VCs including China’s Tencent and JS Capital have injected a reported $56 million into MyGate, an Indian security solutions startup that is growing at a phenomenal rate. The Bangalore-based company, founded in…
EdTech Startup AttainU Receives Angel Funding from Heavyweight Investors
Bangalore-based AttainU, an online platform offering live tuition courses, has won an angel investment funding round led by several of India’s leading tech lights. The backers include ex-Google India chief Shailesh Rao,…
$120m Funding Round Propels CRED to India’s Top Fintech Table
Barely nine months old, Bangalore fintech firm CRED has just won a $120 million Series B funding round that launches it to the forefront of India’s booming digital credit industry—and its founder…
Indian Ed-tech Firm IMAX Program Wins $13.5m Funding
IMAX Program, a Bengaluru-based personal education startup, has won $13.5 million from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to expand its customer base throughout India. The company, which currently serves over 800…
YOYO’s PopSlide to Pounce on Mobile’s Next Billion
by Anam Alpenia Smartphone purchases in the developing world are rocketing. In southeast Asia, where YOYO Holdings, an innovative mobile advertising firm has set up shop, the market is growing 65% year…
YourDOST Bridges India’s Huge Mental Health Gap
Richa Singh was at college in Guwahati when her roommate, worried about a place in India’s skyrocketing jobs market, took her own life. It was a tragedy—and, for Singh, a call to…