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Ashneer targets Sequoia Capital India, raises sacked Zilingo CEO Ankiti's 'ordeal'

Former BharatPe co-founder and managing director Ashneer Grover on Friday hit out at top VC firm Sequoia Capital India, defending Singapore startup Zilingo's former CEO, Ankiti Bose, who was sacked over financial irregularities earlier this year

Dec 30, 2022

Who's Sam Bankman-Fried? Former CEO of FTX arrested in Bahamas

Former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas, at the request of the US authorities as he was expected to testify online before the US House Financial Services Committee

Dec 13, 2022

Sequoia Capital India sells 17.2 crore Zomato shares; brings down stake to 4.4% [details]

Zomato said Sequoia Capital India sold some 6.7 crore shares in the September 6-October 14, 2021 period and 10.5 crore shares between June 27-August 25, 2022.

Aug 26, 2022

CoinSwitch, Startup Karnataka launch Blockchain hackathon 'Building Future Cities' [details]

Crypto investing platform CoinSwitch on Friday announced a Blockchain hackathon in association with Startup Karnataka, a state government initiative, along with BJP MP Tejasvi Surya.

Jul 15, 2022

India adds 14 unicorns in 2022 first half; builds 70K startups in 8 years [details]

According to Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, India has risen from 300 to 70,000 startups in the last 8 years, which is a massive 20,000 per cent increase.

Jun 3, 2022

Why has Zilingo suspended its CEO Ankiti Bose: Explained

Zilingo, a Singapore-based startup backed by Sequoia India, is under probe after efforts to raise new funding led to questions about the company's accounting. The startup has since suspended its co-founder and CEO Ankiti Bose.

Apr 13, 2022

"I have so much dirt": Ashneer Grover slams investors, officials as he quits BharatPe [details]

Ashneer Grover quitting BharatPe's board has come days after Ashneer's wife was fired by the company.

Mar 1, 2022

Satya Nadella moved from being the CEO to Chairman earlier in June 2021

Satya Nadella becomes investor and advisor in homegrown fintech platform Groww

Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, has joined the company as an investor and advisor in Homegrown online investment platform.

Jan 8, 2022

Mamaearth becomes the first unicorn of 2022; raises $52 million to value at $ 1.2 billion [details]

Sequoia Capital led the fundraising round, and the company is currently valued at $1.2 billion.

Jan 2, 2022

Backed by Ratan Tata, Moglix emerges as new unicorn in India

backed by Ratan Tata With a $120 million funding round, Moglix has become India's first industrial B2B commerce platform in the manufacturing space. Moglix is an operating system company founded in 2015

May 17, 2021

OYO Hotels & Homes valuation reaches $9 billion after HT Media buy

Hospitality major OYO Hotels & Homes' valuation has reached the $9 billion-mark, according to industry sources.

Mar 5, 2021

Sequoia exits Quick Ride; takes a hefty hit, leaves with half of total investment

Sequoia Capital India reportedly exited from the Bengaluru-based car and bike pooling platform Quick Ride with just 40-50 percent of what it had invested. Details here.

Feb 24, 2021

Elon Musk is world's richest man; net worth whopping $199.9 billion [details]

For the second time in 2021, the Tesla chief has dominated the billionaire index.

Feb 20, 2021

Beer hug in times of distancing; Japanese Kirin bets $30mn on Indian Bira

The investment will allow Bira to break even from the losses registered due to pandemic, said Bira CEO Ankur Jain

Jan 5, 2021

ByteDance drops TikTok's US sale, to partner with Oracle

ByteDance abandoned the sale of TikTok in the United States on Sunday to pursue a partnership with Oracle Corp that it hopes will spare it a US ban while appeasing China's government, people familiar with the matter

Sep 14, 2020

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