The month-end summary of India’s tech and startup news headlines, reports and downloads from March 2022.
The Indian technology headlines featured here are each drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily tech news feeds, which post to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and via mobile app and which also cover wider South and Southeast Asia. Less often, we post digests via Medium, e-newsletter and on YouTube.
Don’t forget: Wild3 metaverse-themed conference, April 12-13, and the Wild Digital SEA Conference in July 2022.
- India: Accenture launches Women Founders Program to assist early-stage women-led Indian tech startups focusing on the B2B space
- India: WazirX cryptocurrency exchange unveils BUIDL, build-your-own exchange program for crypto entrepreneurs, providing tech guidance and more
- Download: ‘India’s $1 Trillion Digital Asset Opportunity – Embracing Web 3.0 Could be a Watershed Moment for India’ (pdf)
- India: Upswing raises $4M with open finance ecosystem enablement focused on the B2B space, following a modular, plug-and-play approach to finance-as-a-service
- India: National Startup Awards 2022 are open for applications from both startups and ecosystem enablers
- India: MeitY Startup Hub and Google unveil 100-strong cohort of early to mid-stage startups for Appscale Academy program, aiming to create high-quality apps for global audiences
- India: Amrita University launches smartphone-connected device wearable health monitoring device for home use
- India: Filo raises $23M Series A with instant live-tutoring platform that connects students with subject-expert tutors in less than 60 seconds
- India: Otipy raises $32M, sourcing fruit and vegetables directly from farmers and using local community members and businesses as its delivery partners
- India: CredoPay fintech raises $5M Pre-A with payment suite including platform-as-a-services and SaaS for banks, fintechs, merchants and beyond
- India: Assam State Gov’t and Small Industries Development Bank of India to create a joint fund to support start-up businesses, with support infrastructure in colleges and universities
- Gov’t launches the India WaterPitch-Pilot-Scale Start-up Challenge, aiming for 100 startup solutions in water security, transportation, contamination and capacity
- India: Ninjacart sets $25M fund for investments in agri-tech startups
- India: BeatOven secures $1M seed funding with AI-backed platform focused on creators and producers for advertising, marketing and more
- India: A brief intro to Spetrol, building an IoT-backed door-to-door diesel delivery service aiming for over 300 customers across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
- India: A look at Blue Circle, invite-only social networking platform for C-suite executives and senior management
- India: Delhi gov’t announces startup policy, including funding for incubation centre, with aim to connect innovators with banks and investors for funding
- India: BOLT, the country’s largest EV charging network, sets sights on deploying 100K charging points over the next 6 months, focusing on non-metro cities
- India: FanCraze cricket-focused NFT company raises $100M in new funding, building on recent release of 75 NFT-based moments from the ICC Men’s World Cup
- India’s GOQii raises $10M from Animoca Brands with plans for health-focused metaverse using blockchain tokens and gamification in preventive healthcare
- India: An intro to the 32 Indian tech startups selected for the Y Combinator accelerator Winter 2022 cohort, predominantly focused on fintech
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