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Google invests in Indian start-ups Glance, VerSe Innovation Tuesday 22 December 2020 | 13:43 CET | News Google has announced two new investments, one in Glance, an Indian start-up part of SoftBank-backed InMobi Group, and another in VerSe Innovation, the company behind Indian start-up Dailyhunt and short video app Josh. Google invested USD 145 million along with existing investor Mithril Capital in Glance, owner of the video-sharing social media platform Roposo. The VerSe Innovation said it completed an over USD 100 million fund raising round from AlphaWave, Google and Microsoft...

Google helps birth 2 social media unicorns in India in rapid succession Photo: Bloomberg . Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 05:27 PM IST Bloomberg Google and its American internet peers are steadily amping up their investment in India, latching onto the only other country with a billion-plus population after getting shut out of China Share Via Read Full Story Google investments helped create India’s two youngest technology unicorns: a pair of startups that feed personalized news and entertainment to the world’s fastest-growing smartphone population. Glance, which feeds news and sports scores to ph...

Google Helps Create 2 New Social Media Unicorns In India Google Helps Create 2 New Social Media Unicorns In India Glance, which feeds news and sports scores to phone-lock screens, is said to have reached a valuation of more than $1 billion after completing a funding round led by Google. Google and its American internet peers are steadily amping up their investment in India Google investments helped create India's two youngest technology unicorns: a pair of startups that feed personalized news and entertainment to the world's fastest-growing smartphone population. Glance, which feeds news...

At $1bn valuation, VerSe Innovation is India's latest unicorn ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Dec 22 2020 9:57 IST | ​ 0 Views At $1bn valuation, VerSe Innovation is India’s latest unicorn. Image Source: IANS News Bengaluru, Dec 22 : VerSe Innovation which is the parent company of vernacular content platform Dailyhunt and owns short video app Josh on Tuesday announced it has completed the funding round of more than $100 million from Google, Microsoft and AlphaWave (a unit of Falcon Edge Capital). With this fresh funding, the company is now valued at over $1 billion, making its d...