Entrepreneurship

Accel, the renowned venture capital firm, has led a $2 million funding round for Swish, a promising 10-minute food delivery startup based in Bengaluru. The investment will help Swish expand its operations and refine its rapid delivery model…
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Google.org, the tech giant's philanthropic arm, has announced a landmark $20 million funding initiative to support researchers and scientists using artificial intelligence (AI) to drive transformative scientific breakthroughs. The…
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Ex-executives from the popular language learning app Duolingo have raised $13 million in seed funding to start a new venture aimed at making college education more affordable and accessible. The startup, tentatively named Outsmart…
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Oyo, the Indian hospitality startup, is seeking a new investment at a valuation of $3.8 billion. This represents a 38% premium over the company's recent $2.3 billion valuation in June, but still significantly lower than its 2019 peak of $10…
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Indian nutrition and wellness startup HealthKart has secured a valuation of around $500 million in a new all-secondary investment round of $153 million. The funding was co-led by private equity firms ChrysCapital and Motilal Oswal, with…
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In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, one thing became painfully clear: online disinformation was spreading at an alarming rate, shaping Americans' perceptions of candidates and key issues like public health, climate…
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Indian startups continued to attract significant investment this past week, with 24 companies raising around $182.62 million in funding. The week saw a mix of growth-stage and early-stage deals, highlighting the diverse range of…
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Dryden Brown, the 28-year-old founder of the network state startup Praxis, has an ambitious vision: to create a new city in Greenland that would serve as a testbed for innovative technologies and a gateway to Greenlandic independence.…
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The once-bustling US initial public offering (IPO) market remains largely dormant, but that hasn't stopped American startups from exploring opportunities to take their companies public. With the domestic window still firmly shut, many are…
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Pony AI, the Chinese autonomous driving company, is gearing up for a historic initial public offering (IPO) on the US stock market. The company is seeking to raise up to $224 million by issuing 15 million American Depository Shares, with…
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