ETtech Morning Dispatch, 19 Jan. 2021: Top Tech News to Start Your Day
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Last Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 08:03 AM IST
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Good morning, ETtech reader.
Startup funding deals are gaining significant traction in the new year, in sectors as varied as gourmet meat (Licious). India moves to fix glitches in the tech backbone of its Covid-19 vaccination drive. Zerodha CEO bats for more fintech startups in India’s complex mutual-fund space.
Here’s a look at the top tech news to start your day.
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Gourmet meat startup
TPG, General Atlantic, PremjiInvest and Multiples Alternate Asset Management are in talks to invest in the Vertex Ventures- and 3one4 Capital-backed company, sources said.
Top funds make a beeline to set up AIF at Gujarat GIFT City
The funds are expected to anchor in the international special economic zone that offers relaxations to investors, unlike the local arena.
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Technology, life sciences, healthcare, pharma, fintech and consumption businesses remain some of the popular investment themes for deployment.
MUMBAI: At least half a dozen entities, including Kotak Mahindra Capital, ASK Investment Managers, Avendus Group and Multiples Alternate Asset Management, are planning to set up Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) in the Gujarat GIFT City.
The funds are expected to anchor in the international special economic zone that offers relaxations to investors, unlike the local arena. They will gradually raise money for AIFs from global institutions only
IIM Ahmedabad completes summer placements, 131 firms take part
There were 33 new recruiters this year, including Atlassian, Bayer, BPCL, Cipla, DuPont, Everest Instruments, Godrej Fund Management, Phillips, Purplle.com Oracle, Reserve Bank of India, Unacademy and Walmart Global Tech. December 11, 2020 / 08:33 PM IST
The summer placement process for the postgraduate programme in management students (Class of 2022) was completed by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad (IIM-A) in an online mode.
A total of 131 firms participated with 166 different roles in the summer placement process in 2020. Firms are grouped into cohorts based on the industry and sector, and groups of cohorts were invited to the campus across different clusters. IIM-A does not share compensation details.