Tech news, India
#startupIndia
Each tech startup news headline for India below leads to the online news source for that item, gathered from online tech news coverage in August 2018.
Daily tech startup news headlines:
on LinkedIn / on Twitter / on Facebook / via mobile app
- MyCrop mobile app aims to used data to raise agricultural productivity in Asia and beyond
- Future Farms takes aim at India’s food crisis with hydroponic and rooftop farming
- T-Hub HSBC program selects 5 fintech startups to develop AI and ML solutions
- Actionable Science AI and automation startup lands $1M
- Goa set to host India’s 1st International Blockchain Congress event
- government looking at blocking social media platforms where national security or public order are ‘under threat’
- Xiaomi smartphone maker to open thousands of retail outlets in rural India for in-country growth
- India’s CIAM – Customer Identity and Access Management – market expected to hit $20BN value by 2020
- India’s digital payment market expected to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2023
- MissMalini lifestyle and entertainment website secures $1.4M with 40M users
- 500M internet users projected to unlock $50BN online commerce in 3-4 years
- Shopclues ecommerce startup secures $16M boost
- Flintobox, activity-based learning for kids startup, raises $875K for SE Asia expansion
- Google partners 4 banks to offer consumer loans online in move on $1TN digital finance market
- Olly Credit microcredit card provider backed by China’s CashBUS
- HealthSignz secures $5M to scale AI-backed health intelligence engine
- MyHealthcare healthcare tech startup secures $2M for mobile approach
- India Innovation Growth Programme unveils 16 winners of 2018 edition
- An intro to the 6 startups from the India-Israel Innovation Bridge Challenge
- Kerala state launches school education program to combat WhatsApp-based fake news
- myUpchar medical content startup secures $5M with multiple in-country languages
- Healthfin patient financing startup lands funding
- HealthSignz healthcare startup raises $5M with AI-driven platform
- forBinary DIY app maker platform raises funding for codeless development services
- Government of Goa launches its own app-based taxi service, GoaMiles
- An intro the the startups on iCreate’s 13-week program aiming for social impact
- How startups helped in flood-hit Kerala state
- Startup India launches Startup Academia Alliance Programme to bridge the gap between research and industry
- An intro to the ‘India 2’ market – startups different to those of the ‘India 1’ urban, English-schooled market
- TechSparks 2018 technology, innovation and entrepreneurship summit – October 5-6, Bengaluru
- India is increasingly taking over the made-in-China mobile phone industry
- Nexus graduates 11 startups from 4th cohort, with 3 continuing for long-term incubation
- ZipGo bus pooling app secures $43.7M in new funding
- A look at Zone Startups India, ‘meta accelerator’ with 160 startups
- Boeing and T-Hub unveil 3 startups selected for HorizonX aviation accelerator
- PrimeOS operating system startup lands seed funding, aiming at edtech and consumer electronics markets
- Trell ‘experience discovery’ app raises $1.25M
- Hansel secures US$4M with UX focused tech
- Flipkart’s former CEO considering $700M-$1BN startup investment fund
- ICANN set to open support for domain names in 22 official languages of the country
- 10 women entrepreneurs selected for POWERED Accelerator’s 1st cohort
- ZiffyHomes home rental marketplace secures $120K from Y Combinator
- Japan’s AgriNet site set to connect South Asia’s rural farmers with other sectors, helping agricultural regions do better
- Japan: SoftBank Group reportedly considering $5BN Asia fund, focusing on India
