India’s startup news
February 2020’s tech, startup and funding news from India.
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- India: Hyderabad’s JNTU engineering university to introduce mandatory cyber-security class as part of studies, regardless of stream or course
- India: A brief intro to 10 tech startups from Bihar state working in agri-tech, medtech and more
- India: AdOnMo media-tech startup raises $3M, bringing together online and outdoor advertising
- India: A brief overview of funding rounds secured by 16 Indian tech startups
- India: Doubtnut education-tech startup raises $15M with app to help students learn and master concepts from math and science using short videos
- India: Gohemp Agroventures takes top innovation award at Asian Hemp Summit with ‘hempcrete’, a plant-based solution for housing materials
- India: Entri education-tech startup gains $1.4M seed funding with focus on vernacular and regional Indian languages for jobseekers
- India: Bharat Petroleum Corporation launches BPCL Startup Grand Slam Season 1, seeking startups and solutions across 6 ‘problem statements’
- India: WhatsApp Payments to launch inside 6 months, with Facebook to focus on growing SMB payments and advertising
- India: The number of adults streaming videos on mobile devices is projected to grow from 257M in 2019 to 411M in 2023
- India: Lawsuit launched by company to shut down access to US cybersecurity journalism website – after site helps them identify and fix data security issue
- India: Google to contribute $1M to Internews, global non-profit slated to launch a news literacy initiative in India
- India: Instamojo, startup helping merchants and small businesses accept digital payments and sell online, acquires GetMeAShop, consolidating similar businesses
- India: A brief intro to Integrated Startup Complex in Kochi, aiming to be the country’s largest in-one-location startup ecosystem
- India: Fleetx startup raises $2.8M Series A with fleet and logistics management and predictive analytics platform
- India: WE HUB applications close March 3rd for the second cohort of its women-only startup incubation program
- India: WayCool Foods raises $32M with procurement, processing and distribution of produce, staples and dairy – over 250 tonnes every day to 8K enterprise clients
- India’s T-Hub startup incubator partners Australia’s inQ Innovation to provide Indian growth-stage tech startups with market insights and entry opportunities
- India: Telangana gov’t partners Tech Mahindra IT services firm for T-Block Accelerator, maiden program for newly-created Telangana ‘Blockchain District’
- India: Venture Catalysts early-stage incubator and accelerator makes investment in Altor, startup making IoT-enabled soft- and hardware platform for 2-wheeled vehicles
- India: WhatsApp gains permission to roll out WhatsApp Pay service across India, initially to 10M users, following approval from National Payments Corporation
- India: An intro to KhetiGaadi, one-stop agri-ecommerce marketplace connecting 4M tractor buyers with sellers and financiers
- India: HempStreet secures $1M pre-Series A with the country’s first research-to-retail Ayurvedic medicinal cannabis service
- India: Oga raises $330K seed funding with platform offering online, interactive and on-demand fitness sessions from home, with real-time feedback and analysis
- India: Propel entrepreneurship platform targets $7M fund to invest in early stage technology startups
- India: Sequoia Capital’s Surge accelerator program and Facebook partner to launch 4th edition of VC Brand Incubator initiative
- India: Yap secures $1.4M in angel funding with banking and payment products-focused API platform
- India: SimSim video-based social commerce startup raises $16M with focus on different local languages
- India: Election Commission to work on blockchain-based solution for ‘lost votes’ due to migration for work, potentially numbering as many as 300 million
- A look at what the launch of GitHub in India means for the country’s developer community, third in size globally after the US and China
- India: InnovationQore unveils first cohort of 25 startups from Turbostart accelerator program
- Reserve Bank of India proposes wide-remit alternative digital retail payments organisation set up, manage and operate new payment systems
- Germany’s Mainstage Incubator selects 5 Indian startups for first cohort, providing German base for scaling-up and accessing European markets
- India: Ketto crowdfunding platform raises $4.2M with focus on fundraising of social, creative, and personal causes
- India: Uber establishes Uber Money team in Hyderabad to look at real-time earnings, debit accounts and cards for drivers, Uber Wallet and credit card for riders
- India: A look at 5 startups that built their businesses using WhatsApp
- India: An intro to Yabx, financial behavioural modeling startup using AI and ML, used by financial institutions to provide credit for the underserved population
- India: An intro to Doxper, digital pen and encoded paper-based clinical documentation system for healthcare professionals
- India: Onsitego raises $19M with a focus on extended warranty services for consumer electronics devices
- India: Unacademy fast-growing edtech startup raises $110M from investors including Facebook
- India: Deepfake videos created and used deliberately in political campaigning by Bharatiya Janata Party president
- India: Project Tej launched by partnership between Gov’t of Telangana and MedTechConnect to help medtech innovators test and commercialise
- India’s WE Hub incubator focused on women entrepreneurs partners Switzerland’s University of Basel for exchange and immersion programs for women-led startups
- India: An intro look at TryNdBuy, helping online shoppers create a 3D avatar which can then try on clothing, virtually
- India: PlanetSpark edtech startup raises $448K with combined online learning and neighborhood learning spaces
- Shell India unveils 10 startups selected for 2020 edition of E4 incubator program for energy-focused tech startups
- India: 100X100X100 program launched by Microsoft to connect early-stage startups with companies, with each company spending $100K over 18 months
- India: BharatPe secures $75M focusing on helping merchants accept digital payments and access to working capital
- India: Vogo 2-wheeler rental startup raises $19M with service allowing users to pick up and drop vehicles at dedicated places within a city
- India: RAISE 2020, 2-day artificial intelligence summit, set for April, with theme of ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment’ and featuring pitch-fest for startups
- India: PhoneParLoan fintech startup raises funds with short-tenure microloans for salaried workers
- India: Dep’t of Telecommunications launches 5G Hackathon with gov’t, academia and industry, in search of workable 5G products and solutions
- India: 5G Hackathon applications for use-cases close March 31st, with top 100 vetted to a final 30
- Finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 event include Australia’s AgUnity and Wriveted, South Korea’s Looxid Labs, and India’s NeelAgil
- Taiwan: An intro to the 10 startups selected for the 8th cohort of MOX mobile-only accelerator
Other news in February 2020
Other subject-specific news from across Asia-Pacific in February 2020:
• Blockchain news across Asia-Pac
• Artificial Intelligence news, Asia
• Cybersecurity and data security news
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