech startup news from August 2019
(Today’s startup news: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook)
- India-Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit preps to discuss startup ‘investment corridor’ in Mauritius
- India: Gov’t launches Meghdoot, vernacular agriculture app providing temperature, rainfall, humidity info and more, with Facebook and WhatsApp integration
- India: A brief intro to the government’s Optimisation of Crop Cutting Experiments, tech trials recently run in several states
- India: Doxper raises $4M with AI-powered data capture for doctors across 16K private clinics and 3K doctors
- India: Uniphore secures $51M using AI to deliver faster, personalized customer call centre support for corporate clients
- India: BlackBuck online freight booking and trucking services company partnered by Maersk to launch digital marketplace for containerized trucking logistics
- India: Maharashtra state gov’t to use blockchain in vehicle registration, agriculture marketing, supply chains, and document management systems in efficiency move
- India: Awfis Space Solutions coworking provider secures $30M to expand footprint to over 400 centres and 200K seats in 3 years
- India: Meesho social commerce platform secures $125M, in part from Facebook
- India: redBus online bus ticketing platform preps for overseas expansion into Vietnam, Thailand and Turkey
- India: Goverment plans launch of Bharatcraft portal, taking cue from Alibaba and Amazon to provide a platform for MSMEs to market and sell
- India: AdmitKard university admissions startup raises $1M to strengthen its AI-driven counselling algorithms, blockchain-managed partner contracts and more
- India: Vedantu tutoring startup secures $30M based on 30% month-on-month growth
- China’s Xiaomi mobile phone giant to enter India’s consumer lending space with launch of Mi Credit instant personal loan service
- India: A brief intro to the 11 tech startup winners from the recent SuperStartUps Asia 2019 Awards
- India: Progcap fintech startup raises $5M with focus on ‘sub-dealers’ and retailers
- India: Cred fintech reportedly close to $125M fundraise, country’s largest Series-A, with incentivized credit card payments using reward points
- India: Lendingkart lending-tech startup raises $2.95M on the back of 60K loans to over 55K MSMEs in over 1300 cities
- India: 50% dip in fintech investments across H1 2019 compared with H1 2018, according to KPMG report
- India: BalleBaazi online fantasy gaming startup secures $4M with 3M-strong user base
- Research shows India leading in adoption of digital health technology with 76% of healthcare professionals using digital health records in their practice
- India: An intro to the 4 Indian startups shortlisted for South Korea’s K-Startup Grand Challenge 2019
- India Post Payments Bank to be transformed into a small finance bank, enabling it to offer small-loan micro-credit to customers
- Uber preps to launch bus service in India with optimised stops and seat reservations
- India: ShopKirana retail tech startup raises $10M to focus on tier-2 cities
- India: WhatsApp faces court case push for ID linking in Tamil Nadu, potentially ending the anonymity of millions of users
- India: ShareChat social media platform serving vernacular language audiences secures $100M in round led by Twitter
- India: Vogo scooter rental platform reportedly in talks around $40-50M fundraise
- India: MyPetrolPump on-demand fuel delivery service platform raises $1.62M, in part from Y Combinator
- India: A broad collection of July’s tech startup news, as covered online
- India: A look at how the online vernacular market is set to become the next battleground for tech companies
- India: Lazy Co launches Aina AI-powered smart ring, the One Ring, aiming for catch-all use – voice assistant, fitness tracker, smart home controller and beyond
- A look at Y Combinator’s growing interest in India’s startups
- India: Ninjacart fresh produce supply chain startup secures $50M backing from Walmart
- India: Venture Catalysts incubator unveils $43M 9Unicorns Fund, aiming to identify high-potential early-stage startups
- India: VC firms Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital expected to both boost existing funds and create new funds this year
- India: ULink AgriTech startup sets sights on 10M users in nationwide expansion, with app-based data on seeds, cultivation and agricultural chemicals for farmers
- India: SastaSundar digital healthcare platform gains near $14M funding from Japan’s Mitsubishi
- Australia’s University of New South Wales Sydney to partner India’s The George Institute for Global Health medical research institute on Health10x accelerator
- BlockApps enterprise blockchain platform provider partners India’s Tech Mahindra IT services giant to push adoption of blockchain in business
- Cashless payment booms in China and India likely to spell the end of the ATM
