📲 Arattai Vs WhatsApp & Telegram: Can India’s Homegrown App Last Beyond The Hype?
@Zoho-backed Arattai has surged from just 3,000 users to 3.5 Lakh downloads in 3 days, even topping app store charts in some categories. 🚀
But history shows that for every Moj, Koo or JioMeet
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- Guerrilla Ventures Backed @CometCoreInc Is A #SmartPhone That Floats On Water. 4-2.co/1H4ut57 #startup #entrepreneur #ecommerce
- Ride-hailing major Uber has received a licence from the Delhi Transport Department to operate bus services in the national capital. A thread🧵: (1/3)
- 𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 & 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐒 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 At the 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, SaaS unicorn Zoho took a big leap into fintech with the launch of its POS devices — a𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐢𝐧-𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐎𝐒,
- Okie Gaming has received an undisclosed amount from actress @MsKajalAggarwal. She has picked up a 15% equity stake in the company and will be joining Okie Gaming as a board member. #KajalAggarwal
- ▪️ As part of the 9th edition of 2022 in Review series, we bring you the list of Indian actors and actresses who made investments in startups this year. @deespeak @iamRashmika
- A petition to reduce the 30% crypto tax being proposed in the Budget and introduce ‘more reasonable crypto policies’ in the country has gained a lot of steam, with more than 30k signatures at the time of reporting. @cryptoady inc42.com/buzz/indians-r…
- From 2014 to 2023, Hyderabad has emerged as a powerhouse in the Indian startup landscape – the city now has more than 240 funded startups, supported by 550+ domestic and international investors 👇 In the initial years, investors primarily concentrated on top-tier cities such as
- #Inc42Exclusive 🚨 | Varun Satyam, Yuvraj Chhibber and Yash Jejani-led Strip Finance, which aims to provide enhanced liquidity of the marketplaces, has closed a seed and private round at INR 11 Cr. #Funding @StripFinance
- Teaching Then, Teaching Now In between came along and rose @BYJUS – India's most valued edtech startup with a valuation of $22 Bn.
- #Exclusive: Koo, the Indian microblogging app once seen as a rival to X (Twitter), has stopped paying salaries to all its employees from April 2024 onwards citing financial constraints👇 Multiple Koo employees had raised concerns about salaries being halted from April, and the
- Consumers are increasingly frustrated with dark patterns and algorithmic pricing on quick commerce platforms like Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, and Blinkit.⚡ 🔸 These apps, while offering fast delivery services, have been criticized for hidden charges, price fluctuations based on
- 🚨Inc42 Exclusive🚨 Maths-focussed mobile gaming platform Matiks has raised $3.14 Mn (about INR 27 Cr) in its pre-Series A round led by Tanglin Ventures. The round also saw participation from Info Edge Ventures and angel investors like boAt’s Aman Gupta, Unacademy’s Gaurav
- Checkout the top 10 startup hubs of the country. #Bengaluru is at the first position in terms of deal count as well as funding amount followed by #DelhiNCR, #Mumbai, #Chennai and so on.











