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4th quarter 2018 news
- India AgriFood Startup Investing Report 2013-2017 available to download // read it here
- India: Between 2013 and 2017 agtech received $1.66BN of investment across 558 deals // read it here
- India: CropIn agri-tech startup raises US$8M with SmartFarm platform // read it here
- India: An intro to Entropik Tech’s EmotionAI, aiming to make AI emotionally perceptive around consumer responses // read it here
- India: Niramai takes aim at identifying breast cancer using AI // read it here
- An intro to 11 Indian startups working on AI in healthcare // read it here
- India: Edge AI expected to drive the next wave of innovation // read it here
- India: Betterhalf artificial intelligence-powered matchmaking platform secures $500K // read it here
- India: How AI, blockchain and native languages power digital banking at ICICI Bank // read it here
- India: Microsoft launches Intelligent Cloud Hub to equip research and higher education with AI infrastructure // read it here
- Report: AI has the potential to add US$957 billion to India’s economy in 2035 (pdf) // read it here
- India: Tesseract modular AR headset startup wins Asia Hardware Battle 2018 in Shanghai // read it here
- An intro to 10 startups accelerating the growth of electric vehicles in India // read it here
- Internet and Mobile Association of India to form blockchain committee aimed at industry skills development // read it here
- HSBC India and ING Bank Brussels successfully complete blockchain-enabled live trade finance transaction // read it here
- India: StaTwig blockchain startup eyes global markets to help companies meet regulatory requirements in vaccine and food sectors // read it here
- India: Ponder blockchain-based ‘gamified referrals’ platform backed by The Times Group media giant // read it here
- India: China’s Xiaomi smartphone maker moves into money lending after dominating handset market // read it here
- India: An overview of Huawei’s goals in IoT and smart cities tech with the OpenLabs initiative // read it here
- India: Venture Catalysts early-stage investment firm launches incubation centre in partnership with ChinAccelerator // read it here
- China’s Shunwei Capital raises $1.21BN fund, focusing on Indian investments from seed to C series // read it here
- India: China’s Xiaomi launches Mi Pay beta with bank partnerships to take on Google Pay et al // read it here
- India: China’s Xiaomi opens 500 bricks-and-mortar Mi Stores in one go // read it here
- India: Innov8 coworking giant expands presence across Mumbai and Delhi, adding 1600 seats // read it here
- India: DataTrained edtech startup raises $1.7M with data science learning focus // read it here
- India: An intro to the 4 deep tech startups that won $1M investment from GSF Accelerator // read it here
- Digital Payments 2020: The making of a $500BN ecosystem in India (pdf) // read it here
- India: Droom online auto marketplace closes second $30M round inside 6 months // read it here
- India: Meesho SME-focused e-commerce startup raises $50 // read it here
- India: Shop101 raises $11M to help small merchants sell on social media platforms // read it here
- India’s Oyo aims to be startup world’s largest hotel chain by 2023 with 330K rooms in 500 cities already // read it here
- Digital India Collective for Empowerment launched, spanning drone makers, e-wallet providers and other sectors // read it here
- India: GuruQ edtech startup secures $330K in pre-A funding // read it here
- India: An intro to Edugild accelerator, taking ed-tech startups from India to the world // read it here
- India: 3 education-tech startups share in $375K investment from US-based Gray Matters impact investment firm // read it here
- India: NoPaperForms enrolment management platform for educational institutes lands $4M // read it here
- India: LearnApp digital learning platform secures $281K from Rainmatter fintech incubator // read it here
- India: PlanetSpark gamified learning platform raises $220K // read it here
- India: Byju’s online tutoring app secures $400M at $3.8BN valuation // read it here
- India: Internet services value estimated to hit $124BN by 2022 // read it here
- India: GamingMonk e-sports startup secures $550K; global market expected to hit $1.8BN // read it here
- Indonesia’s Go-Jek may invest $30M in India’s Mobile Premier League ‘real money esports’ startup // read it here
- India: Facebook-owned WhatsApp partners gov’t Startup India program for WhatsApp StartUp Challenge // read it here
- India: State Bank partners Hitachi on projects including future-ready digital payments platform // read it here
- India: An intro to the 11 fintech startups selected for batch 1 of Financial Inclusion Lab // read it here
- India: GalaxyCard fintech startup gets users an instant digital credit card, free of charge // read it here
- India: ClearTax online tax return filing and investment platform lands $50M // read it here
- India: ICICI Bank to make short-term digital credit available to younger customers selected by AI and analytics // read it here
- India: An intro to 25 of Chennai’s growing startups, spanning fintech, ecommerce, AI and more // read it here
- India: Notiva Prime acts as bridge between domestic and global finance systems, alerting banks of inconsistencies in real-time // read it here
- State Bank of India steps up digital acceleration with YONO project, aiming for top 10 digital bank position // read it here
- India: Maharashtra state gov’t launches accelerator program aimed at establishing Mumbai as fintech hub // read it here
- India: FINO Paytech backs CityCash fintech for NFC payments solutions and services // read it here
- India: PerkFinance online platform secures $900K to facilitate loans via lending partners to blue-collar workers // read it here
- India: An intro to Dream11 and India’s growing love for fantasy sports and gaming // read it here
- India: Worxogo cognitive AI startup secures $2.2M with HR and performance focus // read it here
- India: FeedMyPockets on-demand staffing platform secures $625K // read it here
- India: IoT forecast to to generate in-country revenues over $11BN by 2022 // read it here
- India: Israel’s Modiin Entrepreneurs’ Startup Hub to establish India-Israeli Innovation Centre in Bengaluru // read it here
- India and Japan to conduct joint research on AI, IoT and other advanced technologies // read it here
- India: Milkbasket ‘micro-delivery’ groceries startup raises $7M // read it here
- India: A collection of startups working in various domains in health and medical technology // read it here
- India: Elawoman fertility platform raises $3M with 32-city coverage // read it here
- India: Hiver SaaS startup focusing on shared inboxes raises $4M // read it here
- A brief intro to how 3 cities in India are working towards ‘smart city’ identity // read it here
- Indian telecom industry to set up 1M WiFi hotspots by end of 2019 // read it here
- India: Roposo social platform for sharing photos and videos secures $10M // read it here
- India: Roposo social platform for sharing photos and videos secures $10M // read it here
- India’s OYO hotel chain unveils $100M plan for Indonesia; sights on launching in 35+ SEA cities by 2019 // read it here
- India: FarmersFZ, online marketplace allowing growers to sell vegetables, fruit and others directly to customers in Kochi, lands funding // read it here
- India: Techstars picks Bengaluru for country’s first city-based accelerator // read it here
- ‘Investors will find the next 5 years better than the last 5 in India’ // read it here
- India: An intro to POWERED Accelerator’s 6 women-led energy startups // read it here
- India: An overview of startup policy in Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan and Kerala states // read it here
- India: Startup India Global Venture Capital Summit selects Goa as permanent host // read it here
- A look at Xiaomi’s plans for India: to be everywhere in the home, with internet-connected devices // read it here
- An overview of the importance of incubators in India’s startup space // read it here
- Should India keep the China’s Huawei out of its telecom sector? // read it here
- India: Kerala the first state to give permission to Gov’t departments for direct procurement via startups // read it here
- India: Startups Club Demo Day 2018 set for December 15 & 16 in Bangalore // read it here
- India: Stock exchange launches BSE Startups bourse // read it here
- India: Hospals ‘medical tourism’ startup secures $1.5M // read it here
- India: Global Tamil Entrepreneurs Network conference, GTENChennai2019, set for January 25 // read it here
- India: IT Industry currently valued at $167BN and growing 8% year-on-year – will SaaS take it to $1TN? // read it here
- India: Report states tech startup base has grown to 7700 in 2018, but seed-stage funding has declined // read it here
- India: Blackbuck B2B logistics startup raises $12M with long-haul trucking focus // read it here
- India: Guiddoo travel technology startup raises $800K pre-A // read it here
- India: Artha Venture Fund plans startup accelerator program aiming for 20, alongside entrepreneurship school // read it here
- Russia’s Sistema Asia Fund to expand 1st fund to $120M to double Indian startup investments // read it here
- India: Anthill Ventures aims for ‘speed scaling’ approach with pre-A focused $100M startup fund // read it here
- India: Internet and Mobile Association forms panel to promote augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies // read it here
- India: The Indus Entrepreneurs partners US embassy for Scale-Up Fellows, follow-on women’s entrepreneurship program // read it here
- Zone Startups India unveils 30 women entrepreneurs for 3rd batch of empoWer startup accelerator program // read it here
- Australia: NSW Gov’t, Macquarie Uni and Optus launch NSW-India Cyber Security Exchange, providing 10 NSW cyber-sec startups with India opportunities // read it here
- Japan’s Eight app-based professional networking platform raises $26M aiming for India growth // read it here
- Singapore: AsiaCollect fintech startup expands into India by acquiring CreditSeva // read it here
