Zoomcar raises $40 million in Series C funding

Zoomcar, a leading self-drive mobility platform offering car and cycle sharing services, has announced that it has closed $40 million in a Series-C investment round. Mahindra & Mahindra led the new round. Zoomcar also saw participation from a variety of existing investors. Zoomcar said the capital raised would be used to accelerate its marketplace supply growth, improving its lead within…

Sanjiv Bajaj is 2017’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year

S anjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv, won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 award for solutions in lending, life and general insurance and wealth advisory, EY said in a press release here on Thursday. The consulting firm also named nine other category winners for the Entrepreneur of the Year Program. E Sreedharan, widely acknowledged for his invaluable contributions…

India to get a chunk of Go-Jek’s $1.2-billion funds

Indonesia’s hyperlocal transport startup Go-Jek is planning to launch its bike-taxi service in India in the second half of 2018, people aware of the development said. They said the company is evaluating some southern cities and the Gurugram-NCR region and it may launch a pilot in one of these cities at the end of the year. “The understanding is that…

The engrossing story of tech startups in the year of SoftBank’s India invasion

The engrossing story of tech startups in the year of SoftBank's India invasion Most of the time, numbers hide the real story. But at times, they show the complete picture. Consider this: of the $13.5 billion invested in the Indian tech startup ecosystem last year, about $4 billion was invested by Japanese internet giant Soft-Bank, and the top five funding…

This Startup Is Dreaming of a Global Brain on Blockchain

Artificial intelligence is one of the most celebrated and hyped concepts today. From science fiction to the nightly news, AI has been making record headlines, whether it will become the most dangerous technology around or the one most likely to save humanity. And it isn’t the only technology riding the hype wave. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain, once the territory of dark…

8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Bypass Early Business Problems

In business, mistakes happen to even the most seasoned of entrepreneurs. As a new entrepreneur, you will be faced with business challenges on a daily basis, and not every decision made will go as well as you might like. Some missteps are small enough that you are left with just a little regret, while others can be monumental in how…

Just because most startups fail doesn’t mean yours Will

Heads up: All products featured here are selected by Mashable's commerce team and meet our rigorous standards for awesomeness. If you buy something, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. In the age of startups, having a good idea will only get you so far. You need to raise money, market your business, and attract customers, which is probably why 75%…

Swiggy raises $100 m in Series F funding

Online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has raised $100 million in Series F funding, its largest round to date, taking its total fund raise to $255.5 million. Led by Naspers, which also led Swiggy’s previous round of $80 million last May, this Series also includes new investor Meituan-Dianping, China’s largest service e-commerce platform. “As India’s leading food ordering and…

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