Tag: India
India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns | TechCrunch
India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22, citing concerns that fraudsters are using the...
India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand | TechCrunch
As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu...
Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment | TechCrunch
Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup...
Krafton acquires controlling stake in Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14M | TechCrunch
Krafton, South Korea’s gaming giant known for titles including PUBG: Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has acquired...
India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos | TechCrunch
India has extended its anti-spam regime to require caller-ID and call-management apps to share users’ spam reports with...
India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation | TechCrunch
Unacademy, once one of India’s most valuable edtech startups, has been acquired by rival upGrad at a valuation...
Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma | TechCrunch
While battery swapping has struggled to take off in much of the world, Canadian auto parts giant Magna...
Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year | TechCrunch
Prominent solo investor Lachy Groom has backed a Bengaluru startup attempting an ambitious feat: keeping an aircraft in...
Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last | TechCrunch
Accel has closed a new $550 million India fund, less than two years after raising its previous India-focused...
India bets billions on breaking China’s grip on smartphone manufacturing | TechCrunch
India unveiled billions of dollars in new incentives for smartphone manufacturing and an expanded semiconductor push on Wednesday,...
