Startup news: India
India’s startup news headlines in April 2021 covered items including the Reserve Bank’s digital payments platform, the country’s e-commerce industry, fact-checking in online news, developments in India’s 5G space and many more.
Headlines here collect India’s startup headlines for the month, each drawn from Startup News Asia’s all-day updates; each Indian startup news headline featured links to the free-to-read online article behind that headline, in full. This gives our readers:
- quick reference on India’s startup news across April of 2021; and
- 1-click access to the background on the Indian startup news that interests you the most.
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- India: A look at VernacularAI’s voice assistant VIVA, capable of understanding 16 languages and over 160 dialects, and currently being implemented in banks across rural India
- India: Chingari short video startup raises $13M in market gap left by TikTok ban, aiming to grow user base to 100M over the next 6 months
- India: A round-up of recent tech, startup and funding news headlines, gathered across the month of March
- ICYMI: India blocks bank accounts of China’s ByteDance over tax evasion, directing Citibank and HSBC to prevent ByteDance India from withdrawing funds
- India: United Payments Interface hits $50M in value with 2.3BN in digital transactions
- India: National Cyber Security Coordinator finalizes criteria for identifying trusted sources, communicating to key telcos, chipmakers and multinational vendors
- India: Ekta, consortium of news fact-checking organisations, launches pilot programme to share verified information about 2021 legislative assembly elections
- India: Snap and Twitter join investors backing Mohalla Tech, owner of ShareChat social media platform and Moj, TikTok-like short video app
- India DeepTech unveils 9 early-stage startups for first cohort of virtual accelerator focusing on industrial automation, cybersecurity and genomics
- India: T-Hub incubator launches 5th edition of Lab32 pre-acceleration programme with 30 early-stage tech startups
- India: Bharti Airtel telecom major launches integrated 5G-ready platform to help enterprises leverage IoT to securely connect and manage devices and applications
- India: Amazon launches mentorship programme for startups and emerging brands as part of Amazon Launchpad, providing one-on-one mentoring over 3 months
- India: Upstox online stockbroking platform warns clients of data breach, exposing connection info and KYC details for an estimated 2.5M users
- India Accelerator partnered by JSW Sports, arm of $13BN JSW Group conglomerate, to mentor startups working in sports, spanning data, e-sports, gaming and more
- India’s Pine Labs merchant payments firm acquires Singapore’s Fave loyalty cashback startup for $45M, gaining QR-based offline payments with sights on SEA expansion
- India’s CleanMax renewable energy firm inks deal with Facebook around co-running portfolio of wind and solar projects to will supply clean energy to the grid
- India: MFine healthtech firm launches MFine Pulse, app-based software that measures oxygen saturation using a smartphone camera
- India: Marwari Catalysts Ventures unveils 6 startups selected for Thrive edtech accelerator, selected from over 300 applications nationwide
- India: M1xchange raises $10M in part from Amazon’s new $250M Smbhav Fund with MSME invoice discounting platform
- India: “Digital payments could account for 71.7% of the total payments volume by 2025, leaving cash and cheques at 28.3%…”
- India: E-commerce industry projected to reach $140BN in value by 2025, in part due to increased adoption of online platforms during Covid-19 lockdown
- India: MeitY Startup Hub partners La French Tech in Bengaluru for Indo-French Tech Programme, aiming to boost and support Indo-French startup collaboration
- India: A look at ToneTag, enabling offline payments in areas with low internet connectivity using sound waves, backed by Amazon and Mastercard
- Reserve Bank of India to invite license applications for New Umbrella Entity, under which companies would create and operate retail payment systems nationwide
- India: An intro to the 5 firms selected by H&M Foundation and Social Alpha for Techtonic waste management program
- India: Electric vehicle unit of ride-hail giant Ola Cabs to build out Ola Hypercharger Network, 100K charging points across 400 cities inside 5 years
- The Rise of Made In India digital content, a 29-page dive into the short-form video market following the TikTok ban, via SlideShare
- 4 Indian startups selected for NetApp Excellerator, working in digital manufacturing, HR technology, AI and cybersecurity
- Australia launches International Cyber and Critical Technology Engagement Strategy, alongside announcing 3 joint cyber projects with India
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