India’s technology and startup news headlines from December 2020, from Startup News Asia’s daily feeds
The Indian startup news headlines listed here were collected from a variety of free, online news sources, each of them covering India’s startup and funding developments in December 2020 in some way. Headlines featured hyperlink to the full news articles behind the news headlines, providing an overview of India’s startup space, alongside background on specific technology developments in India.
Bear in mind that December is a quiet news month for the tech startup space generally; for a fuller picture of monthly startup news from India and beyond, take a look at 2020 in review.
Startup news headlines from India featured here were drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily tech news feeds, delivered on social media and via mobile app.
- India: A brief intro to Finwego, neobank aiming to be the first bank built with a focus on the private school education sector
- India: A brief overview of TRI3D, software for converting flat images of garments into photo-realistic 3D images for e-commerce websites
- India: A round-up of the past month’s tech, startup and funding news headlines, drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily news feeds
- India: Shell energy giant to engage with 25-30 Indian startups annually from 2022 via E4 Program, with sights on sustainable energy future
- India: Sardar Patel Technology Business Incubator launches 12-month Firstpreneurs program for the differently-abled, aiming to boost inclusion
- India: A look at Pickmycloth, platform enabling weavers and artisans to connect and sell products directly to customers without the involvement of intermediaries
- India: 11 digital publications partner under DIGIPUB News India Foundation banner to ‘represent, amplify and evolve best practices to build a robust digital news ecology’
- India: Investors likely to soon be required to pay taxes on returns earned from bitcoin investments, potentially as high as a 30% tax on cryptocurrency gains
- India: 5C Networks gains $1.2M pre-Series A with platform and AI reducing turnaround time for radiology analysis from 48 hours to just 42 minutes
- India: Reserve Bank launches digital payment security project to push regulated entities towards common control standards for channels like internet, mobile banking, card payments
- India: Nokia commences production of 5G equipment at manufacturing site in Chennai
- India: WhatsApp has introduced new ‘carts’ feature in move to monetize around e-commerce and social commerce use
- India: Upekkha remote SaaS startup accelerator operator to launch a rolling fund based on subscription model
- India: Mobile phone exports may hit a record $1.5BN by year-end 2020, report finds
- India Accelerator to launch Pulse, sixteen-week accelerator program for companies working in health-tech, aiming for a cohort of 5 to 7 startups
- India: 2927 courts connected under e-Courts Project, aiming to provide litigants, lawyers and judiciary with improved and streamlined systems
- India: WhatsApp debuts peer-to-peer payments service in partnership with State Bank of India and others, having overcome antitrust concerns
- India: Dep’t of Posts and India Post Payments Bank launch DakPay, providing digital financial services and assisted banking via the postal network
- India: Skuad HR tech startup raises $4M with remote employee management platform, automating payroll, local compliance, taxation requirements and more
- India: EWar gaming startup raises pre-Series A with tournament hosting and streaming alongside in-house games development
- Samsung launches Powering Digital India initiative focusing on 5G, AI, IoT and cloud services, aiming to take projects from R&D to commercialization
- India: Axilor Ventures early-stage fund invests in 8 startups in new pre-seed programme
- India: An intro to Evo Foods, early stage startup creating cholesterol-free vegan egg substitute
- India: MasterG gains backing from Acumen Fund angel programme with all-women design and skills development in the apparel industry
- India: Haryana state gov’t inks MOU with India Accelerator to develop state entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem
- Daimler India launches Startup Sparks, global competition for early-stage startups, with those selected receiving support in producing proofs of concept
- India: Gov’t invites proposals to establish semiconductor chip plants in India, or acquire facilities abroad, aiming for $400BN in electronics manufacturing by 2025
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