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Tech news, January 2019
- India: Rapido bike taxi startup raises $10M // read it here
- Quietly and steadily, China’s app factory has been conquering India… // read it here
- Sequoia India takes aim at early-stage investing with launch of Surge accelerator program for India and SE Asia // read it here
- India: Xiaomi launches ShareSave, a platform for buying products from China // read it here
- India: An intro to StoreKing, taking e-commerce to India’s 800M rural consumers // read it here
- India: Kerala Startup Mission partners US-based Unity Technologies to launch AR/VR and gaming Centre of Excellence // read it here
- India: Assam state launches The Nest startup incubator // read it here
- India: A brief look at Andhra Pradesh state’s recent StartAP Festival // read it here
- India: oDoc lands $590K grant from GSMA Accelerator for doctor-focused health services platform // read it here
- India: LoanTap online lending startup raises over $8M with flexible loan products to salaried professionals // read it here
- India: An intro to Happy Milk, AI-managed wearable technology for dairy cows // read it here
- India: New foreign investment restrictions for e-commerce could reduce online sales by $46BN by 2022 // read it here
- India: Clairco IoT startup can retrofit your AC unit into acting as a smart air purifier // read it here
- India: Uber may experiment with buses, quadricycles and electric 2-and 3-wheelers // read it here
- India: Kerala state launches Kerala Technology Innovation Zone, spread over 180K square feet // read it here
- India: Paisadukan peer-to-peer lending platform increases fundraising round to $850K // read it here
- India: Pratilipi regional language publishing platform in talks to raise up to $20M // read it here
- India: Corporates and banks experimenting with virtual currency as a more transparent treasury management tool // read it here
- Google Launchpad India accelerator to maintain prime focus on AI startups // read it here
- India: Byju’s ed-tech firm aiming to acquire 4-5 US-based companies in first half of 2019 // read it here
- India’s startups participated in 924 rounds, securing $10.5BN in funding in 2018 // read it here
- India: An overview of the government’s initiatives to boost fintech // read it here
- India: An intro to Perpule, self-checkout app startup allowing shoppers to bypass checkout lines // read it here
- India’s e-commerce market expected to be worth $200BN by 2026; Amazon takes aim // read it here
- India: Brahmaputra Fables online shopping portal aims to take Assam’s cultural products to a wider market // read it here
- India: Peer-to-peer lending platforms face uphill battle attracting investors due to regulatory restrictions // read it here
