Startup News
India
A broad summary of India’s tech startups news from July 2019.
- India: MX Player video streaming service reportedly to gain $100M backing from Tencent and Paytm
- India: MPs accuse China’s TikTok short-video app of redirecting user data into China, alongside spreading fake news and malicious content in India
- India: Reserve Bank preps for introduction of officials-only blockchain-powered banking platform
- India’s ShipKart and Loktra startups win Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus pitch, gaining office space and Dubai company setup
- India: A brief intro to Happy, digital lending startup that has disbursed over $20M to Indian micro-enterprises
- India: A look at Recko, fintech startup enabling AI-powered reconciliation of digital transactions for client companies
- Japan’s AET Fund’s brief take on the opportunities in India’s entertainment tech sector
- India: A look at how Smartiply IoT startup uses combined-device ‘fog computing’ to solve internet bandwidth problems
- GRAFT AUS-IND AgTech Market Access Program launched by India and Australia, seeking agritech startups
- India: NiYO neo-bank secures $35M to aid blue-collar workers in accessing financial services and company benefits
- India: Nasscom IT industry lobby launches Xperience AI programme to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption among Indian enterprises
- India: Toch gains backing with AI and deep learning tech that identifies objects, people, emotion, location and activity in video content in real-time
- India: The challenges and opportunities around digital payments – 1BN credit and debit cards, only 95K POS terminals
- India: A look at the government’s move to remove bank charges on e-payments for businesses with an annual turnover of $7.4M
- Samsung Venture Investment Corp makes India debut with $8.5M backing across 4 startups
- India: New A91 Partners VC fund closes $351M maiden fund aiming for investments in the consumer, tech, financial services and healthcare sectors
- India: An intro to TraWork, aiming to provide travelers with access to co-working spaces, networking opportunities and more
- Samsung Ventures Investment Corp backs 4 of India’s startups to a total of US$8.5M
- Unicorn India Ventures launches $58.3M fund focused on A series and pre-A tech startups
- ByteDance planning to replicate its China playbook in India by investing in local content startups, creating a suite of everyday apps
- Facebook moves closer to long-delayed launch of WhatsApp payments service in India
- An overview of Japan’s collaborations with, and investments in, India’s startups
- India: An intro to the 5 shortlisted entrants in the Woman Ahead category for The Economic Times Startup Awards 2019
- India: Zeta fintech startup’s valuation climbs to $300M on the strength of full-stack neo-banking platform and enterprise payments solutions
- India: WinZO gaming platform backed for $5M with vernacular approach
- India: Finnable fintech startup aims to make credit available to SME employees in 1-minute process
- India joins race towards drone swarms for military use
- India: A look at how the Kerala government promotes entrepreneurship at different levels, from schools to startups, with Kerala Startup Mission
- India’s OYO Hotels and Homes to launch with 90 franchised hotels across 6 cities in Vietnam
- A brief look at how robotics startups from China and India are capitalizing on Japan’s labor and logistics challenges in responding to online shopping’s growth
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