Friday, April 19

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Q1 IPO 2021: 11 Indian & American Businesses Gone Public
19Apr By Manaswini TripathyNo Comments
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Q1 IPO 2021: 11 Indian & American Businesses Gone Public

Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the process of private companies going public to raise capital from public investors. In layman's terms, private companies' shares are traded to the public. Individuals can consider investing in IPOs as it gives them entry to the foundation of a private company with a high growth rate. Experts believe that investing in IPOs can be a lucrative consideration over time. Further, the benefits can be used for retirement planning or investing in property. The Indian IPO market is growing; in 2020, over Rs, 25,000 crores were raised by Indian IPOs. Here's a list of 11 companies across different sectors from India and the United States who went public in 2021 (up until April): Kalyan Jewellers Founded in Thrissur, 1993, Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian jewelry chain ...
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The Eternal Reefs: An Enterprise for the Purpose of Afterlife
18Apr By Smriti TutejaNo Comments
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The Eternal Reefs: An Enterprise for the Purpose of Afterlife

Been to Paris, walked through the cemetery of Père Lachaise, and secretly wished a burial among the famous dead. But you know what? There's something more exciting to that, yes! The Eternal Reefs. So far, several people worldwide have considered the Eternal Reef cremation to repay their debt to mother nature after they are gone.  Eternal Reefs: The Aha Moment Okay, here it is: You can now rebuild dying reefs and add new habitats to the marine ecosystem after you are gone. That's the concept of Eternal Reefs. It started in the late 1980s with two college roommates, Don Brawley and Todd Barber, at the University of Georgia when diving was the only boredom buster for the two. Soon they realized how the reefs were degrading over the years, and to recover that, they decided to protect the frag...
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Startups Worry about Google Breakup: The Good and the Bad
16Apr By Smriti TutejaNo Comments
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Startups Worry about Google Breakup: The Good and the Bad

The power of Google is not unknown to anyone. Most of its products enjoy a good position in the market and an edge over the competitors. Google Chrome wins the competition when web browsers are compared based on usage percentage. Google Search also holds a major market share in terms of search advertising. Gmail is one of the most preferred email services, and YouTube is the largest site in the world for video content. The popularity of Google Maps is unrivaled, and more than 70% of mobile phones in the world use the Android OS by Google. This is enough to understand how Google is part and parcel of our lives.  Governments and regulators are constantly trying to police and regulate Google so it doesn’t abuse its power. The three anti-trust investigations launched by the European union bear...
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Indian Unicorn Startups 2021: The Dead & the Newborn
15Apr By Smriti TutejaNo Comments
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Indian Unicorn Startups 2021: The Dead & the Newborn

Unicorns are mythical creatures, you say. Well, not in the Indian unicorn startup scene. The Indian unicorn startup ecosystem has witnessed great highs over the past years.  The first Indian startup to make to the $1 billion or the unicorn club was InMobi. It is now all set to launch its IPO with a US listing. InMobi became a unicorn in 2011, and many more Indian startups have followed suit ever since. Only four months into the new year and 10 Indian startups have already made it to the list. The past week has been equally and positively eventful, with six Indian startups that have made their way into the unicorn club 2021.  Here are the stars of the unicorn week: Meesho: A startup that offers a platform for social commerce Cred: A platform that allows members to track and pay their ...
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Indian EdTech Startup WhiteHatJr Sold its Soul in an All-Cash Deal
24Nov By Linda AshokNo Comments
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Indian EdTech Startup WhiteHatJr Sold its Soul in an All-Cash Deal

Indian edtech startup WhiteHatJr not only sold for 300 Cr all-cash deal to Byjus but also sold its soul by issuing defamation to contain its criticism in the market. This article was supposed to appear a month ago, but the decision was not to rush over and make a hurried conclusion because reputation is sweet to all parties, and we intend not to bitter it for anyone. Unfortunately, time is rife that we discuss how WhiteHatJr has been targeting gullible Indian families across languages to enroll their children into coding the future in less than 50 mins. They are using the fear of losing to elicit parents to subscribe to morbidly priced coding classes taught by non-coders reading from scripts.  It began with a Haryana based ex-CISCO IIT BHU Varanasi alumnus, Pradeep Poonia, the whistleblowe...
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1M Nights to $30B IPO, Airbnb on Nasdaq & EU Digital Markets Act
9Nov By Linda AshokNo Comments
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1M Nights to $30B IPO, Airbnb on Nasdaq & EU Digital Markets Act

According to a Reuters report, Airbnb, an American vacation rental online marketplace company based in San Francisco, California, United States, is looking to IPO by December 2020. Airbnb is set to file for IPO registration for a debut on the New York stock market amidst the pandemic. All eyes are on Airbnb's listing on the Nasdaq as company officials report an increase in demand for house rentals against hotel bookings due to global Covid-19 restrictions on travel and experience. As per Reuters, earlier in April 2020, Airbnb secured a $1 billion loan just days after closing a $1 billion debt deal from Owl Rock, Sixth Street Partners, Silver Lake, Oaktree Capital Management, and Apollo Global Management. As it moved along, in August 2020, Airbnb filed for IPO, hoping to raise an additi...
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Digital Transformation Trends for Global Startups & Enterprises in 2021
5Nov By Linda AshokNo Comments
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Digital Transformation Trends for Global Startups & Enterprises in 2021

We know the world is dying to wrap up 2020 and forgive it for the tremendous losses its people and businesses continue to suffer. But while businesses continue to finish their year-end chores to be ready to welcome 2021, here are the top digital transformation trends relevant to global startups and enterprises for 2021. Think of Omni-Channel Customer Experience Prioritizing customer experience will never cease to be the no.1 of digital transformation trends. Businesses that are not ready to enhance customer experience through improved digital engagement are sure to fall behind. The millennial consumer base is interested in an immersive experience in which half-hearted digital efforts will lead to no ultimate success. So, while there's still time, sit with your product team to review your ...
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Beyond Movies & Games, 5 Innovative Global 3D Technology Startups
31Oct By Linda AshokNo Comments
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Beyond Movies & Games, 5 Innovative Global 3D Technology Startups

The technology sector and its radical ambitions are surely fulfilled by the new-age startups in unimaginable ways. Long realized in movies and games, 3D technology startups are now breaking open new dimensions helping the technology sector realize their products and services before a commercial release. It is magical to learn how 3D technology is equally useful for an artist as much as for a scientist or a doctor. To make this impression real, we have a sampling of five innovative 3D technology startups from around the globe! Anything World Anything World is a London, UK based 3D world creation firm. It creates its beautiful designs with AI, natural language understanding, computer vision, and an extensive 3D library. The Anything World team joined Ubisoft's AI and the Techstars London...
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6 UK & European Mental Health Startups on Mapping the Mind
28Oct By Linda AshokNo Comments
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6 UK & European Mental Health Startups on Mapping the Mind

With more and more people having to stay indoors for compliance with Corona containment measures, to disavow any antisocial stigma as new scientific research has come to speculate it, think of it critically, it is already undermining to be distanced from social life for the singles, the older adults, and people with pre-existing mental health conditions.  While the challenge remains open to speculation, It serves as a context for the rising mental health as a service industry. While some countries are still lackadaisical about this aspect, busy controlling panic till a solution is out, a lead of mental health startups are already leveraging technology to alleviate the mental health crisis by making mental health care globally accessible.  BioBeats  BioBeats (a Huma company) is established...
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A Virtual Tech Conference 2020 Pulls Top Brass Tech Firms & Influencers
22Oct By Linda AshokNo Comments
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A Virtual Tech Conference 2020 Pulls Top Brass Tech Firms & Influencers

At a pace, digital technology is claiming industries for a luminous stake in the future to realize and offer futuristic solutions for human advancement; there's no better time to realize it now and mainly at the Digital Innovation Virtual Conference 2020.  Scheduled for Nov 5, 2020, the Digital Innovation Virtual Conference 2020, #IDC2020 presents an incredible lineup of immersive tracks in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, & Enterprise Analytics across healthcare/life sciences, government, insurance/finance, academia, engineering/automotive, and technology. The Digital Innovation Virtual Conference 2020, #IDC2020, previously an Indiana-based technology summit, has bypassed the challenges of Covid-19 to bring...
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