The Indian startup news headlines collected here were gathered from online media coverage of India’s startup and tech news across September 2020.
Items listed give at-a-glance knowledge of India’s startup news headlines for the month; each Indian startup news headline links to the online article behind it, giving you quick reference on the key Indian startup news headlines, and allowing you to instantly read those articles that interest you.
- India: Venture Catalysts incubator sets up operations in 11 new cities to boost angel investor network, aiming for network of 10K investors across 100 cities by 2021
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- Mobile Only Accelerator – MOX- unveils 7 graduates of 9th cohort of startups focusing on mobile-first markets in South and Southeast Asia
- Singapore’s Atlantis fintech enters India with Neo-Bank digital-first challenger bank focusing on the country’s Gen-Z and millenials
- India: A location-based listing of the startups in the 10,000 Start-Ups initiative from NASSCOM trade association
- India: Government bans 118 China-connected mobile apps including PUBG Mobile, Alipay and Baidu, citing concerns over “stealing and…transmitting users’ data”
- India: Following ban of China’s PUBG game, nCore Games launches FAU-G multiplayer game based on scenarios faced by Indian soldiers at the Indo-China border
- India: Confederation of All India Traders seeks gov’t probe into 141 Indian startups over concerns around Chinese investments, including “in-built spying capacity”
- India: Gaana music streaming firm raises $51M from returning investors China’s Tencent Cloud Europe and India’s Times Internet, launching new HotShot video app
- India: 9Unicorns Accelerator Fund, run by Venture Catalysts, marks first close at $14M with target of $42M, looking at early-stage startups
- India: IIT Alumni Council to establish 6 research centres to provide equipment and support to technology-heavy startups in its MegaIncubator initiative
- India: TrulyMadly dating app raises $1.1M pre-Series A with sights set on projected $77M market for such apps by 2023
- India: Microsoft selects Magenta clean energy firm for startup support program for development of electric vehicle software and charging platforms
- India: LazyPay lending platform launches LazyUPI digital credit card, providing real time credit via Unified Payments Interface for offline merchants and online use
- India: China’s Tencent relinquishes rights to PUBG Mobile in India, transferring publishing responsibility to Korea’s PUBG Corp in bid to sidestep Chinese apps ban
- India: CHUNAUTI start-up challenge launches under the Next Generation Incubation Scheme, aiming to support 300 startups and SMEs over 3 years
- A brief intro to India’s Growfitter, incentivised wellness platform recently selected for South Korea’s K-Startup Challenge program
- India: New cryptocurrency trading ban may be looming – “…government will encourage blockchain…but is not keen on cryptocurrency trading”
- Hong Kong’s Betatron accelerator and VC firm unveil the 9 startups selected for its 6th cohort, including startups from India and the Philippines
- India: Atumobile electric vehicles startup launches Atum 1.0 electric bike at Rs50K, US$680, offering 100km range per charge and speed limited to 25kmph for teens and city use
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- India: 100XVC invests in 9 startups selected from 4500 applications
- India: A brief intro to the 16 startups selected for the 4th cohort of SAP Startup Studio, working on AI, analytics, IoT and more
- India: Mobile Premier League mobile gaming platform raises $90M, hosting tournaments and providing games publishing, whilst developing no games of its own
- India: STPI IoT Open Lab launches in Bengaluru, aiming to aid 500 firms working on IoT-based applications across 5 years
- India: An intro to Nexart’s Eyewey app, using IoT and AI to help the visually impaired with better voice and vision recognition, and object detecting solutions
- India: AFK Gaming e-sports and media company gains $200K funding with focus on e-sports news and events
- India: BOB Financial Solutions, Bank of Baroda subsidiary, to use Signzy startup’s biometric video KYC system to enable fast, touch-free and paperless regulatory compliance
- India: An intro to the 9 seed-stage startups selected by 100XVC venture capital firm for investment, chosen from over 4500 pitches
- India’s Int’l Centre for Entrepreneurship and Tech and Israel’s Start-Up Nation Central ink MOU around technology cooperation between startups and corporates
- India: A look at PhoolCo’s Fleather, and eco-friendly and more sustainable leather alternative made from discarded temple flowers
- India: An overview of Assam’s The Nest, incubation hub that has boosted 76 startups since launching in January 2019
- India: Jio telecom giant now working with domestic manufacturers to secure production capacity for 150–200 million smartphones, aiming for $54 retail price
- India: Eureka! business model competition applications close October 17th, presented by Entrepreneurship cell of IIT Bombay and Deutsche Bank
- India: RephraseAI software-as-a-service platform for customisable video creation raises $1.5M with AI-driven focus on ‘synthetic media’
- India’s Tata Consultancy Services and Yale University jointly developed new blockchain framework aiming to address privacy and trust in peer-to-peer digital networks
- India: Gov’t reportedly planning $2BN investment fund with global pension fund and insurance authority to reduce startups’ dependence on foreign private equity
- Australia’s GameFace AI and India’s Gamerji Esports make it to St Louis VC firm Stadia Ventures’ investment list following accelerator participation
- A deep dive into the many problems of political campaigning apps, focusing on Trump, Biden and India’s Modia
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