Velocity, a revenue-based financing platform in India, raises $20 million led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures has doubled down its bet on Velocity, which operates a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce and direct-to-consumer bus...

Nykaa to Mamaearth: Start-ups fuel India's growing love for skincare bbc.com Homegrown start-ups like Nykaa have disrupted the Indian skincare market with their wide range....

India Can Lead The Digital Society And Become A Global Leader In Its Own Right, Says Mukesh Ambani moneycontrol.com I think the convergence of real-time, the convergence of the distributed ledger and blockchain technology (smart tokens), the convergence of physical and digita...

Google announces startup accelerator programme for women-led startups business-standard.com The Google's startup accelerator programme for women-focused founders will have two cohorts for this year and each cohort will support 20 women founders...

SoftBank may invest $10 billion in Indian startups in 2022 economictimes.indiatimes.com India has been a bright spot for SoftBank, whose Vision Fund reported a record loss of $7.2 billion for the quarter ended in September....

Apple CEO Tim Cook 'very, very pleased' on India emerging as Apple's growth engine businesstoday.in In recent years, India has become one of the handful of countries and regions where Apple has established new revenue benchmarks. After more than 15 years sinc...