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Amid scooter glitches and production delays, Ola Electric gets another $200Mn in latest fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ola Electric, the heavily-funded electric vehicles arm of Softbank-backed ride-hailing giant Ola, has added yet another $200 million to...
Fresh $72 million funding catapults integrated SaaS HR platform Darwinbox into unicorn club
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As the demand for digitization rose in the pandemic, the need for SaaS skyrocketed. Investments in Indian SaaS startups...
Swiggy turns decacorn after scooping up $700Mn in fresh capital
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The food delivery market in India is a strong one. Fuelled by the pandemic, it is slated to reach...
Shares of Zomato, Paytm & others tumble amid intense global sell-off in tech stocks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0You may remember that a number of prominent Indian tech companies had opted to go public via IPOs last...
European tech startups gobbled up a staggering $93Bn in investments in 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With 2021 marking the year of startups, it is hardly a surprise that the tech industry has grown by...
Healthtech-SaaS startup StanPlus gets $20Mn as it aims to reduce emergency response times to 8 minutes
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Recent times have seen how the quick commerce sector has gained traction and evolved from its nascent stage to...
Google’s new AR headset might hit the markets in 2024
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The metaverse has become a concept that has rapidly grown in the space of a few months. The fact...
Netflix subscriber growth in Q4 2021 falls short of projected target
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With people spending time at homes, the strong growth of the streaming service industry was just a matter of...
Google launches limited beta of Google Play Games for PC in 3 Asian markets
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ever wondered how it would feel to play your favorite mobile games on your PC? Well, Google has just...
Instagram is testing Subscriptions with select US creators
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The creator community has been growing steadily as social media platforms have recognized its potential and the revenue it...
Rocketlane, a customer onboarding platform by ex-Freshworks execs, gets $18Mn in Series A
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As SaaS solutions see accelerated adoption in a post pandemic world, customer onboarding became an issue as well. While...
Amid controversies, BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover takes leave of absence till end of March
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The beginning of the year was not a comfortable one for fintech unicorn BharatPe. The actions of its co-founder...
Global smartphone shipments grew by 1% in Q4 2021 as Apple regains top spot, Samsung grows too
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With the pandemic accelerating the demand for smartphones and laptops, it is easy to assume that smartphone sales skyrocketed...
Crypto.com to expand size of its maiden fund to $500Mn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Cryptocurrency continues to be a topic that is widely accepted by some and shunned by others. Regardless, it has...
Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Microsoft today announced perhaps one of the biggest moves, that gaming industry has seen for some time. The redmond...
Oyo may be valued at $9 billion in upcoming IPO: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Oyo isn’t a new name in the Indian unicorn circles. It grew steadily before the hospitality industry was hit...
RedBlue Capital pumps in $28 million into commercial EV startup EVage
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As times are changing, so is business. The EV sector in India may still be in its nascent stage,...
Wealth management upstart INDmoney get $75 million to expand user base
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The wealth management industry in India is still in its nascent stage. Still, it is growing, thanks to the...
Into the Metaverse! Walmart plans metaverse debut, could roll out its own cryptocurrency and sell NFTs
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The race for the metaverse is getting intense. Facebook started it all when it brought the metaverse into the...
Coinbase acquires derivatives platform FairX to offer crypto derivatives to its US customers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Crypto major Coinbase has acquired FairX, a US-based derivatives platform, as it looks to bring regulated crypto derivatives to...
Facebook parent Meta faces $3.2 billion lawsuit in the UK for exploiting user data
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook is one of the biggest social media platforms out there, but its position as the king of social...
Fintech FPL Technologies, issuer of ‘OneCard’ gobbles up $75Mn in fresh round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The fintech sector has grown exponentially as people have gone online to conduct financial transactions. (You can thank the...
Checkout.com announces massive $1Bn Series D fundraise at $40 billion valuation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Digital payments are becoming more common by the day. Add to that the efforts from financial institutions, startups, venture...
Edtech major ‘LEAD’ turns unicorn with fresh $100Mn fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0LEAD, previously known as LEAD School, today announced raising of $100 million in fresh capital as a part of...
$60 billion is what Apple paid to developers in 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple’s App Store has been an area of concern for the iPhone maker for quite some time – in...
Indian govt. to become Vodafone Idea’s biggest shareholder with 35.8% stake post conversion of dues
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Bringing an end to a fairly long drawn $6.7Bn dues payments battle, Vodafone India announced today that its board...
Paytm stock hits record lows, trading at nearly half of IPO issue price; expect it to slide further
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While the company is largely responsible for this demise on its own, Foreign brokerage firms, such as Macquarie, aren’t...
RESPONSIBLE, an embedded finance platform helping fashion industry upcycle products, gets $6.6M in seed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It would be an understatement to say that the global fashion industry is one of the biggest contributors to...
With businesses struggling to manage multiple SaaS apps, Zluri gets $10Mn to help them do just that
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With technology innovating and advancing by the day, the costs of maintaining them continue to rise. This is something...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins stock trading platform Groww as investor and advisor
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what would provide massive credibility boost to stock trading platform Groww, Microsoft CEO and Chairman Satya Nadella, has...
Kotak Bank to pursue legal action against BharatPe’s Ashneer Grover
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Beauty e-commerce firm Nykaa had made a strong debut in the public markets last year, listing at a premium...
Crypto tumble continues, Bitcoin drops to lowest since September
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Cryptocurrency is a topic that has sparked debate for quite some time. While crypto enthusiasts are eager for cryptocurrencies...
Andreessen Horowitz raises a staggering $9 Billion for its Venture, Growth, and Bio Funds
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Andreessen Horowitz, more popularly known by ‘a16z’, has announced, what would unarguably be one of the largest fundraises by...
Surge in COVID-19 cases forces gaming expo E3 2022, to go online
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0And the pandemic strikes again. Once again, the pandemic is responsible for preventing in-person presence in events and bringing...
Reliance Retail acquires 25.8% in Dunzo for $200Mn, enters quick commerce
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The concept of quick commerce has gained traction in recent times. You can thank the pandemic for that, seeing...
Fresh $360 million fundraise catapults AI startup Fractal Analytics into unicorn club
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The AI industry has been growing steadily in recent times. In fact, the global AI market was said to...
Fintech ‘Rupifi’ gets $25Mn from Tiger Global, Bessemer, and others for its B2B BNPL platform
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The concept of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is not a new one, but it is the pandemic that...
India’s central bank will now allow fintechs to access credit information bureaus
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0For all the woes the pandemic has brought upon us, it has had some benefits. One of these benefits...
A new class-action lawsuit sets to reveal payout by Google to Apple to keep Google Search as default
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple and Google are two of the biggest names in the tech industry. Their dominance in smartphone hardware and...
With IPO on the horizon, B2B ecommerce platform Udaan raises $200Mn in debt
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you have been following us, then you are aware of the spectacular performance of Indian startups last year....
Full stack customer engagement platform Exotel raises $40 million in Series D round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems that we have not left the funding boom behind. It is yet to be seen whether 2022...
Qualcomm and Microsoft team up to develop custom AR chips for metaverse
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Metaverse — a fancy term that translates to culmination of all things internet in a virtual world — has...
Starlink to offer refunds on pre-orders in India after Government order
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX’s Starlink had received over 5000 pre-orders for its devices from India alone. The company had even set up...
Samsung announces the affordable S21 FE, just months before an imminent S22 launch
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While most companies are opting for an online presence during this year’s CES, Samsung has been one of the...
Apple is now worth $3 Trillion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Seems like 2022 isn’t just a happy new year after all, at least for folks counting currency back in...
Samsung’s upcoming smart TVs to contain both Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce as part of Gaming Hub
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The CES 2022 may be a diminished affair now that several big names such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and...
D2C upstart Mamaearth raises $52Mn in fresh round, turns unicorn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0We are in a new year, and yet, it seems that some things have not changed. The funding boom...
Tesla produces impressive Q4 2021 numbers, delivered over 936k vehicles last year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The supply chain disruption in 2021 is known to many. The chief cause of this disruption was the pandemic,...
India’s competition watchdog orders inquiry into Apple over App Store commissions
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The year has been a long one, even more so for Big Tech firms. The behemoths have seen their...
- India cuts import tax on smartphone components, Apple, others set to gain February 3, 2025
- Apple posts $124.3Bn revenue in Q1 2025, iPhone sales fall short February 1, 2025
- DeepSeek faces its first ban in Italy over data safety concerns January 31, 2025
- Apple is working with SpaceX and T-Mobile to bring Starlink satellite connectivity to iPhones January 30, 2025
- Netflix rolls out ‘Season Download’ feature for iPhone and iPad users January 30, 2025