Manish Singh
Meesho has let go over 150 employees and is looking to eliminate at least as many more positions as the Indian social commerce attempts to streamline its operations following an ongoing struggle to put together a new funding round at favorable terms, sources familiar with the matter said.
Meesho,...
Elon Musk is not joining Twitter’s board, the social network’s chief executive Parag Agrawal said in a surprising reversal following last week’s announcement that the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive had been appointed to the panel.
“We announced on Tuesday that Elon would be appointed to the Board contingent on...
Crypto giant Coinbase has suspended support for UPI payments instrument on its app in India, making its eponymous exchange non-functional again for any purchase orders less than four days after launching the trading service in the world’s second largest internet market.
Users in India attempting to purchase any token listed...
Coinbase is adding support for the popular UPI payment instrument in India, making its eponymous cryptocurrency exchange functional in the world’s second largest internet market for the first time.
The publicly listed firm, which began testing UPI payments a few weeks ago, made the official launch at its maiden...
Indian social media app Koo introduced a voluntary self-verification service to its users on Wednesday in an unusual step that it believes will bring credibility and trust on its platform.
The Bengaluru-headquartered startup said users on its platform will have the option to self-verify their profiles “in seconds” using...
At a time when a number of startups are finding it difficult to raise capital, VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of news aggregator app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, said on Wednesday it has raised $805 million.
The startup, which plans to expand its family of consumer apps...
Over a decade ago, a group of employees at Yahoo were struggling to compete with Google Maps as the younger firm aggressively outspent its rivals and scaled its offering with a grand vision and unmatched risk-appetite.
“We didn’t have the same kind of budget and they ultimately won. But...
India’s Mobile Premier League, or MPL, is in talks to raise capital from a number of investors including the crypto exchange FTX as the mobile gaming startup prepares to make a web3 push, three sources familiar with the matter told me.
An investment will mark a significant shift in...
Indian conglomerate Tata Group plans to debut its long-anticipated ‘super app,’ called TataNeu, to the public on April 7, the company has disclosed on its app and Play Store page.
Years-in-the-making and riddled with multiple delays and buggy performance, TataNeu is the salt-to-software giant’s attempt to go head-to-head with...
Games24x7, a Mumbai-headquartered startup that owns and operates multiple mobile games, has raised $75 million in a new financing round, it said on Wednesday.
The new round — a name for which was not disclosed, was led by Malabar Investment and saw participation from existing investors Tiger Global and...
