Five Star Finance Becomes India’s Latest Unicorn, Now Valued At $1.4 Billion
India’s unicorn glut from 2020 seems to be extending well into 2021. Chennai-based non-banking lender Five Star Business Finance has raised $234 million…
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NPCI Caps UPI Transactions To 30% For Any Single App, PhonePe & GPay Could Soon Stop Onboarding New Users
The National Payments Corporation of India has provided greater detail into how it plans to make sure that no single entity can have…
Dream11 Doubles Valuation In 6 Months, Raises Funds At $5 Billion Valuation
Dream11 is having a bit of a dream run of late. After touching the $1 billion valuation mark in April 2019 and becoming…
Inshorts-owned App Public Raises $41 Million, Now Valued At $250 Million
It’s hard enough to build a single successful app, but the founders at Inshorts now seem to have done it twice. Inshorts-owned social…
How A Security Guard At Zoho Learnt Coding At Night And Became A Programmer At The Company
As far as career progressions go, it doesn’t get much better than this. A security guard at Zoho, the Chennai-based SaaS corporation, has…
How Finnovationz Is Bringing Financial Knowledge To People’s Fingertips
FinnovationZ is a multipurpose platform that focuses on a mission to spread financial awareness among the people of India. They aim to make…
Travel Booking Startup EaseMyTrip Goes Public, Shares List At 13% Premium Over IPO Price
Many Indian startups are entering the unicorn club, and reaching sky-high private valuations. But a relatively unheralded startup has managed to reach the…
Google Halves Play Store Charges For First $1 Million In Revenue, But Indian Entrepreneurs Voice Protests
Over the last few years, Big-tech has been at odds with politicians, governments and regulatory bodies — it’s now at odds with other…
Influencer Hitesha Chandranee Flees Bangalore After Zomato Delivery Partner Files FIR
Having taken to social media to claim that a Zomato delivery partner had assaulted her, influencer Hitesha Chandranee doesn’t seem to be quite…