The list of companies, specially in tech, that are laying off employees or slowing or freezing hiring continues to grow this year.
You can thank the funding crunch, economic downturn, cooling of investor interest

The pandemic was instrumental in ensuring that online education rose to prominence and the edtech sector grew by leaps and bounds. Consequently, edtech startups expanded and gobbled up a larger slice of the

Groyyo, a platform that helps micro manufacturers across Asia access global markets and supply chain digitally, has announced a new equity+debt series A round. The $40Mn round was led by Tiger Global with

Android users can relate to the hassle that accompanied their endeavours to transfer their WhatsApp chat history from the Android to their newly-bought iPhone. Many have even asked the company to do something

The crypto winter has been hard for crypto enthusiasts, cryptocurrencies, and crypto exchanges alike – in fact, the overall value of global cryptocurrencies has fallen by almost 70% from an all-time high of a

Meta Platforms Inc., (formerly facebook), tends to struggle to make headlines for the right reasons. Days after Former COO Sheryl Sandberg stepped down from her day-to-day duties, a Wall Street Journal report has

The IPL is the golden egg of the BCCI – unarguably the crown jewel of world cricket . And if there were any doubts about that, they are all dispelled once its media rights have reached record highs.
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Sequoia Capital is looking to double down on India and SE Asia markets, as it announced two new funds, totalling to $2.85Bn for those two markets. Sequoia is already one of the most prominent VC funds in both

The hardships being faced by conventional global economy are showing signs of seeping into the cryptocurrency ecosystem as well. One of the world’s largest crypto lenders, the Celsius network, announced on S

Cricket is not just a game, it is indeed nothing short of a religion in India. And the most popular face of Indian cricket (and world cricket) is not just the national team or the BCCI, it is a T20 tournament that

India’s multi-billion-dollar retail industry (slated to reach nearly $2 trillion by 2030) is mostly an unorganized one. Nonetheless, it has been growing and evolving steadily over the years as technology came to i

Amazon has reportedly removed itself from contention for media and streaming rights of world’s most valued cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League. Amazon’s exit from the bidding war leaves slimmer com

Bengaluru based workplace optimization app Aerotime has raised $2Mn in a seed round, led by Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital India and SOMA Capital. The company also got early stage angel

Mumbai-based online self-care and beauty product retail platform Purplle has raised $33 million in it’s series E fundraise, pushing the firm’s valuation into the unicorn stratosphere at $1.1 Billion. This mak

A week after Elon Musk directed company executives to pause all hiring globally, Tesla has now cancelled three online hiring events for its operations in China. This comes after Musk had instructed reduction of

Earlier, Facebook parent Meta had announced that it was pouring in billions of dollars to develop augmented reality (AR) glasses as part of its push into the metaverse. Later on, it had announced its plans to roll

Serial entrepreneur Kunal Shah’s brainchild CRED, the popular credit card bill payment app, has announced a new $80 Mn Series F round. The round is being lead by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC. Existing bac

In what would further bolster UPI — an already impressive and powerful payment infrastructure backed by the Indian government — India’s central bank (RBI) has now allowed linking credit cards with the UPI. Up un

Pepper Content, the Indian content marketplace that helps nearly 100K creators earn while writing content for global corporates, has bagged $14.3Mn in a fresh round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners,

The increasing restrictions in the Chinese market have seen Western companies such as Amazon and LinkedIn pull the plug on majority of their operations in world’s second largest economy. A similar situation has b