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Tech's 'big tobacco' moment; Licious joins unicorn club It's been a miserable few days for Mark Zuckerberg. A day after a faulty configuration change knocked Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram offline for almost six hours, a former employee turned whistleblower testified before a US senate committee, accusing the company of making "destructive choices".Also in this letter:Licious

Building lasting value as opposed to just pushing for near-term growth and ensuring sustainability even in turbulent times will be some traits the stellar jury members of the Economic Times Startup Awards 2023 will look for in the nominees.

The pension fund spent $2.5 billion on primary and secondary investments in companies in the region, per a recent disclosure.

Insurtech unicorn ACKO acquired digital health platform Parentlane. However, it didn’t disclose the acquisition cost. 

Sanjeev S, Former MD & CEO, Bharti AXA General Insurance, joins ACKO

The funding round also saw participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Lightspeed along with existing investors Intact Ventures and Munich Re Ventures.

Insurance policy provider Acko is the latest Indian startup to become a unicorn, joining nearly three dozen other firms in the world’s second-largest internet market that have attainted the coveted status this year. The Bangalore-headquartered startup said it has raised $255 million in a new financing round, bringing its all-time raise to $450 million. The […]

Fresh meat and seafood brand Licious on Tuesday announced that it has raised $52 million in 'Series G' round led by IIFL Asset Management's Late Stage Tech Fund.

Start-ups raise over $450 millon in a day amidst strong investor sentiment   On Friday, start-ups raised more than $450 million from a pool of investors, signalling strong tailwinds for the ecosystem which so far this year saw the birth of 14 unicorns. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service BENGALURU: With the second wave of Covid-19 slowly ebbing, investors seem to have started focusing on sectors beyond ed-tech, food delivery and life sciences that have been predomi...